The one with the 2nd birthday

It was such a blessed day. We celebrated her birthday the day after her actual bday last feb. 21. (almost everybody greeted us on the 22nd, hihi) anyway, we had a blast! and i felt so much love surrounding our daughter, kaka-blessed talaga. :) anyway, for a backgrounder, ever since talaga, even before i started with partyboosters, simon and i agreed that we'd only spend for first birthdays lang talaga for personal reasons. and when i started being a party planner, there have been thoughts of throwing a party for her kahit simple lang. but i don't know, for some reasons, that thought did'nt prevail. there was even a time when simon wanted a jollibee party for simone but i still said no (kahit na parang gusto ko din, hehe) and you know, i think we made a good decision. Not that we don't want to celebrate with our friends too, but the family time that we had was so much fun. And i felt like it was really a family bonding time, which made it more special.

The day started with attending church. Of course, we had to give thanks for the two years of her life and how she has grown so much. :) In fairness, behave sya nung service. hehe. :) katuwa. after that, simon had to attend the second service so we went home again to rest a little and wait for him, then we fetched him na, passed by the lechon first and then,checked in na.

Our first blessing happened when we checked in. We checked in a little late, we arrived around 245pm. The receptionist checked our reservations and since all 1br suites have been filled already, our reservation was upgraded to a 2-br suite! aint that nice!? at first, i thought i heard her wrong. i was trying to ignore what i heard but at the back of my mind, while we were on the elevator, i was hoping it'd be a 2br suite. and voila, it really was! winner talaga! hahaha. God is so good. Backgrounder on the reservations: I had a voucher I paid for 350.00. and the voucher is a 3k net with breakfast for two to a 1br suite. so it's more like a 50% off deal. but with the upgrade that we had, i can't help but be thrilled that from an 8k room, it's just 3k! yey!




While appreciating the view and the room, I started taking out all the party items. hehe, not that much and sorted out the goodies for her lootbags (of course, there's lootbags!) simone just played the whole time, she enjoyed the room so much she kept on running to and fro. kaloka! simon had to buy some things pa like water, ice cream so good thing there's a mini-stop beside Linden. so anyway, the food arrived at 330pm. we ordered from CCME which is becoming a favorite. i love their food and it's reasonably priced i must say. :)



another blessing was when simone's cake arrived. when emily texted me that she will be the one to do simone's cake (actually, it's a covenant already..haha, that she'll do simone's cakes until she's 18), i did'nt expect there'd be lots of cupcakes in tow with the cake. super sweet emily! grabe feeling namin may kiddie party kme sa dami ng cupcakes! hahaha. there were like 40 and we were only 15 in the room. hahaha. thank you, thank you for being such a friend mare! muah!




our families arrived at 6pm. Jane, Justin and Oliver arrived earlier since they wanted to take a swim at the indoor pool. we had so much fun just eating (pigging out), stuffing ourselves, chatting and watching the kids (simone and justin) play. it's that simple but you'd be surprised how even without a formal program, masaya pa rin. hehe. siguro when you really spend time with your family, nothing can really beat that. :)

our families took home one lootbag and one stuffed toy each. stuffed toy for their car and lootbags for sweets. the lootbags consisted of chocolates and candies that simone loves. hehe. but they took home tons of cupcakes kasi super dami talaga. i think each went home with more than 3 cupcakes. :)


here's the only thing i managed to do for my baby. hehe. i wanted to do balloons pa inside the room but thought the mylar will do the trick. hahaha.

and here are some of our pictures:

of course, terno kme. hehe

outfits by Dresscode. :) design by yours truly

she successfully blew out the candle light the 3rd time. winner! simon was able to catch it in video.

while watching tv

fermin family (sayang i forgot to take group pics)

our little prince justin and mommy jane

battle of the fattest este fittest pala (fermin vs. tan haha)

and then here are a couple of pics from the pool the following morning:

It was really a fun and special day. Thank you Lord for everything. Thank you that you have given us the privelege of being parents, thank you for giving us a very lovable daughter who's not so hard to raise, thank you for all of your blessings, thank you for we know that you hold her future too. :)

And to you Simone, may you always feel the love that people around you have for you. Use this love to love other people as well. May you grow knowing and loving our God and may you always be that malambing baby we love. We love you so much!

Oh and can i just say im so glad i didnt bring my laptop with me, at least wasnt tempted to surf or read netbooks. haha, such a waste of time for a hotel stay. :)