here are some of her pictures. :)
she looks like a big girl na diba?!
one morning, we just cant get out of bed...
simone sitting down...see how her foot is rubbed on my pants?!
all-gums smile
sarap humiga kay daddy...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The one with Simone at 5 months
She has unique and 'nintelligible' syllables already. when she cries, she goes like this, "aaahhh hooooo mummmmuuumaaaamamama" or "ahh hooo bababababa" we dont know if we can't count it as 'real' syllables already pero nakakaaliw lang. she now crawls forward, hahaha. dati kasi paatras lang e. she rolls endlessly and cries when she can't roll anymore coz she has reached the other side of the bed. haha. she's getting to look more and more like her dad. she always, always eats her hand, or lampin, or her dress, or whatever she can get hold on to. pag matagal na, we will take it off her mouth na kasi baka naman mamaga na gums nya. we let her thumbsuck or handsuck naman kasi we know she's exploring parts of her body so it's a good sign, but not overdo it. she touches her pipay for reasons we dont know, we assume she's exploring pa rin. when she's not wearing socks, she rubs her feet together, a sign of her foot fettish she got from her dad. hay naku, another one to crumple the bed sheet. the other night lang, nakita ko si simone rubbing her feet sa towel! oh no! manang-mana sa daddy! simon kasi. just to get a good sleep, would always, take off part of his bed sheet and rubs his feet sa mattress covering the foam which is a little magaspang. haaayyy... mana-mana lang yan.
here are some of her pictures. :)
she looks like a big girl na diba?!
one morning, we just cant get out of bed...
simone sitting down...see how her foot is rubbed on my pants?!
all-gums smile
sarap humiga kay daddy...
here are some of her pictures. :)
she looks like a big girl na diba?!
one morning, we just cant get out of bed...
simone sitting down...see how her foot is rubbed on my pants?!
all-gums smile
sarap humiga kay daddy...
The one with one more month
In my previous post, I was supposed to have my exit interview with our GM. I talked to him last week with the intention to gracefully leave the company. He was honest enough to tell me everything and to ask me to give my new position a try. For one month, we will see if everything will work better.
Honestly, I had a mix of emotions about the decision of accepting it. I respect my boss and I did it because he's my boss. so much so, he's like a dad to me. BUT, my mind was really set on doing the things id love to do. at the back of my mind, i was thinking the plans i set and the goals i want to achieve, provided that i'am not employed anymore. On the other hand, I was happy not to leave my friends, have a stable job, and get to enjoy the benefits it offers.
I will still pray for everything and hopefully, everything will be alright and will be according to God's will.
Honestly, I had a mix of emotions about the decision of accepting it. I respect my boss and I did it because he's my boss. so much so, he's like a dad to me. BUT, my mind was really set on doing the things id love to do. at the back of my mind, i was thinking the plans i set and the goals i want to achieve, provided that i'am not employed anymore. On the other hand, I was happy not to leave my friends, have a stable job, and get to enjoy the benefits it offers.
I will still pray for everything and hopefully, everything will be alright and will be according to God's will.
The one with a first gimmick
Last friday, Simon had a concert which he directed. it's a concert of Larrie Ilaga, a Papuri singer-friend. the concert was held at Greenhills Christian Fellowship. the only regret i had was not inviting our friends to watch it. ang ganda eh and inspirational, sayang. ewan ko ba?! di namin naisip pareho e. na-realize ko na lang 30 minutes before the show. haaayyy..anyway, it was a blast. his bandmates were good and larrie's performance was great. the lower part of the auditorium was filled up. and the highlight of it all was when Jungee Marcelo, a known figure in music industry and mentor of Larrie Ilagan, approached them and commended their performance. ang asawa ko, kilig na kilig. haha. he even asked for simon's number. umikot tuloy brief nya! hahaha. and having been recognized by jungee made his night. thanks to God for his talent.
Saturday, Simone went to Shangri-la for the first time. we had our baby shower for yakee and here are some of our pictures...
group pic with joaquin on the side...sleeping as usual
all-smile si mommy
naks! kamusta naman ang candid?! thanks jojo for the shot!
baby book for yakee, from the Tans
Tita Mec with the babies, Simone, Joaquin and Yakee
Saturday, Simone went to Shangri-la for the first time. we had our baby shower for yakee and here are some of our pictures...
group pic with joaquin on the side...sleeping as usual
all-smile si mommy
naks! kamusta naman ang candid?! thanks jojo for the shot!
baby book for yakee, from the Tans
Tita Mec with the babies, Simone, Joaquin and Yakee
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
The one with not giving up, just moving on
Last week, I made a major decision in my career life. I decided not to sign up anymore for the company i was working for. We were offered an early retirement package with the promise that we will all be rehired, but with a slightly different package. but then, i don't want to be rehired. i want to explore other opportunities na pwede for me. parang i think i've maxed out myself already in my current job that i want to do something else. believe me, if this is the quarterlife crisis they're talking about...im definitely getting some. hehehe. but it's not a crisis, it's more of an adventure.
we've prayed for it and simon and i talked about it already. we have peace thinking about it and soo looking forward for things to come. i get to spend time with simone more, i'll be able to do the things that i've always wanted to do and find out where i will best excel. plus, i can always go back to work whenever i want to. im glad my husband and my family support me with this. finally, i'm out of my comfort zone and i know God has better plans for me and im excited to know what those are.
will kwento in details soon. in the meantime, i'll have the exit interviews muna with the bosses. haha, di pa pala ako nagpapaalam! hehehe
we've prayed for it and simon and i talked about it already. we have peace thinking about it and soo looking forward for things to come. i get to spend time with simone more, i'll be able to do the things that i've always wanted to do and find out where i will best excel. plus, i can always go back to work whenever i want to. im glad my husband and my family support me with this. finally, i'm out of my comfort zone and i know God has better plans for me and im excited to know what those are.
will kwento in details soon. in the meantime, i'll have the exit interviews muna with the bosses. haha, di pa pala ako nagpapaalam! hehehe
Saturday, July 28, 2007
The one with Simone at 5 months
She just turned 5 months last Saturday. she was sleeping the whole time of celebration. hehe.
at five months, simone can now socialize more. she can sit na sa sofa pero basta nakasandal ha. hehe. she always, always makes dapa and crawl. hehe. she still does'nt have much hair, hahaha. she talks to people already (using her own language...ehehe) and she has this "tili" factor pag natutuwa and pag nakikipag-usap. super lakas ha in fairness.
she reaches for her bottles already when feeding time. when it's time for milk, she looks at the bottle and smiles and reaches for it. she can hold her bottle firmly, although at times, she plays with it kaya we still help her a little. kakatuwa, she really grasps things na and pag nagpapatawa, she laughs endlessly na. as in, the kind na pang-matanda. hahaha.
haaayyy...pictures to follow. promise!
at five months, simone can now socialize more. she can sit na sa sofa pero basta nakasandal ha. hehe. she always, always makes dapa and crawl. hehe. she still does'nt have much hair, hahaha. she talks to people already (using her own language...ehehe) and she has this "tili" factor pag natutuwa and pag nakikipag-usap. super lakas ha in fairness.
she reaches for her bottles already when feeding time. when it's time for milk, she looks at the bottle and smiles and reaches for it. she can hold her bottle firmly, although at times, she plays with it kaya we still help her a little. kakatuwa, she really grasps things na and pag nagpapatawa, she laughs endlessly na. as in, the kind na pang-matanda. hahaha.
haaayyy...pictures to follow. promise!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
The one with pains of a working parent
These are the words of my colleague while we were exchanging gtalk mails. He had a hard time leaving his daughter at home while he goes to office for work today, that’s after four whole days of not seeing his 10-month old baby because of our conference in Boracay held last week.
I had a more serious need for damage control! We went ahead of the whole group since we were the organizing committee. I kept on excusing myself for the “advance party” coz I really wanted to be left behind so I can have more time for my baby. Unfortunately, they needed all the help they can get. I joined them and went there last Wednesday. As soon as I brought her to her grandparents and got back to my seat in the car, I cried whilst driving. Simon kept asking me if I’m feeling ill or if there’s a problem. I just told him that I miss Simone already. I cannot believe it! As in, I already miss her and cannot actually imagine how it would be not being with her for five freaking days!
I know she’ll be alright, I know she will be well taken cared of and she will get everything that she needs. It just pains to accept the fact that because of my work, I’d have to leave her behind.
Every night, whenever I looked at her pictures, I cried. Overacting to some, pero that’s how I felt and I can’t force myself to get over it and feel fine about it coz I simply don’t. Pero come Sunday, I was sooo excited to go home and see her. When I landed manila, I had a mixed emotion of fear and excitement. Fear that Simone might not remember me na and excitement to see her again. That fear ended when I saw her finally and she smiled at me after a few minutes. She just woke up so I knew she was still half asleep when she first saw me, thus, the blank stare. Haha.
But man, she really grew up! It’s as if I did’nt see her for a year. She’s sooo big already, and she has a different cry now. She shouts whenever she wants to say something and extends her hands when she wants to be carried. She’s loving the “habulan” game already.
Haaayyy…if I can only stay at home and take care of Simone…super dream ko yun right now…to be able to be a hands-on mom to my baby. The pains of a working parent nga naman!
I want to be there when she utters her first word, when she attempts to do her first clap and when she tries to crawl and walk. I want to be the first to witness everything! when her lola tells stories of her development that i wasn't able to witness first, i just smile and feel happy that she's doing so much progress. pero at the back of my mind, i always wish na that was me in their position, telling stories of how she's growing up. haaayyy...
I had a more serious need for damage control! We went ahead of the whole group since we were the organizing committee. I kept on excusing myself for the “advance party” coz I really wanted to be left behind so I can have more time for my baby. Unfortunately, they needed all the help they can get. I joined them and went there last Wednesday. As soon as I brought her to her grandparents and got back to my seat in the car, I cried whilst driving. Simon kept asking me if I’m feeling ill or if there’s a problem. I just told him that I miss Simone already. I cannot believe it! As in, I already miss her and cannot actually imagine how it would be not being with her for five freaking days!
I know she’ll be alright, I know she will be well taken cared of and she will get everything that she needs. It just pains to accept the fact that because of my work, I’d have to leave her behind.
Every night, whenever I looked at her pictures, I cried. Overacting to some, pero that’s how I felt and I can’t force myself to get over it and feel fine about it coz I simply don’t. Pero come Sunday, I was sooo excited to go home and see her. When I landed manila, I had a mixed emotion of fear and excitement. Fear that Simone might not remember me na and excitement to see her again. That fear ended when I saw her finally and she smiled at me after a few minutes. She just woke up so I knew she was still half asleep when she first saw me, thus, the blank stare. Haha.
But man, she really grew up! It’s as if I did’nt see her for a year. She’s sooo big already, and she has a different cry now. She shouts whenever she wants to say something and extends her hands when she wants to be carried. She’s loving the “habulan” game already.
Haaayyy…if I can only stay at home and take care of Simone…super dream ko yun right now…to be able to be a hands-on mom to my baby. The pains of a working parent nga naman!
I want to be there when she utters her first word, when she attempts to do her first clap and when she tries to crawl and walk. I want to be the first to witness everything! when her lola tells stories of her development that i wasn't able to witness first, i just smile and feel happy that she's doing so much progress. pero at the back of my mind, i always wish na that was me in their position, telling stories of how she's growing up. haaayyy...
Monday, July 16, 2007
The one with information overload
I got hooked with reading books on parenting. currently, im reading "What to expect the first year" and "You and your child". The former is informative but the "What to expect when you're expecting" was more useful to me than this one. Eto kasi is a case-to-case basis so i just choose the ones applicable to me and simone. the latter naman was bought by simon and it's up to five years of age. okay din pero masyado summarized.
and yesterday, i just bought 2 more books, "Idiot's guide to baby sign language" and "How to have a smarter baby". information overload!!! the sign language intrigued me and super interested me to try it on simone. i hope we get to do effective sign languages soon. oh and the book is very entertaining. as in! i can't seem to put it down...while driving! yikes! the other one, have'nt opened yet pero pocketbook style sya and got good feedbacks on the book so i bought it.
will let you know more soon about these two books and i'll share any information that maybe useful to parents like me.
and yesterday, i just bought 2 more books, "Idiot's guide to baby sign language" and "How to have a smarter baby". information overload!!! the sign language intrigued me and super interested me to try it on simone. i hope we get to do effective sign languages soon. oh and the book is very entertaining. as in! i can't seem to put it down...while driving! yikes! the other one, have'nt opened yet pero pocketbook style sya and got good feedbacks on the book so i bought it.
will let you know more soon about these two books and i'll share any information that maybe useful to parents like me.
The one with just before she turned 5 months
I'd like to show some pics of Simone when she turned 4 months. At four months, she showed a lot of developments. This is the time she was able to balance her head well, she learned to make dapa and attempted to crawl, thus, the Arthro move. She developed a different cry, one that's really loud and kakaawa. She makes "hikbi" after crying and akala mo kawawang-kawawa. hehe. she has given attention to her gym already, unlike when she was just 3 months where she did'nt give any attention with it. now, she's really grabbing and reaching for the objects, she can also turn the wheels and stare at the mirror nung gym nya. basta, sulit na now yung gym nya. thanks to her ninong! hehe. when carried upfront, she likes to stand kahit hindi pa nya kaya. she loves it when i wear her esp. the kangaroo carry. kakatuwa!
she also responds to you when you call her name and shouts when talking to you. she loves to laugh with the peek-a-boo game or eat bulaga game and gives a smile as part of her response when you make lambing to her and she gets tickled. she also does a lot of her things with her lips now. the other day lang, (july 13) she can tuck them na, make a lipstick move (the one where you fold your lips), and can create sounds using her lips. nag-gugumming na cguro kasi that's why. she imitates people around her by watching the way our lips move. like for example, she attempts to do the "muah" thing by making a "tsup" sound. cute!
she'll turn five months on saturday. we plan to take her to camera shake to get really nice shots before we have her ears pierced. haaayyy...i can't wait to see more of her in the coming months. thank you Lord. :D
a mom and daughter moment
dimples kung dimples! sana hindi mawala when she grows up.
"big girl nako eh" (pardon us, we just love her in yellow kaya lagi nya suot to)
one of her firsts...
super cute pic!
she's a natural, ain't she?! and mind you, pose talaga yan...not the candid one na natyempuhan lang...hahaha.
she also responds to you when you call her name and shouts when talking to you. she loves to laugh with the peek-a-boo game or eat bulaga game and gives a smile as part of her response when you make lambing to her and she gets tickled. she also does a lot of her things with her lips now. the other day lang, (july 13) she can tuck them na, make a lipstick move (the one where you fold your lips), and can create sounds using her lips. nag-gugumming na cguro kasi that's why. she imitates people around her by watching the way our lips move. like for example, she attempts to do the "muah" thing by making a "tsup" sound. cute!
she'll turn five months on saturday. we plan to take her to camera shake to get really nice shots before we have her ears pierced. haaayyy...i can't wait to see more of her in the coming months. thank you Lord. :D
a mom and daughter moment
dimples kung dimples! sana hindi mawala when she grows up.
"big girl nako eh" (pardon us, we just love her in yellow kaya lagi nya suot to)
one of her firsts...
super cute pic!
she's a natural, ain't she?! and mind you, pose talaga yan...not the candid one na natyempuhan lang...hahaha.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
The one with the Arthro move
Last weekend, we are so happy Simone is making so much progress. Dumadapa na sya and nag-aattempt gumapang. the thing is, paatras ang gapang nya. hahaha. thus, the Arthro move! as in, ang cute tingnan na super trying hard talaga sya to crawl pero instead of pushing her legs, yung arms nya yung nagdadala kaya paatras. nyahaha.
She also drools na and loves to put her hands in her mouth, pati lampin nya nilalagay nya sa mouth nya. pag tinanggal mo, magagalit and iiyak. must be the gums. nagbabadya na ang mga ngipin nya. hehe.
The other night, around 230 am, nagising ako coz she was crying and would want to drink milk. taka ko, she does'nt want my milk. when i held her, medyo mainit sya. when we checked her temp, goodness 37.8. shocking asia! naloka kme! may sinat si simone. can you believe nagkakasakit din pala baby ko?! hehe. so binigyan ko sya ng tempra (oops, not unilab brand lagot!) and observe namin in the morning. super ayaw magpababa nun kaya napuyat naman ako kasi mas okay na yung tulog sya kesa di sya makatulog. her eyes were watery and parang may sipon din. when she woke up in the morning, ganun pa din. so we went to her pedia. pag dating sa pedia nya, wala na! pati sipon, wala na rin. pero her doctor still advised her to give biogesic paracetamol in case mag-sinat ulit. whew! viral daw eh and the sinat might have been triggered by the sipon. kaya nung naagapan, wala na rin ang sinat. i observed her the whole day yesterday kaya nag-leave ako bigla. syempre, kahit gano naman ako ka-busy sa office, mas important pa rin sa ken baby ko.
the fever must also be caused by her hand-sucking and lampin sucking. kaya her pedia advised us to buy teething biscuits for her. my baby, magbibiscuits na?! wow!!! ang saya!!! hehe. kaya im trying to look for the gerber biscuits that she mentioned. ayaw nya pag-teether si simone eh kasi the plastic material might not be safe for babies. hmmm....
yun lang, first time sya nagkasakit and i glad it was just overnight. praise God!
She also drools na and loves to put her hands in her mouth, pati lampin nya nilalagay nya sa mouth nya. pag tinanggal mo, magagalit and iiyak. must be the gums. nagbabadya na ang mga ngipin nya. hehe.
The other night, around 230 am, nagising ako coz she was crying and would want to drink milk. taka ko, she does'nt want my milk. when i held her, medyo mainit sya. when we checked her temp, goodness 37.8. shocking asia! naloka kme! may sinat si simone. can you believe nagkakasakit din pala baby ko?! hehe. so binigyan ko sya ng tempra (oops, not unilab brand lagot!) and observe namin in the morning. super ayaw magpababa nun kaya napuyat naman ako kasi mas okay na yung tulog sya kesa di sya makatulog. her eyes were watery and parang may sipon din. when she woke up in the morning, ganun pa din. so we went to her pedia. pag dating sa pedia nya, wala na! pati sipon, wala na rin. pero her doctor still advised her to give biogesic paracetamol in case mag-sinat ulit. whew! viral daw eh and the sinat might have been triggered by the sipon. kaya nung naagapan, wala na rin ang sinat. i observed her the whole day yesterday kaya nag-leave ako bigla. syempre, kahit gano naman ako ka-busy sa office, mas important pa rin sa ken baby ko.
the fever must also be caused by her hand-sucking and lampin sucking. kaya her pedia advised us to buy teething biscuits for her. my baby, magbibiscuits na?! wow!!! ang saya!!! hehe. kaya im trying to look for the gerber biscuits that she mentioned. ayaw nya pag-teether si simone eh kasi the plastic material might not be safe for babies. hmmm....
yun lang, first time sya nagkasakit and i glad it was just overnight. praise God!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The one with mag-ama
Here's one of her latest pictures together with her dad. of course, the ever mommy took this picture and you know what made her smile? "Deal or No Deal!" hahaha. as in everytime sasabihin ko yun, lagi tumatawa. i think it's with how i say it, not on the exact words talaga...as if naman naiintindihan nya ang Deal or No Deal?! hahaha.
sayang lang nga, walang shirt ang daddy! haha. pero can you see her gretchen baretto birthmark?! cute noh!? she has everything i wanted, dimples on both cheeks, cleft chin, and the tweetie de leon dimples (di lang ata halata dyan kasi lo-res pic)
here's another one just before she turned 4 months. dami may gusto nito coz terno sila naka-red. hehehe.
Simon holding the wondering red cow...
sayang lang nga, walang shirt ang daddy! haha. pero can you see her gretchen baretto birthmark?! cute noh!? she has everything i wanted, dimples on both cheeks, cleft chin, and the tweetie de leon dimples (di lang ata halata dyan kasi lo-res pic)
here's another one just before she turned 4 months. dami may gusto nito coz terno sila naka-red. hehehe.
Simon holding the wondering red cow...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The one with 2nd trimester
Simone has entered her second trimester already. At 4 months, she's close to 15lbs, and height is 73cm. duringher last check-up, her pedia told us that she's growing more in height rather than weight now, but she still gained weight, mas obvious lang yung sa height kaya mukha rin syang pumayat. hehe.
at four months, when nakadapa, she can lift her head at 90 deg. and turn from one side to the other. she can support her body with her arms. when lying down, she loves to kick and bend her legs in a semi "indian seat" position, meeting both soles of feet. kaya feeling namin malapit na umabot yung feet nya sa mouth nya. hahaha.
she always holds her two hands together, as in pag nagdedede, pag tulog, laging prim and proper na magkahawak ang kamay, parang nagpe-pray. haha. she always watches us when we eat and everytime she sees us, parang nagtatakam. according to the book What to expect the first year, it's an initial sign that she will soon would want to eat solid foods na. awwww, my baby eating solids na. hahaha. siguro not in another 2 months pa.
i still breastfeed specially at night. since she sleeps beside us, it's easy for me to breastfeed her. i just lift my shirt when it's time and we can both sleep na rin agad after feeding.
she looovveeesss to smile and make pa-cute specially in the morning. super pa-cute talaga! hindi sya yung paggising iyak, sya as in didilat lang ng eyes then smile na kung sinong kausap nya. she loves to talk even if we can't understand her. as in, dami nya ng sounds na alam.
haaayyy...the gift of God talaga, ang galing! pictures to follow promise!!!
at four months, when nakadapa, she can lift her head at 90 deg. and turn from one side to the other. she can support her body with her arms. when lying down, she loves to kick and bend her legs in a semi "indian seat" position, meeting both soles of feet. kaya feeling namin malapit na umabot yung feet nya sa mouth nya. hahaha.
she always holds her two hands together, as in pag nagdedede, pag tulog, laging prim and proper na magkahawak ang kamay, parang nagpe-pray. haha. she always watches us when we eat and everytime she sees us, parang nagtatakam. according to the book What to expect the first year, it's an initial sign that she will soon would want to eat solid foods na. awwww, my baby eating solids na. hahaha. siguro not in another 2 months pa.
i still breastfeed specially at night. since she sleeps beside us, it's easy for me to breastfeed her. i just lift my shirt when it's time and we can both sleep na rin agad after feeding.
she looovveeesss to smile and make pa-cute specially in the morning. super pa-cute talaga! hindi sya yung paggising iyak, sya as in didilat lang ng eyes then smile na kung sinong kausap nya. she loves to talk even if we can't understand her. as in, dami nya ng sounds na alam.
haaayyy...the gift of God talaga, ang galing! pictures to follow promise!!!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The one with OMG!
Oh My Gosh!!! i cannot believe it!!! after 2 months of no blogging coz i forgot my password (blame it on the anesthesia), i finally got back here!!! yahoo!!! i just signed up under the google account! im soooo happy!!!
super namiss ko blogging. i've tried multiply already. well, di naman sila totally magka-level ng blog so i'll still go there and update! yahoo!!!
i'am super back and would love to share pictures of our baby simone and our adventures on parenting...wohoo!!!
super namiss ko blogging. i've tried multiply already. well, di naman sila totally magka-level ng blog so i'll still go there and update! yahoo!!!
i'am super back and would love to share pictures of our baby simone and our adventures on parenting...wohoo!!!
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
The one with playpen set for sale
My mom in law is making these 100% cotton playpen mattress and bolters and pillows for very reasonable prices. Please feel free to leave a message or text me at 0920-051-8513 for orders. :D
For only P700.00 (original market price is P1,000.00++ in baby stores), playpen mattress of standard size, 2 pcs. bolsters and 1 pc. pillow. Comes in different colors, 100% cotton, washable.
Packed in a bag with handle
Comes in different colors...blue, white, pink, yellow, cream, etc.
For only P700.00 (original market price is P1,000.00++ in baby stores), playpen mattress of standard size, 2 pcs. bolsters and 1 pc. pillow. Comes in different colors, 100% cotton, washable.
Packed in a bag with handle
Comes in different colors...blue, white, pink, yellow, cream, etc.
The one with a month and a half
isn't she cute?! she already knows how to look at the camera and pose. :D
my OB and everyone loves this pic...parang ang laki-laki na daw nya at hindi one month old. hahaha. she loves to sleep with one hand on her face.
o diba?! spaghetti strap ang lola mo! bwahaha...kikay!
her eyes says it all...theyre so expressive. :D
can you believe she looked like this when she was just 3 days? tapos ngayon, big girl na sya!
at one month...i hope you can see how cute her dress is on her. she looks small beside us but she's not. hahaha.
at one and a half month, our baby simone has made so much progress. she's over 12 lbs already and 58 cm. she created a different cry already, one that's louder and more defined. simon said he thinks simone and i have the same voice quality and pitch. hehe. her eyes are just so expressive. she loves to sleep on anyone's chest with one hand on her face. she does'nt look like a fragile baby anymore, that im sure. we just love her dearly. we celebrated her one month with a cake and spaghetti! and her lola (simon's mom) made her a cute sunday dress that we fit into her on that day...ang cute sobra!!!
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The one with a birthing story
We have waited for this moment to come and she has finally arrived. At 38 weeks, I gave birth to Francesca Simone last Feb. 21 at 9:32 p.m. at The Medical City. She weighed 7.6 lbs and measured 51cm. She’s big for a girl, that’s what the doctors told us. And with this special moment of our lives, I’d like to share with you how much we were blessed with the miracle of life.
Feb. 21 at 4:00 in the morning, I felt a certain kind of discharge. For weeks, I’ve been feeling mild contractions and since we’ve been waiting since Feb. 14 for my labor to start, we are pretty much anticipating every moment that this might be it. I’ve had several sleepless nights and uncomfortable contractions, back pains sometimes but no leg cramps. I was advised to walk as much as I can so the baby would go down and position herself. The irony of it is that I was confined last Christmas due to a slight opening of the cervix and now, I’d have to push her down more through walking. She does’nt wanna go out anymore. Hahaha. After much malling and strolling, I saw a brown-colored discharge that early morning. I read somewhere that it might be a false labor since it had to be light pink or red discharge. I observed my contractions and told Simon at 6:30 a.m. that I think I wanna go to the hospital. I called my OB and described to her everything. She advised me to take a bath, eat breakfast and go directly to the hospital. Of course, since it will take a while before I get to have a good bath again, I indulged myself to good shower that lasted for almost an hour. Hahaha. After that, we checked if everything is in the car, baby bag, daddy bag and mommy bag. Actually, at the back of our minds, we were still thinking that it might be a false labor and that doctor might still advise us to go home. I think that’s the main reason why we were so relaxed. Hehe.
At that time, I was feeling really uncomfortable. I’d feel contractions and I felt really hot. As in kakaligo ko lang, tagaktak na pawis ko. We hit the road at around 8:30 am, with neighbor Abi saying good luck to me. Haha. If you think we headed straight to the hospital, we did’nt. We passed by the studio to check on things. Hahaha. True! I even went up three floors to check the music studio and listen to simon as he talked to his mom and gave all bilins. You see, we’re not superheroes. We just wanted to do everything at the same time. Hahaha. Investing in a business and having a baby. Mind you, it’s not a piece of cake but we enjoyed it. Para rin siguro hindi kme mainip waiting for baby simone, we took the time to prepare the studio. At ang nakakatawa pa dun, we schedule the soft opening of the studio on Feb. 22 (our anniversary as boyfriend and girlfriend) so syempre, ang anak ko gusto talaga ng grand entrance kaya sinabayan nya. Gusto nya lagi special occasions eh, just like last Christmas when I was confined. At the center of our busy schedules and Christmas rush, she wanted to get attention as well. Hahha. Manang-mana sa mommy!
We arrived at the hospital at 11:30 a.m. I felt comfortable despite the mild contractions. We headed directly to the pre-labor room and when I told the doctors that Dr. Fuentes advised me to go there, they were expecting us na pala. Yikes! My OB headed to her clinic agad after our call. Hehehe. When resident doctor checked on me, I was 2-3cm still. Actually, its barely 3cm. My OB phoned me and asked me if I wanted to go home and walk muna or stay na sa hospital to go into labor already. Syempre, naisip ko na mapapraning din me if we go home and wait for the painful contractions to come so I told her that we’d stay in the hospital. I asked her when’s the expected date of delivery. The latest if Feb. 22. I was given something for enema, changed outfit and surrendered all my things to Simon. Simon, on the other hand, had to get a room for us. Before he got a room, he went to the pre-labor room first to check on me and say goodbye temporarily. We knew that we won’t be able to see each other for a while kaya we kissed each other and said our ‘I love you’s’. After that, I was groomed for the labor room na.
At 12:30 p.m., I was in the Labor room. No hubbies were allowed to go inside. That’s why I really wanted to get the Lamaze room as soon as im into active labor already. In the labor room, im not allowed to eat or drink anything. Pero my OB gave me milk lang to last for the whole day at least. Sana pala marami na ko kinain nung breakfast. Hahaha. Anyway, at around 1:30 p.m., I was advised by resident doctor that they rupture my membranes so we can speed up contractions and dilation. Just before they rupture my membranes, I felt a really big discharge. I asked the nurse to check on it and saw that my water bag already broke with some bloody show. Hehe. Parang alam na alam ng baby ko kung kelan sya sisingit ano?! After that, I started to feel real good contractions. They’re getting stronger and stronger. I kept on praying that there’d be good progress sa pag-dilate ko. After an hour and a half, I was 4cm already. I told doctor that I wanted to be transferred already to the Lamaze room. I wanted to see Simon already. The contractions are getting stronger and I wanted Simon to be there beside me. After 30 minutes, I saw him na in the Lamaze room. He was in a blue suit provided by the hospital. Maganda yung Lamaze room. There’s always a doctor beside me to check my contractions and blood pressure. There’s TV, celfones are allowed and other gadgets. Hahaha. I still remember Simon taking pictures of the room and pati ako kinukunan while on labor. Kainis. There was a time when he was just beside me holding my hand while I go into another contraction. Every contraction, I just closed my eyes and prayed, thinking that the pain is one step nearer into seeing my baby. When I turned 5cm, I asked the doctor for the painless already. Akala ko kaya ko yung pain. Hindi rin pala. Hahaha. With the anesthesia, ditto ako pinaka-praning to be honest. As in, I kept on praying for God to touch the hands of my anesthesiologist. I heard not-so-good stories about improper injection of anesthesia and either the mom suffers or the child. Syempre, God is in control of everything kaya I just kept on praying that time. My supposed anesthesiologist was Dr. Uson. Unfortunately, he was caught in traffic that time and aother anesthesiologist did all the work. She’s a blessing. I forgot to get her name sa sobrang kaba ko nun pero she was sooo good. I got all the moral support I needed from her. She explained to me everything and she’s like an instant friend. Yung tipong I felt her concern and sincerity that time. There were two nurses who assisted her. They held my legs to make sure I won’t move a bit. Simon was by my other side the whole time, holding my hand and just looking at me to make me feel comfortable. The only thing that hurt was the local anesthesia. After that, effortless na yung epidural, which is a little cold when injected. Hehe. After 15 minutes, I felt numb in my legs, wala nako masyado maramdaman and that’s anesthesia taking place. Every contraction na, wala na me nararamdaman. This was the time daw that I can take a rest before the delivery.
After an hour or so, I felt another batch of discharge on me. Alam ko marami sya. For every contraction, there’s a blood clot that would go out as well. My OB got alarmed as there was so much blood coming out of me. She informed me that if the bleeding does not stop, she’d have to open me up. I was 5cm at that time and my contractions are turning really good already, with close intervals and becoming stronger each time. Resident doctors and my OB asked me if my sonologist mentioned something about low-lying placenta. As far as I can remember, the sonologist in Medical City informed me that my placenta was normal when I had my last ultrasound last December, the time I was confined. I don’t know what happened but it turned out that I have a low-lying placenta. For every contraction, my baby would come down but placenta would block my baby’s way. Normally, baby should come out first, then the placenta. In my case, it was baby and placenta racing to go out. Syempre, I don’t want to stress my baby so much but I still requested my OB to observe me for another hour or two. I was not conditioned to have a C-section delivery kasi I was being groomed for a normal delivery. Plus, I know the pain of a C-section delivery. I don’t wanna go through that coz I want to take care of my baby myself and be able to carry her as much as I can.
After two hours, there was no bleeding. The resident doctor was happy and I turned 6cm already. But after another hour, another batch of blood clots came out. This time it was really, really disturbing for my OB and the doctors there. When my OB saw me at 9:00 pm, she said that she’d have to open me up already. I don’t look good already as a lot of blood has come out. Namumutla na daw ako and if we insist on normal delivery, my baby might be stressed also and suffer during delivery. I looked at Simon. We stared at each other as we were not prepared for an operation. I’d have to internalize the fact that I will be opened up. Naisip ko na lang ang baby ko and said to myself na I’ve waited so long for this moment to finally see her and kiss her. Kahit anong mangyari sa ken basta walang masama mangyari kay baby, okay lang sa akin. And so we agreed for the operation. We prayed and I told Simon to just keep on praying during the operation. We stared at each other for a long time and tears just fell. They were not tears of fear or sadness or disappointment. It was tears of love --- love that let us know that everything will be alright, and the love that we have for our baby.
At 9:15 p.m., I was brought to the operating room. There were like 10 people inside, I don’t know which ones were doctors and nurses. Pero everyone was so relaxed. The temperature inside was just right. I was feeling a little nervouse having to lie down the operating bed with everyone around me. I could hear the instruments being prepared. I was totally awake the whole time. It was good daw, according to my OB, that Im awake. They were all talking to me to make me feel relaxed. I have one doctor just above my head, my anesthesiologist on my right, and Simon on my left. Yes, he was also there inside the operating room. I’m glad that my doctor allowed him to go inside. There was a cover so I wont be able to see what’s happening. Eh the thing is, I was able to still see the operation going on since the light on the ceiling created a reflection of everything that was happening. Hehehe. I was not scared pero the feeling that I’d have to stretch my arms, as if being crucified, is uncomfortable.
I cant feel anything from below my chest downwards. As in nada. Then, my OB informed me that they will start na. I was looking at Simon the whole time. I told my anesthesiologist to not leave my side. She just held my hand the whole time, she was really an instant friend. I’d hear words of encouragement from her and the doctor above my head. Hehehe. I’d always ask Simon what was happening, but I can actually see the reflection in the ceiling. I saw them cutting me, from which after a few minutes, I felt pressure in my tummy, as if they were punching me and pushing my tummy to let the baby come down. And they were really pushing my tummy. Simon would tell me that it’s almost over. I can hear all the personnel talking to each other as if the baby is really nearing to her delivery. 9:31 p.m., Simon was advised by another nurse to ready his camera for pictures and video. And that’s the time I knew that the time is nearing. At 9:32 p.m., I heard my OB announced the most precious phrase, “Baby OUT!” waaahhh!!! Just after a few seconds, I heard a big baby cry. That’s my baby! And I just felt myself crying, as in tears just flowed. Sobrang I can’t describe the feeling. I felt super blessed that it was real…I already have a child. As in, God has blessed us with the opportunity to raise a person, a person that will become His child. Ibang klase yung feeling eh. Until now, everytime I’d remember her first cry, ibang klase yung joy that comes along with it. My anesthesiologist congratulated me for a job well done.
Simon had to go and see the baby being cleaned up, just to make sure that everything’s okay and to take pictures as well, while I was being stitched back. When baby was all tidy na, a doctor brought her to my left boob to let her suck a little and to create that bond. We had some picture-taking, our first family picture, mother and daughter and daddy and daughter. So cool! I was up and awake the whole time. Yun nga lang, nag picture-taking, di man lang ako nakapag-powder. Eh ang puti kaya ng anak ko, kaya kakahiya tumabi sa kanya. Hahaha. She’s sooo precious! She looks like an angel, so red and white.
After I’ve been stitched up, I was brought to the recovery room and stayed there for two hours. I remembered asking the nurse or doctor there (can’t remember actually) where my baby is and if my husband can go to the recovery room. At around 1:30 in the morning, I was already brought to our room. Room 506. I saw Simon there with my mom. There were visitors who came already while I was still at labor. Hehe. Hindi naman sila masyado excited. Pero happy kami and they joined my family to pray for my safe delivery. I was so happy to see Simon coz it was almost 3 hours that we have’nt seen each other. My mom told me not to talk yet coz of the stitches.
Having to be operated
It was not easy to be operated. For one, I was not set to deliver Simone via C–section. I’ve always prayed that for a normal delivery and I thought all along that everything will turn out the way we expected it to. When Dr. Fuentes told me that she’s had to open me up, I felt a little sad. I looked at Simon and then I thought, my baby’s safety is far more important than what I wanted so I agreed to be operated.
I can’t stand for the first day. I only slept almost the whole day to regain my strength. I was not able to see baby Simone for one day since I could’nt even walk or stand up. Simon brought pictures of her when they saw her during viewing time. She was soooo cute! Hahaha.
Second day, at around 4am, I tried to get up and asked Simon to bring me to the nursery room so I could breastfeed her already. I was brought there thru a wheelchair. When the nurse saw me, she asked if I could walk straight. Given that it was the first time that I walked after the operation, I was, admittedly, a little groggy and could not stand straight. She suggested that I see the baby after a few hours after I practice walking around. Heck, when we left the nursery, Simon saw me crying. Hahaha. Kasi naman, it’s as if I was neglected to see my own child. Super nalungkot talaga me. Simon told me not to worry coz I’ll see her in a few hours. Kainis talaga yung nurse na yun! Hahaha.
The next time I tried to see my baby, I succeeded. I was so excited, I was able to walk from the nursery door to the breastfeeding room. When she was brought to me, she was still sleeping. She’s sooo beautiful, I could’nt believe that we are her parents. She’s maputi and she blushes everytime she makes ‘inat’. She has perfect fingers which she got from her dad, perfect nose which she got from me, perfect lips and chin which she got from her dad. She also has a birthmark at her right arm which she got from our side, my mom and my brother have the same birthmark as well. From the Tan side, she got the trademark index toe that all Simon’s siblings have. Super nakakatuwa that she’s a little of everybody kaya everyone is so happy that they share something with baby Simone.
I was talking to her while she was breastfeeding on me. I kept on telling her I love her and that she was all worth the pain and more. It was a mom-daughter moment for me. Having to see her and hold her for the first time paved the way to motherhood. Yes, I’am a mom already. We are parents. We have been given a chance to raise a person to become a child of God and follow God’s will in her life. We’ve been given a privilege that not everyone is being blessed upon. We are thankful that she is healthy and that she is everything we have prayed for and much, much more.
At the hospital
I pretty much recovered on the second day. I was advised to walk around so everything inside will return to its normal place. Hehe. I was asked to count my farts, to lie down on my side, either left or right. I had three different kinds of whatever stuck on me thru needles: the blood transfusion, dextrose and pain reliever. On the second day, the one pack of blood was emptied and thank God, tinanggal na sya agad. Feeling ko kasi super may sakit ako seeing blood flow to get inside of me. My hemoglobin dropped from 120 to 80 kasi. I still had a catheter pero it was also removed the second day so I could walk to the bathroom for comfort needs. It was one of the hardest thing to do—having to sit on the toilet bowl. The stitch kasi is so low (bikini cut) that it would hurt everytime I bent. Simon would assist me and would change my maternity pads and clean myself. Sobrang it was a proof of our love. He really took care of my every need.
to be continued...this post is really long na. :D
Feb. 21 at 4:00 in the morning, I felt a certain kind of discharge. For weeks, I’ve been feeling mild contractions and since we’ve been waiting since Feb. 14 for my labor to start, we are pretty much anticipating every moment that this might be it. I’ve had several sleepless nights and uncomfortable contractions, back pains sometimes but no leg cramps. I was advised to walk as much as I can so the baby would go down and position herself. The irony of it is that I was confined last Christmas due to a slight opening of the cervix and now, I’d have to push her down more through walking. She does’nt wanna go out anymore. Hahaha. After much malling and strolling, I saw a brown-colored discharge that early morning. I read somewhere that it might be a false labor since it had to be light pink or red discharge. I observed my contractions and told Simon at 6:30 a.m. that I think I wanna go to the hospital. I called my OB and described to her everything. She advised me to take a bath, eat breakfast and go directly to the hospital. Of course, since it will take a while before I get to have a good bath again, I indulged myself to good shower that lasted for almost an hour. Hahaha. After that, we checked if everything is in the car, baby bag, daddy bag and mommy bag. Actually, at the back of our minds, we were still thinking that it might be a false labor and that doctor might still advise us to go home. I think that’s the main reason why we were so relaxed. Hehe.
At that time, I was feeling really uncomfortable. I’d feel contractions and I felt really hot. As in kakaligo ko lang, tagaktak na pawis ko. We hit the road at around 8:30 am, with neighbor Abi saying good luck to me. Haha. If you think we headed straight to the hospital, we did’nt. We passed by the studio to check on things. Hahaha. True! I even went up three floors to check the music studio and listen to simon as he talked to his mom and gave all bilins. You see, we’re not superheroes. We just wanted to do everything at the same time. Hahaha. Investing in a business and having a baby. Mind you, it’s not a piece of cake but we enjoyed it. Para rin siguro hindi kme mainip waiting for baby simone, we took the time to prepare the studio. At ang nakakatawa pa dun, we schedule the soft opening of the studio on Feb. 22 (our anniversary as boyfriend and girlfriend) so syempre, ang anak ko gusto talaga ng grand entrance kaya sinabayan nya. Gusto nya lagi special occasions eh, just like last Christmas when I was confined. At the center of our busy schedules and Christmas rush, she wanted to get attention as well. Hahha. Manang-mana sa mommy!
We arrived at the hospital at 11:30 a.m. I felt comfortable despite the mild contractions. We headed directly to the pre-labor room and when I told the doctors that Dr. Fuentes advised me to go there, they were expecting us na pala. Yikes! My OB headed to her clinic agad after our call. Hehehe. When resident doctor checked on me, I was 2-3cm still. Actually, its barely 3cm. My OB phoned me and asked me if I wanted to go home and walk muna or stay na sa hospital to go into labor already. Syempre, naisip ko na mapapraning din me if we go home and wait for the painful contractions to come so I told her that we’d stay in the hospital. I asked her when’s the expected date of delivery. The latest if Feb. 22. I was given something for enema, changed outfit and surrendered all my things to Simon. Simon, on the other hand, had to get a room for us. Before he got a room, he went to the pre-labor room first to check on me and say goodbye temporarily. We knew that we won’t be able to see each other for a while kaya we kissed each other and said our ‘I love you’s’. After that, I was groomed for the labor room na.
At 12:30 p.m., I was in the Labor room. No hubbies were allowed to go inside. That’s why I really wanted to get the Lamaze room as soon as im into active labor already. In the labor room, im not allowed to eat or drink anything. Pero my OB gave me milk lang to last for the whole day at least. Sana pala marami na ko kinain nung breakfast. Hahaha. Anyway, at around 1:30 p.m., I was advised by resident doctor that they rupture my membranes so we can speed up contractions and dilation. Just before they rupture my membranes, I felt a really big discharge. I asked the nurse to check on it and saw that my water bag already broke with some bloody show. Hehe. Parang alam na alam ng baby ko kung kelan sya sisingit ano?! After that, I started to feel real good contractions. They’re getting stronger and stronger. I kept on praying that there’d be good progress sa pag-dilate ko. After an hour and a half, I was 4cm already. I told doctor that I wanted to be transferred already to the Lamaze room. I wanted to see Simon already. The contractions are getting stronger and I wanted Simon to be there beside me. After 30 minutes, I saw him na in the Lamaze room. He was in a blue suit provided by the hospital. Maganda yung Lamaze room. There’s always a doctor beside me to check my contractions and blood pressure. There’s TV, celfones are allowed and other gadgets. Hahaha. I still remember Simon taking pictures of the room and pati ako kinukunan while on labor. Kainis. There was a time when he was just beside me holding my hand while I go into another contraction. Every contraction, I just closed my eyes and prayed, thinking that the pain is one step nearer into seeing my baby. When I turned 5cm, I asked the doctor for the painless already. Akala ko kaya ko yung pain. Hindi rin pala. Hahaha. With the anesthesia, ditto ako pinaka-praning to be honest. As in, I kept on praying for God to touch the hands of my anesthesiologist. I heard not-so-good stories about improper injection of anesthesia and either the mom suffers or the child. Syempre, God is in control of everything kaya I just kept on praying that time. My supposed anesthesiologist was Dr. Uson. Unfortunately, he was caught in traffic that time and aother anesthesiologist did all the work. She’s a blessing. I forgot to get her name sa sobrang kaba ko nun pero she was sooo good. I got all the moral support I needed from her. She explained to me everything and she’s like an instant friend. Yung tipong I felt her concern and sincerity that time. There were two nurses who assisted her. They held my legs to make sure I won’t move a bit. Simon was by my other side the whole time, holding my hand and just looking at me to make me feel comfortable. The only thing that hurt was the local anesthesia. After that, effortless na yung epidural, which is a little cold when injected. Hehe. After 15 minutes, I felt numb in my legs, wala nako masyado maramdaman and that’s anesthesia taking place. Every contraction na, wala na me nararamdaman. This was the time daw that I can take a rest before the delivery.
After an hour or so, I felt another batch of discharge on me. Alam ko marami sya. For every contraction, there’s a blood clot that would go out as well. My OB got alarmed as there was so much blood coming out of me. She informed me that if the bleeding does not stop, she’d have to open me up. I was 5cm at that time and my contractions are turning really good already, with close intervals and becoming stronger each time. Resident doctors and my OB asked me if my sonologist mentioned something about low-lying placenta. As far as I can remember, the sonologist in Medical City informed me that my placenta was normal when I had my last ultrasound last December, the time I was confined. I don’t know what happened but it turned out that I have a low-lying placenta. For every contraction, my baby would come down but placenta would block my baby’s way. Normally, baby should come out first, then the placenta. In my case, it was baby and placenta racing to go out. Syempre, I don’t want to stress my baby so much but I still requested my OB to observe me for another hour or two. I was not conditioned to have a C-section delivery kasi I was being groomed for a normal delivery. Plus, I know the pain of a C-section delivery. I don’t wanna go through that coz I want to take care of my baby myself and be able to carry her as much as I can.
After two hours, there was no bleeding. The resident doctor was happy and I turned 6cm already. But after another hour, another batch of blood clots came out. This time it was really, really disturbing for my OB and the doctors there. When my OB saw me at 9:00 pm, she said that she’d have to open me up already. I don’t look good already as a lot of blood has come out. Namumutla na daw ako and if we insist on normal delivery, my baby might be stressed also and suffer during delivery. I looked at Simon. We stared at each other as we were not prepared for an operation. I’d have to internalize the fact that I will be opened up. Naisip ko na lang ang baby ko and said to myself na I’ve waited so long for this moment to finally see her and kiss her. Kahit anong mangyari sa ken basta walang masama mangyari kay baby, okay lang sa akin. And so we agreed for the operation. We prayed and I told Simon to just keep on praying during the operation. We stared at each other for a long time and tears just fell. They were not tears of fear or sadness or disappointment. It was tears of love --- love that let us know that everything will be alright, and the love that we have for our baby.
At 9:15 p.m., I was brought to the operating room. There were like 10 people inside, I don’t know which ones were doctors and nurses. Pero everyone was so relaxed. The temperature inside was just right. I was feeling a little nervouse having to lie down the operating bed with everyone around me. I could hear the instruments being prepared. I was totally awake the whole time. It was good daw, according to my OB, that Im awake. They were all talking to me to make me feel relaxed. I have one doctor just above my head, my anesthesiologist on my right, and Simon on my left. Yes, he was also there inside the operating room. I’m glad that my doctor allowed him to go inside. There was a cover so I wont be able to see what’s happening. Eh the thing is, I was able to still see the operation going on since the light on the ceiling created a reflection of everything that was happening. Hehehe. I was not scared pero the feeling that I’d have to stretch my arms, as if being crucified, is uncomfortable.
I cant feel anything from below my chest downwards. As in nada. Then, my OB informed me that they will start na. I was looking at Simon the whole time. I told my anesthesiologist to not leave my side. She just held my hand the whole time, she was really an instant friend. I’d hear words of encouragement from her and the doctor above my head. Hehehe. I’d always ask Simon what was happening, but I can actually see the reflection in the ceiling. I saw them cutting me, from which after a few minutes, I felt pressure in my tummy, as if they were punching me and pushing my tummy to let the baby come down. And they were really pushing my tummy. Simon would tell me that it’s almost over. I can hear all the personnel talking to each other as if the baby is really nearing to her delivery. 9:31 p.m., Simon was advised by another nurse to ready his camera for pictures and video. And that’s the time I knew that the time is nearing. At 9:32 p.m., I heard my OB announced the most precious phrase, “Baby OUT!” waaahhh!!! Just after a few seconds, I heard a big baby cry. That’s my baby! And I just felt myself crying, as in tears just flowed. Sobrang I can’t describe the feeling. I felt super blessed that it was real…I already have a child. As in, God has blessed us with the opportunity to raise a person, a person that will become His child. Ibang klase yung feeling eh. Until now, everytime I’d remember her first cry, ibang klase yung joy that comes along with it. My anesthesiologist congratulated me for a job well done.
Simon had to go and see the baby being cleaned up, just to make sure that everything’s okay and to take pictures as well, while I was being stitched back. When baby was all tidy na, a doctor brought her to my left boob to let her suck a little and to create that bond. We had some picture-taking, our first family picture, mother and daughter and daddy and daughter. So cool! I was up and awake the whole time. Yun nga lang, nag picture-taking, di man lang ako nakapag-powder. Eh ang puti kaya ng anak ko, kaya kakahiya tumabi sa kanya. Hahaha. She’s sooo precious! She looks like an angel, so red and white.
After I’ve been stitched up, I was brought to the recovery room and stayed there for two hours. I remembered asking the nurse or doctor there (can’t remember actually) where my baby is and if my husband can go to the recovery room. At around 1:30 in the morning, I was already brought to our room. Room 506. I saw Simon there with my mom. There were visitors who came already while I was still at labor. Hehe. Hindi naman sila masyado excited. Pero happy kami and they joined my family to pray for my safe delivery. I was so happy to see Simon coz it was almost 3 hours that we have’nt seen each other. My mom told me not to talk yet coz of the stitches.
Having to be operated
It was not easy to be operated. For one, I was not set to deliver Simone via C–section. I’ve always prayed that for a normal delivery and I thought all along that everything will turn out the way we expected it to. When Dr. Fuentes told me that she’s had to open me up, I felt a little sad. I looked at Simon and then I thought, my baby’s safety is far more important than what I wanted so I agreed to be operated.
I can’t stand for the first day. I only slept almost the whole day to regain my strength. I was not able to see baby Simone for one day since I could’nt even walk or stand up. Simon brought pictures of her when they saw her during viewing time. She was soooo cute! Hahaha.
Second day, at around 4am, I tried to get up and asked Simon to bring me to the nursery room so I could breastfeed her already. I was brought there thru a wheelchair. When the nurse saw me, she asked if I could walk straight. Given that it was the first time that I walked after the operation, I was, admittedly, a little groggy and could not stand straight. She suggested that I see the baby after a few hours after I practice walking around. Heck, when we left the nursery, Simon saw me crying. Hahaha. Kasi naman, it’s as if I was neglected to see my own child. Super nalungkot talaga me. Simon told me not to worry coz I’ll see her in a few hours. Kainis talaga yung nurse na yun! Hahaha.
The next time I tried to see my baby, I succeeded. I was so excited, I was able to walk from the nursery door to the breastfeeding room. When she was brought to me, she was still sleeping. She’s sooo beautiful, I could’nt believe that we are her parents. She’s maputi and she blushes everytime she makes ‘inat’. She has perfect fingers which she got from her dad, perfect nose which she got from me, perfect lips and chin which she got from her dad. She also has a birthmark at her right arm which she got from our side, my mom and my brother have the same birthmark as well. From the Tan side, she got the trademark index toe that all Simon’s siblings have. Super nakakatuwa that she’s a little of everybody kaya everyone is so happy that they share something with baby Simone.
I was talking to her while she was breastfeeding on me. I kept on telling her I love her and that she was all worth the pain and more. It was a mom-daughter moment for me. Having to see her and hold her for the first time paved the way to motherhood. Yes, I’am a mom already. We are parents. We have been given a chance to raise a person to become a child of God and follow God’s will in her life. We’ve been given a privilege that not everyone is being blessed upon. We are thankful that she is healthy and that she is everything we have prayed for and much, much more.
At the hospital
I pretty much recovered on the second day. I was advised to walk around so everything inside will return to its normal place. Hehe. I was asked to count my farts, to lie down on my side, either left or right. I had three different kinds of whatever stuck on me thru needles: the blood transfusion, dextrose and pain reliever. On the second day, the one pack of blood was emptied and thank God, tinanggal na sya agad. Feeling ko kasi super may sakit ako seeing blood flow to get inside of me. My hemoglobin dropped from 120 to 80 kasi. I still had a catheter pero it was also removed the second day so I could walk to the bathroom for comfort needs. It was one of the hardest thing to do—having to sit on the toilet bowl. The stitch kasi is so low (bikini cut) that it would hurt everytime I bent. Simon would assist me and would change my maternity pads and clean myself. Sobrang it was a proof of our love. He really took care of my every need.
to be continued...this post is really long na. :D
Monday, March 05, 2007
The one with a piece of heaven
Thank you Lord for giving us a piece of heaven in her. She's Francesca Simone Fermin Tan. Born last February 21, 2007 at 9:32 in the evening via C-section. She weighed 7 lbs and 6 oz and measured 51 cm. She's big for a girl!
We have so many blessings to share with you but we will start with this first.
our first family picture
so syempre, itabi ba daw sa ken...walang pasabi, sana nakapag-powder muna. hehehe. ang puti nya kasi eh. :D
soon to post...our birthing kwento!!! please wait for it. thanks.
We have so many blessings to share with you but we will start with this first.
our first family picture
so syempre, itabi ba daw sa ken...walang pasabi, sana nakapag-powder muna. hehehe. ang puti nya kasi eh. :D
soon to post...our birthing kwento!!! please wait for it. thanks.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
The one with no baby yet???
Relax everyone...no baby yet. And so we thought, Feb. 14 is not the going to be Francesca Simone's birthdate. Actually, 37 weeks pa lang kasi sya now pero syempre given the history that i had, im expected to come into labor anytime. ive been feeling contractions already since last week. i cant sleep that well. i always wake up in the middle of the night na parang balisa and want to do something. weird nga e.
today, whole day na matigas tummy ko. if i still feel this until later this evening, we might go to the hospital. kasi the pain is tolerable naman. para lang syang humihilab and sumasakit singit sometimes and my back. we're at the mall actually right now, doing some walking para bumaba pa si baby. mahirap kasi mag false alarm eh. pero syempre, if you have any suspicions na, mas okay na yung sigurista than ibale-wala diba??? been eating spicy foods also at baka makatulong. hehehe.
everyone is so excited already. i think im ready. i've been ready for this coz I know God will be with me and my baby. continue to pray for us okay??? i hope my next post will be my birthing story already. hahaha.
belated happy valentine's everyone! it was a usual day for us two. we just went to the mall. we are so busy kasi with the studio and the baby that we did'nt feel like going out and spending big bucks for food. hehehe. kuripot! maybe next time when i'm thinner and up for real food and dining out! :D love you beh!
oh and congratulations to my w@wie friend pinky for giving birth to a healthy baby girl! im sooo proud of you sis for a successful lamaze. i hope id be able to do what you did. God bless you!
today, whole day na matigas tummy ko. if i still feel this until later this evening, we might go to the hospital. kasi the pain is tolerable naman. para lang syang humihilab and sumasakit singit sometimes and my back. we're at the mall actually right now, doing some walking para bumaba pa si baby. mahirap kasi mag false alarm eh. pero syempre, if you have any suspicions na, mas okay na yung sigurista than ibale-wala diba??? been eating spicy foods also at baka makatulong. hehehe.
everyone is so excited already. i think im ready. i've been ready for this coz I know God will be with me and my baby. continue to pray for us okay??? i hope my next post will be my birthing story already. hahaha.
belated happy valentine's everyone! it was a usual day for us two. we just went to the mall. we are so busy kasi with the studio and the baby that we did'nt feel like going out and spending big bucks for food. hehehe. kuripot! maybe next time when i'm thinner and up for real food and dining out! :D love you beh!
oh and congratulations to my w@wie friend pinky for giving birth to a healthy baby girl! im sooo proud of you sis for a successful lamaze. i hope id be able to do what you did. God bless you!
Monday, February 12, 2007
The one with updates!!!
It's two days before Vday. i bought simon a gift na. actually, he was with me when we bought it. hehe. it's a reversible polo from Jag. pretty reasonable price kasi sale sya. from P1,300 to P500. nice! and it's pink! hahaha.
we're also two days from the possibility of going to labor. yey! God is good. everything is fine with baby simone and me. i just had my check up last friday and baby is in position already. OB advised me to walk often since matagal labor pag first baby usually. been feeling contractions already and pananakit ng balakang. we even had two false alarms. hahaha. sobrang excited na kasi kme eh. and we're praying na sana this week na nga so we can see her already and be with her na. we checked out the rooms in medical city and found out about the Lamaze room that's cheaper than the birthing suite. we'll get that na lang instead since it offers the same benefit of privacy and being with your husband during labor and delivery. yey! anyway, that's the only gastos we have to worry since covered naman sya ng company namin.
i dont know tuloy where to be excited most kasi super dami change of events now sa life. hahaha.
Studio 22 is still in progress. We thank God for financial provision He has set and we know that everything will be alright, just as long as we offer it to Him. aside from it being a music studio, we have other services that we want to offer so it can have its own 'edge'. watch out for it as we build a new website (blog) for it and promotional activities. it's kinda hard having to do two or three things at the same time. we're pretty much juggling on the studio, waiting for our baby and adjustments now that we'll have a yaya very soon. plus we're also considering of transferring to a bigger home. Only God knows kung tuloy yun. pero everything is good. we are enjoying every minute of running errands. buti na lang pinaglalakad nako ng madalas ng OB ko and di naman ako napapagod kasi sinasamahan ko lang si simon. hihihi.
continue to pray for us. we are offering everything to God and we pray for a smooth delivery and a healthy baby simone! :D
we're also two days from the possibility of going to labor. yey! God is good. everything is fine with baby simone and me. i just had my check up last friday and baby is in position already. OB advised me to walk often since matagal labor pag first baby usually. been feeling contractions already and pananakit ng balakang. we even had two false alarms. hahaha. sobrang excited na kasi kme eh. and we're praying na sana this week na nga so we can see her already and be with her na. we checked out the rooms in medical city and found out about the Lamaze room that's cheaper than the birthing suite. we'll get that na lang instead since it offers the same benefit of privacy and being with your husband during labor and delivery. yey! anyway, that's the only gastos we have to worry since covered naman sya ng company namin.
i dont know tuloy where to be excited most kasi super dami change of events now sa life. hahaha.
Studio 22 is still in progress. We thank God for financial provision He has set and we know that everything will be alright, just as long as we offer it to Him. aside from it being a music studio, we have other services that we want to offer so it can have its own 'edge'. watch out for it as we build a new website (blog) for it and promotional activities. it's kinda hard having to do two or three things at the same time. we're pretty much juggling on the studio, waiting for our baby and adjustments now that we'll have a yaya very soon. plus we're also considering of transferring to a bigger home. Only God knows kung tuloy yun. pero everything is good. we are enjoying every minute of running errands. buti na lang pinaglalakad nako ng madalas ng OB ko and di naman ako napapagod kasi sinasamahan ko lang si simon. hihihi.
continue to pray for us. we are offering everything to God and we pray for a smooth delivery and a healthy baby simone! :D
Thursday, February 01, 2007
The one with the LOVE month
happy first day of february!!! so many reasons to celebrate love this month and everyday!
1. we are expecting our baby simone SOON. :) baka tumapat pa daw ng feb. 14. hehe.
2. we will be celebrating our 9th year as boyfriend and girlfriend. yeah, we still celebrate those...actually, kahit monthsaries pinapatulan namin. hehe. good thing, same ang date ng bf-gf and wedding date namin. :)
3. we will be shopping for baby simone's things na tomorrow!Yipee! pwede na me lumabas. sana makapag-pictorial pa kme some other day, makahabol man lang. :)
4. simon is one of the recording artists in an album na ipoproduce ng GMA employees. the inspiratrional album is a project of GMA Christian group wherein copies will be given to all GMA artists and employees. kakatuwa that God gave him a good opportunity to share.
5. we are venturing into a business this month and we pray that it will br fruitful and successful. It's a music studio, rehearsal and recording. Watch out for more developments to come.
sabi nga nila, swerte daw pag may baby. ang sabi naman namin, blessings will flow pag may baby. God is good. :D
~o~
nakakatuwa mga families namin. sa super excited nila, magugulat na lang kme at pag uwi nila eh may pasalubong na sila for simone. hahaha. super excited na daw kasi sila eh. hehehe. kaya naman tong anak ko eh super tuwang-tuwa din.
~o~
im on my 36th week na. and mabigat na sya super. nangangawit na lagi ang likod ko and i always ask simon to rub my back sa gabi para makatulog ako. simone always kicks my rib parts kaya mejo masakit. parang naghahanap na sya ng pwesto nya pababa kaya yung feet nya tumatama sa ribs ko. ouchie! pero ok lang. hihi.
~o~
congratulations to chris and merci for your upcoming wedding on dec. 23!
~o~
last night, akala namin na time na. kasi bigla sumakit tyan ko for no reason at all and feeling ko najejebs me and nagugutom at the same time. ang weird! after i ate crackers and water, tinulog ko na lang. sabi ko, pag sumakit uli siguro time na nga...hahaha. eh hindi naman na sumakit.
1. we are expecting our baby simone SOON. :) baka tumapat pa daw ng feb. 14. hehe.
2. we will be celebrating our 9th year as boyfriend and girlfriend. yeah, we still celebrate those...actually, kahit monthsaries pinapatulan namin. hehe. good thing, same ang date ng bf-gf and wedding date namin. :)
3. we will be shopping for baby simone's things na tomorrow!Yipee! pwede na me lumabas. sana makapag-pictorial pa kme some other day, makahabol man lang. :)
4. simon is one of the recording artists in an album na ipoproduce ng GMA employees. the inspiratrional album is a project of GMA Christian group wherein copies will be given to all GMA artists and employees. kakatuwa that God gave him a good opportunity to share.
5. we are venturing into a business this month and we pray that it will br fruitful and successful. It's a music studio, rehearsal and recording. Watch out for more developments to come.
sabi nga nila, swerte daw pag may baby. ang sabi naman namin, blessings will flow pag may baby. God is good. :D
~o~
nakakatuwa mga families namin. sa super excited nila, magugulat na lang kme at pag uwi nila eh may pasalubong na sila for simone. hahaha. super excited na daw kasi sila eh. hehehe. kaya naman tong anak ko eh super tuwang-tuwa din.
~o~
im on my 36th week na. and mabigat na sya super. nangangawit na lagi ang likod ko and i always ask simon to rub my back sa gabi para makatulog ako. simone always kicks my rib parts kaya mejo masakit. parang naghahanap na sya ng pwesto nya pababa kaya yung feet nya tumatama sa ribs ko. ouchie! pero ok lang. hihi.
~o~
congratulations to chris and merci for your upcoming wedding on dec. 23!
~o~
last night, akala namin na time na. kasi bigla sumakit tyan ko for no reason at all and feeling ko najejebs me and nagugutom at the same time. ang weird! after i ate crackers and water, tinulog ko na lang. sabi ko, pag sumakit uli siguro time na nga...hahaha. eh hindi naman na sumakit.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The one with a faith goal
For 2007, what will be your faith goal???
In the first place, what is a faith goal anyway? as shared by my achie (SIL), faith goal is something that you want to achieve for this year, may it be spiritual blessing, emotional, financial, business or career improvement, etc. You put it in writing and offer it to God so He will bless it and He will make it come true in your life...Of course, when you ask for your faith goal, you also have to pray that it is God's will in your life.
How do you come up with your faith goal? Simply pray and ask God to bless you with whatever it is you want to be blessed. After that, write it on a sheet of paper and whenevery you spend time with the Lord, offer those faith goals to Him and ask Him for wisdom of how to accomplish those things.
I did this when I was in college. I did'nt know it was a faith goal. all i know is that i want to make a timetable for my life and wrote down 5 things that i want to accomplish in life after five years. as far as i can remember, here are those things:
1. get married at the age of 25 or 26
2. have a bank account of P 200,000.00
3. buy a car - need not be brand new, basta may aircon and radio
4. get promoted in a good company
5. invest on a business
you know what...God gave me those 5 things as i turned 26 two years ago. i got married at 26, wherein we were able to save up that kind of money and still had a something left for us to start with. i had my 'bhabes' at the age of 21 since i really wanted to learn how to drive. kasi nga naman daw, i didnt ask for a brand new car kaya ayun, 2nd hand nga lang at talagang may aircon at radio lang.nothing more nothing less. hahaha. pero bhabes got me through a lot of things. she brought me everywhere and sa kanya kme natuto ni simon mag-drive talaga kaya selling her now makes me a little sad. at least, pagagandahin naman sya nung bibili e. so okay lang. and company gave me a car already and we named her "Nisai". it's a biblical name, "praise or banner of God". i was recently given a good position in the company. im still trying to make my way to it but everything is okay. and for so long, we have sideline businesses that we do every now and then ni simon. ewan ko ba, kahit working kme pareho, mahilig talaga kme sa businesses.
see...God is limitless. we can ask everything from Him...kahit ano pa yun???!!!
Make your faith goal now and see God's move in your life!
what's my Faith Goal?? i'll share it soon! pagpe-pray ko muna. :D God bless.
In the first place, what is a faith goal anyway? as shared by my achie (SIL), faith goal is something that you want to achieve for this year, may it be spiritual blessing, emotional, financial, business or career improvement, etc. You put it in writing and offer it to God so He will bless it and He will make it come true in your life...Of course, when you ask for your faith goal, you also have to pray that it is God's will in your life.
How do you come up with your faith goal? Simply pray and ask God to bless you with whatever it is you want to be blessed. After that, write it on a sheet of paper and whenevery you spend time with the Lord, offer those faith goals to Him and ask Him for wisdom of how to accomplish those things.
I did this when I was in college. I did'nt know it was a faith goal. all i know is that i want to make a timetable for my life and wrote down 5 things that i want to accomplish in life after five years. as far as i can remember, here are those things:
1. get married at the age of 25 or 26
2. have a bank account of P 200,000.00
3. buy a car - need not be brand new, basta may aircon and radio
4. get promoted in a good company
5. invest on a business
you know what...God gave me those 5 things as i turned 26 two years ago. i got married at 26, wherein we were able to save up that kind of money and still had a something left for us to start with. i had my 'bhabes' at the age of 21 since i really wanted to learn how to drive. kasi nga naman daw, i didnt ask for a brand new car kaya ayun, 2nd hand nga lang at talagang may aircon at radio lang.nothing more nothing less. hahaha. pero bhabes got me through a lot of things. she brought me everywhere and sa kanya kme natuto ni simon mag-drive talaga kaya selling her now makes me a little sad. at least, pagagandahin naman sya nung bibili e. so okay lang. and company gave me a car already and we named her "Nisai". it's a biblical name, "praise or banner of God". i was recently given a good position in the company. im still trying to make my way to it but everything is okay. and for so long, we have sideline businesses that we do every now and then ni simon. ewan ko ba, kahit working kme pareho, mahilig talaga kme sa businesses.
see...God is limitless. we can ask everything from Him...kahit ano pa yun???!!!
Make your faith goal now and see God's move in your life!
what's my Faith Goal?? i'll share it soon! pagpe-pray ko muna. :D God bless.
The one with 3 weeks left
...i have three weeks left until we welcome baby Simone in the world
...i have three weeks to go before i run out of excuses of why i eat so much
...i have three weeks more until we say goodbye to what we call 'goodnight sleep'
...i have three weeks more until i feel the real pain of motherhood. (which by the way terrifies me already)
...we have three weeks more until we become a family :)
you see, everything is still 'halo-halo' for me. there's excitement of course dahil super lapit na namin makita ang baby namin. we're so thrilled to see her, touch her, embrace her and kiss her. my sisters are already talking about celebrating her 1st birthday. sabi ko, " sandali ha, iisipin ko muna how i will get through the delivery stage, then we can talk about her birthdays...hahaha" mas matindi pa sa ken eh kasi ako baptism pa lang nya pinaplan namin. hehehe.
and then there's fear...more like a soon-to-be parent kind of fear. yung tipong, "will i be able to do this?" "what should we do to raise her well?" "what can we do so she wont get sick?" yung mga ganun ba...siguro normal naman tong nararamdaman ko.
Pero overall, mas excited kami to finally see the first apo in the Tan-Fermin families! haaayyy... God bless you baby Simone.
~o~
At 8 months and 1 week, my baby has grown so much. she has learned new 'circus' tricks in my tummy, she knows how to kick mommy's tummy and make 'inat'. i can feel her tuhod and siko altogether. parang stretch na stretch. sabi ng mga mommies ko, naghahanap na daw kasi sya ng pwesto kaya daw ganun. she gets hiccups after i eat, katuwa. she loves to play in the evening, tulog sya sa umaga at hapon. (read: puyat ito!), she loves to show off her butt in the morning, she only tames down in the evening when her daddy sings her a lullaby. its more like a song by gary v. actually. the lyrics are so nice and everytime kakantahin ni simon yun, masarap ang tulog nya sa gabi.
~o~
scary lang last night when i thought manganganak nako dahil ang tigas ng tummy ko. as in!pero no pain eh, tapos nakatulog din naman ako so okay na pag gising ko. kinausap namin si baby and asked her na konting tulog na lang ang hintay nya. 3 weeks na lang then she can go out na. she really wants to come out na...as in! kaya nga id tell my sis in law,who'd always call her name, to stop it muna kasi na-eexcite lalo si simone. hihihi.
~o~
from my last check-up, i gained 26 lbs. already. good weight gain so far. next schedule is this thursday. i hope to have an ultrasound kung sasabihin ni dra.
~o~
our company is leaving again for HK and China this feb. 7-11. i felt a little sad at first pero okay na rin kasi may baby naman ako and i've been there so wala naman mawawala sa ken. wala lang dadalaw sa ken sa hospital na officemate when i give birth. hehe. good thing though, i get to have pasalubongs without me buying them! yahoo!!!
i miss our office and honestly, i feel a little guilty of having to take an early maternity leave. pero it surfaced, my family is more important. sabi nga ng boss ko, my condition is far more important than work. pero i still call them every other day to check on things at para hindi ako mawala sa cirkulasyon. hehehe.
...i have three weeks to go before i run out of excuses of why i eat so much
...i have three weeks more until we say goodbye to what we call 'goodnight sleep'
...i have three weeks more until i feel the real pain of motherhood. (which by the way terrifies me already)
...we have three weeks more until we become a family :)
you see, everything is still 'halo-halo' for me. there's excitement of course dahil super lapit na namin makita ang baby namin. we're so thrilled to see her, touch her, embrace her and kiss her. my sisters are already talking about celebrating her 1st birthday. sabi ko, " sandali ha, iisipin ko muna how i will get through the delivery stage, then we can talk about her birthdays...hahaha" mas matindi pa sa ken eh kasi ako baptism pa lang nya pinaplan namin. hehehe.
and then there's fear...more like a soon-to-be parent kind of fear. yung tipong, "will i be able to do this?" "what should we do to raise her well?" "what can we do so she wont get sick?" yung mga ganun ba...siguro normal naman tong nararamdaman ko.
Pero overall, mas excited kami to finally see the first apo in the Tan-Fermin families! haaayyy... God bless you baby Simone.
~o~
At 8 months and 1 week, my baby has grown so much. she has learned new 'circus' tricks in my tummy, she knows how to kick mommy's tummy and make 'inat'. i can feel her tuhod and siko altogether. parang stretch na stretch. sabi ng mga mommies ko, naghahanap na daw kasi sya ng pwesto kaya daw ganun. she gets hiccups after i eat, katuwa. she loves to play in the evening, tulog sya sa umaga at hapon. (read: puyat ito!), she loves to show off her butt in the morning, she only tames down in the evening when her daddy sings her a lullaby. its more like a song by gary v. actually. the lyrics are so nice and everytime kakantahin ni simon yun, masarap ang tulog nya sa gabi.
~o~
scary lang last night when i thought manganganak nako dahil ang tigas ng tummy ko. as in!pero no pain eh, tapos nakatulog din naman ako so okay na pag gising ko. kinausap namin si baby and asked her na konting tulog na lang ang hintay nya. 3 weeks na lang then she can go out na. she really wants to come out na...as in! kaya nga id tell my sis in law,who'd always call her name, to stop it muna kasi na-eexcite lalo si simone. hihihi.
~o~
from my last check-up, i gained 26 lbs. already. good weight gain so far. next schedule is this thursday. i hope to have an ultrasound kung sasabihin ni dra.
~o~
our company is leaving again for HK and China this feb. 7-11. i felt a little sad at first pero okay na rin kasi may baby naman ako and i've been there so wala naman mawawala sa ken. wala lang dadalaw sa ken sa hospital na officemate when i give birth. hehe. good thing though, i get to have pasalubongs without me buying them! yahoo!!!
i miss our office and honestly, i feel a little guilty of having to take an early maternity leave. pero it surfaced, my family is more important. sabi nga ng boss ko, my condition is far more important than work. pero i still call them every other day to check on things at para hindi ako mawala sa cirkulasyon. hehehe.
The one with a prayer list
Prayer items: please pray for us...thanks!
1. safe and normal delivery for me. im still clinging on a normal delivery for simone pero whatever is God's plan for us, we will accept it.
2. that baby simone will wait three more weeks before she can be delivered. she's so excited to explore the world, i hope she'd wait more.
3. i will get through the labor pains. i will know how to push when they say push.
4. financial provision. we are so blessed that as part of my benefits, company will shoulder all expenses for my delivery. pero syempre, it doesnt end there.
5. perfect health for baby simone, free from all possible sickness and a normal and healthy baby girl
Additional prayer items:
For the family left by Pyro, I pray that God will always guide them and give them the peace and joy they need at this time of grief. To Pyro, thank you for blessing and inspiring many lives.
1. safe and normal delivery for me. im still clinging on a normal delivery for simone pero whatever is God's plan for us, we will accept it.
2. that baby simone will wait three more weeks before she can be delivered. she's so excited to explore the world, i hope she'd wait more.
3. i will get through the labor pains. i will know how to push when they say push.
4. financial provision. we are so blessed that as part of my benefits, company will shoulder all expenses for my delivery. pero syempre, it doesnt end there.
5. perfect health for baby simone, free from all possible sickness and a normal and healthy baby girl
Additional prayer items:
For the family left by Pyro, I pray that God will always guide them and give them the peace and joy they need at this time of grief. To Pyro, thank you for blessing and inspiring many lives.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The one with an early maternity leave
this is something new to us...very shocking and overwhelming ang turn of events. i never realized we would celebrate christmas in a hospital. with all the preparations we've been doing, i'll end up pala in a hospital. dala na rin ng stress due to last-minute errands at work and christmas rush, nag-minor bleeding me that caused me to be confined. Dec. 24 at 2am, i just wanted to go to the CR pero nung nag-CR ako, may big clot na sumama. twas very traumatic. we cried seeing the blood and we rushed to the hospital. i was put in the labor room and was controlled. kasi 7.5 months pa lang ako and my water bag naman did'nt open so kinontrol lang nila ang bleeding ko. i did'nt feel anything kasi na masakit, no contractions. tumitigas lang ang tyan ko dahil gumagalaw daw si simone pero other than that, wala. for 10 hours, di kme nagkita ni simon. while in the labor room, i was praying and talking to God na ingatan si baby simone and that His plan will always be the perfect plan for us. nung medyo nag-subside ang bleeding, i was checked in na sa room. di pako nakakapasok sa room, sinalubong nako ni simon. and there, nag-iyakan na kme. haayy! it was an MMK (Maalala Mo kaya)moment. i remember him saying na "dont worry beh, everything will be okay. i love you." and tears just fell. up to now, pag naaalala ko yung moment na yun, nakaka-teary eyed pa rin.
when i was transferred on my bed na, andun pala ang parents ko sa room and abi and romy. hehe. nakita tuloy nila kme na umiiyak. i was literally bedrest for 5 days. as in kahit comfort needs, sa bedpan lang. it was a test of true love for us. i've always felt that Simon is God's best for me and this experience was one big proof of that. He really took care of me. He'd put on my bedpan pag mag pee and poop me. arrrgh! the poop thing is the most embarassing pero i only did it once. Simon has a gift of making things light...yung kahit nahihirapan nako, he can turn the situation into a positive tone na matutuwa ka na lang basta. yung poop experience nga namin was a funny one...basta i wont go into details na. hehe.
All things work together for good…Everything under heaven has a good and Godly purpose.
For all the sudden things that transpired during the last two weeks, it was more of a learning experience for us as a couple. Challenging, yet a blessing for us. I would always tell myself, in situations as these, that everything has two sides. There’s always a positive and a not so positive side. We make it a point to choose the positive one. This is what connects us to our God. That positive attitude in life that promotes and builds our faith in Him.
Pero syempre, as human as iam, I was scared…really scared for that matter. It was traumatic having to see such sight. I know I can deliver the baby at 7 months pero I still wanted to deliver her full-term. I also felt guilty for abusing my body and absorbing all the stress as though im not pregnant. Believe me, ang daming nagsasabi sa ken na parang hindi daw ako buntis, I was active as I was when I was not yet pregnant, I only relax when I feel something unsusual (which is very seldom because I ignore those unusual feelings), I still drive although not that often naman, I still went out-of-town a week before it happened. (I still think that triggered everything since our car broke down and I was stressed that day during fieldwork). Lesson learned: DO NOT abuse the comfort of pregnancy that I once had.
We celebrated Christmas in the hospital…for the very first time. All our families, on both sides, came during noche Buena time and they brought food. They all had an early Christmas dinner so they can be with us in time for Christmas. Simon and I were so touched that we are so blessed with families who have given us so much love and support. Hindi pa man pinapanganak si baby Simone, talagang ramdam nya na ang love that our families have for her. We went home last Dec. 28 and we’re staying muna with my in-laws since our place is a 2-storey apartment and I also need someone to be with me all the time, just in case I go to labor already. We were so preparing for Christmas, and yet we still did’nt have a “matino” celebration. Last year kasi we just got married, so super bangag pa kme to prepare. Now naman, I even printed out new recipes to cook pero hindi pa rin pala. Hehehe. I guess next year sure na. Sabi kasi ni Lord, masyado daw ang planning kaya ayan, pinag-rest nya muna ako.
Lessons learned…oh there are so many things…and I keep on discovering the reasons why God had to let this happen.
One, He wanted me to take things slow and take each day one day at a time. Restless that i'am, God taught me to relax and appreciate things that i have. kumbaga nga, take time to lie on the grass and smell the flowers. it wont hurt to get things at a certain pace.
Two, God has once again manifested in our marriage and reminded us that Simon and I are really meant for each other. Simon has been my constant bestfriend, comforter, clown, disciplinarian, and husband. He has taken good care of me ever since and kahit pasaway talaga ako, i never heard one negative word from him. well, napagsabihan nya ko pero he understood me pa rin.
Three, God has given me enough time to bond with my child while im on bedrest. the luxury of time that i have right now is very overwhelming. i mean, i can move around the house naman kasi di naman nako totally bedrest kaya i can still do things that i like and get to enjoy that quality time with my unborn child. we have one month left before she arrives and everyday, im starting to feel that she's responding to what i say. ngayon ko lang na-experience to and im blessed to have her. she's giving me so much joy already kahit di ko pa sya pinapanganak. in fact, when i feel alone sa room ko i'll just talk to her and she will respond by kicking me(which hurts sometimes, hehe) or by showing her butt (which is big, nagmana sa ken). just the other night, i woke up in the middle of the night and felt her hands and knees moving around, as if trying to stretch my tummy. grabe, i know those were the parts kaya happy na happy me. i got to see her once again sa emergency ultrasound that i had in the hospital. she's completely well and twas so precious having to see her eyes as if she was looking straight at me...and blinking. after a while, she was mouthing as if wanting to eat something. nakakatuwa, the sonologist laught also kasi ang cute daw. and true enough, kamukha sya ni Simon. hahaha. as in she got her daddy's eyes, shape of face, cheeks and chin. ang sa akin lang ata ay nose and lips. hehe. pero we're still hoping we can have that 4d ultrasound next week so we can have a souvenir of her in my womb.
Four, God has really blessed us with the best families and friends ever. there was not a day in the hospital na wala kaming visitors and/or family na andun. the morning nung na-rush ako, everyone was in the room waiting for me. as in lahat! even our pastor and his wife were there also. we felt God's love through them and we sincerely thank them.
Now, we're staying at our in-laws. My MIL and my mom are the ones taking care of me pag may pasok si simon sa office. super spoiled nga ako eh. kahti ano gusto ko, bigay agad. hehehe.
When i had our check-up last Jan. 4, doctor said naman that i can deliver baby 1st week of feb, pinaka-late is feb. 14. naka-close naman ang funnel ni baby so safe naman daw. i just have to really take care para hindi mag-contract. so far, wala ako nararamdaman na contraction. tumitigas lang talaga si baby when she moves which is normal naman daw.
We offer everything to God. I know He will take care of us and He will help us get through this. We've offered baby Simone to Him already and I know He has the perfect plan for this child. He will use this child to bless and inspire people around her, and most importantly, to glorify and bless Him.
when i was transferred on my bed na, andun pala ang parents ko sa room and abi and romy. hehe. nakita tuloy nila kme na umiiyak. i was literally bedrest for 5 days. as in kahit comfort needs, sa bedpan lang. it was a test of true love for us. i've always felt that Simon is God's best for me and this experience was one big proof of that. He really took care of me. He'd put on my bedpan pag mag pee and poop me. arrrgh! the poop thing is the most embarassing pero i only did it once. Simon has a gift of making things light...yung kahit nahihirapan nako, he can turn the situation into a positive tone na matutuwa ka na lang basta. yung poop experience nga namin was a funny one...basta i wont go into details na. hehe.
All things work together for good…Everything under heaven has a good and Godly purpose.
For all the sudden things that transpired during the last two weeks, it was more of a learning experience for us as a couple. Challenging, yet a blessing for us. I would always tell myself, in situations as these, that everything has two sides. There’s always a positive and a not so positive side. We make it a point to choose the positive one. This is what connects us to our God. That positive attitude in life that promotes and builds our faith in Him.
Pero syempre, as human as iam, I was scared…really scared for that matter. It was traumatic having to see such sight. I know I can deliver the baby at 7 months pero I still wanted to deliver her full-term. I also felt guilty for abusing my body and absorbing all the stress as though im not pregnant. Believe me, ang daming nagsasabi sa ken na parang hindi daw ako buntis, I was active as I was when I was not yet pregnant, I only relax when I feel something unsusual (which is very seldom because I ignore those unusual feelings), I still drive although not that often naman, I still went out-of-town a week before it happened. (I still think that triggered everything since our car broke down and I was stressed that day during fieldwork). Lesson learned: DO NOT abuse the comfort of pregnancy that I once had.
We celebrated Christmas in the hospital…for the very first time. All our families, on both sides, came during noche Buena time and they brought food. They all had an early Christmas dinner so they can be with us in time for Christmas. Simon and I were so touched that we are so blessed with families who have given us so much love and support. Hindi pa man pinapanganak si baby Simone, talagang ramdam nya na ang love that our families have for her. We went home last Dec. 28 and we’re staying muna with my in-laws since our place is a 2-storey apartment and I also need someone to be with me all the time, just in case I go to labor already. We were so preparing for Christmas, and yet we still did’nt have a “matino” celebration. Last year kasi we just got married, so super bangag pa kme to prepare. Now naman, I even printed out new recipes to cook pero hindi pa rin pala. Hehehe. I guess next year sure na. Sabi kasi ni Lord, masyado daw ang planning kaya ayan, pinag-rest nya muna ako.
Lessons learned…oh there are so many things…and I keep on discovering the reasons why God had to let this happen.
One, He wanted me to take things slow and take each day one day at a time. Restless that i'am, God taught me to relax and appreciate things that i have. kumbaga nga, take time to lie on the grass and smell the flowers. it wont hurt to get things at a certain pace.
Two, God has once again manifested in our marriage and reminded us that Simon and I are really meant for each other. Simon has been my constant bestfriend, comforter, clown, disciplinarian, and husband. He has taken good care of me ever since and kahit pasaway talaga ako, i never heard one negative word from him. well, napagsabihan nya ko pero he understood me pa rin.
Three, God has given me enough time to bond with my child while im on bedrest. the luxury of time that i have right now is very overwhelming. i mean, i can move around the house naman kasi di naman nako totally bedrest kaya i can still do things that i like and get to enjoy that quality time with my unborn child. we have one month left before she arrives and everyday, im starting to feel that she's responding to what i say. ngayon ko lang na-experience to and im blessed to have her. she's giving me so much joy already kahit di ko pa sya pinapanganak. in fact, when i feel alone sa room ko i'll just talk to her and she will respond by kicking me(which hurts sometimes, hehe) or by showing her butt (which is big, nagmana sa ken). just the other night, i woke up in the middle of the night and felt her hands and knees moving around, as if trying to stretch my tummy. grabe, i know those were the parts kaya happy na happy me. i got to see her once again sa emergency ultrasound that i had in the hospital. she's completely well and twas so precious having to see her eyes as if she was looking straight at me...and blinking. after a while, she was mouthing as if wanting to eat something. nakakatuwa, the sonologist laught also kasi ang cute daw. and true enough, kamukha sya ni Simon. hahaha. as in she got her daddy's eyes, shape of face, cheeks and chin. ang sa akin lang ata ay nose and lips. hehe. pero we're still hoping we can have that 4d ultrasound next week so we can have a souvenir of her in my womb.
Four, God has really blessed us with the best families and friends ever. there was not a day in the hospital na wala kaming visitors and/or family na andun. the morning nung na-rush ako, everyone was in the room waiting for me. as in lahat! even our pastor and his wife were there also. we felt God's love through them and we sincerely thank them.
Now, we're staying at our in-laws. My MIL and my mom are the ones taking care of me pag may pasok si simon sa office. super spoiled nga ako eh. kahti ano gusto ko, bigay agad. hehehe.
When i had our check-up last Jan. 4, doctor said naman that i can deliver baby 1st week of feb, pinaka-late is feb. 14. naka-close naman ang funnel ni baby so safe naman daw. i just have to really take care para hindi mag-contract. so far, wala ako nararamdaman na contraction. tumitigas lang talaga si baby when she moves which is normal naman daw.
We offer everything to God. I know He will take care of us and He will help us get through this. We've offered baby Simone to Him already and I know He has the perfect plan for this child. He will use this child to bless and inspire people around her, and most importantly, to glorify and bless Him.
Friday, December 22, 2006
The one with our first anniversary
Congratulations to us!!! One year na kmeng Mr. and Mrs. Simon Tan! yahoo!!! what more could we ask for?! we have a baby simone who's on the way, we have so many blessings to be thankful for, we have great families who've supported us always...Thank you Lord for everything!
anyway, we did'nt plan much since we are so busy with events and christmas season and we want to celebrate it after christmas season. anyway, for our first anniversary,, we kinda splurged on our anniversary gifts. hehe, our rationale...this may be the last "luho" we have for ourselves before simone comes. hahaha. syempre, pag andyan na si simone, lahat na ng luho will be for her. yihee!
so, i surprised simon with a new iPOD video 30GB. yahoo! super saya ng lolo nyo dahil di nya expected talaga. i wrote on the card that it's not an iPOD nano that he wanted kaya nag-sorry me. hindi nga naman nano, kasi video! naks!!! :D i wrapped it in two boxes para hindi halata na ipod video. hehe, typical me.
simon on the other hand, gave me a portable widescreen DVD player. ang saya! he knows how much i wanted to watch videos kaya ngayon kahit saan pwede nako manood. thanks behbi ha! :D as usual, pictures to follow. hehe.
we had our dinner at gloria maris in shang and had dessert in sugarhouse where i gave him my gift. :D
Happy Anniversary to us! and to all december couples there, happy anniv to you too! God bless!
anyway, we did'nt plan much since we are so busy with events and christmas season and we want to celebrate it after christmas season. anyway, for our first anniversary,, we kinda splurged on our anniversary gifts. hehe, our rationale...this may be the last "luho" we have for ourselves before simone comes. hahaha. syempre, pag andyan na si simone, lahat na ng luho will be for her. yihee!
so, i surprised simon with a new iPOD video 30GB. yahoo! super saya ng lolo nyo dahil di nya expected talaga. i wrote on the card that it's not an iPOD nano that he wanted kaya nag-sorry me. hindi nga naman nano, kasi video! naks!!! :D i wrapped it in two boxes para hindi halata na ipod video. hehe, typical me.
simon on the other hand, gave me a portable widescreen DVD player. ang saya! he knows how much i wanted to watch videos kaya ngayon kahit saan pwede nako manood. thanks behbi ha! :D as usual, pictures to follow. hehe.
we had our dinner at gloria maris in shang and had dessert in sugarhouse where i gave him my gift. :D
Happy Anniversary to us! and to all december couples there, happy anniv to you too! God bless!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
The one with the day before
Tomorrow is our first year anniversary! grabe, super bilis ng panahon. as in! lately, super pagod kme lagi ni simon coz of all the events we had to attend to, all the errands, and mga last-minute shoppings. and to top it all, we're pregnant pa! so double yung ingat namin and madali kme mapagod. (ako coz of simone, si simon dahil sa mga bitbit nya!) hahaha.
can you believe it, we still have'nt prepared anything for our anniversary. as in wala pa! we plan to celebrate it na lang after christmas since wala naman ako pasok and i think he wont work din ata nun. we can always go somewhere and relax. yun nga lang, goodbye na to out of town planning dahil bawal na ko mag-travel. not naman bawal, pero mabuti na ynug maingat. pasaway kasi ako eh. i went to batangas lang yesterday and nasiraan ang kotse ko in the middle of south expressway! haayyy!! pero God is good and His protection was upon us. detailed story next post na lang at ayoko naman maiba ang mood ng post ko here.
so, what are we going to do tomorrow??? since we'll just have a corporate year-end sa Ultra, i can report to work around 10am na siguro. he suggested that we have breakfast at somethin fishy muna. then, tambay sa eastwood dahil dun naman ang favorite namin eh. tapos, report to office and then, after that have a good dinner in a nice hotel or restaurant. basta, anything para lang makapag-relax and have the time to ourselves lang talaga.
just this morning, we woke up late na. he told me na half day na lang kme para makabawi ng sleep kahit papano. you know what, when he hugged me and we were sleeping, super naisip ko na super lapit na ang pagdating ni baby simone that we really have to cherish the time na kme lang dalawa together. it's a mixed emotion actually. syempre, happy ako and super excited to be finally seeing our baby! pero at the same time something tells me na i might not be able to spend as much time as i do for simon, yung tipong our lives will totally revolve around baby simone. hahaha. i dont know what im saying...kakaloka! must be the preggo hormones. basta, ang important is that God has blessed us with a baby girl we've prayed for. kahit ngayon pa lang na di pa sya lumalabas, she's giving us sooo much joy already. pati families namin are soo excited and looking forward to finally kiss and hug her.
im on my 7th month already. simone's kicks are getting stronger. minsan may mga exhibition pang nalalaman. hehehe. im starting to feel her feet kicking me. ang cute pero minsan mejo masakit. hahaha. at least i know she's active and healthy.
at may ugali tong batang to...pag may kausap, gusto lagi sumali kasi lagi sumisipa. tapos, marunong mag-respond sa ring ng fone. yung ring na "krrriiiinnnggg..." hahaha. she has intervals na rin kung kelan sya active, kelan sya playing inside me, etc. she loves to kick me pag patulog nako and nakagilid. ayaw nya kasi ng nakagilid ako.gusto yung normal na position which is getting harder for me. pero ok lang, gusto nya e. :D i stopped wearing my ER and wedding ring muna. mejo sumisikip na eh. actually, kasya pa sya kaya lang baka maipit mga ugat ko. sayang pa naman coz simon just gave me his pre-anniv and pre-christmas gift...an eternity ring! pic to follow pero super nice. :D love you beh! may kasunod pa daw ang gift nyang yun kaya excited nako! yahoo!
eh ako, what do i have for him for our anniv and christmas??? secret!!! baka mabasa nya dito eh, mahirap na....hihihi...
we'll have an ultrasound later for final confirmation of gender and check physical conformation etc. excited as usual dahil we'll see her again. and syempre, video ulit ito! hihihi.
can you believe it, we still have'nt prepared anything for our anniversary. as in wala pa! we plan to celebrate it na lang after christmas since wala naman ako pasok and i think he wont work din ata nun. we can always go somewhere and relax. yun nga lang, goodbye na to out of town planning dahil bawal na ko mag-travel. not naman bawal, pero mabuti na ynug maingat. pasaway kasi ako eh. i went to batangas lang yesterday and nasiraan ang kotse ko in the middle of south expressway! haayyy!! pero God is good and His protection was upon us. detailed story next post na lang at ayoko naman maiba ang mood ng post ko here.
so, what are we going to do tomorrow??? since we'll just have a corporate year-end sa Ultra, i can report to work around 10am na siguro. he suggested that we have breakfast at somethin fishy muna. then, tambay sa eastwood dahil dun naman ang favorite namin eh. tapos, report to office and then, after that have a good dinner in a nice hotel or restaurant. basta, anything para lang makapag-relax and have the time to ourselves lang talaga.
just this morning, we woke up late na. he told me na half day na lang kme para makabawi ng sleep kahit papano. you know what, when he hugged me and we were sleeping, super naisip ko na super lapit na ang pagdating ni baby simone that we really have to cherish the time na kme lang dalawa together. it's a mixed emotion actually. syempre, happy ako and super excited to be finally seeing our baby! pero at the same time something tells me na i might not be able to spend as much time as i do for simon, yung tipong our lives will totally revolve around baby simone. hahaha. i dont know what im saying...kakaloka! must be the preggo hormones. basta, ang important is that God has blessed us with a baby girl we've prayed for. kahit ngayon pa lang na di pa sya lumalabas, she's giving us sooo much joy already. pati families namin are soo excited and looking forward to finally kiss and hug her.
im on my 7th month already. simone's kicks are getting stronger. minsan may mga exhibition pang nalalaman. hehehe. im starting to feel her feet kicking me. ang cute pero minsan mejo masakit. hahaha. at least i know she's active and healthy.
at may ugali tong batang to...pag may kausap, gusto lagi sumali kasi lagi sumisipa. tapos, marunong mag-respond sa ring ng fone. yung ring na "krrriiiinnnggg..." hahaha. she has intervals na rin kung kelan sya active, kelan sya playing inside me, etc. she loves to kick me pag patulog nako and nakagilid. ayaw nya kasi ng nakagilid ako.gusto yung normal na position which is getting harder for me. pero ok lang, gusto nya e. :D i stopped wearing my ER and wedding ring muna. mejo sumisikip na eh. actually, kasya pa sya kaya lang baka maipit mga ugat ko. sayang pa naman coz simon just gave me his pre-anniv and pre-christmas gift...an eternity ring! pic to follow pero super nice. :D love you beh! may kasunod pa daw ang gift nyang yun kaya excited nako! yahoo!
eh ako, what do i have for him for our anniv and christmas??? secret!!! baka mabasa nya dito eh, mahirap na....hihihi...
we'll have an ultrasound later for final confirmation of gender and check physical conformation etc. excited as usual dahil we'll see her again. and syempre, video ulit ito! hihihi.
Monday, December 18, 2006
The one with preggy pictures
Due to insistent public demand (naks!), here are some pictures na mejo latest. super laki ng tyan ko! bwahaha.
6.5 months me dito
6 months and 3 weeks me here. this blouse is not a maternity blouse pero okay pa rin naman. body fit!
this is my tummy...hihihi...di ko na makita feet ko pag nakahiga. :D
me and my big nose! nyahaha.
in fairness, beauty pa rin naman me. hehehe.
lakas mag-trip! all pics are from my celfone lang.
6.5 months me dito
6 months and 3 weeks me here. this blouse is not a maternity blouse pero okay pa rin naman. body fit!
this is my tummy...hihihi...di ko na makita feet ko pag nakahiga. :D
me and my big nose! nyahaha.
in fairness, beauty pa rin naman me. hehehe.
lakas mag-trip! all pics are from my celfone lang.
The one with chocolate crinkles
For Sale! P65.00 per box of 18 pcs. For every 10 boxes ordered, you get 1 box FREE!
Here are pictures of the box and tag that goes along with it. all you have to do is write down the name ng pagreregaluhan mo! hihihi.
cute ng packaging noh?! pero mas masarap yan! soft and chewy po sya, promise!
text or call at 0920-951-8513 or 0922-888-7739 for details. our pick-up points are areas near ortigas, cainta, mandaluyong, or pasig. order na! :D
Here are pictures of the box and tag that goes along with it. all you have to do is write down the name ng pagreregaluhan mo! hihihi.
cute ng packaging noh?! pero mas masarap yan! soft and chewy po sya, promise!
text or call at 0920-951-8513 or 0922-888-7739 for details. our pick-up points are areas near ortigas, cainta, mandaluyong, or pasig. order na! :D
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
The one with Lacoste shirts for sale
P330 for ladies and P350 for guys. comes in different sizes and colors!
Class A, made in thailand (lacoste capital of the world)
Class A, made in thailand (lacoste capital of the world)
Saturday, December 09, 2006
The one with Simone's first video
hehehe...this is actually her ultrasound lang that simon recorded. you may want to take a look.
http://simonjacque.multiply.com
it's under videos entitled simone1 and simone2. enjoy! that's when we found out that she's a she. :D
http://simonjacque.multiply.com
it's under videos entitled simone1 and simone2. enjoy! that's when we found out that she's a she. :D
The one with Christmas air
hohoho!!! merry christmas everyone!!! christmas is sooo much in the air already...and in the traffic! haha. super traffic na ngayon. sorry for not updating this blog lately. super dami work na kelangan tapusin before we can even have our christmas vacation. oh well, everything's okay naman.
baby simone will be 7 months na on tuesday! she is getting really active these days. as in, lumalakas na mga sipa nya. hahaha. i found a pregnancy organizer last night at powerbooks. nanghinayang nga ako coz i wanted something like that when i found out that i was pregnant. kainis, di ko na binili kasi 2 months na lang wait ko eh. sayang naman all those pages na di ko masusulatan. ang cool pa naman! pero im keeping a journal naman of my pregnancy here in the computer eh, sort of like a diary. hehehe.
we started shopping na rin for christmas! ang saya! we went to market-market with naan...super cool! ang daming nice gift items dun and hindi namin nalibot lahat coz ang dami na namin napamili nasa ground floor pa lang kme! yikes! and luckily, sale din sa havin a baby! i bought 3 blouses na P150-200 each lang from P700-900 ang original prices! soo cool! :D
tomorrow (dec. 10) is the wedding of my sis-in-law jane and oliver. super excited nako for them! ang saya! please pray for a good weather for them. yan ang challenge ng outdoor wedding...the weather! so please, we need all the prayers. oh, and congratulations to them for winning the "My wedding song" contest in w@w. yahoo! sis in law ko yan! here is a link to the mp3.
http://www.angelswink.biz/audio/JACK_IKAWNANGA.mp3 (for my sis in law's version)
http://www.angelswink.biz/audio/PAULO_IKAWNANGA.mp3 (for paulo clemente's version)
grabe tong song na to, nakaka-teary eyed talaga. im pretty sure im gonna cry tomorrow sa bridal march nya. haaayyy!!! :D
park muna me. work muna ako at nasa office ako ngayon. again, bakit ba kasi kelangan pumasok ng saturday diba?! hehehe.
baby simone will be 7 months na on tuesday! she is getting really active these days. as in, lumalakas na mga sipa nya. hahaha. i found a pregnancy organizer last night at powerbooks. nanghinayang nga ako coz i wanted something like that when i found out that i was pregnant. kainis, di ko na binili kasi 2 months na lang wait ko eh. sayang naman all those pages na di ko masusulatan. ang cool pa naman! pero im keeping a journal naman of my pregnancy here in the computer eh, sort of like a diary. hehehe.
we started shopping na rin for christmas! ang saya! we went to market-market with naan...super cool! ang daming nice gift items dun and hindi namin nalibot lahat coz ang dami na namin napamili nasa ground floor pa lang kme! yikes! and luckily, sale din sa havin a baby! i bought 3 blouses na P150-200 each lang from P700-900 ang original prices! soo cool! :D
tomorrow (dec. 10) is the wedding of my sis-in-law jane and oliver. super excited nako for them! ang saya! please pray for a good weather for them. yan ang challenge ng outdoor wedding...the weather! so please, we need all the prayers. oh, and congratulations to them for winning the "My wedding song" contest in w@w. yahoo! sis in law ko yan! here is a link to the mp3.
http://www.angelswink.biz/audio/JACK_IKAWNANGA.mp3 (for my sis in law's version)
http://www.angelswink.biz/audio/PAULO_IKAWNANGA.mp3 (for paulo clemente's version)
grabe tong song na to, nakaka-teary eyed talaga. im pretty sure im gonna cry tomorrow sa bridal march nya. haaayyy!!! :D
park muna me. work muna ako at nasa office ako ngayon. again, bakit ba kasi kelangan pumasok ng saturday diba?! hehehe.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The one with veintahan
Item No. 1: Memorive Flash Drive For Sale: P1,100 for 512 mb and P 1,700.00 for 1GB. Made in Korea, but memory chips come from Samsung.
Item No. 2: Chocolate Crinkles at P65.00 per box of 18 (with packaging and sticker)
For every 10 boxes you buy, you get 1 box FREE! Perfect for christmas give-aways.
Picture to follow.
Item No. 3: Lacoste shirts Class A. Made in Thailand! you would'nt know the difference...promise! P330.00 for ladies and P350.00 for men's. Different sizes and colors available.
o diba?! todo bentahan na ito!! ibalik ang pagka-entrepreneur. last year kasi wala time mag-ganito because of wedding. ngayon, pwede na ulit!!!
please text me at 0920-951-8513 OR 0922-888-7739 for orders!!!
Item No. 2: Chocolate Crinkles at P65.00 per box of 18 (with packaging and sticker)
For every 10 boxes you buy, you get 1 box FREE! Perfect for christmas give-aways.
Picture to follow.
Item No. 3: Lacoste shirts Class A. Made in Thailand! you would'nt know the difference...promise! P330.00 for ladies and P350.00 for men's. Different sizes and colors available.
o diba?! todo bentahan na ito!! ibalik ang pagka-entrepreneur. last year kasi wala time mag-ganito because of wedding. ngayon, pwede na ulit!!!
please text me at 0920-951-8513 OR 0922-888-7739 for orders!!!
The one with congratulations!!!
For my 200th post in this blog, i would like to congratulate special people in our lives.
Jill and Jon, for finally getting married! like what i always tell you jill, your love has been blessed from the start and it's reason enough to love each other for the rest of your lives. We love you both and God bless!we had fun in your wedding. tiring but it was still so much fun!
Pictures courtesy of Paul Vincent whom we would like to congratulate also for winning the W@w supplier of the year!!! grabe nato!!! what did i tell you?! kayo ay stars in the making...naks! grabe, you've really gone a long way and we are sooo privileged to have partnered with you on our wedding. God bless you both and continue to keep that passion burning.
dapat lagi nyo dala tong awards na to everytime may coverage kayo!!! bwahaha.
of course, my congratulations to our Clarice and Emily for being at the Top 10 and Top 5 w@w suppliers!!! galing-galing ng mga suppliers namin!!!
Jill and Jon, for finally getting married! like what i always tell you jill, your love has been blessed from the start and it's reason enough to love each other for the rest of your lives. We love you both and God bless!we had fun in your wedding. tiring but it was still so much fun!
Pictures courtesy of Paul Vincent whom we would like to congratulate also for winning the W@w supplier of the year!!! grabe nato!!! what did i tell you?! kayo ay stars in the making...naks! grabe, you've really gone a long way and we are sooo privileged to have partnered with you on our wedding. God bless you both and continue to keep that passion burning.
dapat lagi nyo dala tong awards na to everytime may coverage kayo!!! bwahaha.
of course, my congratulations to our Clarice and Emily for being at the Top 10 and Top 5 w@w suppliers!!! galing-galing ng mga suppliers namin!!!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The one with Simone's first baby shower
yehey!!! my wonderful and beautiful friends from CWL threw me a baby shower last friday, Nov. 24. simon and i were sooo touched with all the gifts and efforts to come up with a shower for simone. naku, eto nga ang pinaka-maagang baby shower ata ever. hehehe. my baby is starting to be spoiled agad ha. hahaha.
here are her first stuffs:
simone's first booties...
we can't get enough of these booties...lalo si simon! super cute kasi e. hehe.
thanks chris, con, karla, mai, mec, wella, yna for a wonderful time! muah! we love you girls! friends for life!!!
here are her first stuffs:
simone's first booties...
we can't get enough of these booties...lalo si simon! super cute kasi e. hehe.
thanks chris, con, karla, mai, mec, wella, yna for a wonderful time! muah! we love you girls! friends for life!!!
The one with a shower, a wedding and a baby shower
Here are some pictures from Jill's bridal shower with a wholesome bunny theme!
all in bunny bands!
gifts for jill and loot bags for the guests
of course, jon should have a gift too...bench g-string!
and here are some of our pics from their wedding.
the secondary sponsors...me at 6.5 months!, jannet and naan
my beh singing and playing "That's all" grabe! kakaikot ng panty! pati anak ko tuwang-tuwa! hahaha. all the guests were all eyes and ears on him.
couple's pic (make-up by angie ang hair by ogie)
all in bunny bands!
gifts for jill and loot bags for the guests
of course, jon should have a gift too...bench g-string!
and here are some of our pics from their wedding.
the secondary sponsors...me at 6.5 months!, jannet and naan
my beh singing and playing "That's all" grabe! kakaikot ng panty! pati anak ko tuwang-tuwa! hahaha. all the guests were all eyes and ears on him.
couple's pic (make-up by angie ang hair by ogie)
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The one with samu't-sari
dami ko kwentos!!! as in, i dont know where to begin.
last saturday(nov.11), we threw a bridal shower for our bestfriend jill. ibang klase yung surprise party! we've been planning it for two weeks i think and we were so careful kasi jill is the type na suspicious and she can easily sense kung may gimmick for her or not. super mag fish ng info yun eh. so to make it more deceiving, i suggested that we use "jason's wedding proposal" as our alibi. kunwari si jason mag-aask ng favor from us to bring naan to this hotel kasi dun sya magpo-propose. little that she knows, sya pala ang magugulat.
super classic nung nangyari nung saturday. all of us were constantly communicating and talagang calling each other. tatawag kme kay jill kasi jill thinks that she's coordinating naman the proposal of jason kay naan. so mega acting na lang kme at naki-ride sa mga gusto nya gawin. hahaha. nakakalito nga lang kasi we just have to be really consistent at panagutan na proposal ang mangyayari. eh eto ang kicker...jason told me na he will really propose the day after (sunday) and he's asking me how to do it and what gimmick!?!?! oh no!!! nalilito talaga ako! syempre dahil lagi kme nagkakausap ni naan, i was so careful at baka madulas ako. grabe!!!
i went ahead sa hotel to set up the venue, entertain the guests na darating, give them their guest sheets and their bunny bands. kapagod pero masaya. i was with jacqui the whole time (jill's sister). when i met jill and naan sa lobby ng hotel, jill forgot to tell naan na kasama ako and i forgot to tell naan na kasama nga ako!!! silang dalawa parehong hindi alam kung ano gagawin. hahaha. i can just imagine their faces trying to make excuses on each other (with different motives) bwahaha. basta ako acting lang. eh eto naman si jill, totally forgot what room number so jason had to call her pa. i can't tell her naman the room number kasi mabubuko ako.
when we went up na, the lights are all off. and jill kept on saying, "Frank...Frank.." hallleeerr!!! sino si frank?! and everybody went..."Surprise!" as in! ang galing! jill was soooo shocked! and asked naan, "si jason?" sabi namin lahat...wala! "si jon and simon?" "wala rin!" bwahahaha. jacqui brought clothes for her so she can change, and had dinner muna. we had pansit, lumpia, spaghetti, and drinks. after that, nag-play na kme. we had trivia questions wherein jill will do a consequence if she cant answer right. all the questions pala were all about her fiance. nyahaha. from easy to difficult round. BUT if she answers right, we will do whatever she tells us. eh grabe, ang mga pinapagawa, "remove your bra and give it to me" or "remove your panty and give it to me" ano ba to stripper game?! hehe.
then we played the ever banana-eating game! so fun! and of course the beat the egg game. nyahaha. wholesome games naman na may konting green lang. :D
after that, syempre excited naman ako for jason's proposal. they went to caleruega and there he proposed. haaayy...ang saya-saya!
~o~
wedding na nila jill and jon on saturday. super excited na rin kme. i met up with her coordinators to help them out on things and oversee na rin. i just need to get some things done but im pretty sure everything will be okay naman. mejo ngarag-ngarag nga lang kasi kakapagod mag-coordinate ha. so many meetings to do. :D
~o~
i'll meet up with CWL girls on friday night for our baby shower, christmas party and despedida party for wella and chris sa megamall. so syempre, i also need to drop by at jill's hotel to check on things.
~o~
baby simone is very active now. she loves to kick me after she eats and just before i go to sleep. there are nights that i dont get to sleep well kasi mejo malakas sya sumipa. hahaha. but it's okay. at least i know na healthy si baby inside. i texted my OB the other day and vented out a little kasi everyone is saying na ang liit lang ng tyan ko for 6 months daw. eh bakit ba?! eh sa maliit ako magbuntis e?! kainis yung mga yun! hahaha. sabi ni dra, pakausap daw sa kanya kapag may nagtanong ulit. hahaha.
~o~
happy monthsary beh! grabe, 11 months na tayo kasal! ang saya-saya po! and i was touched when he was the first to remember and i actually forgot. well, naalala ko na sya the other day but i forgot about it again. hahaha. we have'nt prepared anything for our 1st year anniversary. hmmm...bahala na si batman and our budget. :D gift ko sa kanya this month is a lacoste shirt (nyahaha, class A lang pero who would know the difference?!)
last saturday(nov.11), we threw a bridal shower for our bestfriend jill. ibang klase yung surprise party! we've been planning it for two weeks i think and we were so careful kasi jill is the type na suspicious and she can easily sense kung may gimmick for her or not. super mag fish ng info yun eh. so to make it more deceiving, i suggested that we use "jason's wedding proposal" as our alibi. kunwari si jason mag-aask ng favor from us to bring naan to this hotel kasi dun sya magpo-propose. little that she knows, sya pala ang magugulat.
super classic nung nangyari nung saturday. all of us were constantly communicating and talagang calling each other. tatawag kme kay jill kasi jill thinks that she's coordinating naman the proposal of jason kay naan. so mega acting na lang kme at naki-ride sa mga gusto nya gawin. hahaha. nakakalito nga lang kasi we just have to be really consistent at panagutan na proposal ang mangyayari. eh eto ang kicker...jason told me na he will really propose the day after (sunday) and he's asking me how to do it and what gimmick!?!?! oh no!!! nalilito talaga ako! syempre dahil lagi kme nagkakausap ni naan, i was so careful at baka madulas ako. grabe!!!
i went ahead sa hotel to set up the venue, entertain the guests na darating, give them their guest sheets and their bunny bands. kapagod pero masaya. i was with jacqui the whole time (jill's sister). when i met jill and naan sa lobby ng hotel, jill forgot to tell naan na kasama ako and i forgot to tell naan na kasama nga ako!!! silang dalawa parehong hindi alam kung ano gagawin. hahaha. i can just imagine their faces trying to make excuses on each other (with different motives) bwahaha. basta ako acting lang. eh eto naman si jill, totally forgot what room number so jason had to call her pa. i can't tell her naman the room number kasi mabubuko ako.
when we went up na, the lights are all off. and jill kept on saying, "Frank...Frank.." hallleeerr!!! sino si frank?! and everybody went..."Surprise!" as in! ang galing! jill was soooo shocked! and asked naan, "si jason?" sabi namin lahat...wala! "si jon and simon?" "wala rin!" bwahahaha. jacqui brought clothes for her so she can change, and had dinner muna. we had pansit, lumpia, spaghetti, and drinks. after that, nag-play na kme. we had trivia questions wherein jill will do a consequence if she cant answer right. all the questions pala were all about her fiance. nyahaha. from easy to difficult round. BUT if she answers right, we will do whatever she tells us. eh grabe, ang mga pinapagawa, "remove your bra and give it to me" or "remove your panty and give it to me" ano ba to stripper game?! hehe.
then we played the ever banana-eating game! so fun! and of course the beat the egg game. nyahaha. wholesome games naman na may konting green lang. :D
after that, syempre excited naman ako for jason's proposal. they went to caleruega and there he proposed. haaayy...ang saya-saya!
~o~
wedding na nila jill and jon on saturday. super excited na rin kme. i met up with her coordinators to help them out on things and oversee na rin. i just need to get some things done but im pretty sure everything will be okay naman. mejo ngarag-ngarag nga lang kasi kakapagod mag-coordinate ha. so many meetings to do. :D
~o~
i'll meet up with CWL girls on friday night for our baby shower, christmas party and despedida party for wella and chris sa megamall. so syempre, i also need to drop by at jill's hotel to check on things.
~o~
baby simone is very active now. she loves to kick me after she eats and just before i go to sleep. there are nights that i dont get to sleep well kasi mejo malakas sya sumipa. hahaha. but it's okay. at least i know na healthy si baby inside. i texted my OB the other day and vented out a little kasi everyone is saying na ang liit lang ng tyan ko for 6 months daw. eh bakit ba?! eh sa maliit ako magbuntis e?! kainis yung mga yun! hahaha. sabi ni dra, pakausap daw sa kanya kapag may nagtanong ulit. hahaha.
~o~
happy monthsary beh! grabe, 11 months na tayo kasal! ang saya-saya po! and i was touched when he was the first to remember and i actually forgot. well, naalala ko na sya the other day but i forgot about it again. hahaha. we have'nt prepared anything for our 1st year anniversary. hmmm...bahala na si batman and our budget. :D gift ko sa kanya this month is a lacoste shirt (nyahaha, class A lang pero who would know the difference?!)
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
The one with a Hamburger!
It's a PRETTY BABY GIRL!!! the much-awaited ultrasound schedule has finally come yesterday and we are soooo ecstatic and happy that we're having a Francesca Simone! grabe! with all the families and relatives eagerly waiting to know the gender of baby Tan, super napapraning na kme yesterday ni simon...na baka, di pakita ni baby gender nya and we won't be able to know agad. hihihi. pero God is good...answered prayer at we were able to see her after about 45 minutes of petroleum jelly and ultrasounding baby. wala ngang kumukurap eh. my OB told us na sumakit eyes nya coz she really was'nt blinking the whole time coz she was waiting for the gender as well. hahaha. here's the detailed kwento...
from the moment we knew that i was pregnant, lagi girl and una pumapasok sa mind namin na magiging first baby namin. ewan ko ba, pero pareho talaga kme ni simon na we want an ate kasi feeling namin pag ate ang panganay, talagang iba mag-alaga...may maternal instincts na wala sa boys. and so as months went on, lagi sinasabi sa amin na girl ang baby namin. wala daw kasi masyado nag-iba sa face ko. gumanda nga daw ako. (naka naman!) hehehe. pero lately, some of our officemates were also betting that it's a boy. and because of that, for the past weeks, ang naiimagine naman namin ay baby boy! hahaha. and iba pala ang feeling. pag baby boy, parang ang saya na may kamukha si simon and pareho sila ng damit and proud ka na you have two boys in your life. pag girl naman, ang saya din kasi may little princess kme na aalagaan and that she will also be daddy's little girl. haaayyy...
so yesterday, i was'nt able to talk to simon the whole day kasi since busy sa work me, sya rin may recording in the afternoon and he left his phones sa cube nya. i did'nt want to go my OB alone. there were only two instances that simon was'nt able to accompany me sa OB dahil stuck sya sa meetings pero the rest, lagi sya andun. and i was waiting for his text before i can go to our OB. when he finally texted, sabi nya makakarating daw sya sa OB at around 430pm. eh til 5pm lang ang clinic. yikes! i was afraid na baka di kme umabot ha. so i texted my OB and informed her na we'll be there. nauna lang me ng mga 15 minutes kay simon. we were fifth in line pero mabilis naman yung mga consultations luckily.
when we entered, interview muna kme ni Dra. Dy. after that, we settled the billing sa ultrasound and entered na sa room. si simon pumasok agad eh dapat pala tatawagin na lang sya ni dra. pag okay na. hahaha. di naman halatang excited noh?! when dra. was checking our baby na, she called simon agad. we immediately saw her whole body, yung profile muna. and dahil naka-side view sya, we can't see her gender agad. ang cute nya tingnan. kasi galaw sya ng galaw. dr. dy checked muna the measurements, head size, leg size, length, etc. while waiting for her to show her gender. hihihi. eh biglang ayaw maglipat ng position ni baby. naka-breech pa kasi sya. at this stage kasi, ganun pa talaga position ng baby. so she advised us to talk to baby Tan para gagalaw. syempre, ang asawa ko tinatakot pa si baby...sumisigaw with a big voice..."BABY...BABY...PAKITA MO NA" hahaha. ako naman, i was asking baby Tan to move and show us the much-awaited thingy. sabi ko, "baby, you kick mommy" tapos sumipa nga si baby! natawa nga si doc kasi masunurin naman baby ko...at inglisera!!! bwahaha. tapos, after much jellying my tummy, my baby's gender showed up! when dr. dy said, "it's a girl!" grabe, heavenly ang feeling! napasigaw pako, "It's a girl?!?! san doc?" and si simon na nag-vivideo record eh napapababa nya na yung camera nya kaya tuloy yung clip na yun mejo bumababa at di namin makita sa video yung hamburger! hahaha. natutulala daw sya eh kasi overwhelming ang feeling! hahaha.
from the ultrasound (it's the simple ultrasound pa lang kasi we plan to get the 4d on the 7th month kapag mejo fully grown na si baby), we got a good look of her face. i think she has simon's features. pero no contest, she has simon's head. promise! malaki kasi ang head ko and irregular ang shape. hahaha, alien! and simon's fingers na super haba! katuwa! i think she got my feet (ang tataba eh) and nose (ang tangos!) yung nose, pansin talaga agad namin kasi nung humarap sya, kita ko agad nose nya. haaayyyy...ang saya-saya! syempre, tawag agad si simon sa mga mothers namin to announce the big news! nagtilian ang mga lola kasi pareho sila gusto nila girl. ang lolo, boy. nyahaha. up until now, we're still not done with the text brigade to our friends. hihihi.
i still don't know how to post video clips sa blog so i'll figure it out muna para ma-post ko rito. pics are still being scanned by simon. :D
we capped the evening with a good dinner (steaks of House of minis) and thanked God for a piece of heaven that He gave us. ang saya lang talaga! She will be named Francesca Simone. Francesca because we've loved that name since we we're in college and Simone because of her dad syempre. (di bale, i'll wait for my turn pag boy na.)
from the moment we knew that i was pregnant, lagi girl and una pumapasok sa mind namin na magiging first baby namin. ewan ko ba, pero pareho talaga kme ni simon na we want an ate kasi feeling namin pag ate ang panganay, talagang iba mag-alaga...may maternal instincts na wala sa boys. and so as months went on, lagi sinasabi sa amin na girl ang baby namin. wala daw kasi masyado nag-iba sa face ko. gumanda nga daw ako. (naka naman!) hehehe. pero lately, some of our officemates were also betting that it's a boy. and because of that, for the past weeks, ang naiimagine naman namin ay baby boy! hahaha. and iba pala ang feeling. pag baby boy, parang ang saya na may kamukha si simon and pareho sila ng damit and proud ka na you have two boys in your life. pag girl naman, ang saya din kasi may little princess kme na aalagaan and that she will also be daddy's little girl. haaayyy...
so yesterday, i was'nt able to talk to simon the whole day kasi since busy sa work me, sya rin may recording in the afternoon and he left his phones sa cube nya. i did'nt want to go my OB alone. there were only two instances that simon was'nt able to accompany me sa OB dahil stuck sya sa meetings pero the rest, lagi sya andun. and i was waiting for his text before i can go to our OB. when he finally texted, sabi nya makakarating daw sya sa OB at around 430pm. eh til 5pm lang ang clinic. yikes! i was afraid na baka di kme umabot ha. so i texted my OB and informed her na we'll be there. nauna lang me ng mga 15 minutes kay simon. we were fifth in line pero mabilis naman yung mga consultations luckily.
when we entered, interview muna kme ni Dra. Dy. after that, we settled the billing sa ultrasound and entered na sa room. si simon pumasok agad eh dapat pala tatawagin na lang sya ni dra. pag okay na. hahaha. di naman halatang excited noh?! when dra. was checking our baby na, she called simon agad. we immediately saw her whole body, yung profile muna. and dahil naka-side view sya, we can't see her gender agad. ang cute nya tingnan. kasi galaw sya ng galaw. dr. dy checked muna the measurements, head size, leg size, length, etc. while waiting for her to show her gender. hihihi. eh biglang ayaw maglipat ng position ni baby. naka-breech pa kasi sya. at this stage kasi, ganun pa talaga position ng baby. so she advised us to talk to baby Tan para gagalaw. syempre, ang asawa ko tinatakot pa si baby...sumisigaw with a big voice..."BABY...BABY...PAKITA MO NA" hahaha. ako naman, i was asking baby Tan to move and show us the much-awaited thingy. sabi ko, "baby, you kick mommy" tapos sumipa nga si baby! natawa nga si doc kasi masunurin naman baby ko...at inglisera!!! bwahaha. tapos, after much jellying my tummy, my baby's gender showed up! when dr. dy said, "it's a girl!" grabe, heavenly ang feeling! napasigaw pako, "It's a girl?!?! san doc?" and si simon na nag-vivideo record eh napapababa nya na yung camera nya kaya tuloy yung clip na yun mejo bumababa at di namin makita sa video yung hamburger! hahaha. natutulala daw sya eh kasi overwhelming ang feeling! hahaha.
from the ultrasound (it's the simple ultrasound pa lang kasi we plan to get the 4d on the 7th month kapag mejo fully grown na si baby), we got a good look of her face. i think she has simon's features. pero no contest, she has simon's head. promise! malaki kasi ang head ko and irregular ang shape. hahaha, alien! and simon's fingers na super haba! katuwa! i think she got my feet (ang tataba eh) and nose (ang tangos!) yung nose, pansin talaga agad namin kasi nung humarap sya, kita ko agad nose nya. haaayyyy...ang saya-saya! syempre, tawag agad si simon sa mga mothers namin to announce the big news! nagtilian ang mga lola kasi pareho sila gusto nila girl. ang lolo, boy. nyahaha. up until now, we're still not done with the text brigade to our friends. hihihi.
i still don't know how to post video clips sa blog so i'll figure it out muna para ma-post ko rito. pics are still being scanned by simon. :D
we capped the evening with a good dinner (steaks of House of minis) and thanked God for a piece of heaven that He gave us. ang saya lang talaga! She will be named Francesca Simone. Francesca because we've loved that name since we we're in college and Simone because of her dad syempre. (di bale, i'll wait for my turn pag boy na.)
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