Pouting at its best!

Dearest Yena,

I wonder what are you doing right now at home with your grandma. I just can't stop missing you and decided to write this short letter while i can't take my nap coz i keep thinking about you. Don't you know that it is always hardest for me to bring you to your grandma every morning? I just want us be together everyday even if that means you slapping and biting mommy all the time! You can slap and bite me forever baby (but please not so hard like you just did last night!) :)

Yesterday, i gave you to grandma still sleeping but when i said my goodbye to you, by reflex you waved your hands for your infamous good bye wave while your eyes were closed. Maybe you wonder if it's just a dream. :) That gesture moved me to tears right now as i misss you so badly.

I really wish i can stay with you all the time but daddy and i have to work! I hope someday you can understand. I can feel the lump in my throat now so i just have to scroll the page up and look at your pouting picture again and again - as it will bring me to tears not of sadness but of joy!

I love you so much my baby! I love you with all my life!
Mommy

Have you ever?

Am back with a tag! Yooohooo!! If my memory serves me right, i was tagged by Ria before with this, and now Rose tag me again.. Thank you, thank you guyz!!! So now i just have to do it with all my heart :D

Just now (feb 3) Sweetytots tag me again with this, here is my answer dear! Thanks a lot for tagging. ;)

1. have you ever been on tv?
yes, when i was in kindergarten. we went to eat bulaga and i was in front with my mother :), the camera focus on us for less than a minute hahah. that's all, i can still recall how soft their red seats were and how cold the studio was :D

2. have you ever sang in public?

if public place includes our church, then yes! hubby and i belong to the 9am mass choir at our place since year 2002 to present..

3. have you ever dyed your hair blond?

nope. the first time i had my hair treatment was september 2008, and i just got my reddish highlights preapproved by hubby! :D

4. have you ever eaten frogs' legs?

never. maybe i won't in my lifetime hahaha

5. have you ever received a present that you really hated?

never, i love, treasure and keep every gift i received.

6. Have you ever walked into a lamp post?

not yet, i'll try tomorrow when i see one! hohohoh LOL

7. Have you ever cooked a meal by yourself for more than 15 people?

sadly, i don't know how to cook. :(

8. Have you ever fallen or stumbled in front of others?

a lot of times, i am ms clumsy!

9. Have you ever done volunteer work?

i think i haven't. oh no! i think i should think about this one!!

Now I have to pass this tag to everybody on my list who haven't answered it yet :) Enjoy dearest!! ;)

Photos from here and here.

What Do I Love About My Husband

This one's a tag that i wont be tired of doing all over and over again. I have been honest of being a brat to my husband all the time, though am not proud of it, am trying very hard to change. I have been very blessed having YObib as my husband, i know very much i am!

So this tag passed by my ever gorgeous friend and very happy wife Umma, is very much irresistible.. Oh i just love to do hubby tags! Thanks so much mare! You just started another virus just before the heart's day! Hahah.

I spent the whole morning reflecting on the things i love most about my husband. I know i can go on with my list but this ones got to do for the moment..

i love his being god-fearing, he prays longer than i do before going to bed, for him sunday mornings should be spent at church. it has been his silent rule to attend the mass every sunday by hook or by crook.

i love the way he surprises me every so often coz he knows it would make me very very happy

i love how he makes me feel i am his one and only queen everytime he cooks for me, prepares me food, peels mango for me and serves me my favorite watermelon! :)

i love him all the more coz he makes me feel so loved everyday with his little ways; the way he holds my hand while we walk, the way he stares at me at a crowded room, i love the way he makes me laugh, the way he introduces me to his friends, the way he flirts at me anytime and anywhere he feels like flirting! :D

i love the way he tames the bratty me, he let me be crazy over my moodiness for the moment and then embraces me back and tells me it's alright, with him i can be me!

i love him most when he do the laundry for me at weekends coz i seem so tired, when he ironed the clothes at saturday nights coz i was tending to yena. (If you're reading this baby, dont be pressured on doing the laundry tomorrow! hahah)

i love the crazy him when he dances half naked like a macho dancer in front of me when drunk or after taking a bath (i cant seem to stop laughing now, coz he can be anything else BUT not a dancer!! hahah)

i love the way he sings 'the way you look tonight' at videoke..and dedicate it later for me..

i love him when he is angry at something coz i can feel he is man enough and i can be submissive enough even for a moment. hahah

i love it when he told me he cant sleep without me at his side, so every night means we have to be entwined in each other's arms and then getting stiff neck right after! :)

i love his transformation from a playboy to a very loving and loyal husband - coz seeing how he takes care of me and yena makes me fly high and stay to cloud 9!

i love his being talkative, the way he confides his past deepest secrets, his aspirations and hopes for the family.. i just love the man that he is becoming all the more each day!

Now am passing this tag to the wives out there that are still and all the more head over heels inlove with their husbands:

Ria, Sheng, Kreez, Odette, Wendy, Rache, Shiela, Phoebe, and Beth!

I have the Sweeetest Husband on Earth!

I have been strangely craving this past few days. My all time favorite chocolate with almonds and green mango satisfied me the morning yesterday. But after eating egg sandwich which i have been longing for days too, i begun drooling over palabok.

So then i changed my yahoo messenger status to - craving for palabok :(. A little less than an hour after, i got a call from my husband asking me to go out and meet him at our lobby.

Lo and behold! He surprised me my palabok packed on a styro filled with squids, crab sticks, shrimps, fish balls and egg toppings! I wanted to jump for joy! I know, i know.. Am really a lucky wife! Isn't he the sweeeetest husband on earth? ;)

Tiring but fun! fun! fun!

Yena's baptism and first birthday celebration last sunday was really fun for me because..

I have my sister with her family and my youngest brother to celebrate the day with me!


My super close friends from college came with their kids in tow too!


My very dear friend from highschool, Andy, came all the way from Laguna with her family!

My boss at Eastern Communications with her wife and daughter spent their precious time with us as well..

In addition, my officemates were there too, who enjoyed watching yena's cranky moments..

We had all the fun that we slept right after the party! (i know i know, forgive me.. i just don't know how to fake my sleep! whew) hohohoh

See related pictures here:

The Night before the Big Day

Church Photos

Baptism Ceremony Photos

First Birthday Photos
Reception Photos

Honest Scrap Award

An award given just when i am still in cloud 9, after a success of my daughter's christening and birthday from none other than my kumare, my daughter's very gorgeous godmother, YL's very doting mom, a very loving wife of David and a very good friend of mine, UMMA. I have to say am flattered to have receive this the second time from Phoebe, Baby Gab's pretty mommy and a very loving wife too! Thanks people! Sob. Sob. :D

Honest Scrap Award Rules:

When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to said person so everyone knows he or she is real.

Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have 7 friends. Show the 7 random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Weblog.” Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on!

Now, Here is a list of TEN Honest Things about Me! :)

1. i am transparent - my facial expressions says it all, my face is like a crystal clear catalyst directly connected to my heart, so one has to know immediately when its a yes or no.

2. i am aloof - hahah. i have a small circle of friends. i am very careful in choosing and sticking to them. BUT i have lots of online friends now that i love and value so much!

3. i am very gentle - i cannot imagine myself killing even a single cockroach, i feel his pain just thinking about it. so when i see one and is not distressing me, i let him stay or i just walk away.

4. i am miss clumsy - i dont know what's with my feet, but i always find myself slipping even how flat and steady a floor could be.

5. i am reckless - i cross the road whenever i want to! do this almost all the time when i'm in a hurry..

6. i am very very moody - i have the worst moods swing on earth- whoa, ask my husband!

7. i am forgetful - after two major operations - appendectomy and caesarean section, i am in badly need of mind vitamins now! (really!!)

8. i am childish - when it comes to chocolates hehe, i sooo love chocolate with almonds - im craving anytime i hear the word almonds. :)

9. i love movies - i keep cds of movies i heart the most so i can watch them all over again!

10. i am a raisin - raisin is a grape that worries a lot :), while i dont pay attention to my own wellbeing a lot of times, i am a big worrier when it concerns my family.

Dont know where to insert this one, i already have ten but i really need to include this!

:) Yeah i have to admit, I am a bratty wife - thanks mareng umma for reminding me, hahah. see am that forgetful? hohoh.

I just have to pass this wonderful award to 7 wonderful people in my list, and here they are;

Ghie, Kreez, Sheng, Ria, Ibyang, Beth and Wendy!

Thanks God!

My daughter's Baptism and First Birthday Party yesterday was a success!
Am so glad everything went well as planned. ;)
Thank You! Thank You! :)

But most of all.. Thank You, Dear Lord!
It was a blast because of You!

Running After My Nose

I am literally running after my running nose, hahah. Got the bug last night when hubby and i went out of the house to buy some last minute stuff at a nearby grocery, it was really very very cold outside.. I wont try to do that ever again. Whew.

Anyways, Went to my doctor earlier today for my checkup, was again prescribed with dose of medications for my full recovery i kept on nodding while wiping my nose, i just cant chase that bug right away. It was supposed to be a day to spend all my time with my Yena, the birthday girl, but i cannot hold her, am soo afraid to pass to her the virus! :(

On a happier note, exactly one year ago at 841pm, a mother was born. That one year ago, the overwhelming feeling of being a mom still did not left me until now.. Now i have to agree when they say your life will change once you have your own child. Coz they are so right, my life has changed.. now it is for the better! Now it is much more happier.. And it is all because of her :)

Happy First Birthday my Yena!

Please forgive me for not being able to blog hop and thank you all one by one on your blogs for the greetings and sweet messages. Am so touched and i really really appreciate them all, am actually teary eyed right now not because of the cold, but because of the overflowing of LOVE for my daughter.. Thank you all!

Let me just have a little rest tonight to try to regain my power back and shake this bug off me. Promise to visit you all sooner, by then i wont be needing a wiper for my nose! :)

6th Folder/ 6th Picture Tag

My daughter, Yena, with her cousin Kathy.

Back to blogging again with this nice tag from Amy, Thanks so much dear! I will not pass this chance not to get tag along, promised myself to blog tonight before i hit the bed and im glad i did, coz i will be smiling in my sleep! heheh. :)

Now this tag rules are:
1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
2. Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
3. Post it on your blog and tell the story that goes with the picture.
4. Tag other glorious people to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog telling them about it.

Oh well, am worried actually while counting what is the sixth photo on my sixth folder in my pictures file, glad that this is the 6th.. a little presentable than the others which shows how voracious my daughter is when it is eating time :)

Id like to tag everybody on my blog list.. and whoever who would like to grab this one- - this is for everyone! Come and get tag along. It is so much fun.. :)

The Abdominal Pain Chronicles

I've been to different slopes of emotions this past few days and as much as i would like to put it all to rest now i will try to write my thoughts on the things that were.

I was rushed to La Salle University Medical Center wednesday afternoon, hubby and i stayed at the emergency room until 10pm. Doctor asked me to be admitted but i refused, thinking i might get well the next morning coz i have lots of reports waiting for me at the office. Went home but the pain did not subside until the next day, i decided to face one of my greatest fear when admitted at the hospital - Intravenous (IV)

(That was the slim hand i had. I have swollen hands right now!- yes left and right!!)

Laboratory Procedures and Diagnosis:
IV Ultrasound - 1cm myoma at the uterus. I knew i have this already way back year 2006, i thought it left me already.. :(

Abdominal xray - fecal retention, Hahah. Was given Fleet Enema (just google the word and know how uncomfortable it is!) twice and lots of laxative in my whole stay at the hospital! They thought losing everything in my intestines would cure me err

Abdominal ultrasound - gallstones at gallbladder. Though tiny, i was still given antibiotic just so my veins would swell (that is just me!) they explained why am i given chloramphenicol but i wont care.. i just hate IV's! it is more painful than my tummy!! IV alone is painful already, add an antibiotic that would run directly to your vein, oh i already forgot how my aching tummy felt like.

I was on Liquid diet for my whole stay at the hospital and i really missss rice or everything carbo! I was thin before, but having a liquid diet for more days would definitely turn me into a skull like bony creature on earth. Whoa. I resisted my doctor's advice of staying until tuesday at the hospital. I wanted to go home! i wanted to eat normal again. I wanted to be with my Yena.

(I was a very happy mom, when yena and my family visited me! Look at my bulgy eyes, to they say it all?)

Oh am sorry, i though it would be a short post, hubby asked me to sleep already coz i really need some rest. But i really want to have this opportunity to thank people who made me feel more loved.I know my friends and family would always be there for me but for this two angels who moved my little heaven on earth, who exerted an effort on calling and texting me though they are on the other side of the world - i was just ecstatic to say i really found real friends at the internet! To that i am so thankful very very much!! Thanks to my two precious kumare on earth - Mareng Liz and Mareng Umma!! Am deeply touched.

Thank you too to all who left their sweetest messages. This sure would make me feel a lot better!! Thank you. I really found treasures in here! As soon as i can i will get back to all of you and do those wonderful tags i missed. Promise! :)

Thank God i found all of you! God bless us all.

How can you handle tummy ache?

Just a quick post.

I am not feeling well since yesterday morning until today. I didn't get to sleep well, right side of my tummy and up to my right breast is aching non stop. I cant stand up straight, breathing was so hard and i cant walk alone. On our way to work, Hubby was literally pulling me to walk as fast as i could, in between my hard breathing.

I was told to take medicine by our company nurse now, but after 4 hours and am still not feeling well, i will be on my way to the hospital. That i am so nervous about!

I had appendectomy when i was 15 years old, and this pain i am feeling now is somewhat similar to what i felt before i was operated.

But i still hope that this is not that serious though. And if it is not too much to ask, please help me pray.

Thank you so much!

Back to Work

After 11 days of being with Yena 24/7 at home, i will be back to the office six hours from now and will be working til i drop. I miss my daughter as early as now. If only i can stay with her while i work. Or if only i can take her with me at work. That would really be fun.

First Awards for 2009

On the start of the long holiday, i imagined myself blogging, blog hopping and chatting at home. Well i was wrong, for the 11 days am at home i cant get time to blog nor to blog hop. I have my hands full already when i am with Yena. I thought that when she takes a nap, i could sneek in and blog, then again i was so wrong.. when she naps i will nap with her cause i am so dead tired already.. So i wonder how stay at home moms got their time to blog?! Maybe they mastered time management that i should enroll to! ;)

Now i am taking a chance to blog cause Yena is with hubby, i am free for maybe an hour, whew. Well an hour is long enough haha, I just cant stop myself from posting these awards i got from my very dear friend and kumareng Umma. Who for always and in all ways inspires me to be a good wife, a good mom and a good blogger. Who always makes my day with her sweet messages and thoughtful comments. Who has been very dear to me since day one of being friends. There are a lot to thank when i talk about you mare.. You are such a great friend! Thank you so much mareng Nancy!!

I have to pass this marvelous awards to all of my blogger friends in my blog roll. These are all for you! ;)