b. boy's first gift from grandma! :)

again, i must say that i am definitely one of the luckiest daughter-in-law for having such a thoughtful, loving and generous mother-in-law. (sometimes nga over na that me and my husband would find a way to stop her! hehe!). last weekend, we headed over to the mall to get kyle's new school bag and uniform pants. MIL went with us to check on the the baby cribs/ playpens for her "apo" at baby company. so there, the excited lola ended up getting a crib for b. boy already :)

like normal parents who would always want the best for their babies/kids, hubby and i ended up reseraching for this and that brands for the obvious and given reasons: we want our b. boy to be comfortable and safe :) we initially wanted a white wooden crib for the room but then again, we had to consider so many things first. one is if we are to get a wooden crib, it will be hard for us to mobilize it to any other place in the house whenever needed. we then thought of getting a graco or chicco playpen/crib instead because of good recommendations. for about teh same price,we ended up getting the latter because of it's better and more useful features.

you can view product info here.

random

currently reading....
God's Little Devotional Book. a gift from my good friend naomi and our ninang baby on my birthday. my every night reading before going to sleep...

What to Expect When You're Expecting. our cousin's partner, Ria lent me this book when she found out that we are expecting. very very informative and useful :)

Pregnancy and Baby's First Year. bought this book months back and i find it very very informative and practical. an advantage- the book is published here in Manila- er the inputs are not so complicated and very much easier to understand and follow :) a perfect guide book for pregnany mommies out there!

my boys went on a date last Sunday while I stayed home to bond with my mother in law. they went to see Harlem Globetrotters Tour Philippines at the big dome. it's boys night out for them!:)

we had late dinner at stackers, a burger cafe that recently opened in eastwood city.

weekends are never enough...

onesies

hubby and i spend most of our weekends looking and shopping for cute baby stuffs! we started buying the basic cotton newborn tees, mittens, booties already but i've been meaning to look for other cute and stuffs for b. boy!:) something unique, crazy and cute!




found these cute dino (carter's), trucks (fisher price) onesies in one of our routinary malling on weekends! :) i wanted to buy more but the rest of the designs were for little princesses already:D so i had to settle for these two :)

bought this cute bibs too in one of the summer bazaars in tiendesitas :) winnie the pooh used to be kyle's theme when he was a baby. his room, his toys, blankets! everything! now, hubby and i are looking into more sporty themes like basketball, soccer and cars the baby coming!:)

got a number of onesies and baby shirts too! some are still big for a newborn, but i just can't help to be "atat' whenever i see cute stuffs for b.boy :) i normally go window shopping with my two boys! happy to see the two very excited as well!

breaktifasty!!!

I don't normally get excited about breakfast. My mom would know. In my grade school days, she would normally feed me for long hours! I would let the food stay in my mouth and end up throwing it out. Yucky! I would end up crying because she'd get mad. That's our everyday drama even until when I entered highschool already. In college, I would end up leaving the house with my stomach empty(bec my mom is not there to check on me anymore). I don't know, I just don't like being forced to eat in the morning - when I actually just woke up. Ironically, I love breakfast food like tapa, longganisa, tocino, spanish sardines and so many others. But I would want to eat them at a later time in the morning.


Now that I am working, I normally eat my breakfast in the office instead. I wake up, take a shower, dress up and leave for work right away. Eating breakfast is not part of my routine at home. I normally eat my breakfast or drink my coffee an hour or more after I get to work, after i've settled myself and answered a number of my emails and phone calls. I recently found breakfast love in these stalls that recently opened in our 7th floor cafeteria: cerealicious ( i love their blockbuster cereal trails!) and panini (love their bacon lettuce and tomato!). There's another stall that offers organic brewed coffee and I am excited to try this after I give birth. Yes, when the baby's out! :P



On weekends, I look forward to breakfast only because then I know that i'll be with my family. Saturdays- is "breakfast day" in our house. My mother in law would normally hosts breakfast for the whole clan. It's been like that traditionally even before I met my husband. It may be tiring at some point (esp if you were out late on a Friday hehe) but nonetheless these Saturdays are very meaningful and important to everyone in the family esp my mother in law and her sisters :)


I love quiet breakfasts with my husband. We would normally do this on Sundays before mass. We are lucky to have a few personalized and quaint cafes in our area that's good enough for a perfect breakfast. Our favorites: Banapple and Kopi Roti (both located outside our village).I believe we will never grow old doing this together :)

(with husband taken at kopi roti. some two years ago :) kyle took this photo!)

busy bee

My hands are tied up on a Monday and yes this is me - a WORKING MOM! (a bundat-working-mommy). For weeks i've been trying work and manage my schedule and make sure that I attend to everything equally. This is the hardest part though... with the big tummy and b. boy stretching and kicking inside my womb (like as if he just ate a huge chocolate bar), I know I have to start slowing down. I am officially on my 30th week and i'm lucky that this pregnancy is very cooperative. Except of course, when the back aches strikes at night.

I want to list my MUST DO for this week.. Yes it's Monday and I feel that the next four-six days is not enough for me to finish my wifey, mommy and work assignments. Wheeeww!!!!

• finish weekly menu for the house
• grocery
• buy new set of tea plants
• coordinate with gardener for the frontyard trimmings
• buy new set of uniforms for Kyle (he's grown!)
• buy new bag and schol supplies for Kyle
• cover books/ notebooks for the Kyle
• call Kumon center
• resume general cleaning (Kyle's room and ours -both in major need of spring cleaning before b. boy arrives)
• See Dr Michael Gan for my sugar consultation and diet
• OB check-up (we have to visit every two weeks now)
• join mama's garage sale on Saturday
• attend Parenting Seminar (for expectant moms) on Saturday (1-4pm)
• prepare homemade dessert for hubby (been wanting to do this for two weeks now)
• work on my soap orders/ new webpage
• attend baby shower planned by officemates (supposedly a surprise thing but someone slipped & just had to spoil it unintentionally! haha!
• have my nails done! (pending for one month already!)
• get myself a comfy flat formal slippers that I can wear to work (the heavy weight is making it hard for me to walk around the office and do my daily sales calls already. yes, my feet got bigger!yikes!)
• work on client proposals
• submit accreditation requirements
• submit weekly report and itin to my boss
• meeting with important client on Wed pm

• file FTS for end of the month payroll
• schedule dentist apppintment for me and my two boys
• hopefully visit Manila Ocean Park on Sunday (last hurrah for Kyle before the end of his summer vacation)
• check out crib and stroller at Baby & Co this weekend
• update my solace more often inspite of the busy schedule

I hope to accomplish everything this week or maybe in the next two weeks. Most of these are urgent and I really have to finish them. One important self reminder though: slow down honey!

we're having a boy! :)

Yup, it's another baby boy! :) and of course my two boys are very very excited! Thank God everything's safe and normal! :) Except of course that I have to cut down my sugar for now! no chocolates & cakes for now. sob. :( We strarted shopping for baby stuffs already. I can't wait for b. boy to come out. Kyle is very excited too! I admire him for being so "kuya"! He's been talking about the baby from day one. And mind you, he's very strict too! Haha! I am guarded!:D