First Entry for 2017

Motherhood is 24/7 career. Updating a blog is too tasking now.

In summary, our daughter, our first born is now three years old. We have a headstrong threenager now :-)

our special announcement

Our family is growing! Please keep us in your prayers :-) Mayumi prefers to be called Manang Mayumi.

My one and only sister-in-law, my daughter's godmother is here for vacation too to celebrate mayumi's birthday with us. We opted to go out of town for a much needed family outing together with some family friends over a few hours of party.

with mayumi's godma and godpa

daddy was at work

the struggle is real in taking decent picture with a toddler and oldies

at the Chuti resort

Terrific Two

Finally after a year, I'm posting here the AVP that I made for my daughter's first birthday party last year.




We celebrated her 2nd birthday yesterday.

We didn't plan for a big party this time as we want it to be a family affair - me, my husband, my daughter and inlaws.  Anyway, we can always invite her friends over for a playdate. Also, we decided to share her blessings to the children of Mattri Chaiya school.

Imitating Minnie's pose

A simple celebration started with decorating the house with a 54" minnie mouse balloon - her reaction was priceless when she woke up to see the balloons. 

Pure innocence and happiness in a child's eyes

I dress her up and off we went to the church to attend the mass, went home after that for home cooked lunch, a bubble bath after getting messy, and then more playtime with daddy and her uncle daddy. 

My dancing diva

In the evening, we cut her birthday cake and she hunted for the easter eggs. After finding all the eggs, she opened her gifts and enjoyed playing her playdoh.

our best family picture for the day

happy with the sparklers

Easter egg hunting

A very simple celebration with lots of love and memories. At the end of the day, when I was carrying her, I asked her if she enjoyed her birthday, she replied sweetly and with much enthusiasm  "YEAH!" ... that alone made me so happy too. 

May she always enjoy and find fulfillment and happiness in simple things and aspire for greater things.

One Year

And just like that, it’s been a year. A wonderful and eventful year!

How time flies so fast, it feels like it was only yesterday when I carried you in my arms for the first time. A delicate tiny baby that fits perfectly in my arms and in that very moment you took my breath away. It seems only last night when I heard your first cry that sounds like “lahhh – lahhh-lahh”, such powerful cry that made your daddy dance and always on his toes. And as a first time mom, I don’t know what exactly to do to comfort you.  And as I was still weak from the CS, I couldn’t carry you and sway you to sleep for long. No one told me I should have nurse you for as long as you want or cuddle you to keep you warmth  but instead the doctor told me to nurse you every two hours, we didn’t know that you want my warmth that’s why you were crying.

We’ve been through a lot – those first few nights when I was struggling between nursing you, changing your soiled cloth nappies and catching up the badly needed sleep – too exhausting, but every time you are sleeping peacefully on my chest and I can stare at you, all those exhaustion fades away. You are still the best gift I have received.  

You have grown into a beautiful baby, sweet girl and adorable toddler. I just couldn’t get enough of you. 

No words can exactly explain my feelings. It’s all clouded in my head. 

My daughter, thank you for teaching me how to love unconditionally and for showing that I can love more than I can love myself.  I wish you to grow according to God’s plan, I want you to have your own personality and individuality. I will always here for you, to guide you and to protect you. I love you to the moon and back and for eternity.

A Random Update

Motherhood and work still eating up my time.
Just a random update for positive vibes.

Our 10 month old buri

Yesterday, our daughter completed 10 months.
Our little buri is not a fan of camera or video.
She doesn't have teeth yet but she bites, pinches and pulls my nips!
She loves kissy-kissy around her neck
She loves it when I sing "insy winsy spider", "tong tong pakitong kitong" , sampung mga daliri, and banana song of the minions
She loves munching on roti, muri and eating her khichuri and steamed veggies.
She wakes up in the morning just to watch her daddy prepare for work.
She is a happy baby who loves crawling, standing up, dancing to the tune of her walker and "shake your booty"
She is 10kgs and still on breastmilk (yahoo!!) one year mark goal is within my reach :-)
Last saturday, January 24, my daughter showed us that she can stand up without holding on to anything!

Oh my baby loves, you are growing up so fast. I have to start planning for your birthday party.

Random Thoughts (again)

 

image grabbed from google

Where did the time go?

It's been awhile since my last entry. Motherhood took over my life but I don't have regrets. I'm enjoying every moment of it, sure I get exhausted sometimes but it's all worth it, especially when you see those adorable eyes and sweet mischievous smiles of your little one - priceless!

Will try to update as soon as possible and I think I can do it more often now because I got my new laptop "BUDZ" - my work buddy! For two months, I will be a "work-at-home-mom" while a part-time consultant and a full-time mom also. Big job?! Oh yeah, and praying that I will pull it through - it's just a matter of "time-management" and a lot of sacrifice but my mommy time will not suffer - I have to make sure of that! I know my H will be there to support me too.

I was a “stay-at-home-mom” and now a part time working mom and at the same time a “work at home mom”. Simply put. I’m a “career woman”, being a mother my biggest and first career now.

I really never thought that I will be this busy, that I barely get enough time to do the things I plan to do. I’m grateful for all these blessings coming our way, and praying that it will continue. I have a mini notebook where I jot down my thoughts, even that is not updated but it’s more of a letter to my daughter, hoping that someday she will have interest in reading it.

For now, I will share it in bullet list the things I want to do and blog about:

•  Monthly photobook – I bought the vouchers and are about to expire this coming February 2015 and yet I haven’t started anything. I hope I can squish it in between.
• Our breastfeeding journey: proud to say that we are successful in exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months, and now complementing it with solids the BLW way, but not strictly BLW so it’s more of my own way/my style.
• My daughter’s milestones: she loves pulling herself up now and balances herself standing and then will fall down – “binabagsak ang sarili”! Oh my! I see myself in her.
• My work as a freelance designer.
• Random thoughts of my life as a mom, a wife, a daughter-in-law, and a foreigner. Yes, I’m still a foreigner here but not so-foreigner anymore.
• Plan my daughter’s first birthday party! Yes, in 4 months time, my daughter will be one year old. Time really flies when you are enjoying it, so seize the day. Enjoy every seconds. I will never get tired of carrying her even if my arms are aching already, I will never get tired of nursing her even if I want to do something else, and I will never get tired of playing with her even if I’m sleepy. I will do all of it whole-heartedly because there will be a time when she doesn’t want to be carried anymore but want to keep on running, time when she will stop nursing because she prefers eating, and time when she prefers to play alone rather than to play with me.  So for now, I will enjoy my precious time with my princess.