Peek-a-boo

After AJ's pedia visit yesterday, we went to Shangrila Mall. It's his first time at a mall and seems to enjoy the stroller ride. While I was inside PowerBooks, Daddy decided to play peek-a-boo with him... Mamita (my mom) went to find me inside the bookstore so can I campture this daddy-baby bonding moment. (my tears are rolling down my face from laughing while taking this video.. u can hear me from the background). Enjoy watching!

7th @ the Legend Party

The workplace seems to be in celebratory mood already. 60% of the employees are either rehearsing for their respective presentations, others are doing the last minute preps for the stage props. Some are on half-day leave to prettify themselves. Hangers of gowns and barongs are here, there and everywhere.

We have celebrated our anniversaries year after year (this is my 5th anniversary if I may say). Preparation has been put together by the committee with immense hard work and with super limited budget. But the excitement of tonight's company anniversary party is something else.. I'm super excited! Getting all dressed up and partying hard is what this diverse and dynamic people are good at. Will post pictures of tonight's event as soon as I can. Now I have to go and have my nails and hair done ...

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4 months na...

and he's happy to be...

Life's a Beach

Life is just like a beach. Sometimes its calm and refreshing other times the sea wash ashore and on some occasions the storm sets in and causes giant waves. I woke up with an sms message from a friend last weekend. I was disturbed the whole day about it. I'd say I had no idea that their beach is experiencing giant waves for the past weeks. I pray that the storm would pass and the sunshine restores the calmness in their relationship.

On the contrary, the weekend was calm and refreshing for the whole family. Last Saturday, was AJ's official baby's day out. Bathed and clothed in his light blue jumpsuit (thanks Mama Ems!), he was cute and ready to go to his cousin, Alexia Reese's christening (3rd degree of consanguinity). On the way to the reception, AJ was bright eyed looking out the window and staring at the cars passing by, looking up at the tall buildings, and anything that caught his fancy or I say attention. This time he didn't fall asleep at all during the ride (he used to sleep every-time he's in the car).

Baby Lexi is a cutie with her fair complexion and chinita eyes. Though Lexi is more than a month older than AJ, she was very light and tiny compared to AJ who is getting heavier by the day. Baby Lexi is very much the opposite of AJ because she always cries whenever other people come close to her. While AJ is very sociable baby and didn't even cry nor get irritated when he was near other people and kids.

It has been more than a year since I last saw Lexi's parents, Ronnie and Anji. While Anji is a petite lady, and even 5 months after giving birth, she still has a belly of a pregnant woman in her 3rd trimester. This is because she has Myoma. Its not cancerous but then its something that I don't wish anyone to have. I feel so bad that I have been so concerned of my waistline after giving birth when others are concerned on more serious matters.

All of us are going through different challenges in life...don't think that the person in front of you on your train ride this morning is luckier than you because I'm sure he/she has their own beach to survive. I am no exemption.

me and AJ with Alexia and Daddy Ronnie

scrapbooking

A few weekends ago I was able to finish the "first month" of my Baby ScrapBook. Just want to share with you guys my unfinish masterpiece. Hope I can start the 2nd month soon.

Bagong Gising

Bagong gising: AJ just woke up when hubby and I are about to go to work. Mamita carrying him for his morning sunshine.

tales from the crib

I haven't talked about AJ that much lately... an inserts of him here and there but not a dedicated post. So I've decided to give updates on my little hunky doodle dahling.

From his pedia visit (3 weeks ago) he's growing at normal rate and thank God not over weight. Now at 61 cm and 6.8 kilos.

Sleeping: He sleeps soundly and longer at night now but still wakes up for feeding (usually 2 to 3 am). He's been my alarm clock for the past weeks since he wakes up at 5am on the dot. With his bright round eyes gazing at me, I can no longer doze back to sleep so I end up talking and playing with him until its time for me to go hit the shower.

Baby Talk: He's very talkative as well.. he responds everytime you speak to him with gurgles and coos. It's so entertaining and makes everyone amused. I even recorded on my mobile phone one of his monologue. (wanted to upload it here but the size is too big :( )

Baby's day out: He also loves being in his stoller. You can see the excitement in his eyes when he is being changed and place in his stroller. Seems like this smart kiddo of mine knows that he's going out.

Who's the fairest of all? : He loves mirrors too. First he stares at his reflection then grins and stare again and grin again...hahaha! He's a crazy baby...but I love his crazyness to death!

Teething: His fingers are his best friend. They are always there if he needs their helping hand whenever his gums hurt or even just for entertainment. He's slowly learning to suck on only one finger (his thumb), but still manages to put all 5 fingers in his mouth.

Grab it: He's yet to master his grabbing skills but I know he'll get there soon. He can only hold his bottle for a few seconds.

Roll over: He is also mastering his rolling over. He has yet to learn to remove his arm under his chest when he rolls over and lands on his tummy. His cute face is such a sight when asking for help.

Stand up: He enjoys standing up (with our help of course) and making those stationaty baby steps. I can't want for him to walk so I can take him wherever I want to... I can hear his squeaky shoes as he walks..hehehehe!

AJ's celebrating his 4th month birthday on Friday the 13th and I'm so excited to see his new milestones.

Better days

I've never been busy, harrassed, and stressed all at the same time for so long now. I didn't even had the time to take my afternoon break nor do a quick pranayama to relieve my from the tension. Yeah, That's how busy my Monday at work was like.

A battle field of account managers and customers complaining why their access to our system was suspended. Phones were ringing left and right, one after the other. I can no longer concentrate on the 33 page Labor RFP that a client sent me for review. Answering emails and talking to irate clients and trying my best to keep them calm as I inform them of their payment obligations in the most friendliest tone I can ever succumb. This is one of the worst day at the office I had (for a very long time). After work, hubby is already at our meeting place but I'm still in the office doing a reconcillation of report with a colleague. Arrghh! I wanna go home! as I leave my desk, I bid everyone goodbye and said "Hope tomorrow will be a better day for all of us".... I hope..

After almost an hour of waiting, I met hubby at the MRT station and I'm glad he was not irritable for waiting that long... might not be able to handle it if he did. Arrived home around 9pm and AJ was sleeping already but woke up after hearing noises coming from the living room. And at his first sight of me, he gave me his cutest gummy smile and my stress just melted away.. it was like a thing of the past. He was wide awake until 11:30pm and finally got tired and dozed off before midnight.

I really hope today will be a better day at the office.

me-time

Finally, I had the chance to attend a yoga class. Listening to the soothing sound and meditating with legs at half lotus was truly heaven on earth. The sun salutation was so invigorating that I was asking for more even if I'm sweating a bucket.

I had a hard time doing the eagle pose, I'm unable to balance myself after 5 counts. Might be because of the weight gain from my pregnancy. Though I'm glad that I can still do a pigeon pose and my favorite shoulder stand and plough. But I can't hold the pose longer than 8 counts. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this ME-time and the best part is that I slept during the 15 minutes relaxation session that felt like a full 2 hours sleep. And ended my day at the gym with 15 minutes at the sauna.

It was the best Sunday I had in months. But the only drawback was the 5 hours away from AJ.