out-of-town to hometown

All Saints Day is over and Christmas is just around the corner. In no time it will be the New Year. Sigh...Time really flies so fast, AJ will be a year old in no time. But since that's 7 months away, I'll enjoy my little guy one day at a time. Since this year's ASD holiday was in the middle of the week, the family decided to visit Hubby's hometown in Nasugbu, Batangs last weekend. Also, last October 28 was the christening of AJ's 2nd cousin (Robie Celestine) so we were able to meet some of the Hubby's relatives in the fraternal side.

I woke up early to pack for AJ. This is the first time he'll go out of town and will be staying overnight so I have to pack almost all of his things. If his cabinet can fit in the car I would have brought it with us. Clothes, blankets, milk, bottles, beddings, sterilizer, vitamins, teeters, pacifiers etc. The whole trunk of the car nearly ran out of space for our duffle bag. Good thing we didn't bring the stroller and the bath tub with us coz we might be taking the bus and hubby drives alone to Batangas. AJ was dress and ready to go by 6am and I have yet to pack my clothes and take a bath...and just imagine hubby rushing me to hurry up.. argh! The pressure! "I'm packing for two people here you know!" I was not in the mood to argue. Ok so maybe its also my fault for not packing the night before... We came home late from work and was too tired to do anything but sleep.

The drive to Batangas was peaceful and no storm yehey! (remember our trip last May 14 when we have to go through the storm, me preggy at the time). AJ slept most of the time during the road trip. Good thing he didn't poo poo while were on the road. When we stopover at McDonald's Tagaytay for breakfast, its like on queue that he opened his eyes just as we parked. After breakfast, we went straight to the Church for the christening rights and the buffet lunch after. There, hubby's relatives meet AJ for the first time. AJ's great grand parents, lolo paco & lola ina where very happy to see him agin, Lola Letty who cuddled AJ for the first time and uncles & aunties who gushed at how AJ looks like his Papa Jun (Hubby's dad) and cousins who made him laugh and constantly pinching his cute litte foot. We stayed the whole afternoon at hubby's parents house and AJ slept after his bath. I myself was tired and slept until 6pm. When AJ and I woke up, the famous Aling Celing's Halo-Halo and BBQ were served for our late meryenda. Of course I ate AJ's share..hehehe!

AJ played with his cousin Abby until he fell asleep around 10pm. And when he woke up in the morning, we headed to the beach for a morning walk and sunshine. Unfortunately, Mr. Sun was nowhere in sight because of another storm coming our way (as per the news, Storm Paeng was in Catanduanes at that time) so we just click our camera and captured AJ's first time at the beach.. well almost .. He has to wait for 7 more months to be able to run on the sand and swim the beach. We left Batangas just as the rain started to pour.

Hope all of you have a great time trick or treating! And for those who didn't celebrate Halloween in their part of the world...Hope you had a great week!

daddy & AJ

we had a hard time making AJ Smile, this one's a lucky shot