The Story of my Life

Hello!!! Yes, I am still alive. Yes, I am still fabulous.

I know...I know... I know... I know I owe you a lot of updating. I've been busy attending to so many things since the start of 2012, I barely have enough time to update my blog.

I've been busy being a mom, a wife, a woman of the house, an employee, and all sorts of different things. As much as I'd like to talk about what I've been up to, I really can't find the time. :(



What I can only give you now are snippets of what kept busy early in the year:

1. My little girl is growing really fast. She has four teeth now. Two on the upper and two lower front teeth. She's also learning to walk. She's a doll and I miss her everytime I'm away from her.

2. My hubby turned 33 last month. And in celebration of that, I threw a surprise birthday party for him. That's probably one of the most generous party I've thrown for him.

3. Hubby and I have been indulging in steaks lately. A little expensive, but when we have the budget and when there's a special occasion, we try to find a good steak house.

4. I never knew managing a household is this difficult, especially when you have two 19-year old yayas. It's like having two teenagers at the same time.

5. Been working on our itinerary for some time now. We were assigned to take on Italy, which is by far the most complicated and most expensive leg of the trip. But just looking at the pictures of the sites we'll see is enough to pump me up for this trip.

6. Work has been extra busy too, but boring. hahahaha

7. In preparation for the trip, I've enrolled in French class. ehehehe

8. And I'm back into photography. Acquired new lenses for the trip, and starting to acquire books to help me improve my current skills.

9. UAAP Women's Volleyball Finals is up this week. I hope my girls win.

Haaaayyy... So many things, so little time. I want to read more about France, Italy and Germany before we leave so I'd appreciate the place more. But I'm also dreading the day we'll leave Kara behind so I try to spend as much time as possible with her.

All these things happening at the same time. I'm not complaining though, but I hope I don't miss out on the important events in my hubby and baby's lives.

I'll be back for more updates. For now, I will leave you with a picture of my little girl when she turned 9 months. Hope this lightens up your day.

6 1/2 to be more precise. Some of her milestones include: her first tooth already came out, another one on its way. She can already sit on her own, and she's already starting to crawl. She's also starting to communicate, she repeats ma-ma-ma, ba-ba-ba when she's upset or frustrated.


Last Saturday, though, we had to bring her to her pedia's clinic as she had cough and colds, again. But before leaving, I had to take photos of her as she was in the mood. Apologies for the blurry photos. I'm still getting used to the new lens.

Having fun with her little friend cum snack (yes, she munches on it when she feels like it.) hahaha

I'm not a resourceful person. If I could have it easier then I would. I'm also not a fan of Ebay nor Sulit.com.ph. So when were looking for Kara's costume, I only looked around Toy Kingdom and Facebook. That's it. But as we were nearing Halloween and we haven't found any costume for Kara, I had to drag myself to research for online sellers of anything she can wear.

Luckily, I was able to find one and a cute one at that! That same day, we bought Kara's costume. She was a bumblebee. The photos below were shots taken at her first trick or treat experience in Rustan's.

Me and my cute little bee

We tried to make her sit beside the bear. But since she couldn't do it without support, her dad had to holder her so she won't fall face flat. hehehe

My baby in her baptismal dress. Friends who saw this photo of her tease me that she looks like Strawberry Shortcake. hehehe

Turned 33 today.

Unlike other years, I was sleepy and tired the night before my birthday. So after a pre-birthday dinner with the Hubby, I slept. Maybe age is catching up on me.

Two days ago, the hubby was asking me what I wanted for my birthday. And even though, I had a wishlist, I couldn't give him a straight answer. Maybe it's the age.

I've always wanted to be surprised on my birthday, but there's something different with this year, because I didn't want any. Maybe it's the age.

Or maybe, because, I'm just happy and contented with what and who I have.

I have been blessed with many --a loving and faithful husband, an adorable little girl, a comfortable home, a supportive family, and a stable job to see me through this lifetime. What else could I ask for?

I was deadset on having a surprise-less birthday. But when I opened our dresser to get my clothes, I saw hubby's surprise gift.

This is just a quick note to let you know that our angel has arrived via emergency caesarian section on 6 May 2011, 2:30 am.

Was going through some photos in FB when I stumbled on this one. This was taken Christmas of 2009, just a couple of weeks before Jom and I got married. It has a caption that reads: Another addition to the Odsinada Family in one week she will be Claire Fanlo- Odsinada. Naks! ta clung..

I fell in love with Jom's family the first time I met them. To date, I still have the same love and admiration to them, and more for their parents. Ma and Dad are great parents to their children. Yes, they have their own share of imperfections, but it is enough that they've molded five God-fearing and loving individuals who touch other people's lives in different ways. I know, I've committed my forever to one of them.

I hope that when Kara comes, I can be like them and my parents. I hope that I can provide and love Kara the same way that Jom and I have been loved and taken care of by them. It's a tough act to follow, but I will try.

You wouldn't believe how many bottles I received from the shower. When I did the inventory, I had a total of 24 btls!!! Wow!

The gift-opening had to wait the next day cause I was too tired to do it. But the next day, when I woke up to pee, I saw the volume of gifts in our living room and this paper bag on top of it. I knew what was inside so I woke up the husbo and thanked him for it. I call it mommy-reward. Thanks sooo much hon!

Now that all the parties are over, I've to start packing for d-day. My golly...can't believe it's going to happen soon. Ang lapit-lapit-lapit naaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Can't wait to see Baby Kara. I love you baby.

When Husbo told me that he got a call from GMA 7 requesting for an interview, I was the one more excited. He told me not to be too excited as we don't know if it was going to push thru. It did the next day.

The interview took 2 hours but with all the editing, his tv exposure took only more or less 20 seconds. OK na rin! hahahaha

Proud of you honeypop! :)

There've been a few times that the husbo caught me praying aloud in bed. It has become a habit because I'm teaching Kara how to pray at this early stage.

I remember I wrote about reading to the baby before bedtime. I still do. I make it a point to read to her before we sleep but when I'm really tired, I just talk to her until I head to snoozeland...which doesn't really take long. hehehe

Dearest Hon,

Happy happy birthday. Although today doesn’t seem like a special day because of all your stress at work and school, I hope that you feel God’s love embracing you as you reach your 32nd birthday. You’ve been a loving husband, an excited father, a caring son and a dependable friend so you deserve a peaceful and blissful day.

Today, I hope that we made you feel loved more than the way you love us. You’ve been a great husband to me and I don’t regret walking down the aisle for you. All the sacrifices you’ve made to make our family-life delightful are all appreciated. So today, I have these wishes for you, hoping that God will grant them:


I wish that your client will be kinder to you today.

I wish that God brings out an aura of peace and compassion to you so that your client will be infected by it.

I wish that your Professor will somehow extend the deadline of submission of plates to give you more time to work on it.

I wish that the weather won’t be too hot today while your at the site so you won’t feel stinky and dirty while doing your job.

I wish that you’ll have enough energy to sustain you today despite the lack of sleep from working late for your plates.

I wish that the traffic to work will not be as bad as it normally is so you can be there early.

I wish that your new project will go smoothly and that your new clients will be as warm as the previous couple you worked with.

I wish you’ll have another project by mid-year.

I wish that Struktura will be stronger and bigger in the design industry this year.

I wish that you’ll never get tired of my cooking nor bringing out the trash as needed.

I wish that you can learn how to efficiently juggle your time for work, school family and self. I’m not complaining, I just wish that you can do the things you want without sacrificing others that are equally important.

I wish that you’ll be as patient as always with my tantrums, kakulitan and non-sense.

I wish that you’ll never get tired of puttig me to sleep everytime you need to stay up late for work and school.

I wish that this year, you’ll have more time for exercise so you can be as fit as you once were. Hehe

I wish that you’ll learn to regularly drink your vitamins. :)


I wish that you’ll learn how to cook. Hehehe

I wish that you’ll eventually learn how to read to our children, with emotion and enthusiasm. :)

I wish that our first born will be a healthy baby boy so that he can be just like you…responsible, caring and loving. What a joy that would be if I had two men caring for me! Bu if God wills to have a baby girl, I hope that she’ll be as malambing as you want her to be, hugging and kissing you when your stressed, and lovingly removes your socks when you’re too tired and sleepy to take them off by yourself.

And most, importantly, I wish that you feel how much love I have for you everyday of our lives together.

There’s so much more I’d want for you to have but this will be a loooooooong post if I write them all in, so I will stop here.

Happy birthday, Jerome! See you later.

If I could sum up 2010 for me, I would say that 2010 marked the beginning of a new life for me. New home, new responsibilities, new job, new car, etc.

The past year has been good to me and I praise God for that. From a tumultous 2009, he made 2010 peaceful, fun and full of love and happiness.

January

Married the man of my dreams.
Honeymoon at KL and Bali

February

Joined ADB Volleyball club’s beach volleyball at Bora with the Husbo.
Husbo and I decided to our own house which we can move into by May this year.

March

Travelled to Balai Isabel with the Husbo on the first visit, then with his family on the second visit.
Bought my first (laptop)computer.

April

Ultimate roadtrip with Husbo to Thunderbird Poro Point La Union then to The Lighthouse, Subic, and then finally back to Manila. On the way to Subic, Krugger broke down, we had to be towed out of SCTEX and commute from Bataan to Subic for our overnight stay.

May

Visited Hamilo twice with (1) Jom’s college friends; and (2) Struktura and my college friends.
Roadtrip again, but this time to Bataan for the ADB annual summer outing.
Got my advance birthday gift from the Husbo.

June

We started to seriously work on having a baby.
We got Beamer.

July

Had a minor procedure done.

August

Saw CATS the Musical.
Joined my first non-ADB Badminton Tourney.
Impromptu trip to Tagaytay with the BigBarks.

September

Celebrated my 32nd birthday in Cebu.
Got our first brand new family car.
We found out that I was 6 weeks pregnant!

October

We bid farewell to Krugger.
I was ordered to bed-rest for 3 weeks because I had spottings.

November

Got back to work again after a long period of rest.

December.

Had a glimpse of my baby thru the ultrasound. Such an amazing experience!
This year, we're expecting to move in to our new home and having our little bundle of joy. I also hope that this year, God will shower us with more love and happiness.

A prosperous new year, everyone!

Adventures.

Trying new things.

Going to new places.

Dinners and breakfasts together.

Talking.

Roadtrips.

Laughing.

Crying.

Sharing thoughts.

Kulitan.

Surprises.

Asaran.

Warm hugs.

Sweet Kisses.

Shopping.

Partying,

Travelling.

Making dreams into reality.

Praying together.

Loving.

These and many more made up our first year as husband and wife. No words can describe how happy marrying Jerome has made me, and now that we are expecting a little angel, I know its gonna be double the happiness I feel now.

This Christmas is extra special for me and the husbo because its the first year he and i celebrated it as husband and wife. And it follows that we also spent christmas with two families.

I've stopped wearing heels since I got pregnant. This means my heels have accumulated molds and dust just lying on the shoe rack. A friend told me that you should give it some fresh air to maintain its fresh look. And so the next day, I took it out and left it where it could get the needed air.

I came across this personalized card when I was searching for my previous christmas gift list and I recalled how dead na dead I was with my husband before we officially became a couple.

Jerome, Ching and I were inseperable back then. We'd hangout, watch a movie, or travel together even if it were just the three of us. We were all good friends, talking about a lot of things and sharing about our individual lovelife. I think I wrote this because I knew that, at that time, Jom was going out a lot. He was meeting a lot of people and it was not impossible for him to find someone.

The truth is, it was a subtle way of saying "pick me". lol