The Story of my Life

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

Happy Easter to all!

We were with Jom's family the entire holy week break in their home in QC from Thursday to Saturday, then checked at Oakwood hotel Saturday afternoon `til Sunday. It was a good eat-sleep-eat-sleep weekend.

But despite the rest time, I feel tired today. Perhaps because the baby is getting heavier each day, and moving around is getting more difficult. Her kicks and punches are stronger now and harder to ignore. Getting up from the bed is also starting to become an ordeal, just like putting on lotion on my legs or wearing my underwear. My back is also starting to hurt and my legs are showing signs of edema. In short, life has become less comfortable for me.

I've started packing baby's bag last night. Tonight, I'll try to pack our bags. The helper will also arrive tonight. So I don't need to worry about preparing our dinner at home after work, and someone will be home 24/7 to oversee things in the house.

Few more weeks.

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

A lot of my mommy friends told me not to start shopping until all the baby showers have been held so as to save us money and time. Though I'm not expecting that friends would go out of their way to plan that for me, some of them have already given me a heads up as to when they plan to hold my baby shower.


True enough, Baby Shower no. 1 was set as early as last month. And the save the date is out!

This one is from the HBs-slash-Badminton friends. Thanks guys! Looking forward! :)

21 weeks based on Babycenter, but as per my counting, I'm already at 22 weeks. My bump is really showing and it's twice harder to fit in my old clothes (read: shorts and pants). I've also started buying more maternity pants and dresses for work.


Anyway, I got excited when I read this alert from Babycenter.ph.

And I feel like baby also read the article because this week I've been feeling her light touches (or maybe kicks and punches?) regularly, mostly in the morning and afternoon. Today alone, when I was convincing myself to get up (for an hour), I felt baby's soft touches again as if saying "mom, you're late. you better get up."

I still can’t believe that growing inside of me is God’s most precious gift to Jom and I. We’ve been waiting for this for quite sometime and now that it’s here we can’t thank Him enough for this wonderful blessing.

After a few months of trying to conceive, I think I was already near the end of it. Jom or more like I, was already feeling the pressure and that makes trying less enjoyable. He knew I was this close to giving up because He saw me sobbing in my little corner. So the next time I visited my OB, which was a couple of weeks before my birthday, He answered our prayers. He took His time answering other people’s prayers and when it was our turn, it was the perfect time.

And once again, He proved that everything we desire will be given to us in His perfect time. And if He doesn’t or He delays, it means He’s planning a great surprise.

No words can describe how excited I am with this gift from God and the many things this child will bring into our lives. Jom and I already feel blessed having been happily and peacefully together for several months, and this gift from God will surely bless our marriage even more.