I’ve been thinking of something to blog that will be a bit light to write about (since most of the ideas I have in my head are a tad bit depressing so I’ll shy away from that for now). I decided to walk home from work earlier to clear my head when I thought, why not write something about shopping for babies? Well, why not? Sounds like fun. I have liked quite a few mommy pages in Facebook and in every community page I liked, there is always that one mom asking about what she needs to prepare for the […]
One year ago… When it started to sink in…
This week last year, during my 10th week of pregnancy, I had another ultrasound following my monthly pre-natal check up. The few previous consultations I’ve had with my OB, the reality that I was pregnant has not really sank in yet. Everything was surreal until I saw my baby for the first time, moving his arms around. This was the second time that I had my ultrasound done. And it was the first time that I saw a baby for real. It was an emotional moment, to be honest. I remember having mixed emotions – joy, fear, doubts, and all […]
Baby Dedication Planning…
How do you go about planning a baby dedication event? For some reason, I think I don’t have any idea how to go about getting this one started. Sure, I have assisted in wedding planning for the past several years (runner for my cousin’s wedding, part-time planner/coordinator for my parents’ renewal of vows, damage controller/organizer/coordinator/emcee for another friend’s wedding, assisted in the wedding planning of my bestfriend’s wedding…) but a baby dedication/christening event? I don’t think I’ve done this before. Nu-uh. Nope. So, given that my baby dedication is not your usual christening for Catholics or Anglicans (I’m neither one […]
Boredom Blues… The return of the Blabber Chapters…
It’s been, what, 3 weeks? since I posted something here. Well, with the exception of my usual letters to my son, that is. It has been a pretty busy and hectic three weeks that I wouldn’t even know how to begin. I should be sleeping now. I have only about 3 more hours to sleep, supposedly, before waking up to start preparing for our trip home. Yep, we are going home again today. But for some reason, I couldn’t sleep. My son is sound asleep beside me and my sister has already turned in as well. And here I am, decided […]
One Year ago today, pt. 2
This day last year was my very first consultation with an OB-GYN. After seeing the results of the 2 HPT that I’ve done the day before, my bestfriend suggested that we visit an OB-GYN to confirm the test results. Good thing that my friend has a good head on her shoulders as I was already out of my mind after seeing the results. We went to the clinic, and while waiting for my turn to be called for consultation, the nurse took my blood pressure and weight as was the protocol. I do remember my heart racing during the short […]
One year ago today…
The world I know turned upside-down, inside-out, rolling over and under to the point of insanity. I didn’t know what to feel, how to react. I was bashing my head for being so stupid and reckless. Thousands of other questions run through my head with no definite answer, all starting with why. My head was turning so fast I was getting dizzy and was hoping against hope that it was just a dream, a fluke of nature. Yet, at the back of my head and in my heart, I was happy. For the first time in a long, long time, […]
Vacation over so soon…
A few hours from now, I – together with my son and my sister – will be travelling back to the big metro. The holidays are over and I need to go back to work (much to my disappointment 🙁 ). My son has an appointment with his pedia-ophthal on Tuesday that is why he is going back with me. My sister is coming with us as well to help take care of my little big boy while I report back to work. It was a very short two weeks, to tell you honestly. It seems like my son has […]
The year that was…
So… here we are again… The last day of the year (on my side of the world, that is). And looking back, this was indeed the year that was. So many things happened, so many lessons learned. So many discoveries as well. Sometimes it doesn’t even feel that it was just a year that has gone by. It felt a lot longer. As is my own tradition, here’s my recap of this year’s what-nots (not that I posted all my yearly recaps): January: – So many things happened this month. A very unexpected and surprising news on the first day […]
Bazaar here, Bazaar there, Bazaar everywhere…
It has been a busy weekend for me. Saturday was an overlapping event that got me in a bind. I was invited to a wedding that started at 2:30 PM then it was also the company’s year end party. The registration was 6PM. Given that it was a Saturday and the first one of December at that, I was expecting the roads to be heavy with traffic jams. And I woke up late last Saturday, too, so that added to the fact that I didn’t have enough time to prepare for the wedding. Little Z was awake until about 5 […]
Remember, December…
It’s the second of December on my side of the world. But on the other side, it is still the first. Regardless, the twelfth month of the year is here. The year was long and yet so short, and here we are again, about to wrap things up for this year and planning on things for the next one ahead. I was thinking of doing another photo challenge for this month but then I still have two days left on the photo blog challenge that I am working on. And it will overlap with the last few entries. So, I […]