Daddy Allan's Birthday = Xian's Happy Day

The husband celebrated his 29^th Birthday last Friday, and according to him the best birthday gift for Him is knowing that I’m in good health after what I’ve gone through. Sweet naman ni birthday boy, kaya ayun di ko na sya ibinili gift.chos lang!

Daddy's Birthday Cake

Gift for the birthday boy na di obvious kung san nabili.

The last time I made blueberry cheesecake, Allan liked it. So I really planned to make another one for his birthday, but since I’m taking extra careful in using my left hand nowadays because of my surgical operation few days ago (left-handed pa naman ako) cancel na muna ang plano, I’ll reserve it sa birthday ni Xian. So I opted to  buy Red Ribbon’s Dedication Cake instead.

That day, since I’m still on leave first thing in the morning nag-Skype kami after he woke up.agad na! Since the time difference is 7 hours, he's already up at 3 AM before he goes to work that day so we still have 3 hours of online kwentuhan. Xian kept on shouting “happy birthday daddy! I love you.” kaya naman di mapigilan ni Allan mangiti ng ear to ear. Feeling ko nga iiyak na eh,haha. As usual kung anu-ano lang topic namin which made me miss the husband more.

After our online family date, since Allan will be preparing to go to work na so we said our temporary goodbye online. We had our lunch at home courtesy of the best chicken inasal in town,syempre pa Mang Inasal.hahaha! Ganyan talaga pag tinamad na magluto. After lunch, Xian and I together with Inay went to Lipa to attend the mass kaso wala namang misa ng 2 pm ano, so we just stayed inside the church for 20 minutes and have our prayers and lit candles for our special intentions. 

for our little family.

Gusto daw nya ng photo op kay Mama Mary.

After that, we went to the mall for Xian’s dose of playtime and spend the next couple of hours there.

As usual, carousel ride first then playtime at Active Fun then after magsawa, we went at Timezone and he tried all the rides. Itinerary na yun ng bagets whenever we’re at the mall. And he really knows how to describe kung ano feel nya sakyan.

“Mommy I like dun sa funny car”

So I accompanied him to one of the car rides there, only to find out na hindi daw yun. Then he pulled me towards another ride across the room with an educational screen that kept on saying “funny car.. funny car..” and then the little man told me “Ayan,this one.funny car!” So yun pala yun. 

The "funny car" he's talking about.

I had an hour time out from this super kulit toddler sa Active Fun,since he’s busy playing with other kids and I don’t have to worry since it’s safe inside naman and there are attendants who always monitor the kids. While waiting, I just enjoyed the free wi-fi at the mall.

After nya magsawa, we just bought some new loots for Xian then dropped by to Red Ribbon again to buy spaghetti and empanada before we finally head home. Something that we can share to relatives, since di nga ko nakapagluto.

The yummy spaghetti

I'm looking for the empanada pic in my cam pero di ko na makita yung shot, I think alam ko na kung sino ang culprit na batang makulit!

It was a simple celebration of the hubby's birthday. He said that we really made his birthday happy and memorable despite the distance. 

Belated Happy Birthday Daddy love, Xian and I loves you to infinity and beyond!♥

Before I forgot, Xian already opened your gift. He claimed his right of being  "The Little Allan" and your partner in crime while you're away.hihi.

 

 

Xian's Countdown to Father's Day (3)

Daddy, I love how we spend our quality time in our "daddy-baby bonding moment"

With so much love,
Xian

Allan's Birthday

Since hubby love's birthday fall on a Wednesday and he's in Subic for 1 week because of work, we weren't able to celebrate his birthday together. He'll be home pa on weekend. we're probably going to have a simple post-celeb at home na lang.

Anyway, exactly 12 midnight on his birthday, I send him a very long SMS greetings I composed in my drafts few days ago.haha! Btw, ever since our bf-gf days. we always make it a point to greet each other exactly at 12 midnight during occasions like this I dunno, pero in a way it seems more special.

 Before I went home last night, I bought a cake and palabok (because I don't have enough time to cook!) the little man enjoyed the candle blowing, naka-ilang candle blowing kami because aliw na aliw si kiddo, a good practice for him because he'll have his own candle blowing 2 weeks from now for his 2nd birthday :)

daddy's yummy birthday cake from Goldilocks

 

 

because there are 13 candles, Xian did the first candle blowing, I did the second part because the candle is melting on the cake already. 

But you know what made me happier for hubby's birthday?

  A car stuff from HANDYMAN for the birthday boy!

I already got the gift that hubby's itching to have, but always refuse to buy whenever we're in a mall (probably because from the start, he's expecting it as a gift from me.teehee!)

WISH GRANTED!

 

the little man is curious about the stuff :)

I'm not yet done wrapping it,besides I'll let hubby see it first that's why I didn't remove it from the plastic after the store attendant handed it to me. :)

We had a long distance phone conversation last night and we talked for hours but 60% of that time is daddy and baby moment on the phone. Even though Xian's speech are still limited, sobrang nagkakaunawaan na silang mag-ama. Excited much for the weekend!

Belated Happy Birthday hubby! Have a blessed year.We love you so much! ♥

I Crave, He Cook! :)

This is Allan's version of Bicol Express we ate at Dampa two weeks ago.I so love spicy foods kaya naman di ako nakaget over sa dish nila.haha! So when hubby asked me what do I want for lunch,that's the dish I had in mind.Then after our quick trip to the market to buy the ingredients,the dish is done in less than 30 minutes. (well more or less, I dunno I lost track eh!) Just another wifey craving he instantly obliged :) In fairness, this is yummier than the one we ate weeks ago.

 

 never mind the plating ha,biglaang picture.di prepared :)

Me: Deh, anong tawag mo dyan sa dish mo?

Hubby: Bicol Express a la JAZ! :)

*JAZ stands for my initial as Joy Ann Zaraspe pero between the two of us,mas kilala sya as JAZ sa mga jersey nya eversince our college days.he already claimed na sya si JAZ.feeling ano? lol.

:)

This is related to my post yesterday, I promised I’ll give update if everything turned out OKAY about the “thing” I’m talking about. Well, what do you think?

Yesss, it turned out more than OK! :)

But hey, this is not about me getting pregnant again ha which is the first thing that came to everyone’s mind when they read my post, but it is all about Allan’s work.

Last night, hubby’s hard work for the previous months had paid off. This is something that we’ve been praying so he doesn’t need to leave the country again (for now) while Xian is still at his early age so that we're both with him physically while he's growing up. So anyway, for the past four days,hubby's kinda busy that we seldom have time for much longer phone conversations or text marathon every night before bed time, it’s because he had a deadline to meet come Friday and most of his time is spend finalizing and revising his work. His usual statement for the past days is like “meh,sensya na ha basta babawi ako senyo ni Xian after this” which is ok lang,I know that there’s too much pressure on his shoulder in terms of work. Words that best describe him yesterday: FRANTIC.TOXIC.

So the dreaded time came, Friday 5:00 PM. That’s the schedule of the presentation to his immediate bosses. For hours I didn’t received any call or text from him. At exactly 8 PM , he called. I immediately noticed the happy and carefree mode in his voice.

Our conversation goes like this.Never mind the mushy-ness ha! 

Me: Mahal ko,Kamusta presentation? Did you make it?

Hubby: Mahal ko hindi eh.. (trying to joke me first,hindi daw pero nasesense ko naman yung happiness sa boses.hmp!)

Me: Talaga? Eh ba’t masaya ka pa?

Hubby: meh,di mo ba nareceive email ko? Dito pa ko office ngayon,meh,check mo andun yung feedbacks saken.basta meh, check mo ha.. (pasuspense pa talaga!)

So I immediately check my email. And there I read everything… The answer wasn't just a simple here-you-go-answer but an astounding much-deserved-and-more-answer. really commendable and nice words from his boss which happen to be a British national (kaya naman most of the time nosebleed sya dun! hehe.) I‘m just so proud of him. And the new perks and the opportunities that awaits him, I know he’s truly deserving for those things.

Me: Wow,Congrats deh, I’m so happy for you! Galing-galing! :)

Hubby: Pero meh,kinabahan talaga ko dun ah! Grabe..

Me: Deh,Ako hinde masyado kinabahan.Kase in the first place, alam ko capabilities mo. alam ko kung pano ka magtrabaho, you’re one of the most hard-working person I know and you don’t just settle sa “pwede na at bahala na” Kilala kita,Kaya alam ko na what you did is at its best kaya bakit ako magwoworry?

To you Mahal ko,daddy,we’re so happy and proud of you. This is really an answered prayer, God gave this because this is really what’s best for us.Congratulations, Xian and I love you so much!♥

positive thoughts = positive results! his happiness is my happiness.thank you Lord! :)

 

 My husband works as QESH (Quality, Environment,Safety and Health) Coordinator in one of the international company here in the Philippines that provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. 

 

Xian's Photo Entry Won in Reader's Digest Asia's Facebook Page!

"Victory tastes so sweet when it's unexpected"

Being a self-confessed proud momma,can't help not to blog this one :) I'm so happy! It's my younger sister Sol who's the culprit for my current happiness (sweet culprit.hehe) The story is, she send Xian's Christmas photo pala sa Reader's Digest Asia which by the way, as we all know it is a global multi-brand media and marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world and publish 94 magazines, including 50 editions of Reader’s Digest, the world’s largest-circulation magazine and sells approximately 40 million books, music and video products across the world each year ( I got the info in their website,hehe!)

So back to my story,she send the photo few weeks ago (and I'm not aware of it ha,pero ok lang maganda naman ang result) to Reader's Digest Facebook page because that time they have an announcement to everyone to upload picture that depicts Christmas spirit, and so my sister did.After all,the photo was just captured with the usual digital camera not with an SLR.so no big deal,trip trip lang!

Xian's winning entry with the caption "i love Christmas because it reminds me of being a kid, who easily believes in everything, like Santa Claus & miracles” medyo blurry lang sya dito sa blog post ko because I picture the actual photo with my cellphone :)

Then yesterday,my sister posted this in her wall so comment naman ako.

turned out- picture pala ng anak ko yun! so happiness talaga,something unexpected and besides, its Reader's Digest Asia so di ba sinong di maloloka,big deal talaga! :) So we shared the same excitement pero pinigilan ko sarili ko na ibroadcast sa wall ko even kay hubby di ko muna share kagad,baka kase spam eh di mapahiya pa ko di ba? hehe! So after few hours, Reader's Digest Asia finally confirmed and even announce in their wall the winners (makailang ulit ko chineck pangalan ng kapatid ko,hehe! ) CONFIRMED TALAGA,WAGI! very nice ang prize ha,it's Troika Travel watch na nasa courier pa,I'll give the watch na lang to my sis and for me the wonderful experience and recognition with regards to my son's photo entry is enough :) 

   

I googled the Troika watch and more or less,it’s similar to this.kinda nice no?  :)

My plan is ipa-frame winning entry (oo,seryoso!) so that we have something to reminisce when he's a little bit older and this is something he'll surely be proud of. Thank you Reader's Digest Asia for this wonderful experience and Thank you big time Tita Ninang Sol for sending his photo,next time ulit! hehe.I love you! Cheers! :)

 

Funny Hubby Story Part 2

Here's another notable conversations between me and hubby.

Aahhh married life, truly funny sometimes! =)

While we’re at our kitchen and hubby is busy cooking our dinner and I’m in-charge of washing the dishes,all of a sudden he sang JB’s song out of nowhere.

Hubby: “and I was like Baby.Baby,Baby oooh like Baby,Baby, Baby nooo” (while he's still busy in front of our stove lowering the fire)

Me: "like baby, baby,baby ooh I thought you’d always be mine,mine.." (so nakisabay na din ako sa pagkanta nya)

Hubby: meh naman,di na ko naka-solo sa pagkanta eh.

haha,it means wag ko sya sabayan kase moment nya yun!:P


Here's another one.during our email conversation one afternoon.

Me: Daddy, kamusta ka naman dyan sa work? dami ba workloads? don't forget to rest ha.
Hubby: oo mommy, kaya eto coffee break muna. Kakasawa na latte, kaya eto try ko mocca naman.

Me: deh, be careful sa spelling. it’s MOCHA not MOCCA.

Hubby: meh,alam ko naman po.nagmamadali lang kase kaya yun na lagay ko spelling.hehe. love you!

okaaayyy... hmmmm… si hubby ko talaga.No wonder I love him so much! :)

 

Funny Hubby Story Part 1

Allan is one of those people who has really a great sense of humor even when we're still in college.dun nya ata ako nakuha sa mga pacute-cute nya! :) there are times I'm in my most grumpy state of mind and he'll says something out of the blue that will make me laugh and ayun,ok na ulit ako.Here's one super bilis kwento I want to share while we're watching television one lazy afternoon.

Hubby: Alam mo meh, di naman daw dahil sa rayuma kaya ganun maglakad si erap sabi dati sa seminar namin.

Me: oh talaga? pano mo naman nalaman.

Hubby: eh sa seminar nga,naikwento nung facilitator pang-alis boredom ng mga participants.

Me: ahhhh...(my eyes still glued on the tv)

Hubby:alam mo ga kaya daw ganun eh sobra laki daw talaga (tuloy pa din si asawa ko sa trivia nya) 

Me: ng alin?

Hubby: alam mo na,yung ano nya.may NERNIA ata yun.

Me:  deh,bakit naman napasok ang Chronicles of Narnia kay Erap?

Hubby: eh hindi naman yun sinasabi ko,NERNIA nga! luslos sa tagalog! (ayan,in-emphasize na kase feeling nya di magets ng kausap nya)

Me: ahhhh,HERNIA naman yun deh.

Hubby: oo yun na nga yun!

hahaha! Kalowka tong asawa ko talaga! 

 

Ode To All The Wonderful Hubbies Out There

Daddy Allan, this one's for you…
To every guy that’s said, "Sex can wait."
To every guy that’s said, "You’re beautiful."
To every guy that was never too busy to drive across town to see her.
To every guy that gives flowers and a card when she is sick.
To every guy who has given her flowers just because.
To every guy that said he would die for her.
To every guy that really would.
To every guy that did what she wanted to do.
To every guy that cried in front of her.
To every guy that she cried in front of.
To every guy that holds hands with her.
To every guy that kisses her with meaning.
To every guy that hugs her when she’s sad.
To every guy that hugs her for no reason at all.
To every guy who would give their jacket up.
To every guy that calls to make sure she got home safe.
To every guy that would sit and wait for her for hours just to be able to see her for ten minutes.
To every guy that would give his seat up.
To every guy that just wants to cuddle.
To every guy that reassured her that she was beautiful no matter what.
To every guy who told his secrets to her.
To every guy that tried to show how much he cared through every word and every breath.
To every guy that thought maybe this could be the one.
To every guy that believed in her dreams.
To every guy that would have done anything so she could achieve them.
To every guy that never laughed at her when she told him her dreams.
To every guy that walked her to her car.
To every guy that wasn’t just trying to get laid.
To every guy that actually listen

To every guy that gave his heart only to have it shoved back in his face.

TO EVERY GUY THAT PRAYS THAT SHE IS HAPPY EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT WITH HIM.

This one is for you…

Not all girls appreciate nice guys. There’s not many left out there….

...(and may I add) I thank God everyday that I married one!

I am proud to be your wife, Allan A. Caldo! I love you yen ko.. =)