Buh-Bye Time Once Again

After Allan's 3 weeks vacation, he already left last Tuesday.

Few days before his departure, I always heard my two boys with this kind of conversation.Tipong may heart to heart session lang ang mag-ama ko.

Scenario: (Xian while sitting on daddy's lap)

Allan: lapit na ulit umalis si daddy,magwowork na ulit dun sa malayo.wag ka magka-cry ha? 

Xian: opo.

Allan: promise?

Xian: promise daddy!


Then the little man gave his dad his sweet assuring smile.

Just a little note about the past 3 weeks, everyday as soon as Xian woke up and di nya makita si Allan inside our room itatanong nya kagad saken "asan si daddy?" which I will answer with "andun sa ____ (kitchen/bathroom/garage/backyard)" and then the little man will immediately go there and greet his daddy with his charming "good morning smile". Once na makita na nya, buong giliw nyang babatiin ng "daddy!" then Allan will carry Xian and proceed to their early morning kulitan. Ganun sila mag-moment everyday. I'm thankful that I've got two sweet boys in my life.

They're always together for the past 3 weeks of hubby's vacay. Since I'm at work, everytime Allan will go to a certain place like when he went to LTO to renew his license,or during those times that hubby run errands or kahit simpleng trip to the grocery lang, Xian  always tag along with him then after that, Allan will bring the little man to Jollibee for Xian's dose of playtime or sometimes naman uwi sila ng bahay na may dalang new toy si Xian which the husband bought daw while they're at the mall.

Same thing goes whenever Xian will take a bath,choice nya magpaligo si daddy nya. Magpapatimpla ng milk in the wee hours of the morning, si daddy. Magbibihis sa kanya,si daddy. Papainom vitamins, si daddy pa din daw. In short,nagpapamper sya ng bongga sa tatay nya!

That's why I'm a bit bothered that time that Xian will become super attached to his dad and it will be difficult for us him to adjust once the husband goes back to his overseas work. Pang-MMK ang scene the last time na hinatid namin si hubby and I don't want the little man to experience it again,baka ma-trauma na sa sad airport scene. Kawawa naman.

The day of hubby's departure came and Xian is aware about it. Sabi nya,sasakay na daw daddy sa plane. We left early since Allan will drop by to POEA  first to get his Overseas Employment Certificate before we proceed to the airport. I noticed that Xian became extra clingy to his dad on that particular day. Lagot na! At POEA, Xian doesn't want to stay inside the car, so we accompanied hubby while he's processing his OEC.

@ POEA, pantanggal inip ng bagets.

After hubby's agenda at POEA we headed to the airport. We had our lunch there and while waiting for the time, my boys had their kulitan.

I'm a cry baby and you know those times that just by happily looking at them together eh nakakaiyak na? Xian's tita ninang asked the little man kung ano reaction nya pag umalis na daddy nya. Then my playful Xian showed a "fake crying face" with matching huhuhu to the delight of everyone.At san nya naman nakuha yun?

After staying at the airport's parking area for a couple of hours, it's time to go to NAIA's departure area.

before we go to departure area,oh kala ko ok na usapan nyo?

While we're at Terminal 1, that same old feeling hit me once again. I looked at Xian for his possible reaction, ni-ready ko na sarili ko for the little man's crying moments. Surprisingly,  he's composed.he's not crying and no sign that he's going to throw tantrums. Normal lang ang bagets. After he kissed his dad and said "ba-bye" he even managed to waved and said "ingat daddy.love you! ba-bye! " until the time the husband left and joined the crowd going to the departure area. 

 one last mag-ama moment @ the airport.their (temporary) goodbye kiss

Xian really kept his promise to his dad that he will not cry. How did my 2 years and 11 months old son managed to do that? I was astounded. That scene really touched my heart and when Xian saw me he said "mommy,don't cry na.stop na.." then wiped my cheeks with his towel.Kaloka lang,ako na pina-pacify ng anak ko ngayon! 

We should never underestimate the child's capacity to understand about the situation.

And yes,talking about son's word of honor to his dad. So proud of you,my little man!

 The C Family before Hubby's departure

(pasensya na sa background.lol)

We will see you in a couple of months,daddylove! We'll terribly miss you.We love you so much.much.much! ♥

Kiss,Kiss!

Because they just can't get enough of each other,here's another sweet moment of my babies caught on cam.

Never mind the husband's depressing hairstyle, wala syang chance magkaroon decent haircut while he was there.That's why early morning the next day, barber shop first destination nila ni Xian! :D

Howkey fine,kayong dalawa na ang sweet. hehe! 

Anyway, here's what happened on the past few days while the husband is here.

Day 2 of Hubby's Vacation: Since it's Wednesday and I go to work, he dropped by at my workplace so we could eat our lunch together eventhough I only have 1 hour lunch break. The school's cafeteria is jam-packed with students,so lunch out is our option. Funny thing is, we can't decide kung san kami kakain plus it's traffic so we had no choice but to park Azul near my workplace and under the scorching heat of the sun, nilakad na lang looking for a place to eat. It's either wala ng table or long queue. Finally we ended up @ Chow King and had a quick lunch then managed to get back at the school 5 minutes before our time.hehe.

 goofing around.imitating Xian's favorite pose lately.now you know kung kanino nagmana si Xian :)

Day 3 of Hubby's Vacation: I already got my new cam,yey! Since it's a working day again,we met up at the mall during my free time. I'll do a separate post about it soon. Then when I got home that evening from work, he cooked my favorite dish for dinner.

excited na ko gamitin ka! hubby,gala tayo :)

I know,I know..  you've seen this dish a lot here in my blog! :P

There you go,sana lang maganda weather this weekend ano?

Goodbye For Now,Daddy!

Just came back from my very own long weekend.

Pwede bang maka-emote lang muna?

Yesterday,the husband left already for another out of the country job, although I prepared myself for this since Day 1 after we got the news,pero iba pa din talaga pag actual na.We arrived at NAIA around 1 PM so we had our lunch first and stayed in our van savoring our precious moments while waiting.

 

After we had our temporary farewell, the dreaded time came. Everybody at the airport's passenger entrance that time are all in their gloomy mood and we're not exempted. Although I'm hurting inside but this is our mutual decision.Allan walked towards the entrance at 3PM to check in prior to his flight scheduled at 6pm. I'm really hurt and cried when I saw Xian crying, calling his daddy while the husband's walking away heading to the departure hall.  I know the feeling is mutual for Allan and it's twice difficult for him, but there is no turning back. Although I'm trying my best to have a brave front since I'm with my in-laws that time, but it's just so damn hard! 

The scene was really heartbreaking. I had a hard time pacifying my Xian, imagine the little man calling and crying and knocking the glass panel while saying "daddy come back! ang daya iwan ang Xian" while some of them are already staring at us, keber ko ba? Goodbye is not always easy. So if you happen to be there that time and you saw a mommy comforting a crying kid, well probably that's us. 

On our way home I explained again to Xian why daddy need to be away from us for the meantime and I know that at his age,he's smart to know the situation and I never underestimate his capacity to understand.

I just hope and pray that God will give me the strength and the wisdom to overcome the challenges of raising the kid alone. I now have the sole responsibility of taking good care of Xian while Allan is away.

Right now there is nothing left for me to do except hope and pray that the Lord watch over our family especially my husband since he's in a foreign country. Yes,this is just a temporary goodbye. I'm just looking forward for the day that we will be together again.

Xian, I know tandem kayo ni daddy and it will be difficult for you to adjust on some unfamiliar set up,but always remember that daddy loves u so much even he's far away,because he's doing this for you and your future. Promise that the next time that we're at the airport, happy moments na,kay? We love you so much,baby love!

One of those Lazy Afternoon

A sleeping daddy = instant parking lot!

 

What Made The Husband (A Bit) Teary-Eyed.

This is a random kwento about my mag-ama.

Since hubby is working in Manila-Subic and he only goes home every weekend, constant phone call is one of our communications. One weekday night before bedtime, it’s always a routine to talk to each other,my boys have their usual conversation too before we all doze off to bed.

Scenario:

Husband is talking to Xian asking how the little man spend his day at home while I’m carefully listening to my mag-ama’s usapan (which is of course, naka-loud speaker that's why I'm aware of the flow of their conversation)

Daddy: hello baby, how are you? Nag-eat ka na?

Xian: yes,kain baby. chicken ulam po.

Daddy: Ah chicken. delicious?

Xian: dicious! Luto ng inay.

Daddy: Ah.galing naman.delicious pala.What did you do today? Behave ka?

Xian: bi-hev! pe-play,sama kuya dale…kuya dale bah-low (borrow) toys ng Xian! (in his tone na nagsusumbong)

Daddy: Ah borrow lang naman pala eh, share kayo.bili ka na lang ni daddy ng toys sa Sunday. what do you like?

Xian: KA-QUEEN! In his excited and giggling tone (he’s referring to the red car McQueen.lol.

Xian: ..achaka robot...blue!

Daddy: ah robot.gusto mo din ng robot?

Xian: opo.

Then Xian’s kinda distracted for a moment because of a tv show. so it’s our turn to talk.

After a couple of minutes, the little man came back and had his conversation again with his dad.

Xian: daddy, watch si crush.. ayun tv! 

his eyes instantly lit up (the “crush” he’s referring to is Xyriel Manabat of the tv show 100 Days to Heaven)

Daddy: (laugh) ah watch mo si crush.ganda ga?

Xian: yes,danda! *boyish grin*

Daddy: sya behave ikaw palagi ha.

Xian: opo.bi-hev.

Daddy: sya ba-bye na baby ha.sleep na kayo ng mommy.tomorrow na lang ulit.pray na ha.goodnight na. I love you.

Xian: u-night.. daddy.. Lab youuuuuuu..  ingat! (when he's just a baby we taught him how to say "Ingat" to other people every time we're having a conversation that's why he became used to it.)

Daddy: ka-sweet naman ng baby ko. goodnight. I love you din.ingat din palagi ha.

Xian: kiss daddy! mwaaaaah! (followed by a sloppy kiss sound on my cellphone) 

u-night.. u-night daddy! u-nighttttttttt... ba-bye..

(almost 1 minute siguro sila ng pagpapaalam na di matapos tapos)

Then after 25 years the little man handed me the cellphone.

Hubby: Hello My,naiiyak ako eh.

Me: Hah? Bakit naman!

Hubby: tsk,tsk! big boy na si Xian natin eh,nakakapaluha.kaayos ng kausap.di na talaga baby.parang kelan lang..miss ko na lalo kayo.

--Awwwww--

When it comes to our kiddo,daddy's really have a soft spot talaga no?

 -sweet moment caught on cam-

(Belated) Happy Father's Day

"Xian" has been doing this countdown for the past few days already but on Father's Day itself I wasn't able to update my blog that's why the countdown stopped at #2.haha! anyway,here's the supposedly #1.habol pa talaga.teehee! :)

Daddy,

I love it when mommy thinks we are her life's perfect duo.There are 1001 things I love about you being my dad,and counting them one by one is not enough.I just want you to know that I'm grateful about it because God really knows best when he gave you as my dad.Happy Father's Day daddy! :) Thank you for always being our family's #1 hero! 

With so much love,

Xian

Xian's Countdown to Father's Day (2)

Daddy, I love it when you allow me to "drive" Azul which make me think that it's far better than my other toy cars :)

 

With so much love,

 Xian

Xian's Countdown to Father's Day (4)

Daddy, I love how you can be a stage father at times.  I love how you look at me with so much love assuring me that I can do it.

With so much love,

 Xian

Xian's Countdown to Father's Day (5)

 Daddy, I love how you can put me on your shoulders for one awesome ride.

 

With so much love,

 Xian

Our Saturday QT (Quality Time)

I've mentioned here before in my previous blog post how we usually spend our weekend. So last weekend, after I went home from my halfday of work (yeah,yeah i'm not that workaholic,nagkataon lang na may Saturday office talaga kami!) So,instead of malling or going somewhere we just stayed in our house and do the usual movie marathon mode (kinda laidback) with my 2 boys. as usual,we watched Xian's fave cartoons. Then after that he showed to us his latest dance moves, which made me and hubby laugh at the same time proud of our Xian's new antics.

Being in our kulitan and lazy mode,we just ham it up for the camera :)

Xian eating chicharon - hinay hinay anak,macholesterol yan!

Xian with Mommy and Daddy sa background

Xian's uber pouty lips.lol.

 dance,dance baby!

 MULTITASKING:while watching "Chicken Little" at the same time naglilinis ng paa nya.

:)

 feeling mag bf-gf mode.

 Xian's mouth oh so chocolatey! kaamos ng bata :)

kiss daddy,kiss! 

bunch of three :)

 in the mood for playtime

haha,pinagtripan ang tatay nya.

 the love of my life

Then after that,we had this for merienda:

 Black Forest Cake,yummy!

my hubby is a superb cook.he actually cooked this,sumptuous sopas! 

How about you,how did your weekend go? :)

 

My New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year everyone!

It's been two weeks since my last blog post.blame it on the holiday season that I'm so busy that I don't have time to visit my blog site.hehe! I have a lot of things I have in mind that I want to write but I don't know where to start.hmmmm... Well,maybe I should start it with my New Year's Resolution since it's the start of another year, the start of making new promises. So, as a tradition, here's my New Year's resolution for 2011.

• Upgrade my cooking skills. I know how to cook the simpler ones like sinigang,adobo,nilaga and other recipes even without the help of a cook book (well,sometimes!)  but having a husband who's a superb cook,nachallenge naman lalo ako.
• Learn how to drive. I want to learn how to drive,seriously.well,Allan taught me before but after that, I wasn't able to put it into practice since I need to have my eyeglasses muna since I'm farsighted at baka makaaksidente ng hindi oras.lagot!,  I remember way back in my first job in 2004 as medical representative, I was required to take up driving, I was so happy to have my student's driver license (yun pa lang ha! what more kaya kung prof na? ) I even took up 1 week driving lesson in one of the driving schools in Lipa. so this time 2011, I hope serious na talaga.
• Spend some quality time with the hubby. 2010 is all about our Xian that hubby and I forgot to take care of our relationship and missed the spontaneous dates we have way back in our bf-gf days.  Everything is tagged as Family Day although it's really a good family bonding for us.but you know,a date every two weeks na kami lang talaga won't hurt.(Xian anak,ok lang naman di ba?) I want 2011 to have more dates for me and hubby.
• Family Vacation. Hopefully kahit every 2 months we'll try to go to places we've never been and explore other locations that Xian will enjoy especially now that he's not a baby anymore. So kelangan magtipid para ma-achieve! :)
• Never sweat the small stuff. I'm such a worrywart and sometimes OC even in the simplest things that I sometimes go overboard with my worrying so to rid myself of more stress I'm making 2011 worry-free for me. Good luck to myself.
• Study again. It's been 6 years after I graduated from college and it's really my plan to continue my studies to Professional Education then eventually have my Master's Degree. For this year, hopefully kahit ilang units lang muna.
• Save more,splurge less. This is all about managing the finances wisely inorder to achieve our plans. 
• Stick to my plans for 2011. 'nuff said.Goodluck naman saken! :)

My First Ever Blog Entry

the birth of Sapphire Mommy! :-) seriously, after reading a lot of blog posts from my favorite blogger, I got really inspired to join the blogging arena (again) after all writing is also one of my passion when I was in college although I wasn’t able to nurture it.since i'm not that serious about blogging just merely to express my thoughts as my online journal mostly about my college life. My last post was from my friendster account’s blog and that was like 3 years ago? there are so many beautiful things that happened in my life for the past years that I wasn’t able to put into writing and honestly, that's one of my regret.But I guess, it’s never too late and this is the time! :)  

Why Sapphire Mommy in the first place? Been thinking a lot of options and came up with it since Sapphire is my precious gemstone being a September celebrant and I'm already a mom. that's it!

This will be the official blog to document my family life, the joys and happiness of being a wife to my dear husband Allan and as a mom to my little tyke Xian and everything in between like my raves, my rants, my screaming thoughts about anything because I know I will never run out of something to write about.