Xian's 2nd Birthday

As usual this is again a late post and I still have a lot in my draft.kaloka!

Btw, Last March 25 (Friday) our little man celebrated his second birthday. We just had a simple celebration at home for family and friends, far from his 1st birthday celebration last year wherein imbitado halos ang buong barangay! So this time around, something intimate lang yet something that our little man will surely enjoy. Since he is fascinated with the Disney movie CARS and his ultimate fave character is Lightning McQueen, that's the theme I had in mind for his birthday.

Since Xian's birthday fall on a Friday, hubby and I  filed a vacation leave from our respective employers beforehand. we attended first the early mass on that day then we headed home afterward to prepare the food and since hubby is really a superb cook, he is the one who's in-charged with all the cooking,I'm just his assistant for that day :) 

As soon as we arrived home, Xian excitedly open mommy and daddy's birthday gift.When we asked him if he like it, his quick response "Yes, like!"

 birthday boy Xian :)

I prepare a simple DIY project, which served as the background. a black and white backdrop similar to the checkered Nascar flag while the yellow, red and green banderitas are also the colors used in other Nascar Flags.so match pa din! :D

 

the yummy cake and cupcakes from Goldilocks

Xian is grumpy already, he want another cake blowing for the nth time! 

okay, candle blowing again for the sake of the birthday boy...

Some of the food prepared on that day:

Seafood Bicol Express

 caldereta

 

pasta and the sauce

chicken sopas

pansit

ham and cheese roll

mini version of hotdog and marshmallow 

puto cheese

fruity graham cake

the birthday boy in his red ferrari shirt

the birthday boy's forever proud parents :)

with my All Time Friends Mareng Frances and Bes

office friends who took their time to celebrate with us even with their busy schedules.

the little man is having fun opening his gifts and eating his birthday cake :)

Too bad, I can't upload all the pics on that day, but the little man really had fun from the tiny cars, candle blowing, playmates, birthday song, balloons and cake, happy faces, laughters and giggles,hugs and kisses etc etc..

Happy Happy Birthday again Baby Love, We love you soooo much times infinity! ~xoxo~

Hubby's New Loot for Me

a new Nokia C6 slider phone! :D

I'm not really a gadget freak or should I say cellphone freak but I do appreciate this one especially it was given to me as a surprise gift.teehee! although there's really no occasion, but hubby said this is his advance birthday gift for me (of course he's just joking,kamusta naman yun eh September pa kaya birthday ko! iba yung pang-September.chos!) 

But seriously, hubby is like that as long as it's within the budget.although we try to minimize splurging for things which we consider as "wants" because we have other priorities in life like building a new house for us which we're planning and talking since the year started. But anyway, back to his surprise gift,I'm still having a hard time figuring out the features. Plus it's also touch screen and  a full QWERTY slide out keyboard. Kaloka,konting practice pa!

But nevertheless,one thing I super like about this phone is that it allows me to access Facebook feeds directly on the homescreen.nice! 

I'm still on the process of figuring out all the apps, but still at the end of the day and I'm on an emergency call and text, I still go back to my old cellphone (which hubby also gave me wayback!)

Thank you so much hubby love for this one, I love you loads.mwah! :)

Busy Week!

Oh my, it’s been days since I last updated my blog. I’ve been really busy for the past few days since Xian celebrated his 2^nd birthday then the next day we had our graduation (I’ve been working in a school for almost 5 years and March is really the busiest month for me!) then adding to that, the next day we had naman our 2 days company outing in short super tight talaga ng schedule ko and I can't even squeeze a few posts.as in!

Anyhoo, after my almost 1 week blog hiatus, I’m back! will do my backlog posts soon :D

A Letter To Our Birthday Boy Xian

 Our Xian 2 years ago

born on March 25, 2009

3:40 PM

To my baby love,habibi,chabibi,boss (as your dad usually calls you),

Two years ago you were born and that particular day brought so much happiness to me and to your daddy and to the delight of everyone. I remember the first time I saw you, I was still in daze because of the effect of the anesthesia that time, yet I knew from that very moment that it was really love at first sight. Just the same way, I have fallen in love with you even before we met.  Only seconds passed after I held your fragile frame in my arms but I know I’ll die for you. 

You’re so cute with your chubby cheeks, button nose, chinky eyes, cute little dimple and cleft chin. I was in awe staring at you. You are God’s greatest gift to us and our most precious possession. You are our happiness beyond our happiness. You are the one that uplifts our moods and show us to be carefree at times and you unleash the inner child within us every once in a while. You are absolutely our little stress buster.

Time flies so fast, you're turning 2 years old already! You're growing up too fast and I'm trying to cope up with everything.We always pray that you’ll grow up to be a good person, God-fearing, respectful and loving individual. Like all parents, we only want the best for you. Mommy and Daddy always pray that God will guide and teach us to be the best parents for you and being your mom, you make me want to be the best mommy and the coolest playmate that I can ever be.

We’re excited to see the man you will grow up to be, but whatever happens one thing is for sure, we know we will love him as much as the little boy we have today. 

Happy 2nd Birthday anak! Stay healthy, smart and a happy tot.We love you so much!♥

With so much love for you,

Mommy Joy and Daddy Allan

Xian's First Ever Bus Experience

This is a late post,but still I just wanna share it since this is another important experience in our little man's life. Afterall, this is his first ever bus experience! :D 

 Whenever we travel, we always bring our ever reliable family car Azul, who's  3 months younger than Xian. That's why he never experience riding public vehicles. except from his Lolo Oscar's jeep during his first three months.

Remember the last time when we went to Manila to meet the MomCenter staff? (blog post) We didn't bring Azul that time, meaning to say we have to commute from Batangas to Manila back and forth. At first I was a bit hesitant to accompany Xian especially the EDSA bombing that time is still fresh from my memory, what if ganito, what if ganyan? Sometimes you can't blame a paranoid mom's mind!

So to make the long story short, natuloy din na kasama si Xian.So when we were at the bus terminal, he kept on exclaiming "wow,bus!" He initially wanted the color yellow bus and want to ride there but the thing is Alabang bound si yellow bus and we're going to Makati that's why we need to ride on the red bus which is LRT Taft Buendia. After a little prodding, Xian decided that red bus is nice too. Buti na lang! While we're inside the bus and on our way, he kept on pointing other vehicles and exclaimed "mommy, car! ganda.. yun, bangga!" which got the attention of the man on the other side next to us. Kadrastic naman netong anak ko talaga!

my boys - busy watching the movie of the day na di ko marecall kung ano.

 my goodness!  super attentive ang father and son tandem.mana-mana nga talaga! :)

 our little Xian got bored watching and decided to count using daddy's fingers, but for hubby it's the other way around.aha! no wonder he's lazy to drive, di kase sya makakanood kung sya ang driver unlike this one.joke! :D

Too bad, I cannot find the other pictures. But anyway, all in all Xian's first ever bus experience is okay and the little man obviously enjoyed it. The excitement in his eyes is priceless! :)

 

Another Kulilit Story Part II

I was having a hard time feeding Xian last time.So I told him that if he finish his food kagad, we'll go somewhere. I just went to the kitchen to get something and when I came back, the little man is already there waiting for me ready with his cap, already wearing his outdoor slippers hold my hand and said "mommy,ets go (let's go)!"

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Last weekend on our way to my in-laws place which is a 30 minutes drive from our place, in one of our car conversations:

Hubby: Xian, like mo na ng another baby? 

Xian: no like!

Me: no like? why? baby girl yun para magpe-play kayo.

(no reaction from our Xian)

Hubby:  yung maliit na baby, gusto mo nun?

Xian: ayawwwww!

Ah ok,wala na kami sinabi.

But come to think of it,don't cha think Xian will be a good and doting "kuya" to his future sibs similar to these photos taken 5 months ago:

Our Xian @ 1 year and 7 months with cousin Vaughn while he's trying to feed him.

trying to soothe the crying baby Vaughn

teaching baby Vaughn how to play peek a boo!

Now tell me, you think he'll still say "no like" and "ayaw" when he saw a baby as little and fragile as this? Just a thought :)

All Time Friends @ Arkin's Christening

We don't always see each other that often anymore unlike before because of our bizarre schedule, our work and our domestic life but we always make sure that we're always present in each others important event in life. Just like what happened last Sunday at Arkin's Christening (Bes Mabs kiddo). It was a day of fun catching up on each other's lives and reminiscing about the past after all, we've been friends for 20+ years. I'm trying not to count the years but I can't help but see how much our friendship has grown.and yes, our friendship is indeed forever til the next generation of our kiddos! :)

Flashback, Flashback!

Frances, Dialyn, Shiela, Nancy, Bes Mabs and I have been friends since our Kindergarten days. We also went to the same grade school and high school. we had the same classes, ate lunch together and even spend our time after school hours together at the church's patio (since we all went in our town's Catholic school) and before we head home we had some kikiam-fishball and scramble moments while sitting at the bench to continue our unfinished chikahan which we weren't able to do at the classsroom.haha! we would always write notes to each other and exchange notes during breaks. It was as if we cannot live apart from each other. We do projects and assignments together in Frances' house which is just a stone away from our house, We love reading Sweet Valley High series, we had our crushes (good thing magkakaiba naman!) we shared dreams, we had our barkada secrets,we had our happy and not so happy moments, we literally grew up and matured together.

Then the time to enter college came, and we all went to different schools but although the communication became less, we still managed to squeezed some time for some get together.Growing up requires some changes but that doesn't mean you have to let go.

Forever Kumares. L-R (Shiela, Nancy, Frances, Mabs, Me and Dialyn)

The ninang's of our respective kiddo's are all in this circle. In our barkada, Shiela, Nancy, Mabs and I are happily married while Frances and Dialyn are both still single. Shiela is soon to be mom of 2 next month, Mabs is the proud mommy of the newly-baptized Arkin while I'm the mother of the ever kulit toddler,Xian. Nancy and his hubby Rico  were still on the process of making their own little one this year and the two single ladies? we're praying that they'll have their own soon! The more the merrier! :)

 The original campus girls during our grade school days.lol! 

(Dialyn, Frances, Mabs and I together with my Xian na obviously wala sa mood) 

Trivia: In our group, Dialyn and Frances are BFF, they're both happily single and searching for the perfect one for them. while Mabs and I which are also BFF are happily married and we already found our respective "The One" and we both have 1 kiddo, both baby boy din.hmmm :)

 The space between me and Nancy is supposedly for Allan and Xian kaso since wala sa mood si Xian, explorer ang drama ng mag-ama ko during that time at di ko mahagilap! When they came back,bumili pala ng toys.ay sows! 

chit-chat moment @ The Hall after the seminar.

Welcome to the Christian World baby Arkin! We love you so much! :)

All Time Friends! :)

To my dearest friends, I'm lucky to have all of you. Thank you for the gift of friendship.Looking forward to a lot of happy moments together just like the good old days.I love you all :)