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

Crowning moments

This is a tag post from Sis Jenggai

1.  Do you think you're hot?

Oh yes,of course! *wink*

2.  Upload the picture of the wallpaper you're using at the moment:

 taken last February 13, 2011 during our Pre-Valentines Day bonding in a resort

3. When was the last time you ate chicken meat?

yesterday,I ate grilled chicken during lunch time at the the school canteen.

4. Four songs you listened to lately.

1. Marry You- this has been my LSS since then. I just love Bruno Mars :)
2. Love Bug - version of Princess of ASAP Sessionista,it makes me smile everytime I listen to it.
3. Breakeven - hubby is a huge The Script fan and their songs are hubby's fave soundtracks every time we travel.
4. If you See Kay - another The Script song, so far I like this one too.

5. What were you thinking while you were doing this.

I want the F&H shirt I saw last time, hopefully it's still there this weekend.

6. Do you have nicknames, what are they?

Joan, Joy, Jo, Juana.

Tag 4 blogger friends

Nuna of Choose Happiness

France of Green Minded Mom Blogs

Vanenie of Vanenie's Musings

Anne of OneProudMomma

Who's listed as #1?

Sis Nuna, started out as my fellow SP mom a year ago who's also from Batangas til we found out after a couple of days that we're from the same university and we have friends connection.small world! :)

How did you get to know #3?

I met Sis Vanenie in the SP community and a fellow SP mom.

How about #4?

I met Mommy Anne first here in blogger before I found out that she's also a fellow SP mom.

Leave a lovey-dovey message for #2

Hi Mommy France, It's been a year already since I got to know you in the SP community, you're the first SP mom to reply on one of my post way back and up until now I still look up on you as one of the mommies who really help each and everyone with your sensible and witty posts. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for being a wonderful person. God bless you sis! :)

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Nanay Online: "How does your child resemble his father"

For this week's  topic

The moment Xian is born they say that in the physical department he is my mini version, well except that he's a boy. He got my eyes, my nose, my lips, my color, my hair, just about everything. The only thing he got from his dad way back is his height because he's a big baby when he was born. Here's my little one when he's just two months old together with my baby picture.

Yessss, that's me in the picture. See? we're literally pinagbiyak na bunga at first.But wait, that was 2 years ago and we're talking about his resemblance to his father,not ME.

As the days, weeks and months pass by, the one I used to think as my mini-me is slowly transforming into his daddy's mini version not just physically but also a lot from his dad's personality. He instantly became Allan Liit (Little Allan). He definitely got his daddy's sense of humor.There's no dull moment when I'm with them, they both have this facade of a serious person if you don't know them personally,but the moment they smile and laugh, they're actually a playful duo.

Xian is also fascinated with cars and basketball, car-related stuffs excites them both. these two boys loves watching cartoons.Xian is also good in terms of his dancing skills which he obviously got from daddy.  

In terms of attitude,Xian got his dad's trait of being malambing. He loves to hug and kiss and always say "love you" as his form of affection. Ever since our college days, my husband is the type of guy who like to write simple notes and love letters for me. There was a time when he borrowed my book and when he returned it I found note/love letter inserted on it. Simple things like that,yet I find it sweet.

When people see Xian and spend time with him they often tell "Kabait naman ni Xian.mana sa ama" kakalokang comment! it doesn't mean that i'm not mabait, it's just that hubby is a lot more mabait than me.haha! He also got a chunk of kulit factor from his dad as well as his mood of being impatient sometimes.There are a lot more things which he got from his dad which really makes Xian a daddy's boy, he loves to imitate his dad.They're my life's perfect duo.

..in one of their daddy-baby moment.

in their ternong basketball jersey..

Absolutely, "Like father, like son." - Asian Proverb

Advance Happy Father's Day Hubby Love! Me and your little version love you so much! ♥

Our Little Photographer

I don't know but I guess it's really a boy thing to love techie stuffs no matter what age they are.Just like our Xian.As early as 1 year old, he already loves to watch his Brainy Baby CD in my lappy, that's his routine before he take his afternoon nap. He also loves playing daddy's PSP and he loves to tinker our cellphone (that's why there are times he accidentally send blank messages to my contacts. If they received one, they already knew the culprit.hehe!) 

Then few days ago my sister went to our place with her DSLR and the little man showed interest to the new gadget. Seems like he really knew how to use it the first time he laid his hands on it. 

see mommy,i can carry it with my little hands :)

 lemme try it first.

 tita ninang,look at me..

 ok ready! one..two.. wait ate julia,join them.

much better.ok say cheese tita,not peace.. :)

busy checking his shots..seryoso oh!

ok mommy,your turn.smile! :)

 mommy, i want something like this.please? :)))

..and he's just 2 years and 3 months old! Oh my gosh, kids these days are really fascinated by technology.It makes me and hubby feel nostalgic about our own childhood.oh well come to think of it,it's been 2 decades already.lol.  

 

Seven Things about Me

This is a tagged post from Sis Michi

- one of my fave mommy and baby photo-

1.My real name is Joy Ann, I'm Joan at home, Joy at work, Mommy Jo in SP. I'm under the zodiac sign Virgo.

2. Hubby is my first,last and only boyfriend (same thing with him) we're college sweethearts.we've been together as bf-gf for 7 years and 7 months before we decided to tie the knot last September 2008. We're happily married now for close to 3 years and counting, and blessed with a wonderful son, our Xian :)

3. I have a group of friends called ATF or All-Time Friends namely Maybelle, Frances, Dialyn, Shiela and Nancy.we've been friends for 20+ years since our Kindergarten days. We went to the same Grade School and High School so we literally saw each other grew up. Now that most of us are already moms,our friendship is a lot more wonderful than before since our respective husband and kids are already part of it. 

4.  I love seafoods, as in! shrimp,crab,mussels, name it I'll eat it! I also love pasta,pizza,cake,chocolates and ice cream plus cold coke (If there's a Coke addict, then count me in!) although I eat a lot,it doesn't show in my mien.

5. I  took up BS Biology in college but didn't pursue Medicine after that. I'm presently working in a reputable school here in our province under Research and Development for five years already.

6. I'm a homebody, I'd rather spend my weekend at home with my family rather than going out.I hate traffic and long line.Usually we'll just cook something special for lunch and spend our precious quality time together watching movie at home or playing with our Xian.

7.  I'm a dreamer. But I don't just dream, I go for it. I always have my favorite Paulo Coelho's quote in mind "When you really want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you achieve it." and I strongly believe in it.

Nanay Online: “How Motherhood Changed Me”

I so love Mommy France's idea of a mommy blogger group, especially I already knew some of them through our SP community. I started blogging few months ago to chronicle my experiences as a mom, a wife, about myself and just about anything. this is really my private space online. Hence, this is a very private blog at first. no readers, just me and my blog.funny no? :) But as days (and months) goes by I started to meet other mommies online who have their blogs too and I learned a lot from their ideas and it's really nice to connect with them even though we don't know each other personally yet, we became instant cyber friends. 

No wonder this mommy blogger group makes me feel giddy,after all this is my first! So for our very first Nanay Online topic on how motherhood changed me, I'll say a lot. from the simplest thing to the most complicated one.Of course everyone of us does and we have a huge transformation after our little one is born. Cliche as it may seem but I think I became a better person after I became a mom. I'm not just thinking about myself or my husband but most importantly about our little one and we're now liable for his future.

Flashback 2 years ago,the moment hubby and I found out that I was pregnant, knowing that there's already a tiny living thing inside my flat tummy that time and the baby bump is not yet visible,instantly there's a certain indescribable feeling of maturity and motherly instinct that I felt that time. Being a mom excites me, the whole thing about it which is new to me. I always look forward to every check up, comply faithfully to my OB's advice,eat healthy foods not just for myself but for my baby, read a lot of pregnancy books, asked pregnancy-related questions to experienced mom and a lot more preps to be able to cope up as I enter this thing called motherhood.yet the moment Xian is born and sleepless nights followed (you see I'm a person who really love to sleep during my single days yet I was able to adjust after the baby is born) plus a lot of hands-on experiences from bathing to feeding him, taking good care of him, all which is very new to me,yet I became used to it because of the love I feel for the little one.

There are times when I'm at the mall to buy a certain thing for myself but the moment I pass by the children's section, I always end up buying things for the little man just because I find it cute and how about the thing I'm supposed to buy for myself? There's always a next time :) There are a lot of instances when I gave up my simple pleasures knowing that I can actually live without it. I learned to look at things in a new perspective.I became more compassionate,more grateful and appreciative,I find happiness in the most simple thing, a lot of times that I also get tired physically like everyone else does, no matter how tired I am from work the moment I saw him waiting at our door then gave me his sloppy kisses and hug, I'm re-energized. tanggal lahat ng pagod.worth it lahat.Our son unleashed the inner child in me.When you say happiness, for me and hubby, it's our XIAN.

It's been two years already since I enter motherhood. How time flies, Xian is baby no more, yet I know that I still have a long way to go and a lot of things to learn. I'm not talking as a very experienced mom, there are also times when I blame myself "that I should do this instead of doing that" my parenting style is probably different from the other moms, yet we have our primary goal which is to love and nurture our kids.

Being a mother really changed me, it gave me the opportunity to do things I thought I cannot do and I'm capable to perform. I have learned so much more about myself than I could have ever imagined.Yes, like everyone of us, I just feel so blessed to get to be on this journey, to be a mommy.