Where Did My Chubby Baby Go?

I miss my habibi’s tabang siksik nowadays. At bakit hinde, I gave birth to an 8.7 lbs (approximately 3.95 Kg) baby boy exactly 2 years, 4 months, 1 week and 3 days ago via cesarean section. He was even tagged as “Metro Lipa Medical Center’s Biggest Born Baby”. 

I just don’t know if he still holds the title up to now but during that time, he’s the title holder. The nurses said that his birth weight that time was already equivalent to the weight of a 2 months old baby. Yes, big baby indeed! 

A little trivia lang ha,his first ever pedia even referred him as an obese baby. yes,kaloka obese daw! OA din naman si Lady first pedia, that’s why I changed my son’s pedia that time kase in the mind (and heart!) of a new mom experiencing postpartum blues, I’m hurt.hmf!

 few minutes after he come out from my tummy.see the chubby cheeks?

1 day old Baby Xian

Anyway, as I’m busy browsing my son’s old pics, I saw his major transformation. He’s not that chubby anymore, all the baby fats were gone and my baby is slowly turning into a little man indeed. That starts the moment he enter toddlerhood, the stage of kalikutan. I asked his present pedia during his last check up, I felt like he’s kinda “payat” because some of his clothes bought a year ago still fits to him up to now although his current weight is 16 Kg already. His pedia said that his weight is beyond average pa nga daw the normal line because a normal 2 years old's weight is 12 Kg as specified in the growth chart. He even assured me that I have nothing to worry about, because Xian is also tall for his age and what’s important is that he’s healthy and energetic, happy and of course, smart. According to the pedia, being chubby is not the basis of being healthy. which in fairness eh tama naman talaga. Well,I just miss the chubby baby I used to carry in my arms.

But come to think of it,wala naman talaga sya pagkukunan ng “taba” because look at hubby and me’s physique naman. we love to eat but it doesn’t show in our mien.My friends says I’m lucky I eat whatever I like without gaining extra pounds, pero feeling ko talaga may bulate lang ako sa tyan.joke!

 showing his dance moves

 doing his version of "pogi pose"

Anyway,I don’t need a super chubby baby If I have an active, energetic, happy and smart Xian.We love you so much habibi,chubby or not! ;)

 

The Little Man's Must See Movie for the Month

It's not a secret here in my blog that the little man is a huge fan of Lightning Mc Queen. The first time he saw the movie Cars a year ago, he's an instant fan. For few consecutive weeks, we've been watching it every night before he go to sleep. Again and again,every night,as in! His eyes always light up whenever he saw Mc Queen stuffs. Although he already watched the sequel since my cousin got a copy of the Cars 2 movie from somewhere with unknown subtitle, it is still best to watch it on the big screen.No wonder we're excited for the little man to watch Cars 2,This will be his first ever cinema experience.I just hope he'll be extra behave that time at walang "S".hehe.

So rev up your engines for the animated Cars 2 and see you in theaters on the 24th of August.Ka-chow! ;)

Hubby's Untitled Dish

The original master of our kitchen strikes back again with one of his specialty one rainy Sunday. He cooked this dish for our lunch.This is his version of chicken curry with bamboo shoots (or rather bamboo shoots with chicken). whatever! We called the bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts as labong here in Batangas.

I lost my appetite because I had been sniffing and tasting what he's cooking a couple of minutes before we eat.lol.Just another hit dish from my cooking master boy perfect for the rainy weather.

 

Friday Night at Shakey's

Just another TGIF night with my sister Sol and her soul sister Gracie (yes,that makes her my adopted sister too!) just like our previous Friday bonding.

I went to the mall two weeks ago after office to buy a new Mc Queen stuff for the little man as promised when my sister texted me that they're also in Lipa that time and probably we could meet up so we could go home together.And since we're all hungry already,we met up at Shakey's. Here's what we had:

Caesar salad.I love their creamy caesar dressing.

garlic bread

the oh so yummy spaghetti platter

Manager's Choice Thin Crust Pizza (Large)

oooops, bottoms up! forgot to take a pic of our iced tea :D

with sissy na bagong rebond and me in my office uniform.good thing I bring along my trusted cardigan.

*soul sisters*

 testing lang ha! calling the attention of the husband!  *ehem* lapit na birthday ko!

here's something for my little Xian

Looking forward to another wonderful Friday night with Sis and Gracie! 

 

Just One of The Things I Don't Like!

...is going to work on a stormy day! :-(

super hassle naman talaga di ba? I miss you Mr. Sunshine, be back the soonest!

Another Kulilit Story Part 3

*While browsing a magazine with Phil Younghusband and Angel Locsin’s pic, Xian grabbed the magazine, point to PY and said “eto mommy, mmmmm…. Langhap Pinoy!”  

(imitating the exact tone of PY’s soy sauce commercial.lol)

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*Xian asked me to draw a car in his sketch pad, after a couple of seconds, I showed to him the car I draw, he stared at it so I asked him “you like it? ganda ga?” to which he promptly replied “no mommy, angeeeeet!” (wow anak, thank you ha,ang honest mo naman!)

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*So Xian asked his daddy instead to draw for him. On the contrary, he’s really excited til it’s finished. When they’re done, Xian came to me and said “eto mommy,eto danda!”

 

Obviously he’s very satisfied with the outcome, here’s my two boys proudly and happily showing their artwork.

 ay sows, di naman kagandahan drawing ni daddy eh *ampalaya mode*

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During one of our laid-back afternoon conversation:

Me: Baby testing nga natin halimbawa tinanong ka ni teacher mo pag nag-schooling ka na.okay pag sinabi nya “What's your mommy's name?”

Xian: Mommy Jam! (he still can’t pronounce Joan the right way.hehe)

Me: Very Good! How about your daddy's name?

Xian: Daddy Allan!

Me: Wow,very good ulit.How about you,what's your name?

Xian: Baby Xian... tsaka Allen.

Me: Galing ah! Where do you live?

*The little man is clueless for a few seconds*

Me: Taga san ka baby?

Xian: Tulay!

Me: How old are you?

Xian: eeeehhhh mommy,mana (tama na).pagod Baby Xian! (sabay hingal!)

Para-paraan nga naman.Okaaaay!

 

Graciano's Pizza and Pasta

LIke what I mentioned here as part of my weekend last time,we tried this new Pizza and Pasta Place near the school one Saturday after our work since we're getting good reviews from people who already ate there.The name is Graciano's Pizza and Pasta located a few meters away from our work place.

Its just a small store but the interior is quite refreshing to the eyes without too much loud colors, perfect for casual chit chat with friends over food plus we're the only diner that time so we sort of "rented" the place.

These are the food that we ordered that time:

nachos

fries with dip

8'' Ham & Cheese Pizza

Chicken & Spaghetti Meal (Dan, Karen and I chose this meal)

1 piece chicken with rice (Ate Tin's plate)

 Tara,Let's eat! :)

We paid around P600 for our group meal.affordable indeed! We all went home full and happy, if there's one thing lang that we don't like about the place,ang hina ng aircon! Hopefully they could do something about it. Pero all in all, ok naman.we'll definitely go back.