The Coke and Me

I'm a self-confessed COKE addict. I don't know since when. I cannot exactly recall the details pero malamang bata pa ko kase di ko na matandaan but since then, I'm hooked. For me,drinking soda is like drinking water. yes, ganun. I drink them everyday. Every time we dine out, a meal is not complete without coke. (Go large please!) Addict nga eh. Well, except breakfast syempre. Sobra naman kung pati morning coke pa din.

Kung may coke rehab siguro malamang pinasok na ko dun. Chos!

I'm aware that softdrinks is not good for the body, but I still drink them. So obviously nasa akin ang problema. Blame those coke commercials, tempting masyado!

 photo source: image from Google

eto pa:

 photo source: image from Google

That's why as much as possible we seldom buy at home and it's not included in our grocery list kase baka masanay din si Xian.sapat ng ako na lang ang coke addict sa pamilya, lagot ako sa tatay nya,tsk tsk!

Then I stumble upon this post regarding the effects of soda to a person's health.

 

Hala! I guess meant to be na makita ko yan. Wake up call for me. Kawawa naman ang heart ko, ang aking kidney, ang aking reproductive organ at kung anu-ano pa. 

When I was pregnant with Xian natiis ko nga coke cravings ko,although I drink sometimes pero moderate lang.mga twice a month. 

note to self: I.CAN.DO.THIS.AGAIN!  So dapat pala pregnant ulit ako? haha!

Seriously I should really watch my soda intake A.S.A.P! This is just a matter of strong willpower.

Good luck to me.

Xian, Mr. Rabbit and the Angry Birds

We spent our Sunday at my in-laws place, which is a 30 minutes drive from our place. Thanks to Expressway.

Aside from playing with his cousins which is a bunch of girls,  (Xian is the only boy na apo in hubby's side and the youngest too.) One thing that the little man look forward everytime we go there is his close encounter with the animals at my mother-in-law's backyard. It's good to know that he's fond of them. Ako kase never nagkaroon ng pet, well kung macoconsider na pet ang aso at pusa namin na pagala-gala sa bahay when I was a kid, well may pet naman pala ako.hehe.

Because  2011 is Year of the Rabbit,unahin natin sya.hehe,yun ang connect.

I asked hubs niece regarding the rabbit's name. 

Me: Jillian anong name nya?

Jillian: sya si Mr. Rabbit, Tita Joan.

 wow, ang cute naman. very unique!

 Xian striking a pose with the camera shy Mr. Rabbit

tickle-tickle Mr. Rabbit! <deadma pa din>

 trying to reach out... literally!

Anak,gutom naman pala eh. now close na sila.

HAPPY FACE =  feeling accomplished after feeding Mr. Rabbit 
(Ooooops, never mind his ponytail)
 

Now after Mr, Rabbit let's go to the Angry Birds. It doesn't mean that they're angry ha, ganun lang talaga tawag ni Xian everytime nakakakita sya ng group of birds. actually according to him, Rio is an Angry Birds movie and even up to now whenever gusto nya panoodin yun, he'll just say "Angry Birds" and gets na namin yun.Hehe!

 "The Angry Birds"

 Xian is asking me to open the cage para papakainin daw nya ang Angry Birds.haha! 

I'm still looking for his other pictures last Sunday. But anyway based on these pictures, does this mean he's ready for a pet? :)

New Loot for the Little Man

A Lightning McQueen character slippers!

side view!

top view!

After our husband and wife day out (aka Saturdate) after he fetched me from work, on our way home the husband noticed me busy taking pictures of the stuff.


Hubby: My,Kelangan talaga may picture taking pa? 

Me: Oo bakit ba? ba-blog ko lang :)


what I thought as a disapproval of my quirky habit, he said "ipatong mo dun sa dashboard my, tas lagyan mo ng shades!"


Hahaha!


Ay sus may sarili naman palang idea kaya ganun.


Anyway, here's his brilliant idea (kuno!) as suggested:

obviously the shades belongs to hubby and Xian.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to upload here all the shots kaya eto lang isang to, pero meron pa shots na parang magkausap sila and the other one is nagkakarera. So pinatulan ko talaga idea ng asawa ko. Wala eh, trip-trip lang.haha!


There you go, here's the little man's feet wearing his McQueen slippers.

Perfect pang-harabas for his outdoor playtime. Obviously, this is his current favorite pair,very comfy pa.Ka-chow! ;)

Positive Tuesday

Change is difficult. It’s uncomfortable. But it’s necessary for our growth. Embrace the change God's doing in our life today.

This is my fb status just a couple of minutes ago after I read "the email". I still don't know what to say, I know this is really something positive. hindi lang something, major positive talaga! It's just that, I'm not ready that it will be this soon at dahil dun nalungkot ako bigla. 

But I know this is part of God's plan for us, He really moves in mysterious ways,no doubt about it. He makes all things beautiful in his time and probably this is our time. I know you're curious what I'm talking about. If only I could share it all to you at this very moment. Probably in the next few days or weeks if the plan push through, I'll share it all to you. For now, I just wanna ask for your prayers,hoping for the best choice and that we'll come up with the right decision.

Lead us where to go Lord, show us what steps to take. Please let your will be done and I lift up everything to You.

photo source: image from Google

“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declared the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11).

Kulilit Story (Again and Again!)

It's exciting to see how Xian's thinking processes become more and more complex day after day. He's really hubby's mini version in terms of humor. Because I just can't get enough of my little man's antics, here are just some of Xian's "kulit" shining moments.

One Saturday afternoon, while strolling around the neighborhood with his ever-reliable yellow blue bike and eating candy, he's supposedly going to throw the candy wrapper in the thrash bin but since medyo mahangin that time, the candy wrapper accidentally landed on a fellow toddler's hair,which by the way is a girl. (uyyyy!) What he did, bumaba sya sa bike nya and approached the little girl and said "sahr-ry!" (sorry!) yes,ganun sya mag-pronounce! and mind you, we didn't ask him to do it, he do it on his own and waved to the little girl when we're about to leave.That's my boy!

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Another instance,while we're at the grocery, there's a lady who's blocking our way and busy checking the labels of the product she's holding, Xian said "eschoos me!"  when the lady heard it,she smiled and  said "ay! ang cute" Of course, I'm a proud mommy.hehe.

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before we all go to sleep, may weird habit si Xian na mag-roll call sa bahay.

for example:

Xian: where si daddy?

Me: nasa CR, nagtu-toothbrush.

Xian: where si Inay?

Me: nagwa-watch ng TV.

Xian: where si tatay?

Me: nagwawatch din.

Xian: okaaay!

then as soon as he mention the name of everyone in the house and knows what they're doing,that's only the time he'll go to sleep.weird much? 

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We're walking at the church patio when we saw two older kids playing and trying to climb a pole. Xian stopped in front of them and said "baba kayo please,huhulog.."

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One night the little man is busy coloring his activity pad when hubby approached him and started to kiss and tickle him all over. Xian said "daddy, wag kukulit ang Xian,please naman.." then continue what he's doing.

Busy nga naman eh,ba't kase kinukulit.hehe! super laugh trip kami ni hubby after that.

spell BAWAL ABALAHIN!

Shrimp-y Weekend

During weekends, hubby mostly do all the cooking for our lunch and dinner since I do have halfday of work also every Saturday. Oftentimes while I'm at work he'll text me what dish I want to eat for lunch so he'll cook it for me. Ganun sya.

Allan knew that I love seafood... crabs, shrimps, mussels, squids, name it, I'll eat it. If you're a constant reader of my blog ever since, you'll notice that most of the food that I post here are seafoods.

Salamat na lang talaga at wala akong allergy. 

Last weekend for two consecutive days, he cooked Sinigang na Hipon for our lunch then for our dinner the next day, he cooked Ginataang Gulay at Hipon then made Ensaladang Pipino.Pinoy na Pinoy!

hipon sa tanghali

hipon sa gabi

ensaladang pipino

Of course,a happy meal always ends up with a yummy dessert.

cake roll.so chocolatey!

I'll borrow Sis Jenggai's line for this post, this is my life's simple pleasures.

Happy Weekend! :)

When I Need To Be Sure

Xian woke up a little bit grumpy and feeling weak from his afternoon nap few weeks ago and when I touched his forehead, it's hot that his normal body temperature.

Me: baby,anong masakit?

Xian: sakit ulo po :(

I immediately checked his temperature and confirmed, he has a fever.

 38.8 °C based from the last black dot

In times of unexpected situation like this, I always make sure that I have Kool Fever and these trio in our medicine cabinet of course with the knowledge of Xian's pedia who's just a phone call away regarding medications.

Di naman halatang maka-Pediatrica ako no? (side kwento: actually during my Med Rep Days,friends kase kami ng ahente nila eh. She handle a few brands while I'm in-charged with some adult lines mainly injectables although we're from different companies. Anong connect? ) I know that their brands are one of the best medicines for kids BUT that's not the reason why they're the pharmaceutical company of my choice, top reason why I like them is that Xian loves the taste of their meds. 

Before I really had to do certain tricks just to convince him to drink his meds on time and make sure that he gets the full dose but sometimes there are instances na mas madami pa yung natapon kesa nainom, even though I'm using a dropper already. So sayang lang. One time we tried mixing it with his milk but to no avail since he start spitting it out the moment he taste it.

I can't blame him. To quote my dear Inay,"San pa ba magmamana?" I remember when I was a kid, she really had a hard time convincing me to drink spoonful of medicine. The syrup's bitter and nasty taste and sometimes the overpowering smell made me feel sicklier. Thanks to capsules and tablets. That's why we opted to switch Xian's vitamins to chewables, he likes it better.

We tried Tempra and Calpol for the longest time whenever Xian has fever but after we tried Dolan, drinking his medication is now fuss-free.He likes the taste and this really brings down fever fast!

 I don’t want him depending too much on medicine when he has colds since most colds are viral and we use saline solution,a tried and tested home remedy but sometimes his sudden sniffles and sneezing attacks won’t stop without the help of an antihistamine that's why we have Disudrin at home.

Although the fever subside after a couple of hours,with a lot of hugs and kisses from mommy and daddy, we still scheduled a visit the next day to his pedia and thank God it's not dengue,although I’m confident na hindi naman since yung stock ng lotion ko at home kabog ng stock ng insect repellant nya, I just wanna make sure. The doctor said that it's because of the season and nothing to worry about.

Anyway to make the long story short,the little man is back to his normal self, active and playful na ulit.

 *Kulit Mode*