A sneak of good times

Since I decided to resign from my work to take care and look after my son, I have never had a chance to play badminton again. Not until yesterday, it's coincidental that my husband was on restday and  had time to enjoy and play with my son. So, I took that rare chance to set a meet up with my friends to play badminton (again) after 8 months.  And guess what I've  found out, I learned from them that they haven't been playing badminton since I was gone.  I was so happy and excited for the chance given to me, it's  not only because I will get to play again my favorite game but also to see my friends over which I haven't seen months long.

The game time reserved was at 5:30 in the afternoon. I was a bit late and arrived at around 5:45 pm. I went straight to the dressing room and saw two of my valued friends, Iya and Ruby. We greeted each other with warm hugs and started our non stop talks about life happenings that we missed for months. When we left the room, our court was occupied already by other friends in the circle. They are Irish, Korn and Marc. Other friends, Divi and Leo, just followed after their long stressful work. Stories and laughters are everywhere, in the court and at the bench. The last 30 minutes of our time was just consumed with unending stories of our lives. Then, when we decided to pack up,  Irish invited everybody to eat dinner. Unfortunately,  as much as I want to,  i couldn't join them because I had a dinner date with my husband. Nevertheless, we just planned to have dinner on our next get together so we could have more time to talk about things and happenings in our lives, and of course,  that depends on my free time again,  hopefully soon.

Model potential

Last thursday, when we were doing our usual "after payday" grocery, a lady approached us and asked: "Ma'am, may 2 and 1/2 years old na po ba sya?" and then I answered: "He just turned 2, why?" then she explained herself and told me that she's working in a talent agency and they are looking for potentially talented and cute babies who could appear in tv commercials. I was so surprised to learn her story because I wasn't expecting to hear that compliment that day. Aside from that, I have never thought that Kyle would be having a career at an early age. Of course, I'm not a hypocrite to say that I  never imagined my son becoming a model someday. It's just that I don't want my son be exposed in lights and stress environment yet. The woman, who introduced herself as Gemma, gave me her contact details and VTR schedule of Kyle. I told Gemma that I have to talk about this yet with my husband, who was incidentally not around then,  and will just contact her about our decision.

I started discussing it out with my husband as soon as he arrived at the grocery. That  night, I was contemplating and thinking of so many questions  if I will accept the offer or not. Yesterday morning, I received a text message from Gemma asking confirmation about Kyle's attendance on Sunday for the VTR. I asked my husband if he agrees with me, my decision is to try the offer. And then he answered me positively,yes. So I replied to Gemma and told her that we are going and asked about the other requirements needed to bring for the schedule. She just told me to come along with the recent 3R photo of Kyle, which is now my problem because I don't have any. 

I just wish that Kyle will show up his antics and smiles during the VTR. Of course, the result shall depend on his mood. Knowing kids, they just want to play around. Sometimes, they don't listen. Whatever the result may be, I will be happy for my son. Knowing that someone finds him very cute, makes me more proud of him already.

New member

April 04, 2010 was not just an easter celebration for the family. We also took advantage of that day to give feast to Kyle's pre-birthday celebration with some of our relatives and friends. As I have mentioned in my previous blog entitled "Holy week",  Easter is bigger than Christmas in the church calendar because on this holiday, Jesus died to save the mankind from all earthly sins and rose from the death to proclaim that love is powerful over hatred. 

After hearing the mass at Christ the King Parish in Quezon City, we went straight to Eastwood city to have a simple lunch in Blu Fish restaurant. Here are some of the glimpses of the mini gathering: 

  

Their paella was so good for it's price.

and here's our group picture

After getting a bulging stomach from that lunch, we planned to continue the celebration at Mama Bels' place in Pasig city. 

After that long day, my family was surprised because there's more to celebrate. I received a call from my brother, who is living in Hawaii, asking about the "waterbag broken" thing. He told me that his wife continuously giving off water with a little blood from her "womanity". I gave advices and little description based on what I've experienced before when I gave birth to Kyle. And so, they immediately went to the hospital to have it checked and that was it! their baby was about to be delivered. 

Baby Nadine was welcomed on earth on Easter sunday. It was surely a very precious gift of God to our family.  A new member of the family was born.  Although Christmas has always been traditionally celebrated by the family than Easter , this year's easter was a very memorable and worth celebrating to us.

My Son turns 2

My family just got back from a tiring yet fun outing last April 6 to 7,  in celebration of Kyle's second birthday.  We went to the beach for a swim since Kyle hasn't experienced salt water swimming (yet) and also to grant his daily requests to go to Miming (his term for Swimming). Kyle loves water so  much. He enjoys playing in the water with his Thomas and friends, rubber duckies and animal squirters. He can even tolerate coldness of water in his own pool and he doesn't care at all. I was actually planning to enroll him in a swimming class this early but my husband refused to do it. According to him, he's not capable yet. Although, I know and heard that some babies are enrolled in this sport as early as 1 year old. My hubby added : "let Kyle enjoy water in his own way and not through somebody else's way". He could have his swimming lessons as soon as he starts his primary schooling. And so, I just agreed with him.

Going back to the mini swimming party of Kyle, we went to Nasugbu, Batangas where it's known and popular for nice beaches and resort hotels. We found a 3-star resort from the internet, very cheap room rates and not so strict with the house rules. The resort's name is El Cacar.  From a 3-hour drive, we arrived in the resort at 6 pm. We planned to swim that night but since all of us were tired from the long trip, we have decided to just swim in the morning the next day. Since it was a weekday getaway, we thought that there will be no other guests to occupy the place as also advised by the resort owner, that we were the only guests on her schedule.  And guess what, we were all wrong. Unexpectedly, the resort became just like it's weekend schedule. Nevertheless,  I'm glad that the owner is so kind to let us use the tables in front of our rooms for free. Just perfect to put up our balloons and birthday banner for the celebration. It's a simple decoration, just to make Kyle feel that it was his birthday that day. :)

At 6:00 am of April 7,  Kyle woke up everybody in the room. I was so surprised to see him sitting down on the bed and watching all of us asleep. And because the baby was awakened, everybody had to get up that early too. It seems like Kyle knew that there was something to celebrate,  it was his occassion and that he had to wake up early because it's going to be a long, long day for him. At 7:00 am, we went to the nearby church, at St. Francis Xavier Parish. Since there were a lot of visitors in the resort, we planned not to bring our car to reserve it's parking slot, so we rode a tricycle instead. Another first time in Kyle's list, riding a tricycle. So we took a picture of him while he was inside. 

After our thanskgiving prayer, we went back to the resort and started cooking,  put up the decors, and of course splashed out the water.When Kyle stepped his feet on the sand for the first time, it was like an amazing feeling and he was just so happy.  

Then his much awaited swimming began, 

Seeing Kyle happy on his birthday was a fulfillment for all of us. Everything that Kyle expressed during his birthday were priceless. He can't express himself well verbally (yet),  but we felt his contentment and happiness  through his babytalks, acts and gestures.

Our Kyle is growing up so fast. My only wish for him is to be healthy and safe always. And I want him to become just like his dad. A very kind and loving person. To give credit to the people behind the mini party of Kyle, I posted a picture of them:

Deep in my heart, I thanked them so much for making Kyle's simple birthday celebration a memorable one..... to us and most especially to Kyle. 

Holy week

 I have been busy with a lot of stuff these past days that I dont bother to update My diary. Now i decided that I should write this or my short term memory will strike again. The week passed was the Lenten Season. This long holiday season was a perfect time for my hubby to have a quality time with our angel Kyle. Although on the first holiday off, we've fulfilled one of the tradtions of Pinoys during Lent. We did the Bisita Iglesia in 7 churches near us. We left the house at 4pm and started the way of the cross at the Our lady of the Abandoned Parish in Sta. Ana, Manila. I took shots of the churches we have visited because it was our first time to do it as a family as well as it's the first experience of kyle to do the Bisita Inglesia. I want it to become a memomable experience for all of us  and soon to be a tradition in my new and own family.  I've been a follower of this tradition as far as i remember when i was a kid. Here's the photo of our  first stop which we prayed th first two stations:












 Next, for the 3rd and 4th stations, we went to San Felipe Neri Parish in Mandaluyong.






The 5th and 6th stations were done in our neighboor church, the Divine Mercy. I was not able to get my own shot here. I never had the chance to get an angle because our car was parked at the back part of the church. The frontal area is a main road, I cannot afford to  go out and took a shot of the whole church. I had no choice but  I had the option, I should have took a shot of the altar. That did not come across my mind. My husband suggested to take a shot anytime since the church is just few steps away from our house, unfortunately,at this very moment, im not able to capture a glimpse of it. So i just decided to grab a pix somewhere the web. 

Fourth stop was in San Roque Parish for the 7th and 8th stations.





The next church for the 9th and 10th stations were in St. Francis of Assisi where we experienced tremendous traffjc in looking for a parking area. Incidentally, there was an ongoing mass that made the church fully occupied. We've waited for the mass ceremony to end and that's when we were able to fit in our car. 




From St. Francis, we stretched our gas all the way to Christ the King Parish in Pasig city for the 11th and 12th stations. 




The last two stations were completed in Sanctuario de San Antonio Parish in Forbes Park Makati.



I wasn't able to get a nice shot of this church. Aside from my ignorance in operating my cam for night shots, my baby was already asking for his yumyum (his term for food). The problem was, i did not bring any, we had to get to the house as early as we could because of the guilt of having my child experience fasting, at his age he's excluded. Only Kids and sick  people are excused according to the church.


 It was a great experience for all of us to do our first bisita Inglesia yet a fulfillment of a tradition that was made solemnly. I thank Jesus for what he has done to save the mankind. I admire His unconditional love for us. If only people can realize how important this season is in human existence not just during the lenten season but in everyday life. According to the bishop when we heard the mass on easter Sunday, the Risen Christ event is bigger than any other event of the Church. It is certainly much important to be celebrated than Christmas.





I shall have to end this now. I need to prepare our things to be used on Kyle's birthday. it's going to be a nice and simple beach party. Off to batangas in a while.


Thanks be to God. Hallelujah!