time out for iñigo!

that was after he threw a tantrum after i told him to stop pulling off the drawers in our sala. he was wailing and bellowing before that photo but when he saw me holding a camera and was aiming to point it at him, the tot instantly flashed a smile! i’m not sure if it was because there's another photo-op for him or he was thinking bati na kame... whatyathink? sayang... i wasn’t able to capture that smile as he immediately put on a sullen face again as he have thought that indeed, mommy is serious with him. =)

 

i’m sure it won’t be the first and the last time-out my little boy will get from me and his daddy. you see, he’s becoming mischievous these days. let me correct: he’s becoming naughty. pilyo as my mom puts it. he loves to play tricks with us and laughs at his own antics or misdeeds. he also acquired one of my best and worst traits as we observed that he’s also strong-willed and would put a fight over the things he wanted. he can be quite assertive and demanding too. it’s just this afternoon when we were watching tv (he's in my arms) when his favorite dance song was played. since my eyes were glued to the tv i was oblivious that he was already dancing to the tune. well not until he grabbed my face with his two pudgy hands as his way of saying “mommy, ako tingnan mo and not the tv!” i must confess i got stupefied after this grabbing face incident. i didn’t know i have another boss for a son. hahaha.

 

iñigo also metamorphosed from a shy and clingy baby into an (overly)confident and independent toddler. he also have a tendency to be a crowd's favorite. he'd dance or or make pabibo when he's asked to and even when he' not. it's also easy for him now to say or wave hello to a stranger and interact with them, but with our guidance of course.

 

i am pretty confident to say that he had already came out from his shell and ready to join the big world out there...

 

which made me realize now i no longer have a baby for a son. sniffs

 

few more years and i'll miss these diaper days.   

why it's so hard to be romantic nowadays?

(jude and i don’t really patronize valentines so pardon me if i don’t feel like being mushy about it when i should be.)

 

so the question is: why is it so hard for us to experience that kilig moment now that we area already married with one kid than when we were still bf-gf?

 

here are some facts of life that we’re still trying to accept (and ignore):

 

• “thanks for the roses love but that’s a handsome one thousand bill you’re throwing away.” remember how often the boys give us bouquet of flowers before the marriage and how we appreciate this sweet gesture? i’d be happy with just a long stem of rose now.

 

• iñigo would cry “didey” for mickey as a signal that we play instead his favorite dvd while jude and i are contentedly sitting in our seats snuggled to each other while watching a good movie. talk about asungot… ahehe.

 

• (jude was about to hold my hand while we’re watching tv)” oops… may lamok! baka kagatin yung anak mo…” nyahahaha.

 

• how i wanted to cook his favorite crispy pata but it’s his cholesterol level that i’m concerned of… plus the fact that broiling it will put a toll in the electricity bill.

 

• can’t cuddle and smooch each other when our little boy is still awake or else he’d throw a fit (yes, he does… in defense of mommy. hehe.).

 

• and if by luck the little boy dozed off early, wish that one of us hasn’t reached dreamland yet.

 

• you know the rule when the bedsheet has just been changed and is still fresh… =D

 it’s not surprising that jude and I sneak in once in a while to go on a date without my little chaperon. we NEED to relive the days when things were still spontaneous and uncared for. albeit short-lived, the dates serve as a break from our monotonous life right now and more importantly, a time for us to rediscover our love for one another.

 

 

one of our honeymoon pix.

hay! those were the days... we were young(er) and wild and free... haha.

iñigo the school boy?

i'm looking for some months now for a decent but not-so-pricery toddlers school for iñigo. we tried the little gym in alabang last august but the daddy opined that it's too far from cabuyao and it would be difficult for us to commute during the days that he can't drive me and the little boy. hence, i had to look somewhere else and unfortunately there's none here in cabuyao; at least, decent enough to entrust my son's education. we found a nice one in sta rosa, gymstatics, but luck doesn't seem to be on our side as it was already close when we visited the school months after.

how sad as iñigo seemed to be interested to go to that gym school. just look at the picture which i took out of fancy when we visited gymstatics when it was still open last september.

he was all set to go to school in that picture, right? he was ogling at the kids who were playing inside and i felt that he'd like to play with them. my poor kid! he had no playmates to speak of other than daddy and mommy. =( 

and since that afternoon in gymstatics, the  stage mommy in me has been trying to prep him up for school like getting him some worksheets such as coloring books so he can already hone his hand skills and creativity. look how keen he was on making his first masterpiece.

it's only the classmates and the playmates that's lacking, don't you think?

still part of the labor force

all of you may know that i am a stay-at-home mom since i resigned from my job last may 2007. but the truth is, amspec rehired me two weeks after and offered a part-time/consultancy job with a very flexible work schedule. i accepted the offer and was reporting to the office once to thrice a week, depending on my workload and mood (though the latter prevailed most of the time). you see, my former boss could not live without me… hahaha. she tried to scout for my replacement but no one seems to meet her qualifications. as she have said, ‘there’s only one marie in this world”. the wind is blowing me off from my seat now. =D

 

to some of you who are curious on what i do for a living, i work as an export coordinator for amspec. you should know this company very well because some of their brands are household names like crayola and mongol, “ang lapis ng magaling’… oops, free plugging. =D part of my job is to communicate with the established export clients and also to market amspec products to potential buyers. it’s actually an easy job. the only difficult part for me actually is to coordinate with the production and quality control departments who had nothing to say but it’s difficult, especially when we’re beating ship dates or trying to meet the clients’ specifications. but i refuse to accept their excuses and so verbal battles usually ensue, oh boy! but in the end, they deliver. gusto lang muna kunsumihin ang lola n’yo.

 

but generally, my job is relatively easy. it’s just that i really want to spend more time with my son and also pursue some business endeavors that’s why i decided to quit the job. and for the second time, i resigned last january 31st.

 

but on february 1^st i was rehired again.  though i have yet to see the contract, am already doing my daily tasks thru emails. the arrangement right now is more lenient as i will do my work at home and just report to the office twice or thrice a month and only for a few hours. isn’t that great as i can have the best of both worlds—spending more time with my son and earning at the same time?

 

i’m a little excited over this because it means i can still earn extra money, which I can save to furnish our new house or spend for a major trip which we are eyeing in june.

 

god is really good and i owe this blessing to him.

move over sheldon... hello dr. seuss!

one of the things that motherhood changed on me is my shopping habit. i was a self-confessed shopaholic and gastadora when i was still single. i used to buy impulsively especially on clothes and shoes and bags and accessories... almost everything that i drooled over. and this includes books and magazines which i would only read once and shelve later on. that's why when i moved in to jude's place after we got married i have three boxes just for reading materials alone, aside from my college and mba books... honest!

but that's a thing of the past now. i am already a convert and i spend our money wisely (or so i claimed... hehe).

but if i shop, it's more for our little boy that i buy than for myself. i've given up most of my small luxuries including buying sidney sheldon novels. =) i don't have time to read them anyway.

what i'm buying now is iñigo's books and we've collected 22 titles so far including these latest addition:

would you believe i bought them all at php 210 including the two dr. seuss titles? tipid tip: buy second-hand books as they really come cheaper than the brand-new. to be able to have the titles you are looking for, befriend the sales attendant of any booksale or diplomat outlet in your favorite shopping mall (bought these books in diplomat festival mall branch) and asked her to send you a text message when they already have them so you can pick up the books the next day or whenever you are available. they'll be cordial enough to let you know.

most of these books don't look second-hand or shabby at all. who knows, you might even be the first owner...

 

i'm so happy with my new loots and i'm happier over the fact that iñigo appreciates his new books... and that the daddy appreciates my money-saving effort. =D

 

 

 

 

 

simple joys of bonding

jude and i promised early this year that we will spare one weekend every month, whether it’s on a saturday or sunday, to treat our son outside the house. may it be in a mall or a park or zoo, it doesn’t matter as long as we, especially our little boy, will have fun. so when jude’s cousin canceled the supposed-to-be errand of them to cavite, we just decided to go out and kill our time inside a mall. after having a sumptuous lunch in paseo de sta. rosa, jude drove us to alabang town center as it already been ages since the last time we went there.

it was a time well spent inside the mall. we let him eat first his favorite food in his favorite fastfood joints--spaghetti of jollibee, what else? =D

after the spaghetti, we walked along ATC's hallways until we reached its rotunda. iñigo was mesmerized by the carousel in the play area and even climbed the gate rails so he can have a better look of the horses, which he kept on signing to tell us he knows how it is being called.

i even let him ride the carousel and he was happy and contented all the time he was sitting in one of the horses. and i was also filled with joy. simple things like this already brings me happiness, especially when i was already filling my tummy with go nuts donuts glaze lite… hay, sarap! as i’ve always said, it’s not on how much we spent but that bring us happiness. it’s that we’re all together and having fun that truly matter.

all by himself

the little boy can feed himself already…

 

he sips from his cup on his own too and take note, it's drip-free! the mommy is just so proud of him. =)

it’s just lately that we train him to use cutleries and eat on his own. but the sippy cup thing… he already knows how to drink from it since he turned one. and when he turned 17 months last december, he’s completely weaned from the bottles. he should because avent nipples and teats are so expensive. hahaha.

oh my, my little boy is no longer a baby. sniffs.

 

check out this picture too...

 

 

i took this picture when i saw him making kupit of this wheat bread from the bread bin. takaw noh? hehe. my little boy just loves to eat.