It has been a good two weeks since my last post, I know. But a lot has been going on. We are having our house painted-finally! And the kitchen is also in the works. We had a nice weekend at Sofitel and Jared is as active and as curious as ever.
While I try to organize my thoughts and sort through the photos, I am posting a picture of Jared's first carousel ride.
Have a good Tuesday!
It must be the Chinese ancestry, my mom's father being pure chinese, that runs in us motivating me and my sister in our pursuit of ultimate financial freedom -- this sentence is nice on the ears, right? haha. You see, Angkong was a runaway. He left Amoy at 17 with his brother to try his luck in a foreign land. He then set up a store where he met my grandmother, mamang. Their love story though merits another post so I'll reserve that more lengthy story for another time.
Back to the topic. When I was in HS, I sold chocolate bars to my classmates. My sister did the same thing when she was in HS, seven years after me.
In 2003, we started a joint venture. I designed statement tees, long before it was the rage. And my sister sold reversible bags she made herself. We didn't make much but it taught us hard work and the value of money.
Our humble little booth at the ATC, near Mardrigal
Now, my sister is behind Princessweds, home of beautiful of bridal accessories, and I of The Party Village, that caters to everything you'll need when hosting a party.
We invite you to head on over to our sites. There might be something there that you'd like.
Today's Friday and what better way to greet the start of the weekend that by joining this week's Mommy Moments.
At 19months, our son's favorite is playing ball. Basketball, football... just didn't bring my other camera today so no pic yet. But will post these later.
Another fave is wrestling. With his dad, thankfully.
He has only begun recently to enjoy the water. Sidenote: from 14 months to a few weeks ago, he absolutely hated having to get his hair wet. It was a struggle shampooing his hair. I don't know what made him change his mind, but he loves bath time now, and yes, even the shampoo part. This pic was taken during his first pool foray. We're scheduled to stay at Sofitel at the end of this month and will be sure to take plenty of photos.
Have a great weekend, everyone. If you have a minute, view the entries of other moms here.
We also use disposable diapers, when we go out of the house and at night but during the day, our son is most comfortable with a lampin or cloth diaper. We bought about 4 dozen lampins before I have birth, and we've been using them for 19 months now, and counting.
I read that a disposable diaper takes 500 years before it biodegrades. That is a very long time! All the more reason to think about how many one baby uses before he is fully potty trained. At least we've cut his consumption to almost half. We've cut our earthly diaper trash to half.
And by past and present, I just meant this year and last year.
Here is Jared last year at 6 months old. As an excited mom (make that super excited), he had a total of 3 costumes. He first wore this pumpkin romper matched with skull studded baby legs. He rocks here.
Then for the actual trick or treat at the office, he was one of snow white's dwarfs.
Unfortunately, I can't find his picture wearing the plush dalmatian costume. It was too hot to wear anyway, even with the aircon on.
Now at 1 1/2, he already has a mind of his own and absolutely refused to wear his batman costume. Instead of making him cry by insisting he don the cape and all, I let him be. I want him happy and comfortable for the party.
Now, I wonder what he'll come as to the party next year. An astronaut maybe?
This is the reason behind my lack of posts for the past two weeks.
Jared had infantum roseola, or more commonly known as tigdas hangin. We were at the hospital ER a total of 4 times, just to make sure that it was not dengue. They could not rule it out and it became a frustration for me. I don't want to take risks, or be complacent, especially when it comes to by baby's health.
It was only when we finally brought him to his pedia (who only has a clinic in Paranaque on Sundays-- the rest of the week he is at TMC) that we were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. One look at our son and he immediately said, tigdas hangin.
We would not even smile with worry those 4 days but here is Jared, still all happy, with spots on his face and all.
My son is too young to give mommy tangible gifts. He does shower mommy with kisses and hugs and looks at me adoringly everyday. His every milestone, his many firsts are all gifts that make mommy's heart swell with happiness.
What I consider though as the most precious gift is when he was born.
I'm sure there will be lots more precious gifts to blog about as the days come, as he grows older, as he appreciates the things around him more. If you ever get to read this Jared, many years from now, I hope you'll see that just by being born,
you have given me and you daddy the most precious gift of all.
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It's great to be back blogging again!
