2 months

And just like that our baby is two months old. I was telling Karl that I was relishing every single day because this is the last time we're having a baby. Next time I will probably get this feeling again is when my children have children and that will be a longggggg time from now.

Happy 2nd month Lily! It hasn't been smooth sailing all the way, it's barely been smooth at all! But always remember that mom, dad and achie love you by much.

Mia's AVP

For Mia's surprise party, I asked one of my friends to make a video for her.  Yes, at age 5, there was a lot to show from documentation (Let's hope Baby no. 2 will have the same number of photos).

If you haven't seen it, enjoy!

Thank you Tita Keeks for the video!

Surprise Party

It wasn't my idea.  A party, a surprise party, any kind of party for Mia's 5th birthday.

Being an August birthday celebrant, weather is NEVER on our side, but we managed.

Happy Birthday Achie.  You're still not officially 5 yet but I hope for a lot more fun and adventure with you.  Mommy and Daddy love you very much and shobe too :)



Hope you had fun even if you hid behind my butt for a good 5 minutes.  Maybe you were just really really really shocked!

Happy Birthday to Meeeee...



Oompa Loompa. My birthday the last time I was pregnant.



So many things have happened in the past few weeks that I have forgotten to realize that this is the last week that I'll be 20 *cough* 8.  And I quote a new hire, "I'm guessing you're 28 or 29 because you have a kid in maybe Grade 1... But you really look 25." Naks!  Thanks for the disclaimer, but no that's not part of your regularization process.  And pwede naman akong 19 kung gusto mong pilitin, and I just got pregnant when I was 14, if you want...

Happy Yoga Birthday to Me!

It's been two years since I first started.  In between, I got dengue, a "real" job, and a few trips here and there.  I tried other exercises but I still go back to Bikram.

Standing head to knee

Just like any birthday, I celebrated it... With yoga practice.  I even had a guest.  Haha.  Thanks Em for practicing with me.

Here's to two years and counting!

*Thanks Dana for the picture.

Happy Birthday Rustie!

Hey Rustie,

Happy Birthday!  Finally, a post with your pictures.  Due to your insistent demand.

April 2010

Thanks for making work life more bearable, livelier and something to look forward to each day.

September 2011

Here's to being 29.  Here's to our growing friendship (more on your part, see picture.).  Here's to a sexier new you!

Looking forward to more memories with you.

Love,
Mahaderang Frog Candice

We had a visitor this weekend

Lily at Colin's party

I haven't gone nuts.  This is Mia's visitor from school.  I will tell you all about it this week.  Hopefully... Sorry I have been backlogged, been busy the past few days! Or lazy...

Mia's party in school

Mia had her birthday party in school on her real birthday.  She was SO excited to turn 4 years old just for this.  I actually had some thing to use for bribing her if she did not want to listen.  "You don't want to do drink milk? Okay no party." Yes, yes, bad mother, I know.

In school: on the Birthday wall

Behind the scenes, crazy mother was figuring out how to get the cake from the bakeshop and fix the food in tupperwares for the kids to bring home just in case they didn't finish it (which was usually always the case).

Thrilled to have both her lolas there

We've got mail!

We got unexpected mail today.  Well, I did get the heads up that something was going to be sent over but I didn't know exactly when it was getting here.  With how reliable the Philippine Postal Service is, you can never really can tell when mail will show up.

Disney princess birthday card! Wahooo!

Thank you Ninang Perky for the back to back Disney princess cards.  We have followed the instructions and used the cards already.  Mia loves playing memory game with cards, so this is just perfect.

See what's inside! Memory game cards

Come home soon! We miss you.

Ahoy Matey!

I am one of those mothers who hate people who impose themed parties on their guests (Please still invite my daughter to your parties).  I mean, unless it's a luau which is really the most no-brainer theme to dress up to, put a flower in your hair and you're set to go.

My brother invited Mia and Caleb to a kiddie party which he was invited to.  It was a pirate party.  Since my child is a girl, I kind of had an excuse not to oblige.  I remembered Karl's cousin's son to have a pirate theme before so I asked if I could borrow costumes and accessories if there were any left.  We were lucky that they were still there!  Yey! We will follow the theme after all.

Arrrr... Fiercest pirate poses!

Mia gave the celebrant an Angry Birds Live set.  I hope Liam enjoys it!

Obviously this was before the party before she got ALOT of stains from the chocolate fondue

I heard from Tita Rio, the host kept on ignoring Mia at the tail end of the party to give chance to the other kids who haven't won prizes yet.  No fair!

Up!

I just realized I didn't post a picture where we were actually inside the hot air balloon and flying.

For proof purposes, here you go.

Down...

Up...

Up...

 and Away!!!

Mia's Birthday Weekend Salubong

One of the things Mia requested for her birthday were sky lanterns.  Sky lanterns are believed to be your guide to ancestral spirits.  This was how common folk conveyed their wishes to heaven.  In Mia's world, she saw this in Tangled, and since Rapunzel had them for her birthday, she wanted them too.

Before the sky lantern lighting ceremony, this is what happened during the day:

Yes, nakapose kahit sa carseat. We buckled her after this shot. Relak!

We left Manila around 8am for Clark.  We had breakfast in one of the gas stations in NLEX.  We had to go to a tree planting but since the road was bumpy, I decided to stop in Zoocobia which was the same area as the tree planting and wait for the rest of the group to finish.

Nayong Pilipino sa Clark

This weekend was about celebrating Mia’s birthday salubong.  Since we were in Clark, we decided on dropping by Nayong Pilipino Clark to explore.  I have not been to Nayong Pilipino in Clark ever as far as I know/ remember because I have Alzheimer's I'm not so credible with these things.  The last time I was in Nayong Pilipino, Pasay was when I was in 1^st grade.   Yes, so many eventful field trip sites then (Luneta Park and Nayong Pilipino...).



Welcome to Nayong Pilipino Mowdel Pose




The Map!



Giveaway Idea

I saw this idea from Karl’s officemate’s son’s birthday party. I thought it was a cute giveaway so I decided I should do this for Mia’s birthday.

Check out the lower left picture. Sample lang. Mia's friend is not Blake!

  

As usual, as the Queen of Malas, I couldn’t find any free printables with a decent design! This was the best I could do with Google.  Yes, it’s for weddings, but if you squint at the design I chose, the sample says 12^th birthday! A birthday is a happy day after all.

My peg



D' Orig may asim pa

My wish is lotsa bebes

I have dubbed myself as "May asim pa" in the office but the original is none other than my brother. He just turned 40 BUT he can still party like there's no tomorrow sometimes. He can still come home at 6am from Chicane. I don't know how he does it.



Picture for posing purposes. Cannot drink. Allergic.

He's my idol. And not just because of the partying. This is late but Happy Birthday Kuya! Noone beats the original!

Of birthday invitations



Mia's 1st birthday invites



I have always believed that invitations give you expectations of an event. Great invitations=great party. Half assed invitations=Don't expect too much. I forced requested my friend's boyfriend to make Mia's invitations. Trivia: He also did our wedding invitations layout. Hihihi. He's very nice! Thank you Toby! Anyways, since Lilo and Stitch was the theme for the party. The invitation was a no brainer, Lilo and Stitch. I copied the line on the side from a US invitation I saw online. I thought it was a really cute line to put not that anyone really RSVPs in this country!

For Mia's 2nd birthday I decided to mass text everyone to my mother's dismay. She decided to buy half assed invitations (those that I vowed never to use) in Barney theme. That's my mom being a mom. "Noone gets invited just through text". She didn't realize after a year or so, people start getting invited through Facebook! So no, I don't have a picture of that.

Of giveaways

I’m a sucker for birthday giveaways. I love it when Mia gets one after every birthday party she attends, but it’s such a problem when we get home. Our house is not big. Too many parties= Too many giveaways= Too much clutter at home!

For Mia’s first birthday party, I decided to have a cute bag made to carry all the loot the kids will get. Since I was expecting a lot of guests, my canvas bag became smaller and smaller until I was able to round up all the kids that were going to show up in the party. Without further ado... 

Rock is dead!

Alot of giveaways (I don't know why this is the only proof I have)

Of birthday cakes

Mia's birthday is coming up so please expect a lot couple of posts regarding kids birthdays and all that shebang.

This August, Mia is turning 4. This also means that I have been ordering cakes from the same supplier for the last 4 years. I discovered them from Karl's nephew's party. I would have never found them by myself but maybe if I did party organizers for Mia's party I would.

For her first birthday, I decided to go with the ever gasgas Hawaiian theme. I thought Mia looked like Lilo (From Lilo and Stitch, minus the hair. Stitch was her yaya then.). After I declared that to be the theme, I scoured 168 for all the prizes. Myged! Hindi pala uso ang Lilo and Stitch. Stitch by himself was famous but Lilo, who's Lilo in 168 world?!

Of course the first birthday was supposed to be the grandest if not at least one of the grandest parties in a person's life so we had a decent budget for the cake. Thus, the 2 layers. Heheheh...

Lilo and Stitch Cake figurine on the side not included