I'll Be Back!

Things are unfolding. I'm excited. I promise to get back to blogging soon.

Watch out for this space. I can't wait to share what I have been up to.

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.

Weight Check!

Actually, I don't even know how much I weigh. We have faulty weighing scales at home and the only way I can find out my weight is my monthly appointment with my OB/my daughter's pedia(they have the same clinic). Right now the basis for my losing weight is these pair of shorts I bought last summer. They're actually a size bigger than what I used to wear but I stopped wearing them come third trimester because I turned into a hippo.

After I gave birth, I tried on the pair but I couldn't even make them pass my thighs. Then I started wearing them unbuttoned. Today, I can button them but some fats are still spilling. Hehe. BUT at least they fit already!

Yesterday I kept on eating these chocolate covered macadamias. I can snack on these like there's no tomorrow. I ate like 7-8 pieces and every 2 has 180 calories. Don't do the math. I just rationalized that I was breastfeeding and breastfeeding can burn 20 calories per 1 oz of milk produced! Can you imagine that?

I'm still tired. I'm still pooped. So what's up with you?

Sharing is caring

I took a picture of all the milk I have frozen, just in case I never get the same amount in my freezer ever again. Yesterday I donated some of my breastmilk. I promised I would do this once my milk stabilized because early on I had to ask for milk for Lily due to bleeding nipples I had. Then during the Christmas break my milk lessened due to the parties and I couldn't pump religiously. I know how it feels like not being able to provide your own milk and it was such a crappy feeling.

Now I'm back to rebuilding my stash again. I'm due to go back to work soon hopefully I have enough milk to purely breastfeed until 6 months. Since Lily is going to be our last, I wouldn't mind pushing to breastfeed until a year. That would be great! Hoping for the best.

3 weeks

And just like that, come tomorrow my baby is already 3 weeks old. Yes, I call her baby or shobe because we're still debating on her nickname!

I can't believe time has flown so fast. Next thing you know we'd be celebrating her first month and it gets faster from then on.

Even with Karl's nagging I haven't taken too much pictures with the baby. I feel like I'm too Haggardo Versoza to show myself to the world or at least document myself. Mia on the other hand, keeps on posing with the baby as if there were no tomorrow.

This is Mia being a real ate. I think she thinks she is older than she really is. She sees me with Emilia on my chest and she wants to do the exact thing even if the baby is heavy for her to carry.

AND less than a month since my delivery Mia the demanding Ate wants a baby brother. Girl, keep on wishing! As I've said before, "Sirado na ang tindahan!".

On Having Two

It's crazy!

I guess it doesn't help that I'm nursing my CS wound, stabilizing my milk supply, reviewing Mia for her exams this quarter and no yayas for both kids(Well, Mia's yaya is leaving tomorrow and the replacement is still arriving next week!). I have been having a cumulative 4-5 hours of sleep every night and this is for a person who loves sleep and sleeps for at least 8 hours a night.

I'm so proud though that after day 1 at home, I have been completely independent from my mom for the graveyard shift. I don't need to 'phone a friend'. Hehe...

What I can be grateful for is that Mia simply adores her baby sister. She feels like she's this big person(as in literally) who can carry the baby around. She loves bottle feeding her (with breastmilk not formula) and talking to her. Karl also helped a lot especially during his paternity leave. Now, I already gave him my blessing not to help during the late nights since he has work and I'm on leave.

I am totally looking forward to this long weekend. Hopefully more hands on deck, since Karl is on holiday does that mean he can help? We haven't discussed it yet:P. Have a nice long weekend everyone. Enjoy!

Say Hi!

And she's out!

I was so scared of the operation since I was asleep the whole time when Mia came out. It turned out okay, but I'll leave the increase in population to everyone else after this one.

Presenting Emilia Rosario. 7.18 pounds! When Mia saw me after, she was like, "Wow mom! You're sexy again!" That is why we're on the same team:). Here we go again...

4 days to go!

And I'm reminiscing how time flew so fast.  Mia is so big now!  Since this baby in my tummy would be our last, can everything be in slow-mo, please?  Here's a video of Mia when she was 2 years old.  I wish we took more videos or maybe we should have just documented her life.

Nesting

Since my leave, I have been cleaning the house. It's amazing how fast things just pile up without you knowing it. I cleaned both my room at my mom's and our home. It felt like I didn't even make a dent. I have a couple more days left, are we ready? I don't think so. My friend told me I was nesting.

No Fail Grilled Cheese Sandwich

The Breakfast of Champions! Haha, what a caption...

I don't cook.  Cooking and I were never friends.  I think it started in high school when we had cooking class.  We were cooking a very simple recipe of cream of corn soup.  Our recipe book had the wrong measurement and since a particular student wasn't listening to her teacher,  she did not hear her teacher say that the 2 tablespoons of salt had to be corrected to 2 teaspoons.  That was the saltiest cream of corn soup in the world and I even tasted it in front of my teacher, with a straight face, I said, "Ok lang naman ah...."   Right.

I Shall Return

Anawangin, summer of 2010

Please skip this post if you're sick of me talking about my pregnancy, weight gain and stretchmarks.  I've been having word vomit.  I have less than 2 weeks left so hopefully you can still bear with me.  As I'm typing this, I have already gained more than 40 lbs.  I was supposed to talk about this before I hit the more than 40 lbs. mark, but who would have thought I would go over?  I have started watching what I eat, and I mean be more choosy on what goes in my mouth, but so far, even when I sneeze I gain weight.

37 weeks!

So we've finally made it to the finish line, or at least I can pop anytime without worrying that the baby is premature. I'm excited but I know I'm going to have a breakdown when I actually check in the hospital. I don't even want to think of the needles, my organs being reorganized and all those other things.

Daughterless

Our daughter has ditched us.  This is the longest we've been apart.  The last time was when I had dengue and even though I was in the hospital, at least I knew she was in the same country.

We spoke via Face Time yesterday and the first thing she said was, "I miss you, Mom...".  I miss you too Achie.  The house is so quiet without you.  And just like how I tell you how to count days, 2 more sleeps until I see you again.  Hope you're enjoying over there, right now, I just have to watch your videos and wait like a nagging girlfriend on my phone that you call/text me for updates.

See you soon!

Cravings

So I'm down to basically my last few weeks.  I'm holding my breath to stop gaining weight, unfortunately, there is nothing I can do but embrace it (Good excuse?  Pwede na...).  I'm just hoping losing weight would be as easy as before.  Scratch that, I don't need it to be easy, it can be tough for all I care, BUT I just want to get my waist back.  Erase all my whining and pining before, I am okay with my body pre-pregnancy.

Before I get sliced in half, yes, it's a CS and we don't have any other option, I told Karl, I had this working list of food I NEEDED to eat.  Yes, NEED not WANT.  Brat in the house.  I have already eaten some of them but I wouldn't mind going back.  I do have 3 more weeks left...  Sharing you some of the things I've eaten so far:

1. Ukkokei Ramen's Tantanmien- It looks so greasy, but it's so greasy it's good :)  They only serve 20 bowls during dinner.  They don't serve this during lunch because it takes THAT long to make the broth.  It's an acquired taste.  It has a nutty spicy after taste, but after this, Miso Butter Corn has been overthrown!  Be warned about the crazy owner and they're not known for their customer service.  It's all business when you're there!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is just around the corner. Mia won't be here for most of the celebrations but I'm slightly relieved (Bad mother!) since I get to rest a little before baby no.2 pops out(Nickname still undecided!).

Enchanted Kingdom

Waiting in line for the Wheel of Fate (cheesy name I know!)

It has been over 10 years, maybe even 15 since the last time I have been here. Even though Mia has been to different Disneys, Sea World, Universal Studios etc., I still want her to experience what's here in the Philippines. Even though I wasn't in the best condition, I decided to join my teammates and let Mia experience Enchanted Kingdom. Since our group was big, we were able to take advantage of discounts.

Emilia

Guys, welcome the newest addition to our family. She's not really out yet but with all the rumbling my tummy is experiencing, I think she wants to meet all of you.

I actually decided not to do a 4D ultrasound because our weekends were always so tight usually because of Mia's schedule. Eventually I realized my kids should have equal rights. Mia never had her 4D because she didn't want to show her face, but I did go for one so the intention was there.

We still haven't decided on a nickname and it's kinda funny how I'm stressing out over it more than her real name. Her real name goes on paper and her nickname can get changed any time. Silly pregnancy hormones! Don't ask me how much I weigh because I feel like a whale slash cow slash insert something heavy.

I'm trying to take it easy but 'free' and 'lazy' weekends doesn't seem to be in my dictionary. Oh well, 4 more weeks and I'm off to the chopping block! Yes, I just called it that.

Injured Girls

Mia and I are on house arrest.

I started having this funny feeling last Saturday in a wedding we were attending.  I thought I just overate, but the "earthquake" feeling in my tummy didn't go away until I surrendered and went to my OB last Monday.  And to think I was postponing it to Thursday!

Mia on the other hand started with cough and colds.  It has now progressed to fever.  Crossing my fingers that it isn't dengue.  Hopefully it's just a weather thing.

This picture was taken from the wedding last Saturday, Mia's 7th flower girl stint.  I was on my 30th week then.  I'm at 31 weeks now.  We don't want me giving birth right now.  My OB says we need to wait at least 32 weeks to make sure the lungs are fully formed.

My urinalysis results are out and it's leaning towards UTI.  Once this is treated, I hope the trembling shaking thing goes away.  For now, I'm on bed rest day 2.  I would have never thought I'd do this.  Oh well, there's a first for everything.

Flower Girl duties no. 7

Karl got Mia's dress today. I must say that this is probably one of the prettier flower girl dresses that Mia has. I can't wait to see her walking down the aisle in this. 2 weeks to go. I can't wait! Dress by Zandra Lim.

Of Schoolbags

What’s a mother going to do when the bag you bought during the start of school doesn’t close when you put in your daughter’s folders?  And you guys know me too well, I don’t like spending on certain things.  The school should have told us during enrollment that a long envelop with handles could have done the trick.  So I paid dearly for the wrong bag and I did not want to pay again for another bag… So what did I do?

My daughter has recently been hit by the One Direction craze.  “Hit” is an understatement.  She can listen to a One Direction song and tell you who in particular in doing the solo.  I am rolling my eyes as I type this.  I wish she could put all these efforts in her studying instead BUT she's only in Kinder so I'll stop pressuring her.  I had this office premium item that could fit all her things inside.  Actually, she can even fit inside I think.  Nyehehe.  So I decided to spruce it up a bit...  I mean, you can't be "cool" if your bag is a premium item.  No, I take it back, I did not want her to feel inferior with her bag in school.  Each girl had a Barbie or Disney princess bag.  I wanted hers to be different and something she would love.

Mia has this throw pillow that had Justin Bieber carrying her picture on it.  Yes, that was the Justin Bieber phase.  So I asked Karl's friend who gave that to her where he got that made.  We trooped to Megamall and found the place.  P250 for a colored iron on.  I forgot the name of the store (Haha, what a helpful entry this is!), but it's located in Bldg. B basement near BDO just below Pizza Hut near the escalator.)  My memory fails me, this is the best I can remember.  They also do shirts, pictures, invitations and frames.  If you're really hard core thrifty, there are some people who sell iron ons for P30 a piece.  I didn't want to do that just because I only had 1 bag and I couldn't screw up.  On other days, I would have...

Before and after picture of the bag.  Not bad right?  The smile on my daughter's face, priceless.