Eleksyon=Bakasyon

Like most Filipinos, familia D also looks forward to the election, kasi ibig sabihin we will get to visit Inang and rest sa bukid.

That long weekend is also eventful for us, we had the company/family outing (kasama kasi si daddy r), and mother's day. I will make a seperate post nalang.

So early monday morning, we headed to our hometown to vote and have a vacation.

That car has a story. Baby d loved that car. Kita mo naman, nasa car na siya, nakasakay pa siya sa car. Lol



Ayaw talaga paistorbo.

At dahil sobrang init ng summer, they made an improvised pool sa likod ng bahay. Baby D super enjoyed the pool.







Nagdidive pa yan at ayaw magpahawak. I'm thinking of enroling him sa swimming lessons next summer, watchatink daddy r???

But of course, I casted my vote. After 6 years, I exercised my right to vote again, this time im so careful sa pagpili ng leaders, because they will be the ones who will be responsible in baby d's future. Yun lang some of my bets did'nt made it. Isa ako sa mga nagsasabing "what happened?". Seriously, di ko alam bakit mas nagiging popularity ang labanan sa eleksyon, nakakalungkot na kung sino ung mga capable, sila ung hindi nakakakuha ng sapat na support. What will happen to the next generation?

Nakakalungkot. But we have to move on and give them a chance. And pray.

Streetsmart Baby D

I mentioned a hundred times here that baby D is growing so fast! and he never failed to amaze me with his new skills everyday. He is so curious with everything that sometimes made me worry that he might get hurt sa kakalikot. Buti nalang I am blessed with mama and A that is always there to look after him. 

Like yesterday, he wanted to reach the green tumbler and other abubots sa taas ng cabinet niya, the usual he cried and cried kasi hindi niya makuha. I want him to learn that not everything he want ay makukuha sa iyak, so hinayaan ko lang siya. And to my amusement, hinila niya sideways ung cabinet niya at ayan abot na abot na niya. clap! clap! clap!

the proud momme immediately took pictures!

Sweet Adventure: Hidden Falls

R and I loves adventures. We love to go around the city, try different restaurants (that explains why we are fat healthy! lol) and explore. Food, travel and movies are things that we love to do together (spell magastos). And definitely hiking and walking is something that we haven't done together. So last december, we went to this hidden falls. Sorry not so good photo quality. 

this falls was R's childhood playground. Hence, he's so excited to come back and show this to me. 

and tadda! almost non-existent falls (hindi na daw kasi nag uulan so walang water from the mountains)

even the pool is shalow, but the water is cool, sarap maligo!

and the obligatory couple shot. 

the water is so clear and cool. Sarap magpicnic dito. 

ang babae sa batuhan. 

After he enjoying the falls, he dragged me somewhere to show the hanging bridge. (kapagod kaya maglakad?)

and tadda! the hangging bridge was gone! after ng init at malayong lakaran, wala!

True that parenthood changes our lives, that's why having quality times like this is definitely something that I want to treasure. It doesn't have to be a fancy date or a luxurious getaway, as long as I am with the guy I am most comfortable with. I know I sound nostalgic, I just missed having solo time with the hubby, you know times that we are worry free, that we don't have to worry how late it is. But no, dont get me wrong, I don't regret having baby R, he's the most beautiful thing that happened to us. I just miss snuggling with baby R, miss having the whole day with him. Which reminds of of remaking our bucket list, (nasaan na nga ung notebook na un R?) Bili nalang ako bago lol.

Early Terrible Two???

I know! baby D is only 1yr and 3mos pero sobrang bilis lang, kala mo talaga more than 2 years old na siya sa kalikutan. Ang bilis ng panahon, sobra! parang kailan lang walang ginawa si baby D kung hindi matulog, umiyak, dumede at magpopo. 

First Day sa bahay ni baby D. 

 Ngaun, every morning is so special, paggising mo pa lang ganitong ngiti na sasalubong sayo.

Paggising, "Good Morning Baby", ayan nakangiti na siya ng ganyan, kapag swerte pa, mayroon pa akong mahigpit na hug. Hay I soooo love motherhood... 

And before ang get-up lang niya ay baby clothes talaga, ngaun we can experiment na, paging daddy R! we need to shop for new clothes na. 

Cuteness overload!

Kanino ka nagmana baby? "Sympre kay DaddyR" lol

 Pero syempre, kasama sa growing-up ang kalikutan. I think ang aga niyang mag enter sa terible-two! (wala pa ngang 2 years old) Buti nalang carry siya alagaan ni tita A. Here is the list ng mga bagay na nagagawa ng batang malikot.

1. Tumakas sa room namin, papuntang room nila lola (repeat 10X)
2. Laruin ang mga sockets, hilahin ang TV cords at kung anu-anu pang cord sa bahay
3. Magdive sa bed
4. Umakyat sa couch at recently sa center table
5. Magkalat ng mga toys niya (every day!)
6. Gawing mall ang kotse (as in paikot-ikot siya sa kotse, ang liit naman sana ng space)
7. Abutin lahat ng kaya niyang abutin
8. Itapon Kuhanin lahat cellphone sa bahay at ilalagay sa ears niya at kung anu-anu sinasabi
9. Pumuna sa CR, tindahan, sa labas at maglikot ng maglikot.
10. Sirain ang mga laruan niya
11. Sumiksik sa kung saan masikip
12. Sumira Magread ng mga baby books niya
13. Maglaro habang kumakain
14. Kumain ng maraming frenchfries
15. Manuod ng "tatlong bibe" sa tab (as in may LSS na kami), kapag bored na itatakas na niya ng tab
16. Magsungit sa mga toys niya (seriously we need to do something about this)
17. Manulak, mangurot at mansabunot ng ibang kids (oh may lagi yata kami ipapatawag sa school nito)
18. Sumakay sa batya, kahon or kahit anung pwedeng sakyan
19. Magkalat Kumain mag-isa pero lalagyan mo ng food ang spoon niya, siya lang magsusubo at left
handed yata siya
20. Simigaw at tumili kapag tuwang tuwa

(madami pa, I will update this list soon!)

At recently, nadiscover na niya ang language ng "cry" as in iyak kung iyak kapag hindi niya nakuha ng gusto niya. Kaso weird na mga bagay ang gusto ng bagets, as in susi ng car, papers,ballpen, notebook na  sisirain babasahin lang namin niya lol at madami pang iba.

See? si Baby D ang may award ng ng "most" malikot, maingay at makulit sa waiting area ng hospital. haha

At ngaun, marunong na din siya umakting ng ganito. Nanunuod siya ng video sa tab, kaso ayaw kumain kaya itinabi ko muna tab, at Ola! ganito ang drama niya.

acting na acting right?!

 "Hay anak, you are growing so fast... andami namin namimiss na milestones mo ni daddy R. Sana when you grow-up you will understand that we are doing this for you. We are working hard to give you the best things in life. We love you so much to the moon and back and back to the mooon". 

Sweet Life

"love isn't who you can live with, it's who you can't live without". 

I learned this quote while having lunch with our resource speaker. I mentioned before, I love lunch conversations with our resource speakers, very informative and entertaining. I love listening to people who shares life lessons not only based on books, but based on their personal experiences. 

He actually asked me, how did I know that daddy R is the right guy. I said, "because I can imagine growing old with him". I know! cliche, but seriously, I love waking every morning with daddy R and I have an endless reasons why I love, will love and forever love R. Okay I'm getting so chessy and mushy, this is my blog anyway? right? And as I said I want to document the banker and the banker's wife journey here, I also wanted to share who and what are we when we are still G and R. 

This month, we celebrated our 51st mansary (so teenager!). But unlike teenagers, our mansaries are no fancy. No fancy dates, No extravagant gifts etc. Because for us, everyday that we are together is a celebration. Our journey is not perfect, we had a lot of lows and highs (emotionally and financially) but when we are together we just happy and contented.

We are two different person from different family, different culture, different upbringing, different fields, different worlds. But through time, and because we love to be with each other a lot (as in everyday) we learned to compromise, to enjoy each other's little joys and have fun together. 

And now? my greatest fear is to wake-up one morning without R, knowing that I will not receive any call or text from him, to be alone. 

And with that, I know I found love with R, true love that I will forever cherish. 

Ah sweet life it is. 

Laters!