Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 08: March 28, 2012

Dear Jam,


Photoshoot done! And I am wee bit proud of myself with the fact that there was you and me home alone. Ate Josel went home to El Salvador and Ate Jajai bailed out to go on THE HUNGER GAMES date with your Tito Gon. We managed. 


You were awake as soon as you felt my absence in bed. As usual. It's a good morning consolation I really enjoy because I get to stop whatever I am doing online just to hear your sweet little voice go "Mommy, please abay sa bed." I couldn't say no. 


We got out from bed before lunch. Took a bath together. Even better is that we had lunch while Daddy was on Skype. So we were literally eating in front of him. He called a little while earlier, just before six. That's when you got up first. But the signal was bad and we all decided to postpone until lunch after all going back to bed. Daddy was in fact still in bed when he rang up, his duty wasn't until another couple hours hence the bumming. Aside from our normal mushy exchange there was you and your - what Daddy suspected to be an attempt of Baby talk - calling him "Dadah" when you know how to say "Daddy". I think you just miss him a lot. Ate Josel tells me whenever you hear a motorbike outside you would light up and say "Daddy vwoom vwoom?" Or else I would catch you teary-eyed when I talk about how I miss him, myself. Well, you're big enough to understand how it is to miss someone you love. I mean unlike before when you were merely a baby. 


Thank you for being a team player today. You weren't much of a headache and I really appreciate that since there is only you and I. When Daddy logged off from Skype, you and I got ready for your shoot. So we are talking about hair and makeup. Mommy got serious with styling you, you know (wink). I wanted to do the Rachel Lobangco colors on their Faerie openshoot but whenever I brushed colors on your face you would squirm. It's ticklish I know but I am glad you got through it. You even helped me choose a better color to mix with - you pointed green on the palette for the dominant color. By the time your Tita Jessica (with Lucius, little Zacky and his babysitter) and Ate Crissel arrived, you were dressed and ready. We all walked to Gawad Kalinga to shoot the 2nd of the Mythical Creatures Series your Tita Jessica was doing. 





It was a hilarious shoot. Thankfully, you weren't all over the place. We had Lucius to do that - and Zacky doing his bit, too. Your Tita Jessica said Zacky felt like he was just unleashed to a world of soft lawn grass like heaven. We couldn't stop laughing. Kids are the most difficult photography subjects I just thank you for being the one who behaved more when I expected you to be the riot. I think you were completely in character what with your tutu, Tinkerbell shoes, wings, wand and a handful of colored tulle cloth as a rainbow trail. I can't wait for the photos. Ate Crissel posted the first teaser after a couple of hours and it really tickled me proud. An hour later, the first manipulation from your Tita Jessica was up on Facebook. You couldn't seem to resist your own charms as you viewed and reviewed your photos. 


We had ice cream before they left. Just a little summer heat treat. A little reward for my little angel. I got the new Selecta Banana Split mix of Super Thick Chocolate-Vanilla-Strawberry. I am not endorsing but I am giving it a good review. So would you, you had cupfuls of Ichigo yourself. You were practically hyped with the sugar, which made it a little challenging for me to get you to bed for a siesta. But your body was too tired to protest and you eventually fell asleep. Thank you because Daddy and I had a little chance to talk. In his 30-minute break, he rang me via Skype and just went mushy all over again. Apart from sharing what he picked up for souvenir in Denmark, telling me how there is a street of McDonalds and how a value meal costs $10. I just miss him and I know you do, too.



Love,
Mommy

*Tiled photo courtesy of Criss Cagampang. 

Borrowed from her blog A Life Full of Adventure.

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 07: March 27, 201...

Dear Jam,


I am such an epic failure when it comes to - for a lack of better words - mauling the Endocrinologist. Because that's what happens, patients attack his clinic just to get an appointment to an effect that only about 10 to 18 are allowed per day. I mean, how in the love of Diabetes can I get an appointment if I come to the hospital daily, early in the morning and get shrugged off? My take on it is that I might not need the sugar doctor. I could just take a Fasting Blood Sugar lab test and see the difference between my Random Blood Sugar. Besides, we're talking about spending more money.


So okay, ranting aside - I was out almost the whole day today. I went to pay the internet and phone bill. Then I went to Limketkai and did nothing but blink at vendors preparing for the day from 9:15 AM to 10 AM until the mall completely opened. I was scouting for your Faerie Wings only to find out nil. Then I decided to move to SM to do both grocery and Faerie Wings scouting - it was there that I realized that I could actually, finally, positively, watch THE HUNGER GAMES! And I did baby. Could I bring you, I would but even if you were old enough to be allowed you won't understand it just as much as I do. I have to say, I immensely enjoyed it - every bit, well except for some stuff I ignored for the love of it and for my indifference towards the Twilight Saga (super angry face here). You know me and movie details but I turned a blind eye on the glitches and proceeded to swoon on the love scenes. 

Enough of that. I wanted to watch it again but my duty as a mother comes first and though a rerun would have been allowable what with the time I had, I couldn't stay away long from you. I went to the Department Store and bought the the last pair of purple Faerie wings they had for Php129, complete with a dainty wand. There were pairs of uber glittered and highly pigmented wings, which were more expensive (Php299 - up) but they weren't worth it. I wanted you to shine through the wings and not be rained by shiny stuff from the mere appendage. After I was satisfied with that and a cute cellphone holder on sale, I proceeded to the grocery to buy your milk, Ducky's newbie socks, and diapers of the new size you have assumed (XXL) and a pack for Ducky (New Born). 


I was really tired when I got home. In fact, I cancelled my appointment with Dr. Salta because I wanted to go home to you and see your reaction with the Faerie Wings. Just as I suspected, you wore it the time you saw it. We couldn't detach you from it. The only way we could bargain it from you is to allow you to sleep with the wand. You call it "star" by the way since your aren't familiar with the term "wand" yet. I just wish you would act as a behaved little Faerie on your shoot tomorrow. I think I got home by 4PM and tired as I was I dosed off until 11PM just to see you tucked in. I played with you until it was 12AM and we both went to sleep. There we were to dreamland - to re-energize for tomorrow's big day!


Love, 
Mommy

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 06: March 26, 2012

Dear Jam,


It's a lazy day for you and me. You know, we hardly got our butts out of bed, you and I? Yeah. So I thought it was just me yesterday but now you. Now that I remember, the real reason for me staying all day in bed is that I felt real bad that I couldn't watch THE HUNGER GAMES with Ate Jajai and Mamilou. Well, I wasn't invited and I hated to impose. Hence, the bed was my best friend yesterday and today, we have the same best friend. 


We were either watching a movie in the big screen or else watching a video on Youtube via the phone. Only rising when we had to eat - in bed. Lol. Later in the evening, Daddy called up via Skype. Though the connection was bad, we managed some HIs and HELLOs and it was the first time he saw you after our Skype session from Netherlands. He was telling you to cut on milk and eat more rice. I was like, look who is talking? You know Mamala told Mamilou (and Mamilou told me of course) this was a couple of months back about Daddy's appetite when he was your age. Mamala said that Daddy was just as worse as you are picky now. She had to sit with a stick from a walis tingting while spoon-feeding because he was all so scrawny and picky with food. Wow! And now he is preaching. Lol. Growing up, he didn't have much to his liking so he saved his baon to buy Star Margarine. Before, it's a staple for kids next to rice - it manages to add flavor. The margarine itself was a meal with rice. Don't ask me, I wasn't much of a fan. I was pro-food. I ate anything! Haha


Daddy's signal went off and on and off and on. And it really pissed me off because all I could hear in the background are women giggling. Grrr. I think his shipmates were talking to them or else - grrr! Their laughter was just flirtatious but I didn't wanna egg Daddy on about something, which may be nothing so I ignored it. To ignore it, you and I went on a trip down Memory Lane. Since (lazy that I am) didn't take photos for today's entry, I will share the photos we had the best laugh at with our journey.


We browsed through my old albums in Facebook and found a couple of cute ones. Don't get me wrong everything is so cute and precious but the best ones are those that really cracked you. There's one with you and your perfect impression of "Puss in Boot's" cat eyes. You were barely one year old - it was after the day we bought your baby bike. Then there's the one when you barely had teeth and you did your perfect gigil "strong". Lastly, the one where we moved to our pad in Nazareth and we played with a smallish torch light. You wanted to play with it but I wanted to test the end of the light - if you could see, the bulb makes an impression of a heart on my tummy. But of course you don't see that. All you see is that you want to play with it so you were crying your lungs out - and if that's ins't enough, you cried in the center of the "spotlight". Those times just pass us by and it's so good we have photos of them to look back on.


Love, 
Mommy

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 05: March 25, 2012

Dear Jam, 


I hibernated today. I think Ducky and I are just exhausted from yesterday. It usually is like that with her in me. After a day's tasking job, I end up extra tired the following day and all I do is sleep my ass the whole day. I think I could say as much as skipping a day being your mother and just being a total bum. 


I couldn't even remember what happened - I just know that I woke up once in a while calling Ate Jajai or Ate Josel to massage my back. I just have these terrible bouts of back pains, which I just hope aren't early contractions. See, AJ (Ducky to you) and I agreed that she will not be out until the 6th of April. That's Daddy's birthday of course and I just want it to be extra special. So I have to "bear" all her weight no matter what - I just want to cross March and deliver her on Daddy's birthday. That's going to be a Holy day too, mind you. I just wish the Dr. Salta, my new OB wouldn't be on vacation by that time. You know how many times I changed doctors this time? Thrice. One, which I cannot remember, two is Dr. Macias-Go who delivered you and here is Dr. Salta of Mary's Child whom I heard to be especially good at genital stitching. 


Stitching. Whew! I am talking about things about to come in a couple of days. But here I am discussing with your Tito Ryan about what's going to happen on our trip to Manolo Fortich. Can you imagine? I am expecting in a couple of days and I am going to travel on the 30th to host a beauty pageant with Tito Ryan as I did last year for the Miss Manolo Fortich. However, I am thankful that we will be taking his car on the trip - as soon as it is fixed ;) and Ate Jajai will be joining me as a Private Nurse. She admits to be scared for me more than I am scared for myself. I don't know why I am so complacent - I think it hasn't hit me yet. I am just glad that Tito Ryan broached on the idea of volunteering to drive all the way to Manolo - he and Tito Art are excited to become Ducky's Ninongs. Well, here's crossing my fingers that a labor won't happen in that sleek Chevy. Hehe


When I woke up in the evening, your Ate Jajai was boasting about your pictorials with her. Seeing as I wasn't productive for today's entry as I shoud have one photo for the day at least  - I am grateful for her proxy. You are so cute with these photos. There's one where you wore nothing but your underwear and a grocery receipt tied with a ribbon. It is a haute statement I have to admit. Then there's this set with you in a skirt of mine which Ate Jajai turned into her dress and turned into your gown. Oh Lor! I just hope you could be just as cooperative this coming shoot on "Mythical Creatures".


Love,
Mommy


*Photos courtesy of Angelica Marie Baqui

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 04: March 24, 2012

Dear Jam,

I had this weird dream transition early in the morning. At 3AM, I woke up from a bad dream where I was crying as I watched your Daddy wash the plates in the sink. I knew something was wrong with us and although it wasn't spoken, I knew the issue was about me and Daddy breaking up. I feel like I just stepped into the dream knowing what was going on without it happening in the duration of dreaming. I lay awake for a couple of minutes in a tear-less crying and after deciding no, Daddy and I won't break up, I went back to sleep.

Later, I found myself in an airport. I was standing in front of Daddy who was hauling traveling bags from a conveyor to another. I looked around and saw your Papalo who said I should go and look for Mamala. Your Daddy looked happier than he did from the last dream and it sure lifted some weight off my dreaming shoulders. He said, adding to Papalo that there is no turning back where this travel will take us so I should go and tell his mom that. Where will it take us exactly? I cannot be specific but I saw ski gears and we were all wearing snow coats and boots. I can only bet we were going international. I went with the instructions to find Mamala and there she was in a conveyor belt lined - no, packed with standing and filled wine goblets. What was even weird, as it is with dreams, she was lying down on these glasses like she didn't weigh at all. The dream faded out as soon as I called "Ma." I don't know what could have gone on from there. 


So even as that dream had a happy note, it ended waking me up too. I guess I was already up and working before 6AM and sensitive as you are, you realized I wasn't in bed with you. Before 7AM you were alive and kicking yourself. I was just a little worried with these unscheduled waking hours because you get cranky later on. Especially today since we had visitors over for the Gypsy Openshoot project with HollywoodFX and Capturing Smiles, Tita Jessica's company. 

So yeah, we had a LOT of people around. And you know how you are when there are a LOT of people around - especially adults. You tend to go haywire and act like a little adult yourself. Aside from Tita Jessica and Tito Ben, we were joined by Tita Jessica's brother Edward, who will soon be joining HollywoodFX. Also, Tita Danielle who brought her little sister Danica, your instant playmate and Tito Daniel - both of whom are not only Tita Jessica's classmates in Nursing but Ninong Wally's as well. Later on Ate Criss, who was joining the shoot as a photography intern and model had the experience of her life as she practice-shot you. She had such fun! According to her blog A Life Full of Adventure, she says you are her very first model. Aww and you are so cute. I borrowed one of my favorite images from her takes. For her part, I love the sepia tone and for your part - I LOVE THE TOE PEAK! That foot is a sure bet for a future ballerina! 


Aside from being the model, entertainer - who wouldn't stop at begging everyone for more soda, you were also my Assistant Makeup Artist. I am so happy that Tita Jessica covered the lot of your attempts on Ate Josel. I borrowed a photo from her Behind-the-Scenes with you on a shimmer and brush to Ate Josel's face. 


They hung out for awhile sharing experiences - and with me and Tita Jessica discussing about your "Mythical Creatures" photoshoot. I have to admit that I am nervous about it. You have the tendency to be around the place when you are on full character. I mean yeah, it's okay for you to pose with household clothes but when you are in costume - man! We have to chase you around to nail a shot. I am crossing my fingers for this Wednesday's session with another HollywoodFX Baby Model - Zacky. 


We got a message from Daddy as soon as we settled back in after visitors left. He said that they just arrived at Denmark. There wasn't much from there, they must be busy docking in so I guess it won't be until a day or two that we get to hear from him. 


To end the day, we thank Mamilou for a wonderful first-time experience with Magnum. Review? It's honestly too rich. I love the fact that it's Belgian chocolate and how you love the fact that the ice cream inside easily melts into your mouth - but then it's easily gone. And it's too expensive to be gone so quickly. But then, we still have to be thankful to have tasted it while others could not. 




Love, 
Mommy


*Photos courtesy of Criss Cagampang and Jessie Villegas.
Check out A Life Full of Adventures by Criss Cagampang & 
Sea of Dreams by Jessie Villegas

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 03: March 23, 2012

Dear Jam,

I have to admit that compared to being pregnant with you, having Ducky is a little more difficult. I haven't had as much pains with you than I am having now with your little sister. All these contributing factors like her weight and my degree of scoliosis getting worse add up to what wakes me early and in the middle of the night. Sometimes, they even keep me up and prevent me from doing things kike I could do them when I had you. All the three OB-Gynes I have been to say that Ducky's weight is normal for her gestational age. That means her age in my tummy - but then they all wonder how I look like I am carrying twins or as if I am about to give birth. The visit to the endocrinologist this Tuesday should put a stopper to the issue. I hope.

I changed my routine since last week by the way. I wanted to spend as much time with you so I made sure we shared bedtime. We would do some fun stuff before turning over early in so that gives me an opportunity to wake early up to do work. You know this. Every time I sit in front of the laptop, you always associate it with work and you always beg me with "Mommy, please no work" and it's really cute, I can't ignore it. So today, I did just that. I have this blog to attend to and a couple of notifications in Facebook. After that, I caught a few clips of my favorite stand up comic Russell Peters - when you caught me giggling at him. You were smiling beautifully beckoning me to bed. Having enough time online, I hopped back to bed and joined you to watch your favorite AJ Jenkins video from Youtube. I wouldn't highly recommend it to parents for learning, especially since I saw the fault on how the narrator mispronounced Zebra to "zeh-bruh" instead of "zee-bruh" but it has a nice, calming effect to it. Anyway, parents could see for themselves and find out how it would fare with their children. You enjoy their alphabet songs, colors, rainbow and shape songs.

As usual, lunchtime is our signal to get up and going. We kinda got the summer

feel to it even if we aren't in school and we seem to enjoy the idea of waking up late. So it isn't until lunchtime that we get a little more active. With you it's playtime with Ate Jocel - today, it was with the assortment of toys that you have taken a liking to these couple of days. You have a lot of toys but you lined up the ones you fancy for the moment. There are three of your favorite stuffed cats, Jasmine the little Rottweiler, Daddy's Stella Artois mini rugby ball, among others. When you got tired of it, you played "Making the Music Video" with Ate Jajai who played Katy Perry's E.T. and Lady Gaga's Bad Romance and Poker Face in Youtube.

Speaking of work, I had to do something out of the house. You ignored me for awhile until you saw that I was getting my bag ready and dressed. You said "Mommy please no lataw" - it was sweeter and heartbreaking but I had to get out. Your Tita Jessica and I had to cover your Tita Ana's Fashion Show at Dynasty Court. I was going to assist with makeup and wardrobe and Tita Jessica would be on her camera. During the break your Tita Jess and I had fun discussing about random stuff eventually falling in place to talk about how you and Benjam have a lot in common. Well, one this is really alike and that is how much you love an egg-a-day. I shared Doctor Guangco's thought about it and Tita Jessica just knew what good the egg was doing to Benjam. I wonder what good it will do on you when the day comes? Hehe.

Your Tita Ana was stunning! It felt like an extension to her character in Camiguin.

Even better in fact. She was the only one to come out with wings in the closing salvo and she looked like a Victoria's Secret Angel between CDO's MaleTop Model PJ and Barangay Gwapo Charles Bulawan. After the show, the three of us had ice cream and a take home for the kiddies, courtesy of Tita Ana. She bought you a Strawberries and Cream lollipop. I had a quick detour to Jollibee to buy, as promised, a large fries and a fresh apple from night cafe. All of these you relished altogether in your mouth. You popped a

fry in, bit on an apple and suckled on the lollipop. Haha! You are so cute! It's also good news that you ate the lot because

the household reports you wouldn't have dinner.

Before I go on and close this, I want to share one disturbing image we saw just at the corner of the street. Your Tita Jessica directed my attention to a woman extending an arm with an empty plastic cup for alms while her two children - one about your age and the other about Zacky's - just beside her in the sidewalk. In a rainy day. In the middle of night cafe. The mood just went off as we proceeded. Tita Jess and Tita Ana admitted to disliking what we all saw. Like me, these kind of images don't only move people like us - it annoys us. To think the mother was healthy enough to work. If she didn't have anywhere to put her kids while she was out there, why risk even exposing her kids to all the pollution and dangers? I just don't like it. The picture just wanted me to rush home to you. Which I was glad to be, you were so cute when you greeted me and even happier when you saw the treats. You joined me in bed the soonest I settled, we watched Pooh's Heffalump Movie and went to sleep.

Love,

Mommy

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 02: March 22, 2012

Dear Jam,

It has been a lazy day for me - and for you if you should know.

I woke up a little too early for my liking. I was hungry, or else your Ducky was hungry and couldn't wait to eat breakfast what with longganisa for break-y. After I had my fill, I went back to bed only to realize how difficult it is to catch on with sleep. I think somewhere in my attempts

to reach slumberland, I managed to wake you up. It was your chick-yellow stuffed cat Momo that actually stirred you because you woke up realizing it wasn't anywhere near. But it really broke my heart to see you cry with that heart-renting tears of yours, which I think you weren't faking. You had your hand over your chest as you repetitively sobbed "Momo. Want please Momo" and rejected my attempts of offering the stuffed cat Bucky. With the remaining strength in my back to carry you and your sister in my belly, I took you to where your Ate Jocel was doing the laundry. There, you saw Momo swimming in a tub of wet clothes. There wasn't anything we can do about Momo for the moment but to walk away from the door. Daddy's collectible motorbike seemed to put you at ease and eventually to a continued sleep.

Although the summer heat was beating at us, we slept on until lunch. I

proceeded to the afternoon but with bouts of waking while I waited for your Tita Ana, one of HFX's top GLAMazons and Tita Maybz, a GLAMazon Plus to both drop by for their own reasons. But they didn't get to visit. My body continued to lull me to sleep until the afternoon when Ate Jajai arrived with the Snowed Wintermelon tea from Nai Cha. Then I went back to sleep with you by 4PM.

Before dosing off, you were spanked tho. It's the same issue we have been going through really. An issue that starts with the question "What's wrong with Mommy?" You were begging your Ate Jocel to sleep in the bed even with me beside you and despite my mellow tones and sweet touches, you would shrug me off. It really ticked me. You saw reason when you saw my face - you knew I meant business. I don't have to explain it here but it seems that you like your Ate Jocel better because you associate her to play and associate me to all things necessary and restricted. But that really hurts me because I know I've been up to me neck giving you everything just so I wouldn't be the monster mom. Oh well, I sometimes don't know what to do anymore. I just know that you understand me whenever I talk it over with you.

We woke up to the sound of heavy rain around 7PM. Heavy is an understatement because when I got up, adrenaline rush drove me to do as everyone else was doing. Everything that would go wet in water had to be picked up and stowed higher, a flood precaution. So there, the rain wasn't merely heavy - it was scary. But of course, it ended just when the water was about to get in the living room. Now fully awake, you played around with a damaged watch and Daddy's football decor. You remind me of Daddy with it both - how your wrist looks like his with a black watch around it and the Stella Artois beer he is so proud to have tasted elsewhere. They have moved from Netherlands to their next port. I think that was yesterday - where they are going next, we will find out soon.

Before settling to sleep, Ate Jajai joined us in bed to show off her tab. This is what I have been meaning to tell you - that tab. We will buy that tab, I promise you! For your Youtube bedtime ritual and for my e-books to lull me to sleep. Besides, it doesn't cost that much. I am sure Daddy will twitch if he finds out how much we get to buy it for.

So as a big girl and in a couple of days, a big sister, you have been more accommodating to AJ. You giggled before prayer as you said "Ducky! Ducky!" and pointed to my tummy, hugging it and finally giving it a big smack before you proceeded to your pillow and yes, the all fresh and clean Momo. *sigh* You are so cute and precious Kitten, I love you very much - please remember that.

Love,

Mommy

Countdown to an Apple Juice: Day 01: March 21, 2012

Dear Jam,

You have been acting but nothing like what you already are - a total spoiled brat. I have to admit, it's partially my fault, showering you with all the attention and the stuff we can give. But all that is about to change since I am only a couple of days from delivering your Baby Sister AJ (Ducky to you). The temper tantrums you have been throwing has gotten a lot worse. I have a feeling that you know AJ is up and coming thus the heightened pro activity.

I busied my day today. I wanted to make the best of this week and next week before I go boom! So we went on a photoshoot with one of Cagayan de Oro's brilliant (albeit unconventional) photographers Fadi Ismail. It's been a long pending project for

the HollywoodFX that I have been putting off. It wasn't this week that the epiphany hit me that the "Mother Earth" concept I have won't be the same if I won't pose pregnant. See, I had to paint the AJ Bump as a globe. It turned out fine with the poster paint. Thanks to the Villegas couple whom I had to wake up to deliver it, your Tita Jessie is nothing short of excited.

You had to wake up early because I need to get you and Ate Jocel out of the house and in Mamala and Papalo's care in Lapasan. Your Ate Jocel reported that an outlet went haywire early yesterday morning and hadn't she gotten up in time, the house would have gone down to ashes. So I have perfectly good reason to be cautious about where to place you. I didn't want to have a nagging feeling at the back of my mind while w

e had the shoot.

I was joined by your Atee Jajai (from Nahnang, to Atjajai), Tita Vani who is now back and active in the group and Tita Dianne (Maybelle Corbz) a new femme model to HFX but

a veteran in the fashion industry nonetheless. They posed in a garbage bag couture I styled for them to impress the feel of contrast against my colors and styling. I have to admit, I like my styling (self-love lol), I might want to design a whole line of Garbage Couture. So anyway, I was Mother Earth and they posed as Pollutions. They looked haute and hot, I have to say. I cannot wait to see more of what we did. Especially the one with your Ate Jajai posing on top of a stack of three tires and "bam!" nailed a fierce look.

Check out the photo by Fadi Ismail here - "The Rape of Mother Earth." Copyright XFM Photography.

We finished early. It was a quick shoot although in the process, we learned a lot of tips from Sir Fadi. He is not the type to dilly dally, it simply took him around one to two shots per peg and he was good with it. After a quick cool treat at Bo's Coffee Club in Limke

tkai, your Atee Jajai and I went e-shopping for a gadget. I won't tell you the details of what she bought but I am most definitely buying one for you and me to match our bedtime ritual. For now, I can only afford a box of large fries from Jollibee as pasalubong to greet you with when we came to fetch you from Lapasan. After talking about my Pregnancy-induced-Diabetes with Mamala, we headed off home, all sleepy and anxious to climb back to slumberland.

It's not confirmed by an Endocrinologist yet but my Random Blood Sugar is well past borderline and it might not be good for AJ - seeing as it may have contributed to AJ's added weight. People are just nonstop about the issue that I am carrying twins. Hello! They should check out Jessica Simpson, former-singer-turned-fashion-mogul. I am not alone, considering she has a month to go and she looks like she is about to pop anytime with me. Really, I am just hoping that your Ducky will be fine. You have taken a liking to call her Ducky, saying goodnight to her after prayer. Although knowing what might be

come of you both as you have two hair whorl and AJ has a single nuchal chord around her neck, is the least of my problems. Popular folk belief say that a child with two hair whorls or more is trouble and a child with nuchal chord around the neck is even more trouble. That besides the point, every time my lower body goes edematose, I start to get a little worried. To get my mind off that today, I bought AJ a pair of cute sandals at Php50 only. Getting home, I found that Mamilou bought you and your Ducky matching Disney meal plates. I figured, to reduce any future disputes about stuff, we have to buy one of each stuff for the both of you. Like so, the 2 piece swimwear I bought for each of you. I can't wait to see you both in it!

Here now, after an expected hiatus, we return to our blog. This time, it will be for you and AJ. I did a couple of changes to the design and I hope this one gets as much attention as the old one did.

Love,

Mommy