Mommy Moments: First Steps

This week at Mommy Moments the theme is all about first steps, be it the literal first step or whatever firsts that we might have in photo for our kiddos. I know I was not able to capture Jian´s first real step (it could be because we still don´t have the digital cam before). But luckily I was able to dig into my mom´s treasure chest of memorable photos. I was not even thinking that my mom was really that sentimental about his only apo that she kept this picture.



So there goes my Jian´s first wobbly steps captured in photo by my mom. ´Twas like just yesterday, but then a few days from now he is turning seven. Makes me think seriously about trying-to-conceive again real soon.

More mommies are bragging about their little ones firsts here. You can join in the fun, too.

Jian´s 7th Birthday Party

If my mom was still alive, she could have been very busy by now. The reason? his one and only apo is about to turn seven more than a week from now. I remember her telling Jian that she will do any means to have it done in Jian´s favorite food chain, Jollibee. But then, Mama is no longer here. So, I am left will all the tedious work of preparing for the party. The party will not be held in Jollibee. We decided to do it at our house. We have a spacious backyard (with a bahay kubo at that!) which perfectly fits the Safari theme that Jian wants. Yes, it could be more tedious this way but we can invite more if we do it at home instead of a food chain. It´s more of a do-it-yourself party as almost everything are being done by some members of the family. Good thing that I have 100% support from my husband about this. Let me just share with you the invitation which I made over the weekend. This will be printed by my cousin from one of the internet shops he normally frequented.


I just logged into an online scrapbooking site and have it done there. Ain´t it wonderful?

Mommy Moments: Playing Time

For a child, what could be more fun than playing. Be it by himself or with other kids.

As you know, Jian is an only child, at least as of this writing. Well, we do hope that in the near future , he will have a sibling. Since he is the only kid in the household, he does not have much of playtime with other kids. We normally go to his uncle´s house at least twice a month, so he can enjoy playing with his cousins. At home, he satisfies himself by playing with his favorite buddy, his bear. He even named that bear. Most of his toys are being given to other kids when he no longer wants them, except for this bear. I don´t think think that the bear will leave the household. Jian even mentioned keeping him so he can give it to his sibling when the time comes.



During summer, we nomally have ¨vacasionistas¨ in our house.Jian grabs the opportunity of playing with his titos and titas. Summertime is always the best time for playing. The weather permits most of outdoor fun. Jian loves summer, just as shown in the following picture.



And yes, the mall is also a place of freedom for my little guy.



If you want to join the kids at play, visit Mommy Chris.

I want my Satellite TV

My family had always been a TV fanatic. Back when we were younger, we have always been motivated by the fact that the first one who handles the remote control will be the one to dominate the TV screen for that particular day. It´s a good thing that when I got married, my husband have always stayed away from holding on to the remote control, or at least not when his favorite anime series is on air. I actually envy people who can enjoy the luxury of a Satellite TV Service without them being burdened by the price. Do you think nothing can be better than getting them installed by proffessional installer? I bet you haven´t heard that DirecTV is actually giving away all the equipment for free and yes, this includes either a DVR or an HD-receiver. If I could move in to California to take advantage of all these freebies, I would easily do. Apart from all of this, they also offer the best programming amongst all Satellite TV provider. Perhaps there will be never be a dull moment for my family if we could have DirecTV installed in our household. Jian would surely enjoy having his favorite cartoon all day long, oh and I would probably don´t have to wait until the wee hours of the night to watch the news from all over the world.

Will there be anything more relaxing than that? I bet none.

Blogging Awards from here and there

I have always believe that blogging awards are given not just to keep the ball rolling. It is more of saying thank you because someone has touched your blogging life in one way or another. From the time that I received my first blogging award, I have promised myself that I will be posting any awards that will come along the way. I apologize for not being able to post it right away but I promise I will do my best to keep up with you guys.

These two awards are from A Woman Remembers.






One Word Tag

Here’s how it works: Use only one word! It’s not as easy as you might think. Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers.


1. Where is your cell phone? headboard
2. Your hair? brown
3. Your mother? outstanding
4. Your father? jolly
5. Your favorite food? fruits
6. Your dream last night? mom
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? travel
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? blogging
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Singapore
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? backfighter
15. Muffins? corn
16. Wish list item? oven
17. Where did you grow up? Valenzuela
18. Last thing you did? drink
19. What are you wearing? nightdress
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pets? dogs
22. Friends? many!
23. Your life? lovely
24. Your mood? grateful
25. Missing someone? mom
26. Car? wish!
27. Something you’re not wearing? eyeliner
28. Your favorite store? SM
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? week
32. Your best friend? Hubby
33. One place that I go to over and over? park
34. One person who emails me regularly?Friends
35. Favorite place to eat? Icebergs

Award Rules:
1. Copy the badge and put it on your blog.
2. Link back the person who passed you this award.
3. Spread the love to other bloggers.

I am sharing this award to the following blogs: Sweet Nothings, The Mommy Journey, Pensive Thoughts, Make or Break, Mommyhood Moments, Josieś Window, and My Son And My Life.

On the other hand, Mommy Enchie of Sweet Nothings gave me this award a few days back. Thanks so much , dear!

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This is the easy way and the fastest way to :

1. Make your Authority Technorati explode.

2. Increase your Google Page Rank.

3. Get more traffic to your blog.

4. Makes more new friends.

Rules :

1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.

2. Put your own blog name and link. 3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1.Picturing of Life 2. Juliana’s Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space5.My Family is my Life 6. The Simple Life of a Baghag 7. On A Wonderful Day Like Today 8. House Everything 9. The Creativity in Me 10. Travel and Photography 11. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 12. You Are My Sunshine 13.Song to Remember 14. Super Blog 15. Philiippine Tv Marathon 16.Simply Blue 17. Breaking the Boundaries 18. Top Five 19. A Simple Life 20. Simple Happy Life 21. A Great Pleasure 22. Glossa~licious 23. Time Goes By 24. Sweet Nothings 25. Mom from Manila 26. You are next!

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The Friendship Chain is for the following blogs.
Mommy Journey
Pensive Thoughts
Mommyhood moments
Smart Mommy
One Proud Mom. One Proud Wife
A Woman Remembers
About a Boy