Cough Cough Go Away, Never Come Back Any Day

That was my balloon arrangement for a good friend. She was confined last week due to recurring fever. She is 5 months on the family way. Her lab tests revealed that UTI was the culprit of her fever. She was further diagnosed to be nursing a myoma (you know, I am a myoma-phobic following what it did to my Ate’s pregnancy). We were all relieved after knowing that the location of the fibroid will not do any harm to her developing baby.  

On a relative note, our household is also fighting this infection brought by the “cold” (and cough) weather. You know everybody say “uso talaga ngayon yan”, but I don’t think were a family that goes with what the trend dictates, so we sure hate our situation. It was Uno that was hit 1st, 1 nanny next, me, Dos and esposo, followed. But Dos’ cold and/or cough didn’t manifest early, which was alarming. He was running with on-off fever for several days before it became clear to us that it was just colds. Huh, thank goodness!

For the past week, water and vitamin C was our greatest weapon. It also helped that the kids were nebulized with plain NSS, because it ease their sticky phlegm. Vicks Vaporub also did a great job. Lysol Disinfectant Spray was also helpful. And of course our 1 text away Pedia, was our stress-reliever.

     

As of today, the other nanny was still uninfected, Uno is now on the 98% recovery stage. I think I’m running 90% now and esposo is now 95% healed. The nanny that was struck has no speaking voice now, so I cannot rate her recovery. Dos run a 37.7 temp last night, but his sleep is getting better, I think he’s on his 60% right now.

  

I wish we all get well soon. The esposo vowed for a day-out once we’re all 100% okay.

PS: The post's title is my and my little girl's mantra against colds, we sing it to the tune of Rain Rain, Go Away. :)

Ever Changing Mind

Uno wanted to have a Dora themed party for her 3rd birthday. I am not a fan so I kept on persuading her for a cuter theme, Hello Kitty perhaps. But no, she has a mind of her own and insisted on having a Dora party. It’s her party and her decisiveness was admirable, so there, Dora party for her 3rd birthday. I made sure I infuse some Dora related stuff while I prepare for Dos’ basketball party so I won’t cram during the 1 week birthday interval. Not until…

She was given this pair of shoes. She’s so fond of it that she wore this with everything, even in undies. It was as fast as the blink of an eye Hello Kitty was her new Dora. It became her favorite and wanted to have it as her birthday theme.

Me: Diba, you’re having a Dora party.

Her: No, Hello Kitty only.

Me: Oh, no. We cannot change it anymore, I already bought Dora balloons.

Her: It’s okay, just buy Hello Kitty balloons.

You’re so clever baby. Now I’m cramming.

It's Over But Not Quite

Today, the 29th of October is a holiday. I self-proclaimed that though.hehe

Did you ever feel so bored and empty following the day of what seem to be the most tiring, the most hectic and busiest day of your life? I always do. I am actually on that note today. I’m here in the office right now, but seem longing for something to do (not work related – I declared this day a holiday, right?lol). Must be the adrenaline rush, I somewhat missed the cutting, lay-outing, researching I used to do while I prepare for Dos’ birthday party, (not to mention the exchange of communications from various suppliers). Hay, it was over, a bittersweet ending. 

I’m very proud of myself, of mi esposo. I couldn’t actually believe we were able to execute our ideas well enough to be appreciated by our guests. Oh well, the DIYs was actually solely my idea, he was totally against it. But I am glad after some crying scenes and a lot of arguments time he learned to embrace our project (with rolling eyes every now and then). 

But let me tell you a little secret, it's not really over. Uno's  actual birthday is on Saturday and I'm planning to give a little something for my baby g. So, I better enjoy this day, because sooner than later, I’ll be back to work. You don’t need to roll those eyes my dear esposo. I got this covered. Mwah 

Isang Dekada Na!

September 13 is the day we hark back to the start of our relationship. It’s been 10 years now, but I can still feel like it was only yesterday. Time really flies when you’re having fun. It’s a big milestone but we didn’t have anything fancy. We just took the day-off to run to a party-related errand, had lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon in hibernation. #AloneatLastAngDrama

It’s was our 10th year, of course I wouldn’t just let it pass. I actually made an effort for this particular gift, it was months in the process. Since the day it was announced that the NBA Global Games will be staged in the country and the esposo made a pronouncement that he NEED-to-catch-it-LIVE, I knew that it was the best gift for him. I stayed attune of the ticket selling, saved money made way to source the fund and waited. Finally, I got it on the 2nd hour (just because I had a credit card issues on the 1st hour) of the 1st day of ticket sales. I had it even before we went to Misibis Bay for our Family Anniversary but thought "our" anniversary was the perfect timing.

On the night of September 13, approximately the same time as when I gave my yes to him 10 years back, I gave my gift. He was elated as usual, surprised, happy and excited. And as a common practise, he didn’t have anything for me. I'm expecting that, so I'm prepared...

I bought 2 tickets, no worries. J    

He's Double 1

My baby boy is exactly 11 months old today. Whoa! That means I only have 1 month to prepare for his birthday party. Preparing for his party was a lot different with his Ate’s. As in, a LOT! Uno’s 1st birthday party preparations were relaxed and cool, to think I only had 1 month of preparations then. Now, I feel stressed and frazzled. Admittedly, money was a big factor here. Then, I only have to say “I like this” or “okay” and the planner will do as told. Now that the family's disposable income is no longer in existence, every detail should be scrutinized. I planned to do everything by myself, to save money.   

But I couldn’t seem to start. All the possible venues I could search online were already reserved. I started scouting for possible venues more than 2 months before the target date but all those that fall within budget were booked, those that weren’t booked yet have sky-rocket rates. I am not talking about a handful of venues here, I think I called-up every-single-party-venues in QC, Ortigas and Manila. Even the planner could no longer give a place that I didn’t know or called yet (yes, I still contracted her, I needed help you know. hehe) Same thing with the party host, the most recommended host/magician online were no longer available. I have to put-up a different show for this 1. I’m thinking, Dos’ birth day must be the happiest day in the Metro with all these simultaneous merrymakings.

With these turn of events, I hope I could still put-out a great party for Dos. I hope this would be as fun and memorable as his Ate’s. I hope that everyone would have a good time.

My kids may be too young to remember their 1st birthday parties, but I will never forget.  

My Young Star, Superstar

“Photos are the best souvenir you can give your baby”. During those years that babies are unaware of their own antics, only photos can prove that it did exist. I may be a little guilty of not capturing as much precious moments of Dos as compared to Uno before (blame it to the non-existence of a reliable phone camera) but at least I tried to document quite a few.

Last July 5, the family was invited to a party in honor of my good friend’s daughter’s birthday. Since I know that my ever reliable photographer/friend, Fidel, will cover the event, I took the chance and booked him for Dos’ photoshoot session after the party - the occasion, just because Dos can then sit-up. J

Of course you know Fidel if you’re a regular here (just a review, he did a photoshoot with Uno, covered Uno’s 1st birthday party and my maternity photoshoot). He’s a part-time, freelance photographer who learned photography by mere passion (mind you, you’ll be the best once you’re passionate about your craft). Aside from his regular work in the corporate world, he also attends to various photography needs as a 2nd source of income. He operates a photobooth for all occasions, he (photo)covers for various occasions and now he does videography too. I warned you, passions can be lethal. For his complete package and rates you can check Uno Events and Multimedia.

Oh btw, he told me he can give free frame (if you booked any of his photo packages), just tell him you read this article. PW: “Blog ni Hushie”. 

PS: If you're a photo critic and saw some flaws in the following photos, blame me. I have to put watermarks.  

             

 

Wanted: An Autobot

I just needed to break this coma – coma of writing an article, that is. My last “valid” blog entry was written in July for a story which happened in June, coma indeed right? This coma was simply brought about by overwhelming experiences that was overlapping with each other, overwhelming and overlapping enough that I didn't know which 1 to write 1st. Will I write based on occurrence, based on importance or based on price?lol The last was of course a joke. I just wished I was paid to write, my sponsor stopped sponsoring too, which killed my passion to write. #ImSoMukhangPera #IKnow I also became work-related busy which came side-by-side with the preparations of the past milestones in my personal life, my family life and my life in general (what's the difference between those 3 lives? Nothing, I just thought it's fun to dissect. J). And of course, plain laziness was never out of the list of culprits - or maybe it is the only culprit, after all. 

I sometimes wish my PC can read my mind and automatically type what I’m thinking, or maybe my brain would have an optic nerve or something that can send messages to my PC, transcribed it and viola a blog post. Either way, I know that won’t happen, at least not in this lifetime. So here, I’m trying to keep my acts together, saying nonsense, wasting your time and typing away to break the drought. 

This post is like vocalization of some sort, where every singers needs to do in order to perform well. And so, I wouldn't need to explain in my opening paragraph in case I thought of writing again, tomorrow. I hope I motivated myself well enough, the file in this PC specifically dedicated to blogging is about to self-destruct.