Sleeping beauties

They're so tired, they will only be awaken by mommy's kiss :) 

 

After all the rides @ MOA

 

wet, wet and wet

We did not go out of town, but the kids had fun getting wet in Hi-Street. We'll surely go back :)

Call me maybe

I'm not sure who she's trying to contact....LOL!



She's with ate Kai. She's our temp ate while ate Gina went home in Masbate to visit her bf who had a motorcyle accident. Ate Kai left us last year to go back to school. She finished second year high school but passed the exam that will let her take college and skip 3rd year and 4th year. We are happy for her. I wish I can pay her the same salary that the rich yayas are getting so she will stay with us because the kids really like her.

Too young for eyeglasses

like mommy, like daughter

she looks adorable with glasses

2 weeks ago, we noticed that Ehra's eyes are crossing (naduduling). At first, it would go back to normal after a period of time but by Thursday, it's like a permanent thing. So by Saturday we brought her to the Optha doctor in Makati Med. He referred us to pedia Ophta instead. We were able to meet the pedia ophta Wednesday afternoon. We choose the frame last Saturday and we got the glasses yesterday.
According to the doctor, Ehra is far sighted with grade of 400 (right eye) and 250 (left eye). I was shocked. Imagine, her grade is higher than mine. I also can't imagine her wearing glasses for a long period of time.
The next concern is, if after 2 to 3 months and the crossing of the eyes don't normalize, we might have to do the surgery.
Please pray that we don't need to go through that anymore.

Alehra's 1st birthday suppliers' rating

There are moms who plan their baby's birthday right after they recuperated from giving birth. NO, i'm not one of them...hahaha. As usual, I started planning 3 months before.

We pencil booked at Dad's Glorietta and 2 months before the event they called to inform me that they need to be strict with the time because they have a booking for a debut right after us. I did not like the idea of my guests being told to leave while we are still chatting so we cancelled the reservation.

With no venue and 2 months to go, where else to turn but to my reliable nawie sisters. I checked the archive on the supplier ratings and saw the review of sis Tet on Fun Ranch. So come weekend, I dragged hubby to go there to check the place. It's not our first time there, my kids love the place, but we haven't really paid attention to their party rooms since we go there for the rides. 

Another venue we considered was Milkyway (Pasay Road)  because of their sooo yummy food. Unfortunately, their minimum consumable was out of our budget..bohoohoo. 

Party planning

3 weeks before Ehra's first birthday and this is how my To do list looks like:

Those highlighted in yellow are things I've already accomplished and those in green are my pending items. Those in orange are things i've started but can't mark as completed already.

Some guests have already confirmed. Knowing our culture of not RSVPing, I need to call each guests by next week to get the final list.

The supplier rating of a co-nawie made the planning a bit easier for me.

Goodluck to me and hope it will be a special day to remember.

walking - not yet

2 weeks ago, we bought shoes for Alehra. She's now trying to stand on her own and it's so cute. Kuya and ate both wanted to hold her.

Baby wearing - nawies

Got this picture from mimma Benz: http://mimmabenz.com/2011/07/04/babywear-meet-2-the-aftermath/#comment-113

That's me in the red square. It was so nice to meet nawies and chat with some of them. I went there with Alehra and yaya. Alehra was sleepy kaya she was crying. I wasn't able to try other carriers except for the saya because I had to breastfeed Alehra. Pam of BosomBuddy was kind enough to lend me a nursing pillow and it was really a nice product. It's just that I BF on lying position 99% of the time so it's really not for me. But for those who BF in a sitting position, I suggest you try and get one.

I hope there will be a part three. Hopefully, i'll get to try other products and meet more nawies.

Guilly's

Our first choice for the reception was Sweet Pea at the Venice Piazza McKinley Hill. We liked the place kaso di naging okay usapan namin. It's actually the reason why we chose St. Michael's parish because it's near the Piazza. 

We ended up booking at Guilly's, Glorietta 5. The funny part there is that di pa namin napupuntahan ni Eric yung place when I suggested it to him. I found out about the it from Maqui (sis in nawie). I read her blog about her son's baptism. We reserved the place siguro mga 3 weeks before the event. We did not book the entire place because they want us to book a minimum of 80 pax and for some reason, the price per head is higher even if you commit on more guests. 

To our disappointment, when we went there to check on some details, Agnes, the manager told us that they accepted another booking and some of our guests will not be accommodated inside. Super bad trip talaga. I expected at least a call from her to confirm how many guests are we really having to finalize the table arrangement, but no, there was no advice. 

I was not able to eat well during the event so I can't say if the food was any good. But since it's eat all you can buffet, with pasta and mongolian choices, I'm sure the guests found something they wanted. 

friends and family

Alehra Xirene's Baptism details

Date: January 29, 2011

Time: 11am
Church: St. Michael Parish, Bayani road, Taguig City
Reception: Guilly's, Glorietta 4

Invitation:
DIY. I used a free quickpage (i need to find my source, i'll update once i find it), edited and had it printed at LBC Digiprint.

invitation

Tarpaulin:
A Baby Bragbook quick page from just so scrappy

Tarp

Dress / Shoes / Candles / Giveways

I used Pink ribbon for the candles. As for the dress, we used the same dress that her ate Alec used. She used it on her baptism only. Nagpaka practical na lang so we did not buy her a new dress since one time lang naman isusuot.

I saw the cute photo/note holder at Landmark. I didn't have the time so I asked Eric to choose and buy.

For special favors to the godparents, I ordered cupcakes from Tinapay ni Tinay. I actually talked to Tinay siguro five days before the event. Ganun ka rush and I'm happy to say na masarap naman and nice naman ang dating.

Shoes

candles

Dress and stuff

Giveaways

giveaways @ Guilly's

cupcake for godparents

Guest sheet

Instead of the usual Guest book, I copied this idea from another nawie, sis Maqui. She was kind enough to email the file she used for her son Aki. We had fun reading the messages from our guests.

Solids (another milestone)

Last March 27, Alehra finally ate solid food. She's sooo takaw. I made plain lugaw for her. She actually cried when I stopped giving her food. I hope she won't grow a picky eater like ate and kuya.

I plan to give her squash and carrots after few days.

Sleeping baby

This is Alehra's favrite sleeping position.

Fever

Alehra had fever yesterday. Even if I know that it's from the vaccine, I can't help but be scared pa rin. Buti na lang after nyang uminom twice ng paracetamol naging normal na temp nya.