2nd trimester

I can now feel my baby moving inside my tummy. It’s actually more of kicking - not soft movements, most of the time I get surprised. I feel I already gained some weight.  I am happy I’m done with the “nauseous days”. Now, I have to deal with the "always hungry" feeling which I actually prefer. It’s easier to just eat and not to expect to throw it out after.

On another note, we have a new househelp coming later. I hope she’s someone who will stay for a long time. It’s tiring to train new househelps from time to time. If only we're not having a new baby, I’m considering of just having a stay out help. The yaya can now handle both Basty and Alec. She just needs assistance with the laundry and cleaning the house. But with the incoming baby, we will really need extra hand.

3rd check up

I finally gained 1lb...hahaha...parang ang laki no. I'm just happy that I'm not throwing up anymore. I'm always hungry and I can eat na. My OB said my baby is small and I need to gain more weight. My target is to gain at least 5lbs for my next check up *fingers crossed*

Ube ice cream

Alec eating Halo2 from Chowking to beat the summer heat :)

Iron Man 2

We were able to watch Iron Man 2 last night. We were supposed to watch last Sunday, with free tickets courtesy of Mario, but Yaya did not come back as agreed. This is another story, but to cut the story short, I told her husband (the yaya is not texting me, i've been exchanging text with her husband) to tell yaya not to come back anymore. It's the last strand na kasi,.

Going back to Iron Man 2, i enjoyed it pero medyo nakulangan lang ako ng action. I was like "that's it?" - referring to the final encounter with Vanko. It's a bit of a let down. But, i can say that all the characters were well portrayed....love love Robert Downey, Jr. specially when he's showing his narcissistic side. I also like the funny lines like "I don't want to join your super secret boy band"

Both Eric and I are not comic fans so we were like "huh?" when they showed some preview (for the next movie). We didn't get it, but I told Eric that the comic geeks will certainly get it and will probably be excited for the 3rd installment.

Did I enjoy it enough to recommend it? I'd say YES :)

Getting better

Finally, a week passed without me throwing up. It's such a relief, to be able to eat more (more is still not my regular meal intake) and not worry of throwing up after.

I hope this continues and i'll be able to gain the 5lbs back and hopefully add some. There was a time I thought I felt my baby kick, but I think it's still too early for that. I can't remember when was the first time I felt my two other babies kick.

My next check up with my OB is after the election...I think everything's ok so far.

Dragon Dance (late post)

We went to Cardinal Santos for my mom's check up and since malapit na lang ang Greenhills mall, we went there na. Timing naman na may Dragon dance for the Chinese New Year celebration so the kids had fun watching. They were on break when we asked to pose with them :)

Third pregnancy

Until now, I'm still having a hard time (3rd month). Morning sickness that extends up to midnight. Throwing up almost every night. Don't know what food to eat. Hay! Iniisip ko na lang na lilipas din ito. Sana soon na....as in this week na.

Even going to the grocery is such a hard thing for me to do. It's actually a record time...to finish doing the groceries in less than 1 hour.

2 lines, 3rd time

I never imagined I'll see the two lines again after about 2 years.

Last March 9, I was inside our bathroom and I was nervous. I was waiting for the result. I was hoping for a 1 line only. I was not ready. But lo and behold, I was holding the preggy kit with 2 visible lines. Yes, we're expecting again. Our third baby. Another blessing in our family.

At first, I was in denial. I never told anybody(except for Abby, who happen to check on me after a day I found out) until I had my ultrasound. Last March 20, there's no denying it...we heard our baby's heartbeat (a strong 165/min). This is it.

As of now, I'm going thru the usual morning whole day sickness. I’m throwing up almost every day. The nausea is not just in the morning. I’m having trouble sleeping…and the list goes on. I need to be strong because I know that this will pass (I just hope soon).

Basty with tito Jay

Basty loves his "new white teeth" that's how he refers to his teeth now. Imagine, tito Jay (that's how we call his dentist...he said it's psychological that kids don't want to visit their doctors but would love to go to their titos....makes sense) was able to perform "Pasta" on Basty's (4) teeth without force.

Alec's first haircut

February 14, 2010, the date when daddy had the honor to cut Alec's hair.

Actually, Alec has a short hair except for the bangs na lampas eyes na, that's why daddy had to cut it na. I hope humaba na rin ang hair nya sa likod. She doesn't like putting hairclips. Kaya most of the time when we go out dapat naka dress sya para na questions na if she's girl or boy. Although lately, wala ng nagtatanong.

Story of us

As posted @ n@w:

How/Where/When did you guys meet?

>>>We were classmates in highschool(we later found out that we were classmates in prep). We were in first year HS then when i dreamt of him..as in hindi ko sya iniisip, bigla lang na napanaginipan ko sya and the dream was not even a romantic dream pero the next day bigla ko na lang syang na notice na may dating pala sya and matalino pala(he's the only guy in our top ten list). Ganun lang yun, pero di ako nagpa cute or something sa kanya, i mean the attraction i felt was not really strong so i moved to diff. crushes, had relationships. Sya naman, busy din sya pursuing other girls so di rin nya pansin ang beauty ko.

When did you first feel the attraction? When did your spouse first feel the attraction?

>>>year 2000, lagi kaming nagki-kitakita ng mga HS friends ko, then one time we saw my hubby sa starmart and asked him to join our gimik...after that madalas na namin syang kasama sa napapdalas na weekend gimiks. During that time, nagkasakit ang mom ko, sya yung nakakausap ko about my problems kaya naging instant close kami. nung kami na, I asked him kung kelan sya na-attract sakin, sabi nya nun daw nakita nya how strong i am, nakita daw nya na i can handle problems and may mga iba pa daw, small things ganun.

How/When did you guys become a couple?

>>>Hubby's bday, november 2000. Para tipid, anniv and bday na nya ang gift ko sa kanya...hehehe

How/When did you know that he/she was "the one"?

>>>I asked myself if I can see myself spending the rest of my life with him, and the answer is an absolute YES. I was brokenhearted with my previous relationship and i was so in love with that ex of mine and I always wished for him not to end up with the girl he cheated me on, it took years before i could say i am so over him.. and then one time i just realized that i don't care anymore, all the bitterness gone because i'm happy with my relationship with my hubby. I finally found "the one" who made my heart whole again (corny no..hahaha)

Any other 'kilig' details, I'd love to hear them! :)

>>>He proposed to me in a very romantic way. He decorated his room with roses and he bought ballooons and of course, there's chocolate. He asked me to close my eyes and he guided me inside his room. He knelt down with a diamond ring in his hand and asked me the question every ladies would love to hear. I was really surprised and I just cried. He did it Christmas eve.

now that we're married:

>>>We had the rose ceremony in our wedding. Every monthsary namin binibigyan nya ako ng single white rose.

Every morning as soon as he wakes up he kisses me and say he loves me..before he sleeps din pala.

He cooks for me on weekends

He surprised me with a harry potter 6 book. He ordered it in Canada pa. I actually cried when he gave me the book, i was touched by the gesture

5 years

It was so hard to celebrate because we lost a dear friend a day before our anniversary. We just decided to have a simple dinner at New Orleans at Boni Hi Street. It was that simple, no flowers, no frills.

Fun Ranch Halloween Special

I found out about the Halloween party at n@w. I saw the post about 3 days after it was posted and it was mentioned there that they will be accepting limited kids only. I tried my luck and sent an email to register my kids. After few days, nawies started posting that they received their confirmation from FunRanch...and I still don't have the email. I thought I did not make it to the cut off. So I was surprised when I received the email confirmation.

Actually, we've never been to Fun Ranch or Tiendesitas :) I told Eric to just drive along C5 and we'll just see it...hahaha. With goodluck, we didn't have to ask anybody for direction..we were able to find our way on our own...hurray for peeps bad in direction.

We bought the ride all you can ticket for Basty...needless to say, he had so much fun. Alec had a blast too. But Alec was afraid of the mascots, while Basty even wanted to be carried by them.

The next day, Basty was telling me that he wants to go back to "CRANCH"...I did not understand at first, but he said he wanted to ride the carousel and the plane...i finally understood that he's talking about Funranch :)

Here's our pix:

Yaya issues

Yaya number 1

Nagpaalam sya sa amin mga mid October. Aalis na sya dahil pinapag asawa na sya ng mama nya to a man she barely know (she actually has a boyfriend). According to her mom, matanda na sya. To think na she's only 20 years old. Magpakatino daw sya...haller!!! Di pa ba sya matino e ang ayos nga nyang nagtra-trabaho sa amin...compared to her kuya na jobless. She's not even enjoying her salary dahil bago pa sya mag sweldo, most of the time e pumupunta na sa amin (my parent's place) yung mama nya to get advance salary.

Ang sabi nya nung una e until October 29 (Thursday) na lang sya..pero na convince namin sya na sabay sabay na kaming umuwi ng Pampanga ng Saturday, so pumayag naman sya..pero nung malapit na ang Oct. 29, she told us na tumawag daw ang nanay nya and pinpawui na sya ng Thursday. So wala naman akong nagawa. Hinatid na lang namin sya sa sakayan.

Last Saturday, nakausap ko ang papa ko. Pumunta daw sa amin yung nanay nya dahil hindi umuwi ang anak nya. Hay, sabi ko na lang sa papa ko, walang ibang dapat sisihin kung hindi yung nanay na nagpilit na magpakasal ang anak nya sa guy na di naman nya gusto. I wonder why merong mga nanay na ganun. I tried to call her pero can't be reached na number nya. I hope she's okay and maisip nya na pumunta na lang uli sa amin kung ayaw nya talagang magpakasal.

Yaya number 2

Nakakainis itong isang ito. umuwi sya Oct. 31, babalik daw sya next day (Nov. 1). Nung gabi na ng Nov. 1, naka receive ako ng text from her na di na raw sya babalik dahil nanganak yung ate nya and nahihirapan nanay nya sa pag alaga sa ate nya...haller! mga ilang linggo ng nanganak ang ate nya...and bakit naman biglaan! Ang hirap naman ng ganun, wala man lang pasabi na aalis na sya...kahit man lang at least 2 weeks sana na nag stay muna sya, para may mahanap kami na kapalit nya. To think na alam naman nya na kakaalis ng kasama nyang isa.

Ang hirap na talagang makahanap ng yaya na tatagal. Actually wala akong problem kay yaya number 1, yung nanay lang talaga nya ang problema. As in 3 years na sya sa amin and i can really trust her na. Oh well, sana we can find replacements na. Asa province tuloy babies ko dahil wala silang yaya dito. I'm just thankful dahil andyan pa ang mama ko to take care of my kids pag walang yayas.

Things for sale

We've sold(given) most of the items away. The sofa is now with our interior designer. She displayed it in her gallery. We're still looking for a buyer.

Minnie Mouse

Alec's costume for her party this saturday :)

FS: Dining

This is ideal for studio units. Sorry for the clutter. We are already packing things since we're moving by Friday.

FS: Cabinet

Same color as the table stand. We also have a night/side table with the same finish. I was not able to take picture of it lang.

For Sale: TV Stand

For Sale: Sofa

We've never used this. Hindi sya kasya sa new place namin :(

Selling some items coz we are moving to our new place.

email me if you're interested: mhang_24@yahoo.com