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.

Timezone

As a reward, we went to Timezone and the kids had funnn!

Best in Dance and Movement

Basty was awarded "Best in Dance and Movement". I believe he really deserved the award since he looves dancing. Two thumbs up for Basty my dancer :)

Basty's culminating day

Basty's culminating day theme was God's hands at work. Their performances were centered on the 7 days of creation. The performance of Basty's class was God's first day of work "Let there be light".

When we were asking him about his performance, he did not want to tell us. He just said that he'll be singing and dancing. It's always like that with him. But on the performance day, he always surprise me because he always know what he's doing and i'm such a proud momma :)

Mini me

That's me and my cousin Rosette on the first half of the picture, below is Rosette's daughter Chelsea and my daughter Alec. Parang mga mini mes namin :)

I am older than Rosette but she's bigger than me. Ganun uli ngayon with our daughters. Alec is older than Chelsea but Chelsea is bigger.

Sleeping baby

This is Alehra's favrite sleeping position.

Gang

The twist car and scooter gang of our floor :)

Wacky

lec

Alec, goofing around @ her kuya's school.

Tarp

Here's the tarp I made for Alehra's baptism.

Yaya

Here's Maida, the yaya I mentioned on my previous post. You might want to think twice before hiring her.

Yaya diaries

We got a yaya from the agency owned by someone I know. I thought that will ensure that we'll get a good yaya. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Nahuli namin sya na kumuha sya ng money from us. Napaamin naman namin sya pero after a very long time and even after nyang umamin, I didn't see any remorse on her part. I had to say  "O, baka naman gusto mong mag sorry sa amin?".

We gave her a second chance. Pero when we checked her things (feb5) meron uli syang mga kinuha from us. So we talked to her and told her na pinapaalis na namin sya. 

It was our first time to fire a yaya. Ang bigat sa loob. Then few nights ago, we found out na siniraan pala nya kami sa isa naming katulong na bago. Sabi daw nya mabait lang kami sa umpisa and umalis na lang sya sa amin at maki work na lang sya dun sa kilala nya. Kung pangit ang ugali namin, bakit hindi sya ang pumunta sa kakilala nya and bat gusto nyang magtagal sa amin. Gusto daw nyang alagaan si Alehra hanggang tumanda sya.

We have 3 yayas now. Dalawang bago and the old one who will stay with us until end of March only. She's going to go to school this June.  She'll be a working student and will be staying sa in-laws ko, dun na sya mag wo-work. Nakaka sad nga na aalis sya kasi super like sya ni Alec. Pag gising ni Alec sya na ang tinatawag nya and she really knows how to feed Alec. Mahaba pasensya nya sa mga kids and gusto nila sya. Kaso lang we don't want to stop her naman dahil at least may plan sya for her future. She likes to be a teacher.  

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.

Set of three?

We bought the kids a new toy - Twist car. Their playmates kasi have one so kawawa naman sila. Ngayon naman, they are fighting over it kung sino ang gagamit. I think we need to buy one more. Pano na paglaki ni Alehra? Do we need to buy toys in set of three? Ang gastos...wahhh!

3rd month

Today is Ehra's third month. I am happy that she's healthy (except for the colds). Since I'm back to work, she's now drinking my expressed milk when I'm in the office. I was glad when she didn't have a hard time drinking from the bottle. She's really not a cry baby and she's not fussy.

Last Saturday (Jan.15) we had her ears pierced. I'm disappointed with myself when I forgot to take a video (not even a photo) of it.

She's also on track with the baby's milestones. She coos a lot when you talk to her and she also smile back. She follows you when you move from side to side. She can carry her head for a long period of time.

We have scheduled her baptism on the 29th of this month. Hope everything will be okay considering we only had 3 weeks to plan it.

Birthing Story - Alehra Xirene

I'm giving birth for the third time and it's scheduled CS. We ( Eric and I and our OB) agreed to have it on the 20th of October.

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Oct19

We went to Makati Med as early as 11am. We were thinking that we'll get rooms from those who will be discharged in the morning. Unfortunately, may wait list pa. We were third pa on the list. We went to my OB and she said to go home na lang muna kasi minsan daw may 4pm na umuuwi so mga late na kami magkaka room. When we checked with the admission office we were informed that they'll just text or call us once may available room na.

We received the call mga 9pm na. Grabe! to think pang 3rd kami dun sa list. We were actually given a small private room kasi wala pa daw available na semi-private room which is part of the package. It's actually better for us, kaso lang un nga ang late na.

Once settled na ako sa room, they got my blood for CBC. My biggest problem sa pregnancy ko is ANEMIC ako. My OB needs to know para daw maka reserve sya ng blood for me if ever....I was really scared just thinking about the blood transfusion.

Oct20

515am

Nurse came in for enema. Few seconds after she finished the whole thing, I was rushing to the CR. I unloaded for few minutes then went straight to take a bath.Good thing we're still in the private room so may sariling bathroom.

630am

I was wheeled in na sa OR. It's the new OR of Makati med...better than the old one. I was actually calm, until nilagay na yung IV. Super sakit talaga kasi di nila nakuha sa first try.  Super lamig sa OR so nag chi-chill ako even before the anesthesia.

828am

I heard the first cry of my baby and super lakas nyang umiyak.

I can't remember the time pero i think i was in my room before lunch.

11pm

I was informed that I need to have blood transfusion coz I lost 800cc of blood. Normal is 12 and mine is 10.4 before the operation, after that it was down to 8 that's why I had no choice but to sign the consent. Eric went home that night so I texted him that I was afraid. When they started doing it at around 12pm it was really painful. I asked my mom to call eric to come back at the hospital. It was really an experience I don't want to experience again. I felt that my whole body was numb and it was difficult to breathe. Mas hirap pa ako kesa dun sa operation mismo.

Oct21

615am

Naka fart na ako..which is one of the things na kailangang mangyari after the operation.

10am

They had to do CBC test again to check if my blood count went up. I prayed so hard that I would not have to undergo with the experience again.

After lunch we were informed that my blood count went up to 9 and my OB ordered not to have another blood transfusion, I was sooo relieved. Thank you Lord talaga.

Oct. 22

My OB asked if we want to be discharged earlier since no IVs connected to me anymore and I was able to poo and pee and fart already which are the requirements before I'm aloowed to be discharged.

We decided to go home na kahit na until 23 pa ang release ko which is part of the package. We were lucky na di na kami nilipat sa semi-private room. We stayed in the private room the whole time. We opted to be discharged earlier since we can rest better when at home rather than in the hospital.

830

They performed new born screening with baby ehra. After that we made her est for a while and then procedeed to the nursery station for the bath demo. It was my first time to see the nursery station ever.

5pm

We were able to process all required docs and paid bills so we were able to go out of the hospital.

Ehra seemed to nurse every hour. My breasts were swollen.

Tip of the day

Got this from our company portal:

Tip of the Day:   Impress with Antacid Tablets

Removing stains in the toilet requires elbow grease, but by dropping a couple antacid tablets into the toilet, you will have a sparkling bowl in about 20 minutes. These tablets also do wonders for removing stains. If you have a stain at the bottom of a glass or vase, add warm water and drop in a tablet.  

Note to self: Must try!

Picture taking

I just realized that we didn't have pictures with Basty on his bday. Ako kasi ang official photographer. So now, note to self: ask somebody else to take pictures :)

It's always the case na lagi akong di kasama or we don;t even have family pictures on occasions or whenever we go out.

4th birthday

blowing of candles

Time flies so fast...my baby boy is now 4 years old, soon i won't be able to call him baby anymore.

We never planned to have visitors because we didn't really prepare many food, but when I asked our neighbor (who called other neighbors), we had instant party. Most of our neighbors(same floor) came. Sabi nga nila, the more the merrier. Basty had fun naman. Sorry lang kasi no ice cream dahil may cough silang dalawa ni Alec (including daddy).

Ang aking Agustino

Agustino ako

Ito ang kauna unahang pagtatanghal ni Basty sa kanyang paaralan (Linggo ng wika). Hindi nya alam na darating kami ng daddy nya sa kanyang paaralan nung araw na iyon, kaya naman tuwang tuwa syang nung nakita nya kami. Tinuturo nya kami sa kanyang mga kamag-aral.

Ako ay tuwang tuwa sa kanya. Di ko akalain na alam nya ang mga galaw sa kanilang sayaw.

Ang hirap mag sulat ng tagalog lahat (naku po!) :)