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.

Basty's AVP

This is the first video I ever created. I recently found it in another laptop.

Mix pix with PixTrix (for BlackBerry)

Obvious ba, i'm having fun with pixtrix for BB:)

Yey, andito ako sa picture...madalang na pagkakataon dahil ako lagi ang photographer 

 Group picture..Alec blowing her cake

 Pretty birthday girl

 Playing after the mass @ the Piazza

Growing up fast. Soon she'll be running with ate and kuya.

BF-GF

Parang kelan lang :)

Pamamanhikan

I was cleaning my mailbox and I saw this....brings happy memories :)

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

St. Michael Parish

with mommy and daddy

with mommy, daddy and ate alec

with lola Dolor

with lolo Erning

with godparents

Godparents:

     Hannah Romawac-Olives Cathy Tan Jaque Bayog Hegel Arellano Jenny Vega Richelle Flores Rhea Flores Sheila Vasquez AJ Razon Kim Zamora Marc Razon Jeric Seda Dominic Canlas Edmar Sicat Petronilo Sampang Christopher Jared Mobley Princess Rambush John/Soc Noy Sicat Rex Tuazon Blessilda Sicat Kambal Sicat Joyce Sicat Arielle Vallido Marlon Rivera Sarah Dean Rivera Kaye Rivera Ruschelle Litilit-Monte  

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.

Flu vaccine

We all had our flu vaccine today. Alehra didn't cry, sooo brave :)

The band-aid has a check mark and it's cute.

My girls

Bumbo seat

Alehra seating on her bumbo seat while having breakfast.

"Sent via SMARTer Blackberry"

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.