STONECPS

I received an email from my friend Alpha and she forwarded me the link for some of the pictures taken by his husband during Jacobo’s Baptism. Here are some of them:


I was really so happy because the pictures are so alive and he was really able to capture all the special moments of the event. Finally, I have found a good photographer to cover all of my family’s special events. He should really make this as a profession and he should order post card printing from Print Direct for Less so he can start promoting his services as he really has the talent and an eye for photography.

Jojo is still starting up and he covered Jacobo’s Baptism so he can gather pictures for his portfolio. I am definitely going to get him for our future events and I will not think twice in recommending him to our friends.

Alpha promised to mail to me the CD containing pictures of the events and I can’t wait to get it so I can share it with our friends and relatives. Thanks again Jojo and Alpha for being our official photographer for Jacobo's Baptism.

Our digital cameras have been put to good use the past months as hubby has been using it to take pictures of our precious Jacobo. Since his day one at the operating room, hubby took thousand of pictures already of him and it has only been a month. I wonder how many DVDs containing his pictures we will collect as he turns one.

But I hope all those pictures will not just be saved in our PC or DVD. With B, I was able to digi-scrap her pictures but only up to her tenth month and then I stopped after that. I was only to do an album of her first birthday and her second to fourth birthday is still sitting in our PC and I am still waiting for a free time where I can sit down and start digi-scrapping again.

Now with Jacobo, we are starting to collect thousands and thousand of his pictures again and I better start soon in digi-scrapping his pictures before I get lazy again.

If before I need over the counter sleep aids to get a good night sleep, now that baby boy is already here, I need something to help me stay up all night. LOL.

I promised that I will really try harder this time to succeed in breastfeeding and so I have been breastfeeding our dear baby boy even at night. And since he feeds almost every hour, this means I am awake almost every hour too.

But my baby boy is such a very good boy because he never cries unless he is hungry. If his tummy is full, he just plays quietly in his crib or he just snuggled quietly and comfortably in his co-sleeper.

Baby boy is thirteen days old now and looks like he gained a lot of weight already. We will be visiting his pediatrician on the 21st of July and we will see how much weight he has gained. Now I know that breastfeeding is really the best milk for babies and I am glad that I really worked harder this time to give my baby boy nothing but the best.

I can’t believe it. Now that I am just a few days away from giving birth, my acne and pimples are acting up again. But at least I can use any of the best acne treatments available after giving birth as I don’t have to worry now if it will be safe for the baby or not.

I am supposed to be scheduled for a Caesarian delivery on the 24th but I feel that I might give birth anytime now. LOL. My hospital bag is already ready. Thanks to my mom who packed it for me as well as the things for our baby boy. She was bugging me days ago to start packing my things but I am too lazy to do the packing and since I know she will do it anyways, I just waited for her to do it. LOL.

This is it. In just a few days (or maybe hours) we will be able to see, hug and touch our prince.

Count down is almost over….

I am already in my 37th week so it means I am already in my full term so I can give birth already anytime now. Though my doctor is still out of the country and won’t be coming back until Tuesday this coming week, so I guess I have to hold it until she comes back. LOL.

I am excited already. Excited to the fact that it is over as this is the stage where it is really very difficult to do anything as I am really getting heavy (and this means that I will be needing quick weight loss diets as soon as I give birth because I really gained a lot of weight). But aside from that, I am really excited because I can’t wait to see my prince. I wanted to see, hug, and kiss our baby boy. B and hubby are very excited too.

We only have a few days left….I might deliver via Caesarian section and we are looking at the 27th or 29th of June to schedule my delivery as according to the Chinese calendar, it is a lucky day to give birth.

Just a few more days and we can finally welcome our baby boy.

I can now imagine the sound of tm-t88iv POS printer as I am already planning my trip to Baby & Co at Rockwell to shop for more things for baby boy. We were there last week and I was able to look around and list some things that we still need to buy for baby boy. I did not buy anything when we were there as hubby still needs to check the size of the crib that we will be using so we can buy the right size of linens for the crib. B is so excited too shopping around and she also has her own list for the things that she wants to buy for her baby brother.

As for my list, I try to limit it only to the essentials as I don’t want to overspend again. Here are a few items that we still need to buy:

• Linens for the crib
• Mobile for the crib
• Bath Tub
• Plastic containers where we can put the bottles
• Toiletries and new born diapers

I am not sure if we can do this next week but I hope we still have time to shop before I finally pop.

I am already on my 8th month of pregnancy which means I only have a month left before we can finally see our baby boy in person. But this also means that we only have a month left to prepare for our baby boy’s coming.

Hubby and I decided that we will clean up our second room (which is bigger compared to the room that we are occupying right now) and we will move there so there will be enough space for the four of us. It is a busy month for us as our weekends are always booked so up until now, we haven’t started our clean up yet. But here are a list of things that we need to do and we need to purchase so we can fix our second room and we can move in there when baby boy arrives:

• Remove all the mess that is currently stored in that room. Right now it looks like a storage room because all the stuff that we are not using are stored there. Hubby’s toy collection also sits in that room so he has to find a place where he can move his toys.
• Buy cabinets for hubby and baby, carpet, door mats, and if budget permits a new aircon as the aircon that we have in our current room is a bit small which we think is not enough to cool down the much bigger second room where we want to move.
• Hire an electrician to move the wiring for the aircon, our Internet connection and our cable TV connection.
• Declutter and learn to let go and throw away some stuffs that we no longer use.

I am starting feel the pressure and stress already. Hubby will be out again this weekend for their company’s team building exercise so he will not be able to work on this project again, but I am really hoping that we can accomplish this before I give birth so we are all set when baby boy arrives.

I will have a checkup next week with my OB and I wonder how many pounds I gained. LOL. (I am sure I will need to read about fat burner reviews after I give birth as I will have to loose a lot of weight so I can go back to my pre-pregnancy weight).

I am already on my 32nd week and my baby weighs about 3.75 pounds now and is about 16.7 inches long. They also say that for average women, I will be gaining about a pound a week and half of that goes to my baby.

I am also experiencing shortness of breath and heartburn as my uterus (which is really getting bigger and bigger) pushes up near diaphragm. I also find it difficult to work as I always experience lower-back pain.

But I know I am just w few weeks away and I will soon see and hold my precious baby boy.

I am already on my last trimester of pregnancy. I can’t believe that time flies that fast. In less than two months, I am on my full term already and in no time we will be seeing our baby boy.

I can still remember when I was still on my first trimester. My pregnancy this time is different than my first as I had a hard time. I was advised to take bed rest for more than a month. I actually prefer to just stay at home during that time as I can’t function anyways because I feel dizzy and nauseated the whole day. I even look worse as I have big pimples and acne which I think is brought about by the hormonal change that I am experiencing since I am having a baby boy. If only I am not pregnant that time, I will not think twice to buy acne treatments as I have the worse pimples and acne breakouts that time.

Everything was smooth sailing after the first trimester. I was able to go back to work and had no problems ever since which I am really very thankful. I also had my 4D ultrasound and congenital anomaly scan already and everything is normal.

Now I am on my third trimester already. I am getting heavier and heavier everyday that it is getting difficult for me to walk. Thanks to my dad who fetches me from work everyday, at least I don’t have to commute when going home.

I am really feeling excited and anxious now. I can’t wait to see my baby boy!

I can’t believe that I am just a couple of months away and I am already due to give birth. When I was on my first trimester I got so excited that I started planning for the Christening of our baby. But then after I short listed the venues that we are considering for the baptism, I stopped planning and decided that will go back to the preparations a few months before giving birth.

And so now that I am less than two months away, I am back to the Christening planning again. Since we already have a venue in mind already and we just have to visit each of the venues in our short list, I decided to concentrate on other things for the Christening like:

1. Souvenirs for the guests and the god parents. I am thinking (if I have the time), to prepare a loot bag for the god parents which can include promotional pens (which I will personalize with the name of our baby boy and the date and venue of the Christening), spa items for the female god parents and useful tools like Swiss knife for the male god parents.
2. Food Carts. If I will be able to find a venue that will allow food carts, I want to get one or two food carts. I am considering getting Starbucks food cart and Sonja’s Cupcakes.
3. Balloon Décor. I already talked to my friend who is a party planner and she will be in charge to decorate the venue. I might order online too for Mylar balloons so it will be cheaper.
4. Cake. Which I think I will order from my party planner friend or if I find the time, I might contact Frupcakes which I found in multiply.

I am excited already, not just for the Christening preparations but most especially for the coming of the new addition to our family.

I saw this from the website of Pear Tree and this gives me an idea to send out photo birth announcements upon the arrival of our cute baby boy.

I was not able to do this when I had my first born but this is a perfect idea to show our precious son to our friends and relatives especially to those who are abroad and who can’t visit us in the hospital so they can have a fist glimpse of our second baby. So I already forwarded the link to hubby so he can choose among the photo cards from the site.

And speaking of our second baby, I am starting to plan again for the Christening of our baby. I actually have a list of restaurants and clubhouses that we can consider as our reception venue after the church ceremony. When hubby arrives, we will check each of this restaurants and clubhouses so we will know which one to book. I also have a caterer in mind already and I am also considering getting a dessert package from SanFo Treats:

It looks really yummy isn’t it? Hope we can fit this dessert table in our budget.

Even before I had my ultrasound, everybody was saying that I will be having a baby boy. Well for one, I look really haggard and I am really lazy to fix myself. Second is I have acne breakouts and I even had nodular acne (if only I am not pregnant, I would have tried the acne treatments that have been reviewed by experts of acnenodular which provides treatment even for nodular acne). They say that the hormones of a baby boy is really not compatible with my hormones that is why I am having these changes like the acne breakouts, darkening of the skin, etc.

Honestly, I love it every time they notice that I really look ugly. Weird as it may sound but since we are hoping to have a baby boy, I love it every time I get a confirmation from our friends and relatives that I really look different now that I am pregnant compared to when I was not.

And finally after months of waiting, we have finally confirmed that we are having a baby boy. Hubby is the happiest person on earth. Though he doesn’t want to admit it and he kept on saying that he felt the same when we had a baby girl for our first child. LOL.

Now my next project will be to shop for baby stuffs and find a name for our baby boy.

I have a colleague whom is like a father to me in the office and he visits me everyday to check my condition since he knows that I had difficulty with my pregnancy during the first trimester. He said that my tummy is really getting bigger and bigger and he knows how uncomfortable it is already for me.

Actually, I am having a hard time getting a good night sleep already as my tummy is really big. I actually have started reading reviews in sleepingaidreviews.net about the best sleep aid as I am thinking it might help me get a good night sleep. What I like about this site is that they already did the reviews of the hundreds of sleeping aids that are out in the market and have ranked them so at least I only have to review the sleeping aids that are listed on there site.

I have also read that sleeping on my side with one or both knees bent with a pillow between my legs, using another pillow (or wedge) to support my abdomen can also help me get a comfortable sleep.

I am already on my 7th month and in just a few months we will be seeing our cute baby boy. I can’t wait….

My mom has been asking me everyday if I already know the gender of our baby. I am already on my 19th week and I will have my check up again next Saturday but my doctor said that we have to wait until my 7th month to be really sure of our baby’s gender.

Everybody is excited with the coming our second child, from my parents, to my friends and my colleagues in the office. In fact, my colleagues and my supervisor have been taking good care of me since I came back to work last Monday after being in bed rest for more than a month. They particularly instructed me to just answer phone calls and never leave my room unless I need to go to the CR. That is how supportive and thoughtful they are.

But I guess nothing can be more excited than me. I am so excited for the coming of our second child that I have been looking for baby announcements already and I already thought of a name for our baby if ever he happens to be male. I also have scouted venues already for the Christening of our baby and I already have a list of suppliers and guests so all I have to do as soon as I give birth is book everything so we can have the Christening as soon as possible.

My mom has been calling me crazy already and she said that I am loosing my mind because I am planning a lot of things already and the baby hasn’t arrived yet. LOL. Well I guess this is just a natural feeling for a mother like me. Don’t you agree? Who won’t feel excited if you know that in just a few months I will be able to see our second bundle of joy, a second baby who will fill our lives with more joy, inspiration and love?

I am now on my 17th weeks of pregnancy. As per BabyCenter.com’s Pregnancy calendar, my expected due date will be on June 23, 2010 which is one week earlier than what my OB advised me as my expected date of delivery (July 2, 2010).

I just have to continue taking Duphaston for one more week then I just have to take my ascorbic acid (which is really working for me as I did not catch coughs and colds even though my whole family has one) and my doctor gave me new prenatal vitamins now that I am already passed my first trimester.

So what should I be expecting now that I am on my 17 weeks? Based on My Calendar at BabyCenter.com, these are the things that I should be expecting for this week:

• Pregnancy hormones may make my eyes a little dry and dull my vision. Contact lenses may feel uncomfortable, too but over-the-counter eye drops often help.
• My baby measures about 5 inches and weighs about 5 ounces. This is how my baby looks like now:

Just when I thought that I am finished pigging out during the holiday season…But I was wrong. I was chatting with my MBAP friends and I told them about my problem that even up to now that I am already on my 14th week of pregnancy, I still feel bloated after eating. They advised me that I should eat light during breakfast and snack time and I should just try to eat at least 1 cup of rice only during lunch and dinner. They said that during this time, I should start eating healthy and light so the baby will not grow that big.

I promised myself that I will really try to do this but then I can’t stop myself from eating after seeing this:

These were the food that we ordered during Lala’s shower. We had crispy pata, chopseuy, beef and my friend’s husband even brought lechon from Cebu. We even had cake for dessert. Yummy.

Looks like diet will not really work for me but I should try using elliptical too like my friend Joy who is pregnant also like me. She said that she has learned some exercise for pregnant women when she and her husband attended Lamaze class and she is doing elliptical too. You’re my idol Joy!! Honestly, I am really so lazy that I would rather prefer to sleep and eat than do exercise. LOL.

When I had my first baby, I started listening to music of Mozart because there have been studies that it is good for the baby’s brain development. I think it really worked for my daughter because she is growing up to be a smart kid. I even consulted a developmental pedia, and he said that my daughter is potentially gifted.

So for our second baby, we will try to do it again. Though our problem is since I am at home and my daughter is busy watching her favorite movie, I can’t turn on our radio to listen to classical music. Hubby suggested that he will buy me one of those ipods and he will just load it with classical music songs and he will buy those ipod speakers so I can plug it also if I am just in my room. The beauty about ipod is it is compact so I can bring it with me everywhere I go.

I better check buy.com so I can select the color that I want for my ipod so hubby can buy it and baby and I can start listening to Mozart’s classical music.

One of the many reasons why I am enjoying my pregnancy now is because I am excited to shop for our baby # 2. During my first pregnancy, I did not know enough online shops where I can buy baby stuffs at a much affordable price that I end up buying them locally.

But thanks to my shopping guru, Peachy, I discovered a lot of online shopping sites and my favorite now is Baby Bedding Palace. What I like about them is that they use only 100% high quality natural cotton materials for all their products so I am sure that it will be gentle and safe for my baby. Plus it is even hand made in Nepal so I am not only saving my baby, but I am also saving the planet as well.

What I love about their Baby Bedding Sets is that it contains all that I need for my baby’s nursery – it includes a quilt, a bumper, fitted sheet, skirt, pillow and even a diaper stacker and toy organizer. So this means all the items in my baby nursery are all matching which is what I really like to have. And most of their items are on sale too (almost 50% off). If only I already know the gender of my baby, I would have been shopping like crazy at Baby Bedding Palace. Here is some of their baby bedding sets: