My second bundle of joy

Meet my second bundle of joy - Byron Chaz 8.7 lbs 06.18.08

Aidan's Bday part II

Here's a fun little glimpse at each of Aidan's past 5 birthdays:


Aidan's BIRTH-DAY
1st Birthday - @ the Chinese Restaurant in NJ.

2ND Birthday - Celebrated at the apartment with friends.

Aidan's 3rd Birthday - Celebrated his b-day at the apt with his friend Jamison and Cheesecake Factory.

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Aidan's 4Th Birthday - @ ChuckeCheese




Aidan's 5Th Birthday

Happy 5th Birthday AC!

My son celebrated his 5Th birthday today, we had a couple of people over but most of them were kids and close friends. We had to wait for my husband as he was coming home early from work to get the balloons and birthday cake.

Aidan had picked out his birthday cake the other day with the theme being "Pirates of the Caribbean", he always liked the movies and he has a toy pirate ship so he can indulge in his play time, this pirate ship was our gift to him sadly he said he needed another ship to play with against the other ship.

Soon as my husband got home we proceeded to the pool so that the kids could have some fun, so they swam for two hours with my husband shepherding the kids in the pool, by late afternoon the kids were hungry so we went back to the apartment.

I started heating and preparing the food and cooking spring rolls for the kids, pizza was also served and once everything was ready my husband said grace and we proceeded to eat. Aidan blew his candle with much enthusiasm, he could not wait to blow the candle and wanted to eat cake. The kids then spent their time playing with bubbles and toys we finished around 10 PM.

I have a couple of pics showing how fast kids grow up as from the time that he was born to when he is now 5 years, yes they do pass by soon he will be more older and hopefully more wiser but he will always be my first baby boy.

Before he turns 5

I am a proud mother to my son, he is turning five and I can say that he is worth all the time and effort that I give him. I did not use to feel that way, I felt a little bit anxious and sometimes depressed at being a stay at home mom. I saw myself as having a career and working the 9 to 5 daily routine, imagined that coming in to work with gourmet coffee and dealing with people all day long.


Life sometimes throws a curve at you but that does not mean you are by all means an out, it could be that there is a purpose and effect to what you are encountering.

I am proud because the attention that I gave my son and sacrifice that was in my career was worth it, well worth it.


I am happy because even though my son has not attended pre-school he can read and he has the initiative to get a book and start reading and if he does not know how to pronounce the word he sees, then he will ask and say it again until he can fully understand it.


I am thankful that I gave up my time so that my son can have a brighter future where he can rely on his parents for help and guidance.

Swim Fan

This week's blog is all about my son as he is turning 5, next week could be about my second bundle of joy.


I was looking at my son today at the pool swimming and marveled at how far he has progressed in his swimming ability from a year ago.

A year ago he was just waving his arms in the water and my husband would always have to near him as he would call out.

Now he can swim and play on his own in the water with confidence even doing back float. I guess enrolling him at the local "Y" swimming program helped out.


Here are some of his pictures last year learning how to float with his daddy.



Here are some of his latest pictures today at the clubhouse pool.

He swam by himself.

AC's 1st toys

As I was tagged by Em about this, I went looking for pictures of my son which I had saved via his multiply. Time flies so fast because it has been 5years since I took these pictures and now looking back at my son's pictures I feel amazed at how I've raised him within that 5years. I've learned a lot of things about parenting, being his playmate, his friend and his mom. It was really a joy to bring a child to this world and now he is going to turn 5 this June and going to school for Kindergarten and he will be able to interact with other kids his age, this will be another challenging stage for me and for my husband.

So here are some pictures of his first toys.




With his musical nightlight

With his Teddy Brown Bear

The toys in his ExerSaucer

The Toys in his Bouncer

34 Weeks Pregnant

Here are some of my pictures when I was 34 weeks pregnant, right now I'm officially on my 37weeks. I'm going to give birth very soon...Stay tuned!

Thanks for those who wished me well and for those who are praying for my delivery! I'll post some pictures after my delivery. =)

The Gift Giver

I feel humbled by the experience of friendship and the way the things work out in life. I consider myself a religious person as I pray a lot and always call out to God at all times. I am thankful to have friends who have helped me in ways that I cant even imagine in particular, Pearl.

I chose Pearl as a Godmother to my second son, I knew her back home in the Philippines and grew more when we came and lived in New Jersey. She is a very generous person and puts other people before herself, I have never found a more selfless individual as a friend.

The way I describe her makes other people think of Mother Teresa but point of fact, she also has a very bubbly personality so you can cross Mother Teresa with a famous rock star, and you would have Pearl.

I was surprised when she asked me if I was prepared for the second child, and I told her that I was somewhat in a way ready and during the conversation I got to mention that I still needed a couple of things for the baby and that is when she offered and looked at my baby registry to buy the baby car seat, the whole travel system sans stroller.

I did not oblige her to buy this but she insisted and there we have it, it is a big help for me as unlike back home babies need to be in a car seat when they leave the hospital, also it helps me out in ways that I appreciate very much.

I know that every time I use it I will be reminded by one persons generosity and selfless act of sacrifice. I hope in time that I will be able to return the favor. In closing I just want to say

Pearl you rock!

PS. I did receive gifts on my baby shower but this one is very much appreciated.

I can't believe this!

I was tagged by Mind Bubbles




ENTJ - The "Chief"

ENTJs are strategic, organized and possess natural leadership qualities. They are master coordinators that can effectively give direction to groups. They are able to understand complicated organizational situations and quick to develop intelligent solutions. ENTJs are outspoken and will not hesitate to speak of their plans for improvement. They are decisive and value knowledge, efficiency and competence.

"ENTJs are natural born leaders. They live in a world of possibilities where they see all sorts challenges to be surmounted, and they want to be the ones responsible for surmounting them. They have a drive for leadership, which is well-served by their quickness to grasp complexities, their ability to absorb a large amount of impersonal information, and their quick and decisive judgments." - Portrait of an ENTJ (The Personality Page)

"...have a strong natural urge to give structure and direction wherever they are -- to harness people in the field and to direct them to achieve distant goals."
- The Portrait of the FieldMarshal Rational (Keirsey)

"leader, ambitious, hard working, dominant, prepared, hates to be bored, confident, opinionated, analytical..."
- Jung Type Descriptions (ENTJ) (similarminds.com)


""Unequivocating" expresses the resoluteness of the ENTJ's dominant function (Extraverted Thinking). Clarity of convictions endows these Thinkers with a knack for debate, or wanting knack, a penchant for argument. The light and heat generated by Thinking at the helm can be impressive; perhaps even overwhelming."
- ENTJ Profile (TypeLogic)"

At work, ENTJs contribute a wealth of energy directed toward the goals and those of the organization. Their sense of identity is closely tied to how they carry out their responsibilities. They are curious about new ideas and theories, evaluating them in terms of their goals. They are very efficient, competitive, strategic, and task focused."
- ENTJ - The Leader (Lifexplore)


Famous ENTJs :

Real ENTJ People

Al Gore - former American Vice President
Benny Goodman - Jazz musician
Bill Gates - Microsoft Founder
Candace Bergen - actress (Murphy Brown)
Dave Letterman - TV show host, comedian
Edward Teller - theoretical physicist
Franklin D. Roosevelt - American President
Harrison Ford - actor (Indiana Jones)

Jim Carrey - actor, comedian
Margaret Thatcher - British Prime Minister
Newt Gingrich - Speaker of the House
Patrick Stewart - actor (Star Trek's "Cpt. Picard")
Richard Nixon - American President
Sigourney Weaver - actress
Steve Martin - actor, comedian
Whoopi Goldberg - actress, comedian


Fictional ENTJs (Characters)

Beatrix Kiddo (The Bride) - Kill Bill Vol. I
Jordi LaForge - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Princess Leia Organa - Star Wars
Winston 'The Wolf' Wolfe - Pulp Fiction

Mother's Day

I spent the night tired from the baby shower the previous day and also had experienced some leg cramps, what a way to start Mothers day. We woke up around 9 am and started getting ready for church, the mass was not full as the weather in the area was very windy and rainy.

St. Patrick had some doughnuts for everyone in celebration of Mothers day but I could not have any so I gave my son my share of pastries. My husband and I decided to eat out so we went looking for TGI Fridays but got lost and ended up in Applebees, which was not all bad as my food selection was good.

We proceeded to a couple of stores such as Target and ToysRus to use a couple of gift cards I received from my husbands co workers, in the end my son got a new video game for the Xbox 360, " Transformers Game", so I could see the glee in my son and husbands eyes.

Well that is it for Mothers day I am hoping that you all had a good mothers day and celebrated with loved ones you hold most dear.

Baby Shower

My husbands bosses wife called me up the other day to tell me that the baby shower will be for this weekend, they are kind enough to host this gathering in their house. Karissa had first called me to ask if we should go forward with the shower as some people who were invited could not make it, but I told her that we should still go through with the shower.

The shower was a simple affair as I had just barely made some friends in the place that we live and some acquaintances that we met thru mutual friends. We had some games such as Brain Games for babies and talked about kids and babies in general.

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All in all we were 6 girls and my husband and his boss plus co workers were downstairs enjoying the bar that his boss had in the basement. The bar is stockpiled with all manner of drinks from your regular rum and scotch to bourbon. Sean made my husband some Mint Juleps, essentially bourbon with Mint leaves, crushed ice and syrup.

We left at around 6 pm but did not go home yet as we had to help out a friend of ours who had to pick up a package from a friend of his dads that had come from India. We left our place at 7 pm and arrived at the place around 9 pm after a good 1 and a half hours driving, after chatting and excusing ourselves we went back and got home at 11 pm and so ended a very hectic day for me but also very happy from the gifts that I received.

Here are some pictures of my baby shower give aways:

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Days before the baby shower.

I have been busy this week as I have been spending some of my time at my neighbors flat and we also have been going out, she has two lovely children of her own and one of them is my sons playmate. We have been window shopping for the baby and stuff that I would need when the baby comes.


Me and my husband also spent some time going out with my son after he comes back from work, on one of these occasions we bought my son a new pair of shoes as the old ones must have been tight on his feet and the previous night my son had complained about leg cramps. Needless to say we went ahead and took him to a doctor and found out that nothing was wrong with him probably just growing pains.


We also had to look for a headset for my husbands Xbox 360, I had accidentally stepped on his and it broke in half so we went ahead and found a replacement but his complaint is that the sound quality is mediocre at best.


I have also been busy and not being able to check my emails because I have been busy getting some documents in order that we need to submit.


You all so must remember that my OB check ups are coming more frequently as the due date is fast approaching, I will try to keep my post updated but this will not be regularly.

Soon promise!

Sorry for the late update I've been slightly busy doing some stuff. I will update my blog soon!

Stay tuned!

My family's weekend day out

I know its been over a week since I updated my blog as I had some news in my last visit to the doctor that made me lose some of my interest in blogging, I was not able to blog because the doctor informed me that my baby was in a breech position meaning that his feet is on the pelvis area in these cases it results in a CS section, hopefully he will turn around again. I'm just scared to have a CS section because I don't have help with me right now. Anyway here's my update since May 1, 2008. Well as most of you know I blog only because I have exciting news to tell. If you don't get any update from me it means I'm not in the mood to blog hahah. I only blog with my heart content. So there you go.






Thursday ( May 1) - My husband went home early so we decided to bring my son to the puzzle fun dome, its an indoor playground. It's been a long time since he played outside the apartment. He's a very active boy you see. He can't sit still doing nothing. He likes activities, anything that will keep him occupied so he wont get bored. Even if we travel for a short period of time, he wants to play with his leapster or gameboy or any toys that will keep him busy. I guess he does not like being idle. He's much smarter than I think =).











Friday ( May 2) - My husband and my son went to watch Iron Man the movie, then for 2hours I went to Target store to buy some things needed in the apartment. This was the first time I spent some alone time to go shopping. Its nice to have my own time to browse and not have to hurry choosing stuff that you need, anyway we all got what we wanted. There was one surprising thing that happened, my son told my husband " I love spending time with you daddy" after they watched the movie. My husband was in awe and shocked the first time he hears this. This proves to me that my son is a very thoughtful and sweet boy...I know this because when he wants something from me he would say "please mommy can I have this or get this and then he would hug and kiss me and say I love you", and me I will not get tired of getting some things for him because when they talk to you about this you will feel amazed or loved but he's not always like that with my husband.

Here are some pictures of my son holding some games that I bought in Target. It was also a big sale for some of their educational games in the store so I didn't think twice to buy these. I'm not fond of buying my son some action figure toys so you see all the educational games that he had in our home I'm the one who's buying it, and all the action figure games that he had it was my hubbys =)

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Saturday ( May 3) - We cleaned up in the apartment to fix some things, organize all the things especially all the books of my husband and my son and all the toys that's was cluttering the apartment, after that we brought Aidan to Cookie Cutters for kids, it was his first time there , he saw this place on a tv commercial so he asked me and my hubby if we can bring him there. So after few days of discussion I made an appointment to this place and my son was very happy. The place has a playground, video games and some movies while they cut my son's hair. So he loves it and keeps on talking about it.




After that we went to get groceries at Meijer. I love supermarkets becaue I can pick whatever fruit and vegetables I want. Actually the original plan was for me to buy some maternity pants. I don't know if it is still practical to buy some maternity pants for me at this stage of my pregnancy. Because I know I can't use this after I give birth. Oh well I still need to buy one because my tummy keeps getting bigger and bigger and I'm beginning to feel uncomfortable sitting down. Today is also Kentucky Derby day so people are glued to their televisions watching the horse races, my hubby and our indian friend went drinking till midnight while I cooked some pizza and taquitos for them. It's been a long day after all.



Sunday ( May 4) - As usual we were late getting up, we normally wake up at 9am then off to the church at 11am but my husband was having some stomach issues because he was drinking the night before and his tummy bothered him so we decided to go to the mass at 5pm. We spent some time at Bed Bath and Beyond to kill the time and bought some fragrances for the apartment as I had a 20% off coupon that I did not want to waste, we were so impressed with the house equipment and stuff in the store that we forgot to go to church.

He's still a computer addict!

AC @ 15mos old


My son plays a lot of activities, he started playing on the pc when he was 15mos old and now look at him he's still addicted. Maybe he gets this from his parents who mostly spend their time in the computers everyday! Others say that exposing children at an early age to computer was not a good idea but I believe that my son is a smart one because he can think, navigate and be creative using desktop or notebook. He can't color that much using paper but when you give him a computer he can draw and put some arts on his piece. He can't write that much in the paper but when you tell him to type the website that he wants to play you'll be surprise he can memorize it and type by his own. So different kids have their own different skills and specialty. You just have to know as a parent what your kids wants and interests. Here are some pictures and videos of my son when he started to use the computer. I'm really a proud mother.

These videos were taken when he was 2yrs old.

A simple dining set

Look at this dining table that we just bought a week ago from Super Walmart. It's only $99 and it looks great don't you think? Anyway the reason why we bought this cheap dining set because I don't want to spend too much money on a dining set. We didn't use a dining table for almost 2yrs when we moved to KY. So you see we lived our life humbly because my husband is a contractor for a company and buying this set was really a tough decision for us because we needed to think 10x, as it is hard to sell and move furniture if you always move to another place. We could not find any used furnitures too because we have to wait for a yard sale or buy with ads in Craiglist and that is a real hassle for us. So here's the simple dining set that I'm talking about.

Ughhhh! I can't wait!

My first whole pregnancy was wonderful, because I'm excited and its my first time to get pregnant at that time don't get me wrong I love having this second baby but now I'm 30 weeks pregnant and I can't wait to give birth! I want to see my baby! I'm so tired and uncomfortable! My back hurts everytime I walk, move and do something. I can't sleep at night! I don't sleep hardly at all lately. I get tired easily, I don't have much energy. My husband thought that I'm over reacting but I'm not. I'm so huge! I look like I am having twins, I am so certain he is coming early! The pressure on my pelvis is crazy. I have to pee all the time. I can't sit, stand or lay with out being uncomfortable. I know the last weeks of pregnancy are usually the hardest...your sore, anxious, nervous, scared, excited, happy, sad and everything in between. The baby's room isn't ready yet because he does not have one haha. I have tons of things to buy and to do. I feel like there is no one to help me. My almost 5yr old son is not helping me either with my chores and I have to do everything on my own.


I'm hoping the next few weeks go by fast because I don't know how much more my back can take!

He does not like meat and veggies!

I guess most parents go through certain periods of their children's growing up stages, we are going thru the "Picky food phase". My son had no problems with foods when he was two years old, in fact he would eat anything off the plate but this changed when he turned three, since then it has been hard to get him to eat anything else. I am not saying that he won't eat but the usual foods that kids eat like, burgers and pasta are things he doesn't eat. I am hoping that this is just a phase and when he goes to school and sees other kids eating these foods then he will be able to adjust. Here is a picture of his reaction when he does not like the food, he did not eat it and he fell asleep after a couple of minutes.

Laundry at the apartment

Here is the new Laundry area of the apartment complex that we moved to, we had piled up a lot of clothes for two weeks because of the move and we did not have time to do them, so after going to church last Sunday we went and did our clothes. Here are some pictures of the laundry area.

Check-up Today

I experienced some contractions whenever I walked and some back pain, being the cautious person I mentioned this to my OB-GYNE during this visit. She then proceeded to give me a "Fetal Non-Stress Test (NST)" for 30 minutes to test how many times the baby moves and checking on the heartbeat rate and rhythm. The visit also included a cervical test to check if I am dilated, all in all the results were positive and OK and the baby's doing well.

I will have another visit next week for an ultrasound, basically checking the size of the baby and the weight. I will do another post after this visit.