Woot!

This is what I come up with alone time - no husband to compete with with computer time and no son to continuously distract me. I have to be honest though, I miss them already.

This is one layout which is very very special to me. Not only is this my 50th LO, this, I think, for me, has the most heart, out of all the journalling I made. Love how this turned out

Journalling:
Time and time again, I have always complained how long this pregnancy is taking and here I am, taking back my words. Only about four to six weeks and I am going to finally see my little girl! It seems I’m having my first child again, I’m filled with excitement, fear, anxiety, anticipation. I am anxious to see you, my little one, anxious to see the face I have been blessed to see in my dreams, curious to find out who do you exactly look like, excited to count your little toes and fingers and smell and kiss your neck. I can’t believe I’m going to have another baby again! During the first few months I was with you, I always have this fear of not being to replicate the love I have for your big brother. It seems to me that you can only love someone that much only once — but, I have proven that my love for you, your big brother, and your Dad doesn’t have to be divided — for in every addition, every gift I have been given, my love to be given has only multiplied. It is bursting to be given and shared, and I can’t wait to let you feel that - I’m sure you feel it already, as you are inside me, hearing my heart beat, feeling my love, all of my pain and joy. I live in fear that when you grow up, you and I would have the same love-hate relationship as I had with my Mom. The main reason I have wanted sons was because I do not want to experience the pain I have given my Mother. But no, now, I live in anticipation on how I will rear you, and tame you, and yet let you be yourself. I know I will somehow rein you in, as I would not want you to go through the pain I have gone through, but I pray that God grant me the wisdom to know when to hold on and let go. I’m only counting down weeks to see you and welcome you to this world — I cannot wait to hold you. Someday, when you read this, remember what emotions Mommy has felt to have you, and then maybe, when things get rough, you will understand the things I need to do. I love, my little one. Always, Mommy (26 march 2006)

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Doing that LO made me emotional, LOL. Taking a break now, will be back with lighter stuff. I have many silly faces of Matthew I need to scrap, or perhaps, one proud Mommy moment during his graduation. Maybe. My back has been killing me lately and I have been having this painless cramps often. Im just sticking it out until 36 weeks so Little one is safe to come out…speaking of which, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A NAME!!!!

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Finally.

Some ME time. Edil and Matthew are off to go to the beach while I stay here - with my getting bigger bulging tummy — alone.

Alone with the entire PC (and its internet connection) all to myself.

Ahhh….I can feel some major scrapping mojo going on!

Yay!

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Back from a 4-day weekend. Still tired as ever.

Countdown to May 8!
Im officially 33 weeks and 3 days. Feeling very very very tired all the time. My hormones are wreaking havoc with my moods and emotions - to be honest, Im feeling very depressed lately. So many things to do, so many things I want to do, need to do, so little time or so little energy :c If you knew me personally, you know I can easily accomplish 15 things off my to-do list for the day. Now, I can barely accomplish three! There’s still a load of washed laundry to fold and Baby G.’s stuff to prepare…argh…Im going to stop before I get so depressed and tired just by thinking about it. Good thing I have my Mom to take care of the cooking.

So come Monday, I decided to stop everything and make me feel good Snapped pictures of me all day — must have used around 150 shots, LOL, and well, my nose is getting big and the bag under my eyes are getting bigger, my neck is darker, but hey, at least I still look presentable. Decided to make a LO for myself as well

Credits:
Scraplift a Sugarbabe
I Scraplifted Susie’s FacePainting
http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=11&pos=29

Christy Lyle’s Shabby Dreams
Font: Jayne Print

Journalling:
Here I am, 33 weeks and all, taking shots of my big nose and round face, just to remind myself I AM STILL PRETTY, big belly, stretchmarks, discolorations and all! I cant wait to see my baby girl! This has been one tough pregnancy!

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Tootie-Wootie’s Graduation

I was one very proud Mommah last Sunday. My son delivered his speech well, well-paced with great diction, if I might add (and Im not saying this because Im his Mom :P). He got THREE medals - for being First Honor, Best in Reading and English (Yay! Mana talaga sa Mommy!). At home, we just had a little get together - we haven’t given him a treat yet - his request for a complete line of Justice League apparel (from the shirt to eating accessories to toys) and beach stuff - he’s going to take swimming lessons — since I dont have the moolah yet. Hopefully, Ill have the expected bonus by Monday so I can deliver on my promise
He is making very good progress with his PC medicines as well. Last Tuesday during his check up, he gained 7 lbs in just 4 weeks! His pedia was very impressed. Sulit lahat ng sakripisyo ko, juskoday. You would not believe the pains I have to go through just to make the kid eat. Not only that, but develop healthy eating habits. It would start with one hour dinner eating meal times, being firm and not letting him get away with half eaten meals, then rewarding him with only 1 bag of junk food (the small one) a day, and then making him drink milk — finally! In case you didn’t know, Matthew just got tired and stopped drinking milk at age 1. He switched to chocolate milk and stopped altogether at age 3. (Same case with my childhood accdg to my ‘rents.) So the past weeks, he has been drinking milk daily — and craving for it. He drinks milk at least three times a day - tall glasses! The downside is that he only drinks one specific brand - Cowhead (yep, it needs to be fresh!), and it only adds to the grocery bill, LOL. Howell, anything for my little kiddo.

Not everything is going well for him though. He got really disciplined yesterday. Details of which will follow in a LO maybe in another week, hehehe. Im still scrapping his graduation pictures.

Digiscrapping News.

I won! I joined the ACOT - Gina Miller Contest and was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the runner-ups My prize? A $25 gift certificate to the ACOT shoppe. Yahoo! Im now 4 kits richer and I canNOT wait to enter again - hey I’m a sucker for contests and my rule is — just join and join, it’s just an added bonus if you win because you are still scrapping memories

Here’s my entry:

So I can just go on and on here, but this is getting long. Tomorrow!

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Blogger has been acting weird lately so Id leave the more serious updates during the weekend. Matthew’s graduation is tomorrow and after that Id hopefully have a three-day week”day” end
Meanwhile, I leave with this tag from Teresa
What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was 15, senior in high school. This was a turning point in my life as I had my first boyfriend, Edil, who eventually became the father of my son and my husband, in that order I also joined a “beauty contest” which I was fortunate enough to win. It was the time I blossomed into a young lady because I was basically a nerd and a snob all through out high school (really!). Sadly, it was also the time I was dropped from the honor roll because I was 2 freaking points shy away from the required grade in Physics class. I was number two all through out high school from my batch and that single grade caused me to drop out from the honor’s list come Graduation Day! (sucks eh?) Anyhow, it opened new doors for me and I loved senior year. (I upped my grade to 9 points come the next grading period and basically wanted to shove it to my teacher’s face, LOL).

What were you doing 1 year ago?
OH! Such milestones, I was planning my dream wedding, got my dream wedding and got pregnant barely one and a half month after without a real honeymoon! LOL. I discovered a creative hobby and outlet for my boredom - digiscrapping!

Five snacks you enjoy:
Mango shakes, halo-halo (It’s summer here!), banana-Q, Planters Cheese Curls, chocolate!

Five songs to which you KNOW all the lyrics:
some songs by Barry Manilow, songs from the Circus album by Eraserheads (plus Pare ko! ~ HS Days!!LOL), Love Moves in Mysterious Ways, Sana Maulit Muli (my all time favorite - not for any reason at all :P)

Five bad habits:
procastinating, eating when sad, bored, angry (Im an emotional eater), bossy and snappy, impatient, insensitive sometimes

Five things you like doing:
digiscrapping, surfing the net, spending money on anything than what is really needed at the moment, manis and pedis, eating!

Five things you would never wear, buy, or get again:
Summit mags — I swear them off this year because I just realized I have been spending way too much on them (I usually buy Cosmo, Preview, GH then Yes! if the tsismis side of me kicks in), so far so good!

Five favorite toys:
(our) PC, my digital cam, Adobe PSCS2, my pen and notebooks, digibooks and mags (LOL ~ Boring!)

Happy weekend, Internet has been down at home for two days in a row so I have done some scrapping I still cant share because I cant upload. I do hope it’s up when I get home — I need to download kits!

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It’s the first day of the week for me, as I have Mondays and Tuesdays off from work. The “weekend” flew by pretty fast ~ and I must add, I accomplished a lot - did the whole obligation chores that need to be done every week - laundry, clean room, change sheets and curtains, etc. and still scrap - I finished 5 LOs in two days! Yay! I actually have discovered a very neat idea (for me anyway) to plan my LO first in my LO notebook (aside from my organizer), and then do some sketches, find inspiration while at work (I can surf), and journal…a LOT. I’m progressing in that department lately, I must say so myself. What I need to work on is taking pictures! I let a day go by without taking pictures ~ and it’s all about moments, aint it? Ho-hum. The Brat isnt cooperative lately as his usual pose is sticking his tongue out or saying, “30 minutes.” (meaning, take my picture in 30 minutes, Im doing something.) Howell.

Speaking of Matthew, Im having such a hard time making my son memorize his speech for graduation. The Brat came up with the idea of me standing behind him, prompting him for the words in case he forgets! And he is having tantrums it’s not being funny or adorkable anymore! When he memorizes, neither his Mom nor Dad should make a sound, and if a car goes honking by, he screams and says, “AYOKO NA!!!” How will we be able to accomplish such dreadful task by Sunday, I dont know. As Ive told Edil, “You son is smart, but he’s not diligent. Tamad talaga.” Tsk3. Kanino kaya nagmana yun no? LOL

Here is the Brat:

Another layout using my journalling skills, hehehe:

(Please click on the picture to see the credits and journalling).

Nesting for Baby G:

Would you believe Im already 32 weeks and we still haven’t decided a name for Baby G??? Amazing, with Matthew, I knew it from day 1, and with this little beauty, Im stumped! Im kind of open to the idea of not doing a pattern of “MB” anymore. We actually have a name before, Andrea Nicole, but then Nicole has been used by so many people already. Andrea has always been a favorite of mine, but what’s a fantastic name fit for a beauty that can go together with Andrea? HAHA. Ill just pray for inspiration then.

AND would you believe I passed my OGTT test?? It makes the 5 blood extractions worthwhile - it was supposed to be only 4, but I only had 4 visible strong veins, so the last one collapsed and they had to extract again. Now, BOTH my arms are plagued with bruises. But I passed, so no worries And I only upped the scale by one pound for the past four weeks, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! HAHAHA! My OB was so proud of me, she encouraged me to eat again, LOL. I think it’s because of sleep deprivation though, Ive been averaging 3 hours of doze time per day, if Im lucky. The body’s way of preparing for sleepless nights, I guess
I bought a couple of baby stuff in the mall yesterday - with Matthew in tow. My son is so stinking cute, he offered to carry all the bags on the way home eventhough all of it was bigger and heavier than him. He can stinking annoying too, because he was insisting on what he would like Baby G to have and his colors were all yellow and mint green, blech! I settled on a little baby pink here and there, but havent really bought clothes yet - just the bottles, sterilizers and medicare kit (and all those added up to four digits already). I hope we get enough moolah by first week of April so we can finish with the room renovation :sigh:

Btw, OB says she is guessing Im up for another 5 weeks and Im ready to go ~ which means Baby G might come out sooner than expected! Hmmm…I would her to come out April 25th onwards…I just love double digits that way If it’s going to be on May, any number but not May 6 (05.06.06) - it just creeps, dont you think?
I won a kit again! This time, by AngeDawn, and I played with it right away! Isnt the colors amazing?

OK, so I have a lot of LOs due for my CTs and some contests Im thinking of joining, so I better go off and do some research again :D.

Oops…I got to answer a tag by Teresa as well. Laters.

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This has been a loooong week. Im officially 32 weeks by Monday and due for my OB check-up and OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test), which would require 5 blood extractions (!) - I just hope the RMT who will be assigned to me will be OK, I know I have pretty strong, visible veins so there is NO reason she would need to draw blood twice.

Being 32 weeks also means “time-to-shop-for-the-baby” time. And I tell you, I got the shock of my life canvassing baby items last Sunday! We were in one of those rare moments when Edil and I were able to go to the mall without Matthew so we decided to check 1) the baby section to canvass prices and 2) the hardware and furniture section to check which supplies we need to install a shelf and repaint the room.

Checking the baby section was FUN! I was able to get a list of the baby items needed and was glad to see there was up to 50% off on most items until the end of the month…so off I go to the my favorite brand - I almost fainted!!! A nursing bottle has doubled its price way back 5 years ago!! The saleslady caught my expression and casually said, “First baby?”. I laughed, sabi ko, “Hindi, pero 5 years pa kasi ako nanganak, kaya nagulat ako sa mga presyo!” Not to mention, all Matthew’s items 5 years ago were completely free care of my MIL, my family, my relatives and many well-meaning friends. Seeing Matthew 5 years ago, he had the most expensive things - avent bottles, carter onesies, authentic Nike rubbershoes (MJ series), and branded clothes. Even his diapers were branded! My aunt would ship boxes of boxes of pampers from the US every other month….this baby Girl is going to be one poor kid! LOL. Most especially since her Mommy has given most of Matthew’s baby stuff! (Hey! I thought it would be a good 7-8 years before I ever get to have a baby again!). I still have the cutie yellow and green onesies from Carter’s though — pero syempre, I would rather want fink :P.

My sister, I think, will give me a baby shower next next Saturday so maybe we will hold off buying things up until the party. It will be celebrated just in time for Matthew’s graduation as well, so double celebration
In scrapping news, I seem to be in a funk lately. The pages I have been turning out have been less than what I have expected them to be, but I have lots of ideas. So what Im doing is staying away from the computer and NOT scrapping for a few days and will scrap all day come Sunday when I get off from work. Let’s see if that would be effective. I have around 6 kits (from my CTs) to play with and 3 LOs to submit to workshops I have signed up for PLUS LOs I want to submit in contests to, you will never know right? Let’s hope there will be time and creative mojo
I got to win a free paper pack from Mari K. as well! Thanks Mari!!

One of my favorites this week:

SEEING THROUGH Credits: Credits: Sour Apple Kit by Andrea Burns
Extras: VP Filter on Photo
Katie Pertiet Word Quote Freebie
Fonts: Hurricane
Picture courtesy of Fotogra Weddings

Journalling:
May we always make it a point to look past what is visible and always see through each other - past the pride,insecurity, and faults, and look straight through. May we always make it a point to to see right through what is important - in the heart.

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Let me be a Stage Mother for a moment
You are looking at the Number 1 boy in Kinder Class! Yep, we just received the awesome news that Matthew is the top student in class and he will be graduating as Valedictorian (if ever there was a graduation in Kinder, really :P) this March! He was just Number 2 last year, but because of his (I quote his teacher) “attitude in schoolwork, fast grasp of concepts, and reading skills”, he is the rightful top student! WOOHOO! Mommy can never be soo proud. Edil was mocking me that it is because he was the one who primarily taught Matthew this year (well, he’s mostly at home), but I really don’t care. Whatever he says, it’s MY genes, baby! HAHAHA. I think I read once that the intelligence of children have around 75% Mommy Genes, so there And you know what the Brat wants for a prize? Justice League - for Halloween, as a costume, weirdo, HAHAHA! (Doesnt he know he can get away with something bigger?!?!) So Lola and Lolo are planning to take him to a zoo in Tags and us parents, we still have yet to see. My sister, Abbie, promised to take care of his swimming lessons this summer, so Im holding onto that. I want him to take art classes as well, maybe Kumon, anything to keep him busy. This is going to be the summer where he wont be the center of anyone’s attention anymore, so I want to ease up things with him, and keep him busy (and off my hands).

Honestly though, I never regarded my son as intelligent, as he always would still need a little help on his assignments whereas with me as a child, my Mom was saying I didnt need help at all, I was reading by the age of three and knew all of the homework I needed to do (yep, I was a nerd). My Mom never had to tutor me once, as in. But, as Ive told her, education nowadays is different 20 years ago. Matthew has double digit addition skills in Kinder, and has projects that involve CUTTING paper. Would you let a 5 year old kid cut his paper and make his own project? But boy, my son is soooo smart, and Im not saying that because Im his Mom. He is very curious and inquisitive to the point of being annoying and my goodness, he makes a fool out of you when you cant answer him properly! (Hindi mo alam? Hindi mo alam?!? Di ba grown up ka na? Bakit hindi mo alam?!?!) You cant just answer him with half truths and imaginative lies as he remembers it to the DOT. One time, Edil told him a lie to answer his Q to shut him up and he was rewarded with a nice comeback a day after when he scolded Matthew only to find out Matthew did something because Edil told him that half truth.

I have a goodlooking, handsome (yep, he is not cute, he is handsome, handsome that will turn absolutely drop jaw gorgeous when he is older, I tell ya :P) son. May my daughter live up to the pressure Right now, everyone is guessing what the baby will look like, and honestly, I feel sorry for Baby G. Kinda like me when I was a baby! Kuya was a handsome kid, honestly, Matthew looks like him (even if people still claim he looks like his Dad, I have proof he doesn’t, maybe at least by 60%!). Anyhow, when I came out, I looked like a troll! Really! With matching straight hair pointing upward. My pediatrician dubbed my look the “Scary Look”. Dont believe me? Ill post pics soon. But for now, this post is for my eldest son

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• Finally enrolled Matthew to Big School! Mommy is more excited than Matthew with new books, new notebooks and supplies Haha. I have always been a nerdy student at heart and I can’t wait until Matthew enters a school with hundreds of students!
• We have been consistent in giving medicines to Matthew. We actually have been going on for a week straight without any problems up until two days ago, when Matthew suddenly decides that he feels like puking everytime he sees thte medicines lined up in front of him. *sigh* I almost cried last night when he had to drink the THREE medicines for the third time. Sinuka lang kasi. Di ko alam kung maaawa ako sa aming mag-asawa dahil mahal ung gamot o sa anak namin, LOL
• The pregnancy bug has hit me as Im nearing my 32nd week. People who see me tell me I look like Im ready to pop any minute! Im so huge it’s not funny anymore. Feelings during the first trimester have come back with a vengeance - Im tamad, moody, masungit, and sleepy almost every minute. Worse, I’m soooooooo hungry ALL the time. Crap.
• Have not been scrapping for the past few days, but still spending time in front of the PC. Organizing files, downloading files, looking for scrap inspiration I have to scan and organize ALL of Matthew’s pictures during my rest days, as it is so tiring to fumble through pictures, decide which ones to scrap, then scan and do LOs. So not me. Which reminds me, I need to take more pictures everyday! I have the camera since December and have only transferred a few hundred pictures since, Holidays pa yun ha. (Iba na talaga ang tinatamad).

  Here are 2 layouts before I lost my mojo:

  
  Credits:
  Sarah Jones’ Osh Kosh Kit
  
  Credits:
  Andrea Burns Baby Boy Mine

Im not exactly satisfied with the second one, but I plan to re-do it once the weekend comes.

In other news, we finally have the wedding album from Mimi and Karl! People only had the greatest comments when they saw the album pero ang pinaka-panalo e yung sa FIL ko. Sabi nya, “Para kayong loveteam na in lab na in lab sa isa’t isa. Sana di lang yan pampelikula ha!” Bwahahahaha! Pinapatamaan kami nun In any case, super duper worth it ang wait, Mimi! Thanks again
Here is just one of the pages in our album:
I personally like action shots to portrait shots And had specifically requested Mimi to do a LO using these shots. Sentimental yan kasi after the wedding na yan, we were just rounding up and doing more shots sa resthouse. Those moments are soooo precious. Basking in love (pa) kami dyan, mwahahaha

Saka na ipost ung actual album dahil inuupdate ko lang to mula sa office, wala akong kopya nung picture sa camera ko

As always, remembering our wedding still makes me giddy with LOVE (baddddduuuuuyyyy). Hey, it helps to have so many wonderful memories to return to, most especially if you are too busy folding laundry and trying too hard to control your hormones

(Ang tagal ng delivery ng Chowking, takam na takam na ako sa Halo-Halo ko, till next time.)

Matthew stories next.

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