Baby Signs and Tricks

11 months!

Almost a year old! :) Hay... how fast time flies!

A new addition to the family

Isn't she gorgeous? :)

Congratulations Archie and Kristin! :)

Today I...

finally decided to cut my long, lustrous, silky hair... (haha!)

went to Fun Ranch again with Julia and my niece Mia

and took Julia to Town Center to hang out at Brazil! with some friends.

Here are some pictures taken today:

Late afternoon at Brazil

at The Fun Ranch

Julia, master of camouflage (where's Julia??)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, my sister, lola, mama, char and all moms and soon-to-be moms out there! :)

Potty and Papa

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Babies' Day Out!

I've been wanting to bring Julia to Active Fun/Fun Ranch ever since I heard it was going to open in Westgate Alabang. And today we finally had the chance. We brought the two girls, Julia and my niece Mia. It was just Me, Drago, Julia, Mia and Mia's yaya. For the soft play area, they charge P140 for 30 minutes, that's already for 1 child and one adult companion. Oh, and you gotta wear socks (both kids and adults) and since yaya and I didn't have any, we had to buy them for 50 pesos a pair. Drago wanted us to go for 1 hour since we just had to pay P35 more (P175/hr, 140/30 mins). But since it was our first time I decided 30 minutes would be fine. Oh boy, I didn't think 30 minutes could be so exhausting! I'm glad we didn't go the whole hour! 1 hour would have been way too long especially if you had to carry a 10 month old baby around the whole time. They had fun mostly with the plastic balls. It was difficult to stay in the ball pit for a long time especially with younger kids so what i did, i got a few balls and let them play on the mats instead. Julia ended up chasing a precious blue ball which she got so frustrated with. She was having a hard time getting it with just one tiny hand (she had to keep her other hand on the floor to keep herself stable since she's just crawling. Unlike Mia who was already having more fun walking around and picking up balls on her own---she's already 1 year old).
Anyway, the place was really cool! I was thinking Maddie and Mick would have tons of fun there. There's a giant slide for bigger kids and alot of small ones for younger kids. There's a trampoline, ball pit, hoops and balls for shooting, tunnels and alot more! The whole area was padded which makes it really safe even for younger tots. I think I was the only mom inside the play area. All the rest were yayas. And i was the only one with a camera (bakit ba first time ko eh!)

Here are some of our pictures:

Before going in... can't quite explain her emotions :)

Drago with the babies

Crawling contest

The precious blue ball

Emoting

Inside the ball pit

Happy Birthday Lola!

My Lola is the most thoughtful person I know. She pampers us like crazy sometimes :) She regularly sends us food, groceries and other supplies as if we were refugees :) She remembers birthdays and gives Christmas presents like we were still 6 years old. Whenever she's in Manila for a doctor's appointment she would always, always treat us to lunch, merienda or dinner. And if one of us couldn't make it, she would always order something extra to take home. It's as if her sole purpose in life is to make sure that we never ever starve.

Well, today is my lola's special day. I wish her all the best... good health, happiness, and the little things that make her life worthwhile :) Happy birthday Lola Cely! We love you!

For lola's b-day lunch, we ate at Tonya's Restaurant in Dampa Seaside Market, Macapagal Ave. Here are some pics taken earlier.

That's my lola beside me wearing sunglasses. Groovy diba?? She doesn't look 81 at all!

My mom and dad with Julia

The rest of the gang

Julia and Lola Marilyn

Big girl na, wearing collared shirt and khaki pants!