The Holidays...so far :)

December 22:

My tita's wedding in Lipa where Julia and Mia were flower girls for the first time.
The two girls looked really cute together :)

Cousins and buddies! :)

kiss! :)

family picture :)


December 23
Girls' Xmas Dinner at Balducci, Serendra/ After dinner at Piedra, Fort Strip

my highschool barkada :)

December 24 and 25: Merry Christmas!

This is the best we can do for a family Christmas portrait. Notice drago's weird smile. It's because he had his wisdom teeth extracted and his cheeks are still swelling. Nice timing! With all the parties and get togethers and all the FOOD he's not allowed to eat :)



opening presents!


We spend Christmas evening in Bf where we had turkey and baked potatoes for dinner :) Tita Tess (Drago's tita from bacolod) and family spent Christmas with us :)

new slide

We bought this slide for Julia at a surplus store across the bakery in BF for only P600! :) Julia looooves slides so we didn't even think twice when we saw it. It was a good buy :)

It's a really small/short slide. Just the same height as her. After a few tries, she can already climb up and slide down all by herself :) But then again, it's a really small slide :)

18 months!

One month since my last post... Haha! :) I didn't even notice!

Here are some recent pictures of Julia :) She's 1 year and 6 months today :) She still has more of Drago in her than me. She's sweet, smart, goofy and such a hyperbunny. Well, the sweet part she probably got from me (hehe!). She's learning so much, so fast! She can name different objects and animals and say people's names. She just recently learned how to count from 1-10 and identify all the basic shapes. Thank God for flashcards, picture books and her Dora dvd! :)

more pictures to follow :)

Outdoors

The weather's been really nice lately so were always out by the pond (in front of the house) enjoying the sun and the fresh air with Julia :) First time I was able to use the picnic mat i got from SM :) Ang saya saya! One time we just hosed her down to give her a bath in her tiny inflatable pool :)

Morning sun! Still in her pajamas :)

Serious

with Papa

with Mama

Jollibee!

I love this outfit! Hand-me-down from Maddie :)

Just a few pictures...

I forgot i had a blog to update :) Aside from Julia's first trick or treat experience last halloween, nothing exciting is happening lately. But here are a few recent pictures of the little big girl...

ya like my boots? :)

french fries ("papays") addict

on her new safari table set :)

I'm a sucker for wooden stuff for kids (I got her all sorts of stuff--wooden toy chest, blocks, puzzles and other toys, even baby hangers! all of 'em made of wood and hand painted with really cute prints :)

Do not disturb (watching her Dora dvd)

Big girl in pajamas

lazy

I've been trying to upload Julia's new studio pics but i'm having problems with blogger cookies. She has one really cute pic on a wooden horse wearing a cowboy hat :) I framed the 2 8x10 pics and asked drago to hang them in the other room to add more life to it. It's such a dull room. I'm trying to convert it into a playroom/ julia's day room/ guest room all in one. I plan to buy collage picture frames and make a project out of my nieces and nephews' pictures.

Oh well, as usual i've been too lazy to do anything. After today's semi-sad news, i realized i have get back to work. Gym (i already wasted one month of my membership), job-hunting and a whole lot of cleaning up and organizing. My mom is arriving tomorrow so God knows this household will never be the same again =p My only consolation... ate's pasalubongs! Can't wait to rip open that luggage :) My sister sends the cutest baby stuff-- clothes, shoes, toys, books etc. as well clothes, shoes and goodies for my brothers and me.

Yey! :)

Hibernating

Since i found out i was pregnant (again) and all of a sudden started feeling all these symptoms, i just didn't feel like doing anything. I'm always too sleepy or too nauseous to function. I am now a pregnant bum. But the past week or so hasn't been a total waste.

Last Tuesday: Julia's First Playdate
5 kids who were just about Julia's age came to join. It was really fun! Thanks Mira for hosting the playdate :) We should definitely do this again!



Last Thursday: Went home to Tanauan
We came to see Bam's new baby, Brandon :) Ang cute!! I just can't see yet who he looks like. Then we had a hefty lunch at Lola Cely's house. Great food as usual! Julia and Mia had their own little playdate as well. You should see the two of them together. Cute nila! (Ate, do you recognize the dresses? hehe...)

Baby Brandon
Pogi diba? :)

Cousins, Julia and Mia

And yesterday, Friday: Another photoshoot at Picture Company

Char just called and asked if i wanted to let Julia join Mick and Maddie at their scheduled photo session. I'm not a member so i just went to let Julia join in so she could have a picture with Mick and Maddie. We plan to give it Mama and Tatay as a Christmas present. All three of them wore white and khaki. So classy! :) Luckily for me, the photographer took solo shots of Julia as well! We weren't supposed to have solo shots since i'm not a member but she took some anyways :) I haven't seen the uploaded pics since we were in a rush so i'll probably go later or tomorrow to choose prints. Okay, maybe just one print :) And the one with all 3 kids that i'll split with Char. Mick and Maddie have really nice shots! Goodluck choosing Char! =p

I will post the pics as soon as i get my prints and scan them.

Finally

Finally, i got Julia's solo pic prints from picture company :) Thanks char for picking up the prints and scanning them!