Thursday, April 2, 2015

Mommy Wish List!

These are (just some of the) things I've been eyeing and been wanting to get for me or for the kids and so instead of looking them up again and again I might as well put them in one picture. (And let it be a future reference for anyone who's thinking of getting me or my kids a gift. *cough cough). 

1. Solly Baby Wrap in Natural & Grey Stripe. With the high-end material, I feel like it's a lot better    and more comfortable than any regular baby carrier. I wish I added this to my baby registry.

2. Mother of Dragons shirt. I've been wanting one ever since I saw the picture of Drew Barrymore carrying her kids and she was wearing a white tee with the same print. Plus it's also a reference to my current fave show Game  of Thrones.

3. Don't Start Wars Hoodie or shirt for Roand. How cool is that?

4. My Quotable Kid Journal. Kids say the darndest things, and Roand definitely does. My fave one (and sadly the only thing I can remember at the top off my head without going through my Facebook posts of #Roandisms) so far was when his Aunt Brooklyn pointed to  the yellow flowers we were passing by and told Roand, "Roand look! Those yellow flowers are  mustard." To which Roand quickly replied, "Oh and the red flowers are ketchup!" It would be cool to  be able to put them all in one journal so we can both read it when he's a lot older and have a good  laugh together and maybe see which ones he can remember saying or why he was thinking that. I know I can use just any regular journal or notebook but look how cool the inside of the journal is! Right?!

5. I Heart My Little A-holes: A Bunch of Holy-crap Moments No One Ever Told You About Parenting. I bet this is one book I can totally relate to. We all love our kids to  death but sometimes, they can be...well... little a-holes lol!

6. The Book With No Pictures. The title alone got me so curious. I mean, a book for kids that  doesn't have any pictures? I'd love to add this interesting book to our little book collection.

7. The Big Book of Laugh Out Loud Jokes. Roand would go nuts for this book. He loves telling jokes and when he learns a new one, he'll keep saying it again and again and of course it isn't  as  funny when you hear it the second time. And what about the third, fourth and fifth time? And rules  are... You can't finish the joke for him. Even when you know how it goes because you're the one who  told him the joke in the first place. And you have to laugh every time. Even if you heard it countless times. Sometimes he would try to make his own, like "What did one monkey say to another   monkey?" "Hey you're a banana!" >.< And I end up pretending to laugh, or sometimes I can't even pretend to laugh (and honestly, it can get a bit annoying too, I know I know, mean mom right here...). What's funny is, he'd always ask "Does that make sense Nanay?" This little comedian really  needs new material every time, and so this book is perfect for him (and for me).

8. Baby Doc Martens. This could be Calila's very first DMs. I wonder if they have it in Cherry so we can match.

9. Freshly Picked Baby Moccasins. Love that color! Matches Calila's strollers. :)

10. Fairy Birds book. I heard so much about this book and I think it is the perfect book for every little girl. It's a book about Fairy Birds, which are Fairy Godmothers in training who needs to grow their set of colorful feathers before they become Fairy Godmothers. Every time they learn a new trait, they earn a feather. Basically, this book teaches about giving and inspires little girls to do acts of kindness. And if they do their acts of kindness, you can also reward them with their own set of colorful fairy bird wings also available from the Fairy birds shop.

11. Baby Jack & Co Sensory Tag Blanket. A blanket with a variety of textured ribbons to encourage tactile play that are sewn shut so little fingers don't get intertwined in ribbon loops. It also comes with a teething toy link. And since Calila is starting to grab things and likes putting things that she manages to grab in her mouth, like lately, she grabs her foot and would suck on her toes, this blankie would be perfect for her. Also, if you visit their website, you can also #spreadthelovey by purchasing a blanket as a gift to kids and little warriors fighting their own battles in various hospitals throughout U.S.

12. McNuttie the Squirrel for my little Squirrel. Blablakids shop has a lot of cute stuff for little ones, and I absolutely love their knit dolls. They have this wide range of colorful characters and it's impossible to pick just one.

I hardly ever get excited over material things really, but when it comes to my kids, I can't help but wish I could give them not just everything, but the best of everything. With that said, I still don't want to spoil them, like with Roand, we keep telling him that we only buy things we need and not just because we want it. And I'm glad it doesn't really take much to please this kid. But the thing with Roand is, every time we go to a store, he thinks he's supposed to buy something, anything... A shirt, a pair of socks, anything really. And it doesn't have to be for him, sometimes he'd pick random stuff and ask me if I wanted it like he's gonna buy it for me. He does throw tantrums here and there when he really really wants something and it's easy to just give in but that's when we're most firm about saying no. But sometimes, we come across something that we think he'll absolutely go crazy over and that we'd love to get for him too, like for his birthday or any other special occasion, but then it's way over the budget. Like how we've been wanting to bring him to Disney Land or Lego Land and it's not like we can just go there on whim. And as parents, we want to see our kids happy and see those little faces light up. Their happiness continue to be our source of inspiration like no other. Aside from being able to provide for them, we want them to experience things and see the world and create memories all of us won't ever forget. 

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

On Babies Growing Too Fast and Cute Baby Farts










She was almost a month old when I took these photos. When she was a sleepyhead and very fuzzy and a lot less tiny than she is now. And I already miss that. Why do babies grow so fast? 

And I've been beating myself up for not taking more pictures when she was a newborn! Although I did take a lot of photos but not enough so I can remember how tiny she was and how unbelievably tiny everything was compared to now. Now she's got ginormous baby hands and feet! But of course, still undeniably cute...! 

Also, I realized, we still don't have a decent picture together since she was born. It would be nice to see how tiny she was in my arms as opposed to now and when she gets a lot bigger. Note to self (if I get pregnant again): And that is why you hire a newborn photographer! 

She turned two months old yesterday and is making a lot of progress. She's awake longer, and more curious so we finally got her a gym playmat which she loves. I think she's made friends with the characters on her playmat because I catch her "talking" to them and smiling at them which is absolutely funny and cute. I try to put her on tummy time every now and then but I think she hates it. What she loves to do though is to "talk" to us. She was 6 weeks old when she started smiling when you talk to her and you wouldn't believe how high my voice can go (and how annoying it must be) just to get her to smile some more. And lately, she's been trying to "catch" her hands with her mouth. It's so funny how she gets cross-eyed when she does that. And when she manages to catch it, she sucks on happily and makes this loud smacking noises, which, again, I find cute. That's the thing about babies, everything they do is cute. She's cute even when she farts so loud! She'd go prooooooooot and I start laughing and she'd give me this sheepish grin and I would just die. I simply can't get enough of her!

Valentine's Day Shenanigans

First, was a surprise from "some bunny" which he made at school and couldn't wait 'til Valentine's Day to give it to me. Thank you my Roand!
A very cute bunny if I may say so myself. :)



I promised to make him a card too but I didn't have the time to make one so to make up for it, I made him his second favorite breakfast, which is french toast. In case you're wondering what is his favorite, it's oatmeal - which he eats almost everyday so french toast it is.


Later that afternoon, the mister surprised me with these!

Finally...! Macarons that I didn't bake...! Gone in seconds...!



And our little miss got her very first bouquet of flowers...! How cute is that tiny bouquet?! Loved it!






That evening, we went to Sen Dai for our Valentine's Day dinner date, with our kids tagging along of course. Honestly, I'd be happy with takeout food at this point but it did feel nice to be out too.






And that's it! Thank you mister!

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Little Love Bird

First Valentine's Day with our baby boo! Love is definitely in the air around this little love bird!













Friday, February 13, 2015

Valentine's Day Artsy-Fartsy

Roand's class celebrated Valentine's Day today at their school and we prepared these 3D Valentine cards for his classmates. 



And this is for Ms. McCall, their teacher. We 'built' a robot to 'hold' the card and the box of chocolates for teacher. ;)






And at school, they decorated a heart-shaped cookie with frostings and sprinkles. And get to eat it too, of course.



And here are pictures of the Valentino just because. :)