the super SUPER MUM!

xoxo

letters to my children

My Dearest Little Kuya Giann,

Mum will be honest. I'm worried about leaving you for days but I know you'll be a good boy. Mum will definitely miss you and I know you're going to miss me too but promise me you won't give your lola, ninang, kuya and the maids a hard time, okay?

I will be back soon! With a bonus baby sister for you! :P You may not really be thrilled with her arrival but we'll get there. You're a smart, sweet, very beautiful little kuya and I love you very much. Know that a new baby will not lessen my love for you. Mum actually looks forward to raising Baby Red with you. :)

Make mum proud Kuya Giann! Patiently wait for me like the real, smart, good little Kuya that you are! ;)

I love you. I'll see you soon! 

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My Dearest Baby Girl,

I wish I have the best words to tell you how anxious and excited I am to finally see you! Mum will not lie, I am very very very nervous too (that we cried more than once yesterday just thinking about the BIG day!) but we're strong, we'll be fine. :)

Conceiving you may not be as breezy as conceiving your Kuya but I want you to know that it never lessened the joy, love, and anticipation I'm feeling knowing that I'm going to have you. I actually can't wait to hold your tiny, fragile little body while imagining how cute you'd be in pink dresses! :P

We're off to the hospital in a few hours. Mum will yet again undergo painful, annoying medical procedures before having you but much as I'm scared, I will take them like a real woman for they bring me steps closer to finally meeting you.

Mum is really nervous! You must be too. But no worries love, we'll be fine. We have your lola's strength! We're strong and beautiful and we're gonna rock St. Luke's! ;)

Daddy and Kuya Giann will be waiting for us, we should come home soon. 

I love you.

xoxo 

the greatest

If I can be half the woman you are then I will consider myself successful.

Happy 46th birthday Mummy Lhai! ♥

I love you.

We love you.

A's

So what have we been up to lately?

Giann's been addicted to Barney for a month now. And of course, Pau's still UBERLY busy with WoW, as seen in this photo.

middle photo - Giann intently watching Barney. third photo - every time a different song plays, this banner will appear on the screen with the song title and for some reason, each time Giann sees this banner he giggles, "heh!" Too cute! :P


And of course, there's Twilight for me! :D


And apparently, for Giann too! :P Haha he's beginning to take interests on other people's stuffs!

Giann's learning how to stand now. :)

Giann finally showing his teeth off for a photo! He's had teeth for like more than a month now but this is his first photo with them showing cause every time I'd try taking a photo of him smiling, teeth showing, he'd grab my phone and would put it in his mouth! Haha.

There you go. :)

xoxo

I am Mother.

If there's one thing I learnt from being a mother it is that I have to be thankful of Giann more than he should be thankful of me. Sure I did risk my life for him, went through all the cons pregnancy and post pregnancy have to offer. And sure I've sacrificed a hell lot because of (and for) him. Then again, all those are nothing compared to what he's brought (and still bringing) in my life.

Because of Giann, I've learnt to be responsible and mature. Those two adjectives can never go with my name before I had him, but now, I am those. I've realised that I have to be an "extra" person because a little boy is clinging his life to me. I have to be extra patient, careful, thoughtful and smart because someone's depending on me. It's overwhelming if you think about it but I would never trade it for ANYTHING or ANYONE else in the world.

It's true that motherhood isn't as "elegant" as it seems. It is NOT easy. And I have to learn that every single day as I tend to Giann. It's an every hour, every minute process for me. Motherhood teaches me things I will NEVER ever learn from graduate school or in the corporate world. Example? NOTHING IS GREATER THAN YOUR OWN CHILD'S GIGGLES!

The late Heath Ledger couldn't have expressed parenting any better when he said: "You're forced into, kind of, respecting yourself more. You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess. I think you also look at death differently. It's like a catch 22: I feel good about dying now because I feel like I'm alive in her, you know, but at the same hand, you don't want to die because you want to be around for the rest of her life."

I have discovered a lot about myself because of Giann. He's helping me get to know myself better as we spend each and every day together. Amazing how a little, innocent person can have so much impact in someone's life!

God how glad I am that I'm a mother. There are heaps of things and events in my life that I would've done differently, but having Giann is not one of them. It is the most right thing I have EVER done. Words can never do justice to how much I love my son. He's my joy, love, pride and ultimate little guy in the whole Universe. :)

So thank you Giann for coming into mummy's life. You make me lose sleep and stress me at times but I will never ever EVER want it any other way. :)

I love you Boching! ♥

P.S. speaking of Giann, his two lower teeth are visible now! That when I give him my finger to bite, it's impossible not to scream "ouch!" and it would make him giggle more. Haha.

xoxo
the proud SuperMum

la-la-looove!

I am a sucker for love stories. That's a well-known fact. I especially love those that end with "happily ever after." Well, actually, I most love those that don't end at all. ;) But one particular love story I won't get tired of listening to over and over is my parents'. After all, it is that story that brought me here! :P

And today we celebrate the 26th year of that love story! WOOHOO! ;)

Happy 26th wedding anniversary to my heroes! :)

For love, laughter and happy ever after! *cheerios*

NOTE: The world will be a much better place if we have lots of Dans and Lhais, really. ;)

i know!

I know I said I'd be on blog leave, but this is ultimately blog-worthy! ;)

I told ya! :P

Love,
the super proud mum! ;)

heartwarming

Giann attended his first ever birthday party! ;) It was my nephew's (Kaji) 7th birthday. Everyone in the party loved Giann! Because he is the cutest I am telling you! :P So there I was the all-beaming-uber-proud mother and once again I realized that I did something right (finally!) when I had Giann. :) I was sooo proud I sent mum and dad a message saying how everyone loves their apo!

And dad replied: "Shempre pogi yan, anak yata yan ng Buyigyig ko hehe."

I swear I almost cried.

I love you Pa! ♥ And of course I love you too Ma! (that despite you claimed that Giann got his good looks from you :P haha!)

Will post photos tomorrow. :)

Love,
the super proud little mum! ;)

P.S. I dunno if my cousins, aunties and uncles in mum's side are reading this, but I'm gonna post Kaji's birthday photos for you tomorrow! And of course for ate too! ♥