~ mama & zaiid ~

always right beside you. i lovelovelove you, zaiid.

happy sunday the 13th

my babywhale woke me up at midnight, handed me a card (snif snif goes govinda) and surprised me with flowers.

the flowers - a big deal for us because we are not the flower-giving kind of couple. hehe, this is my second bouquet in a total of 11years together, hooray!

and...he got me a cake with strawberries on it! whohooooo! lovelovelove you my takurtoy, the papagoy of my babies! i wish he'd let me post our photo together heheh...

my birthday celebration was perfect... sunshine, laughter, wild splashing! thanks for laughing with me on my day: tambingpalangginglalove zaiid, babymanghud, papagoy, inday te nana, pamux (salamat sa flowers ug sayal ug blouse pamux!!!), yaya (salamat sa lami kaung luto ya!), dory & rasras, lendl & michelle :) and thanks for all the happy greetings through ym, sms, multiply, friendster!

thank you Lord sa tanan tanan tanan tanan!

please! my baby is sick!

last tuesday zaiid was diagnosed with rotavirus - the most common cause of diarrhea among children. As deadly as it sounds, the doctor assured us it's nothing serious. But that didn't help when all you see is your baby vomiting and pooping every hour.

It started sunday night when my little boy started throwing up an hour after he had his milk. we thought maybe he was just too full. Knowing zaiid, he has a habit of playing how far he can fill up his tummy.

when i got home monday night, a woman came up to me and said, "your boy, he's not feeling well today." she said he wasn't himself and that he looked tired. oh no, this is not good. yaya greeted me with the same phrase "zaiid is not feeling well". zaiid looked at me with clear eyes and said "mama..." he was not feeling right but still he managed to greet me. it broke my heart. he's now having loose motions. he was irritable and always wanted to be in the computer with no other person in the world but me, he doesn't want to read his books, and he didn't want to be disturbed while holding his red toy car.

we had to go to the clinic, a 10minute walk from our home, the following day. i was nervous and i knew they might ask for the dreaded blood sample. i was hoping it had something to do with the milk... maybe he didn't like his milk anymore, when i was 5mos. pregnant with him he decided he didn't like the prenatal milk im taking so i got an upset stomach... i was telling myself and dwynn it's going to be alright. then the doctor announced that there is no medicine for the virus. he had to heal himself. "Shucks Lord tabang." yes they asked for a blood test but failed to have it because they couldn't find zaiid's vein. then they injected him with something to stop the vomiting. i hope that makes sense.

by 4pm, we packed zaiid's essentials. we had to go to the nearest hospital and confine him and get proper treatment. the hospital behind our place didn't take zaiid in because he's no longer an infant. goodness! so we had to wait for half an hour for a taxi to get to another hospital. we had to wait for yaya who was on the other side waiting for a taxi, but the driver complained "not good my friend, you are wasting my time. my time will be over!" i snapped backed "please! my baby is sick!" and dwynn added "please man! we need to get to the hospital, our baby is sick" but the driver shouted to us "that's not my problem! my time! my time!" then i just replied in whisper "well. your time is not our problem".

when we got to the second hospital, the doctor said there is no need for an admittance. our baby is fighting the virus, it shows because he still fights back when the doctor touches him, he still got tears when he cries, and statement that made us smile "don't worry your baby is big. he still got lots of 'extras' in him".

yesterday, he turned 1yr9months old. he was up and running, smiling and throwing i-want-to-watch-a-movie tantrums. thank You Lord for answering our prayer fast, and big thanks to our families and friends who prayed with us.

storytime

zaiid and i treasure our storytime - it's our lovelovelove time. but before we begin, let me take a photo of us. i just can't get enough of me and you...

which life are you?

is your life calculated by what music you listen to, by the taste you have in fashion, by the circle of friends you keep? should there be a need to be extra crispy, advert-like shout out to the world so everyone can see how unique you are, how youthful you still are? no matter how some of us may want life to be as high-saturated, pop-cultured in the most realistic sense, at the end of the day we are still bound to the call of being true to ourselves.

i think we all have the responsibility to keep ourselves happy in a way where others become happier with us. our existence itself should dictate the story of your lives.

so which one are you? original or manipulated? :)



(the first photo is a manipulation rendered out of my boredom in the office.)

we're having our baby number 2!

I would like to formally announce that (with a magical positive sign in my hand) we're having our baby number 2! Yey! Another pudding to love! This time it's not only going to be just MY tummy adventure, it's also zaiid's adventure as he becomes a babykuya. My husband and I are excited for that additional messy fun love.

Im keeping this short because I'm all smiles :)

BITE-ing 2008!

thanks to bevlee nga ako iya gipili to do BITE's anniversary issue *bow bow...
back cover (left side), plip (who else?) back cover (right side), ako. yeeeey!

happy anniversary BITE!

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Bite Magazine - David and Mona

Left Cover
Cover Star - Dexter Besa(left)
Cover Photography - Katya Zialcita
Stylist Consultant - Beverly Tañedo / Manni Osmeña
Body-art - Laurence Miñoza
Cover Design Philip Muaña

Right Cover
Cover Star - Maureen Enguito(right)
Cover Photography - Katya Zialcita
Stylist Consultant - Beverly Tañedo / Manni Osmeña
Cover Design Govinda Trazo

Make-up Artist - Emi Ayag
Studio - Interior Crafts of the Island

Blood Red Bean Bags

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