Up in the sky

A view from the roof of the car...

Me&tita T: ooohh look they look like sfffurmm (intentionally
mispelled) up in the sky.

Gen: what if we go home later and find one of the balloons in our
backyard. Would that be weird?

Hunbun: oohh spooky.

Harhar: oh geez geeennn.

...and awayyyyyy

Up...up...

Balloons

Getting ready to release the balloons... Uh-oh 2 went buh-bye...

Farewell prayer

I wish I could just attached at least 5 photos here... Sorry gotta
post it one by one.

Carrying the casket

The PallBearers

Tito Jony, Tito Jason, Khelman, Genesis, Jason S., and
Jamaica...waiting to carry the casket.

At the funeral

The final destination.. I didn't go out cuz 'its bad luck' they said-
I didnt even get to see lola closer at the viewing, so I just stayed
in the car with grandpa and watched.

Gung Hay Fat Choy - Edited by Tita T :)

We had hotpot at Papang King's place. So bloated and now sleepy. We
also looked at old photos from childhood that Mamang Lina brought from
PI. Gengen took photos of it and will post soon.

For now, time for a beauty rest as another long work week's up ahead
once again. I have to recharge since I'm up til 2am taking care of a
drunk puking husband and didn't get home til 4am. So I'm still
restless and sleepless.

Goodnight!

Favor

I bought this candle votive holder at Daiso for $1.50 :)

Cheesecake cupcake

I made this for Pia's baby shower. All gone within an hour.

Dim Sum

There was a change on my itinerary today. After my brow wax appt I
stopped by at mommy's house 'hoping' someones home (I don't have my own key
yet) so I can eat lunch. Lucky me and good timing the two bruhahas are
home getting ready for dimsum. I went with them bc I'm starving so
bad. We ate at this new rest in MilCreek, Zen Garden. Foods really
good same as the ones in Chinatown. No long lines and it's closer too.

Pia's Baby Shower

Today is Pia's, my SIL, baby shower. Yes we're both pregnant and both expecting boys :). She has three girls, Ynovea (6yo) and the twins-Yssabria & Yllegria (2.5yo). She's 2 mos ahead of me and she's due either the last week of Feb or the first week of March.

I've been busy since yesterday running errands. Last night I was up til midnight baking cheesecake cupcakes (most requested dessert) while watching dollar rented movies - My Bestfriends Girl and Death Race. Then woke up at 7:30a, as usual Uly woke me up while he's getting ready for work. He can never get ready without banging the closet doors, drawers and bathroom door. He seems at war everytime he gets up. Makes me mad but I can't since he works 7 days a week-literally-3 days at his internship each are 10 hours then work at Fredy's for 4 days.

Since I can't get my sleep back, I had breakfast and laundry. Later my errands resume, brow wax, pick up balloons, drop off dessert @ Shoreline then pick-up Uls.

Oh besides the baby shower, we're also celebrating Wendel's birthday (Pia's hubby) and the arrival of Angelo's (my BIL) wife from PI. That, I'm not in-charge LOL.

Lunch from Lola T

Tita Teresa aka Lola T (for NatNat) text me last night that she's
bringing chicken curry for lunch. And she did! She didn't make it
really spicy so I'm able to eat it. Thanks tita T. She also brought
rice for me in case. Yes Im a chicken when it comes to spicy food.
Highest star for me is 1- tita Pipay knew that :) whenever I go to
restaurants.

Bading?

Just wanted to share my funny dream last night.
Locstion: Shoreline house (in-laws) and it was dark not too dark that
you can't see anything- a blackout, looks like it. Pia, my SIL was in
the living room.

(spoken in ilocano and translated in English)

Me: hi mng, where are the kids? Where's my baby boy?(he's about 3 or 4 years old in my dream-he's all grown LOL )
Pia: he's upstairs playing with ynna and the twins

I went upstairs and my Lil boy came to me- he's wearing a headband and
a ribbon on his right ear and he's also wearing a red-glittery high
heel shoes. I was surprised! Then I woke up.... I was laughing and Uls was
not so happy with my dream LOL.

I think I've been hanging out too much with the Bading at work. Manager
namin is Bading and he always buys me fries (mcdo and Arbys) everytime
he goes to lunch....charot!

Sent through iPhone

Working @ lunch

We ended seeing patients at noon today but we have to stay the whole
afternoon to do catch up on our extended duties. I worked thru my
lunch and honestly, I'm still hungry after eating all of what's on my
plate (not on the photo - 2 packs treetop gummy fruit snacks and
brownies I baked 2 days ago)... How much more can i eat throughout my pregnancy? My tummy's so hard but i dont feel full yet.

The Bday boy tomorrow

Papang Gene

Mamang and the Bday boy

The Cake

Reminiscing....

Found a few of the cards I gave to Uls when we were still dating 11
yrs ago.

General Cleaning

Uls and I started cleaning the garage last night so we can bring down
some stuff from the 2nd bedroom (soon-to-be NatNat's room). Now I have
to do this by myself bc Uls' @ work.

I just remembered, it's Togtogs Bday today. I wonder if Mamang Lina
made some pancit.

Test Pt 3

If this still doesn't work ganito utak ko :) that means I can't follow
simple instructions from Tita Pipay.

Test Pt.2

Testing mobile blogging. The first try didn't work bc the photo didn't show. I had to browse Tita Pipay's archive when she was testing her iPhone too. I found Karen's tip. Let's see if it works :)



Sent through iPhone

Test

Testing mobile blogging. Sent through iPhone

Sleepless in Seattle

2:45am -

I woke up to the sound of loud noises-shouting, applauding, loud music/movie from our next door neighbor. First I thought there was a commotion outside and I got scared for a moment then I went downstairs to check if Angelo (my BIL-brother in law) is watching. He's a total deaf that he doesn't even know how high the volume sometimes. But he's not. I went back to bed and tried to get back my sleep-but no luck for me. 

4:15am-

Ulysses' alarm went off.  I have been tossing and turning for the past 2 hrs. No wonder I can even feel NatNat flipping inside of me because I think I woke him up too...I nudged Uls cuz he just snoozed his alarm-he has to get up or else he'll be late for work. I decided to join breakfast with him since my tummy started rumbling and I'm already getting a headache from trying to get my sleep. I had oatmeal and Milo, a chocolate drink imported from Philippines-I can't still get myself to buy Milo that's made in China or Singapore or Thailand LOL. Only in the Pipins.

5:40am, 6:00am-

Ulysses has gone to work and I'm still wide awake :/....blogging

Total hours of sleep: 4 hrs

Caught in the act!

I just had my breakfast this morning and noticed his movements are getting noticeable recently. He moves a lot after a meal and at night :( ...The first 35 sec of the video is the most visible. Notice his kicks on the left side of my tummy. 

Today, I also went for my 23w5d OB f/u. All is well, no glucose in my pee. Yay! However, I'm still being monitored for gestational diabetes. Funny how NatNat kicked the doppler when the Dr. was looking for his heartbeat :)

For My Dear Pipay

Hooray! I finally signed up to blogging per my cousin Jade's (aka Pipay) request so she can be updated with what's going on with me (and NatNat) and the whole family as well. She has been bugging me to sign up and I always tell her I can't blog. But hwadahek, why not! Let me give it a try....I'm new to this Pipay so give me some pointers okay? Muavyu!