Hi everyone!

Sharing with you a quote on motherhood today.


This is to inspire mothers like me who feel that so many things are happening all at the same time.

That's what we would hear from Jose these days. He now does not like being called "Baby Jose" - and would correct us and say that he's not anymore a baby but a KID. Lol! But then he also hates being called "Kuya Jose", so I guess he's just a kid, but not yet a Kuya. So I guess we let just him be what he wants to be, until he is ready.

It's only 2 more weeks to go before I go back to work from my maternity leave. I actually have only started to enjoy the time recently after I got back into "normal" condition and then I realize there is only a short period left for me to do all the stuff that I want to do while on "vacation".

So far, I've only managed to fix up my closet and some paper documents. I took advantage of the sale in Shopwise to buy those plastic crates which I filled up with importants documents.

I literally threw out a huge box containing old papers (old credit card bills, old work-related papers, old payslips, etc. etc.). I organized my docs in clear folders and piled them in these plastic bins for easy access.

I also put into bigger crates my old clothes, maternity clothes and even some clothes in good condition but I choose to not wear anymore for some reason or another. Because of this, my clothes collection was cut into half. With this, my closet has become a more organized space to look at, whereas it was literally a jungle during my entire pregnancy period.

I also checked out and dispatched of old shoes. During the process, I realized that a girl can never have enough pair of shoes! Although I've gotten rid of more than 7 pairs of old shoes, I feel that I needed to replenish all of it to have a "secured" shoe collection fit for my job and my role as a mom, wife and friend. Thus, one time, when I went out with my balikbayan aunt, I got myself a new pair of driving shoes (in flesh) and a pair of black slippers that are okay for strolling around the mall. Heaven! Hahaha! Seriously!

Next up for cleaning is our attic space. Apart from it having inches of dust, there are loads and loads of bags, stuff toys and other knick knacks (which includes an aerobic stepper, computer stuff, blankets, curtains, toys, and many more) which need to be sorted out and decided whether to keep or give away. And knowing myself, to sort it all out would take me forever to do. Hahaha!

Did I say that this week is also exam week for the big sister? I am drowing in Science and Language worksheets now. And then at the end of the week is the big recital for Zoe. She will play Swans on the Lake and Dutch Dance. We need to seriously practice!

So good luck to me on my last 2 weeks of maternity leave. Hope I get to finish all my personal stuff before I concentrate again on my corporate responsibilities (and that one deserves a separate post!).

I almost forgot to blog about the Mother's Day celebration in Zoe's school last October. It was actually my last hurrah before being "sentenced" to bed rest because of my placenta previa totalis.

The celebration, as usual, was so much fun. The theme this year is Mother for All Seasons. Thus, moms and kids were asked to choose any color from the 4 seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Zoe and I chose to be in autumn colors. I got her a peach dress from SM Department Store while I wore a brown floral maternity blouse.

For the presentation, her class danced to One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful (not sure of the title!). I am sure you know that popular song. Other grades played the guitar altogether while another grade played the keyboards as an accompaniment to the their song. At the end of the celebration, they made us all line up with our dear daughters and they handed to us our Mother's Day greeting card plus a nice long stemmed rose. It was so endearing.

Sharing here some of the wonderful moments caught on cam:

This 3rd pregnancy has been quite a rollercoaster ride.

I've gone for ultrasound for 6x in 2 months and I've been going full blast with medications and required rest.

So when the doctor told me last night that she wants to take it easy with me and just see her in two weeks instead of every week as in the past months, I was so glad. Hopefully, all other findings will clear up and everything will be just fine.

Anyway, with all that set aside, I am mostly geared up for growing this tummy and seeing a healthy bouncing (!) baby in January.

This one is the baby's picture at 7 weeks.

Well, something or should I say SOMEONE has come up lately...

Hubby and I are currently in studying again...in a school for parents, that is. We had enrolled ourselves to Educhild's First Steps, a program that will teach you about parenting (for those with kids at 7 years old and below). The approach is through case methodology and is really very helpful for us. In addition to that, there are other couples there that we can share notes with and that really adds to the value of the course. The icing on the cake is that we might even earn new friends!

In the end, what we will derive into the discussion are stuff which we can apply in our personal day-to-day "struggles" as parents. And for that, the 10 Saturdates which we've invested is all worth while.

I leave you with the brochure. Bye-bye for now, I gotta go and look into wireless fencing for dogs for my friend who recently got a pet dog.