My Camera is My Best Friend :P

Me, Myself and I

A Not So Candid Moment

Ang blog ko ay parang isang maliit na box na kung saan pilit kong pinagkakasya ang mga libro librong laman ng isip ko at lalung-lalo na ang nakakasawa kong pagmu-mukha !!! (bwahaha).

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
Strike a Pose

Sitting Pretty :P

Photo taken:
Dated, July 20, 2011.

Created: 14:02:53

Credits: To me :D (lol)

Quad On His Early Days Of 3 Months

CONSTIPATED

Quad is such a carbon copy of his Papa

There he is flashing his most winning smile!

Mama: "Sino baby na Puuggiii?"

Quad: "ak! u"

More Of Quad

Quad is such a joy to have around and we love him so much!! He's so dang ADORABLE!!!!!!!

I had the joy to take a few pictures of this little one. He was cute, but what a squirmy little thing. It was tough to get a good shot. I got a few and am excited to share! More to come!

Sun Shines After The Rain

Random Photos of May-June 2011:

Here are some pictures of Ora and Quad's highlights of the season so far.

Being a parent has taught me more about myself than anything else. It has increased my patience and love. I know what bothers me as well as what brings me the greatest joy. I have had to search myself to discover what is truly important to me. And in doing so I have found that my husband and daughter are what matters.

Before Quad's Arrival Oca took us for a treat after we have done some grocery shopping.

A day before my Super One's 2nd Birthday

An Afternoon delight with our Ninkee Doo busy playing on her crackers.

It is a proven fact that when you serve someone you grow to love them. Having a child means that you experience more love in your life. It also adds people to your world that love you. Your child won't always love you, because there are times when they will say they hate you. But those moments are greatly outweighed by a spontaneous hug and genuine "I love you."

I thank God for every remembrance of you!

Never in a million years did I think I'd have someone so utterly and completely perfect. Someone who'd make me happier than I ever dreamed I could be. Someone that would touch my life so profoundly and just give me a whole new reason to breathe...

April 21, Holy Thursday of the year 2011. God rendered me another most precious gift a woman could have. A gift we prayed to arrive safe and sound. All the woes and pains I had departed and the sense of bliss reinstated. I had seen my precious Quad for the first time.

Well, a day before my delivery I had 2 days asthma attack. Oscar called me the day before to check me out if I’m okay. I told him not to worry and that all is well at home. On his second call afternoon of 3, he went home and ask for an early out and took me to the hospital. I find trouble in my breathing and that the medicine I take hasn’t made any result at all. I was checked by an on deck Obstetrician and found that I was 5 cm dilated. I told her I’m okay and that I'm not feeling pain anyway except for my hard breathings. But circumstances knocked me down only to find out that I’m set to give birth anytime of the day. I was alleviated for 24 hours for my pulmo , had antibiotics and I was set for a painless delivery after. I had such distress on the procedure. Several injections on my backbone and a tube inside was slotted in. 9cm-1cm I’m ready to push! Quad’s head showed but doctors found out he had dropped his heart’s beat from 150 bpm down to 50’s. I couldn’t breathe and could no longer push the baby. I had an emergency caesarian operation to prevent oxygen from being cut off. A cord prolapse happened that Quad’s heart rate dropped. Labor became so stressful for him. Upon knowing of what happened, my tatay was brought to a doctor for weariness. He was unable to breathe and was worried of what I was experiencing at that moment. I woke up with tubes on my back and in my abdomen. I was attended by 4 doctors and there were 3 tubes that measures for about 3 inches entrenched on my abdomen. Huge tanks of oxygens were used plus the hourly nebulizer routine for my recovery. But with God’s grace and providence, with prayers and with the love of the people surrounding us, we made it and we survive! And indeed everything’s possible when everything isn’t okay.

On the 5th day of my stay at San Pedro Hospital, I had Quad beside me finally! He was amazingly hushed. Sleeping the whole day and would only cry if he poo. Truly, relationship grows much stronger when you both have nothing but faith. Our stay at the hospital was a bittersweet memory we would never forget. But I was glad I had Oscar with me who never left me on what I was getting into. He was responsible enough to keep everything calm and in place, financially, emotionally. (Well, we had a huge hospital bill anyway). Friends? I would never trade them for making my life wonderful! I am lucky to have my Meno Gaia Co. Ltd. Family. Me and my family is so much thankful for surrounding me with good people with good vibes (ahhh ha!! Thanx for the donations guyz! Didn’t expect it!).

All is well and ends well. Finally we were home and I’m enjoying all the works and Quad’s cries. But to think that everything was over, Ora has been hospitalized for 4 days after our discharge from the hospital. She was diagnosed of having diarrhea and I was so worried. But with God’s blessings, she went home okay.

I watched all the chances God has given me. My heart kept singing for my sunshine’s to be okay!

Nobody, not even poets,
Has ever measured,

How much the heart can hold.” –Zelda Fitzgerald

My Writings On The Wall

A weary mother returned from the store,

Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.

Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son,

Anxious to relate what his younger brother had done.

“While I was out playing and Dad was on a call,

T.J. took his crayons and wrote on the wall!

It’s on the new paper you just hung in the den.

I told him you’d be mad at having to do it again.”

She let out a moan and furrowed her brow,

“Where is your little brother right now?”

She emptied her arms and with a purposeful stride,

She marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.

She called his full name as she entered his room.

He trembled with fear–he knew that meant doom!

For the next ten minutes, she ranted and raved

About the expensive wallpaper and how she had saved.

Lamenting all the work it would take to repair,

She condemned his actions and total lack of care.

The more she scolded, the madder she got,

Then stomped from his room, totally distraught!

She headed for the den to confirm her fears.

When she saw the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.

The message she read pierced her soul with a dart.

It said, “I love Mommy,” surrounded by a heart.

Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it,

With an empty picture frame hung to surround it.

A reminder to her, and indeed to all,

Take time to read the handwriting on the wall

I recall when I was 4 years old, I wrote on our wall forenames with words I couldn’t wholly understood yet. Words that meant nothing to me, not until I read this poem from a blogger. If our house before still stood you could see my writings on the wall which made the partition repulsive. But even if I wrote loads of those words never did I hear mother fated me for my actions. Now I knew why those handwritings on our wall still lingers.

I wrote with spellings like this:

" Adng lav Nany lav Taty"

Getting Closer On Our Big Day!

Just had my Urinalysis, CBC w/ platelet and HBG Ag Tests today and hopefully I’ll be getting good results. My tummy’s getting bigger (others have said), but to me, it’s still small in contrast with my foremost pregnancy. I’m scheduled to pass all the needed requirements for my labor later this afternoon and will have my weekly check up. So excited for our baby “ Quad “ very soon! And while on my way waiting for Oscar to arrive after work, I’ll try to see some of those baby stuffs again I plan to buy next week at the mall. Well, 'haven’t bought boy stuffs yet, since we plan to buy sooner once my maternity leave starts. And oh! I’m getting Braxton hicks this time! We’re 3 weeks away yet before our due date Baby Q! Kisses!

Li'l Surprise!

Got these stuffs today from our li’l Ms. Ayu Shimokawa of Japan & Ms. Juri from the head office. Muffins, toasted cookie, invisible candies ( Yes! Coz I ate already before I decided to take a pic of those *evil grin* ), and a grape & berry lip balm inside! Thankies muchoo to both.