Yup you read it right; Hannah is now on her 9^th month.  Time really flies so fast! And just to give you an update about her:

• She now weighs 8kgs as of last check up.  Pretty light compared to Lance’s weight when he was her age, and also when I compare her with Peachy’s Dom hehe! But her pedia said not to worry, that even if she only gained 0.3kgs, she’s on the average weight.  I just have to continue feeding her with the right food and encourage her to sleep longer.
• Her height is now 75cm from last month’s 71cm.  The pedia said that even if she looks slim, she’s tall naman and so I hope she’ll continue increasing in height.
• Her favorite vegetable is still sayote and her favorite fruit is pear.  She doesn’t want apples but she eats banana.  The pedia told me to try giving her real table food and not pureed vegetables so when we had afritada the other day, I gave her carrots and she ate it naman.  I also gave her rice when we had nilaga and she liked it too.  I have to think of her when I make the menu or else I’ll end up giving her cerelac everyday. And that I don’t’ want to happen
• She loves to make papansin to all of us.  Like whoever gets home she’ll scream so that we will notice her.  She’ll look at us if we approach Lance first and she’ll stretch her arm so that we’ll carry her.
• She loves to cruise in her crib and when we put her in her traditional “andador” she’ll walk as fast as she can that we’re afraid she’ll tumble.  There should be someone with her whenever she uses the andador.
• She sleeps through the night everyday.  She doesn’t ask for milk anymore in the middle of the night.
• It’s only last week that she was able to sit on her own.  Sometimes I even have to encourage her to sit for she prefers standing.
• She babbles a lot and her favorites are tatata and dadada.  That means Tita and Daddy; as usual I’m the last on the list. Haayy…
• She’s determined to get whatever it is she wants that I sometimes call her batang may attitude hehe!
• She knows how to clap her hands, wave bye-bye, and she sometimes use her feet to wave too hahaha! She likes the song the insy wincy spider and twinkle twinkle little star that I sing it to her if I want her to just sit on my lap.
• She loves to eat marie biscuit, gardenia bread, or even Lance’s soft chocolate cookie.
• You’ll know when she’s upset fro she pouts and she looks really cute when she does it.

I guess that’s about it. And here’s a picture of her pouting.  Happy 9^th month Hannah!

More wordless entries here. Happy Wednesday!

I think I took this pic a month ago. Just want to share it with you.

I mentioned before that I was part of the 120 days wellness program here in our office. It was launched a couple of months ago and to be honest, I haven’t done anything yet for the program. I started with no rice during dinner but I can’t resist it especially if I eat at home. I have to blame the nanny for cooking delicious food. Hahaha!

Last week, our HR invited nutritionists from St. Luke’s Hospital to discuss proper nutrition and diet. I learned a lot from their talk but I was happy during the Q& A portion. I asked the speaker of what steps to take to go back to my pre-pregnancy weight. And do you know what she said? She told me that I just need to exercise and that I can still eat sweets. Yehey!!!

And speaking of exercise, I started with what she taught us. I can’t describe it here but it requires only little movement. I will also start to walk or jog this weekend, and I’m thinking if I need to purchase a Kettlebell. I heard good feedbacks about this product and I’m curious of what it can do. I also plan to swim but then I can’t find a nice pool near our house where I can swim.

I have so many plans and I hope I’ll be able to do at least half of them and eventually attain my goal. It will not only make me feel confident, but I’ll be glad I’ll be able to wear my old clothes again hehe! I’ll also be able to fulfill my commitment to my team and to the HR people of the weight that I promised to achieve for the program. Pray for me hehe!

I was on field work last Friday. I went to Cavite with one of my colleagues to represent our company for the launching of their project. It was a partnership between our client, Globe Telecoms and NCST, a school in Cavite. They aim to provide out-of-school youth with education and eventually employment.

Attendees of the launching were the head of the school and some of his people, people from Gawad Kalinga headed by Mr. Tony Meloto, representatives from Globe and their partners.

I was touched by the goal of the program specifically the people from NCST. They aim to provide lives for the youth by providing them free education, through partnership with firms. The companies they partner with invest in their school by providing them with materials they need as simulation and training ground for these children. Part of their course is making these children as trainees in their partners firms so that they’ll have a feel of what it is like to work in the real world.

As I was listening and observing these children, I can see in their faces how thankful are they for the people who help them go to school. And I am so glad that such people still exists in real life. There are others who do that but only to be recognized, and mostly because they are politicians. When I heard the owner of NCST deliver his speech, I was struck by his words and his sincerity in providing education for these children. I do hope and pray that he’s doing this not because he wants to run for politics or anything but because he really wants to help. And I also pray that there will be more people like him.

I arrived late from work that day but my heart is full of gratitude and hope. Gratitude for the people who help others to make a living, and hopeful for the children to make it big where the road leads them .

A lot of people here in my country are already infected by this disease. It started with 2 people then now it ballooned to over 300 and still counting. The Department of Health is doing everything they can to inform everyone what to do. I keep on praying that this will eventually stop and that everyone infected will be ok. I’m afraid for my kids since they say that those who can easily be infected are those who are of old age already or those who are young kids. I’m glad my kids are not sickly, but I hope and pray that they won’t get infected. We don’t know the people who are infected already so everyone at home makes precautions.

If there’s one thing I’m really scared of, that’s sickness, either me getting sick or any member of the family. There are different kinds of sickness that are emerging. There’s this AH1N1 and they are saying that it might evolve to the Spanish influenza. I’m also afraid of the other terminal kinds of illnesses. There’s cancer, which are of different kinds such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, Mesothelioma cancer, and a whole lot more. And that for now, the only thing we can do is to live a balance and healthy diet, read stuff on how to prevent this diseases from attacking us and if attacked, get the proper treatment and lastly, pray to God for protection.

I was late for work today. I left the house at 8am and got here in the office by 9:30. It normally takes me only 30mins to get to the office and this time it took me one and a half hour. Argghh.. And you know why? There are policemen or MMDA at Marcos Highway having their operations again. And even if people are standing at the loading/unloading section, drivers don’t want to stop for fear of these traffic enforcers. I tried hailing a cab, fx even jeepney but to no avail. Weird no! Haayy… I just hate the discipline here in our country.

Paul was in Baguio last weekend for work. He left the house Saturday morning and was back yesterday afternoon. So I was left taking care of the kids, which I certainly love doing. The nannies also asked me if they can go to the mall in the afternoon. There’s a mall show by some artists in a television show that they’re watching and they would like to see their idols. I allowed them to go provided that at least I have put Lance to sleep already so I can take care of Hannah. And so when Lance fell asleep, they left. Hannah on the other hand, had other plans. She likes to play even if I can see that she’s sleepy already. I was only able to put her to sleep after an hour. And so, since they’re both asleep, I was free to do whatever I want. I just had a marathon watching my favorite show. After an hour and a half, they both woke up. And so the riot started.

Hannah was crying and I don’t know why. I tried putting her back to sleep but she doesn’t want to. I tried giving her biscuit and she doesn’t want to. I also tried assisting her to walk and still she continued crying. I put her in her stroller first because Lance also started crying. He was playing with this big box that has a display of a basketball ring. He was crying because the box won’t fit in his chair since it’s big. Thanks to the box cutter my father gave us. I was able to cut the box and Lance stopped crying. By then Hannah also stopped crying for whatever reason. Maybe she saw that her Kuya Lance is not crying anymore so she stopped. Haayy… these kids. They’re funny and they make me angry sometimes. I just love them!

Just want to share some pics during Father’s Day. We did not plan anything special, just went to mass, cooked spaghetti then went to Loyola to visit my FIL. I was surprised when we got to Loyola, there were so many people there celebrating Father’s day too. It’s as if it’s November 1. It made me realize that there are a lot of people who lost their fathers and I’m glad I still have mine. Anyway, here are the pictures:

proud Daddy with his kids

and then I joined. lance doesn’t want to smile

At Loyola:

Stepping at Lolo’s grave