Weekend in Batangas

Its Duncan's 25th month birthday. Imagine the excitement of tataylolo and mommylola when they learned that their only grandson is to spend the weekend in Batangas. As usual Daddy did the driving and though we experienced traffic we arrived safe in 2 1/2 hours. Duncan was also excited to see his new friend "py" (short of puppy) and the rest of the 5 cats. Not to mention the hen with its newly hatched chicks as well as the rooster and of course the lolo & lolas, and little aunties who are all there to play with the star of the day - Duncan.

He didn't sleep the whole day and played and charmed everyone with his "chinese" speaking skills- hehe. He had the whole fun of entertaining everyone while showing how to play his toys.

We went home sunday after lunch. Passed by Robinson's Place Lipa so Duncan can continue having the time of his life riding the huge carousel and rides in Time Zone. Thanks tataylo for my new volleyball and to my mommylola for the superb meals. Sure will gonna miss you all.

Till next time!

Happy 2nd Birthday Duncan

Can't believe the little baby is now a toddler - a very "makulit" toddler that is. We went to celebrate Duncan's birthday @ Market! Market! And how did we celebrate?

Duncan @ 2

- Go to a studio for a photo session (2 year old souvenier pix).

- Ate lunch @ Bacolod Chicken

Duncan's favorites are La Paz Bachoy & of course their pecho! Together with their small bowls and saucers (which he plays while eating), Duncan can eat almost a cup of rice.

- Take the cool rides @ Timezone

Busy bee

Happy worm

- watched Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee), duncan's third movie already!

- played at their play area

- and it would't be complete if he will not play outside on his favorite playplace where he ran on barefeet!

Sesame St. Live in Manila!

We (Duncan specially), have been waiting for this day when we can see our favorite Sesame St. Pals live here in Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Manila. (Thank you, Mama for the tickets!). Show will start @ 11:00. Original plan is to go there early (but as usual we left a little late). Good thing it started @ 11:30 just enough for us to relax first after the tension we experienced along the way (First, Roxas Blvd. had been closed to traffic for the Milo Marathon. Second, we were not familiar with the streets in Manila. Third, its suuuuuuper traffic. Fourth, we went to the wrong entrance and finally, the road to the Aliw Theater was also closed (good thing we were allowed to enter anyway!)

Duncan excited to see his sesame st. pals

The show was very good. It was short (close to 2 hours) but we enjoyed it very much. Duncan wouldn't even blink an eye during the show and he looked so happy seeing them dance. We have a good seat also. Row 6 Center Aisle.



Serious audience & The Casts of Sesame St.

Dancing...

Picture after the show

Till next time!

My 2nd Birthday Party @ Tom's World

My 2nd birthday party was a blast! It was well attended. Tataylolo & Mommyla was there with my Granny and relatives from Batangas, my Marcos family were there (except my Lola Sylvia and Ninang Doodoo) my Pasion relatives were there (even my lola choleng), my daddy and mommy's friends and officemates were there, my ninongs and ninangs were there (except for some who are oh so far away). I enjoyed myself although Mommy's expecting more from it. (the bubble show was cancelled due to some glitch and the mc donalds crew were very far from being good). I never knew I have a bestfriend Borgy and girlfriend Angel until this time. hehehe. After the party, all my newly kiddie friends enjoyed their free all you can rides.

2 days to go before the party!

Duncan is all excited now. 2 more nights and its party @ Tom's World!

Congratulations Tito Steph & Tita Jackie!

Duncan attended Tito Steph's & Tita Jackie's wedding with daddy, mommy & mama. He wore the white long sleeves and the slacks he wore from Ninong Rainier's wedding and he looked like Michael Jackson... (laugh out loud) ... with his pants now shorter and his white socks showing!Marcos' family was all there and Duncan had a chance to play with his cousins River and Ecko - the batchmates. The wedding is just wonderful. Right combination of laughter and solemnity. Unfortunately, little Duncan didn't eat at all. He was just having fun getting fruits from the fruit punch table. Congratulations again to both of you!

Great Weekend

Saturday, June 9

Duncan attended his free class at Gymboree, Shangri-La Plaza. Their theme for the day is about bears. The little boy, as expected for the first timers, didn't participate so well but at least he played and got to experience a different set-up. He join the group of "adults" rather than join his age group - because Mommy is there! After the class, we ate at Tokyo Tokyo and enjoyed the water fountain at the center of the mall then off we go to Megamall where he enjoyed the all-time favorite kiddie carousel.

Duncan enjoying himself at the Shangri-La Plaza Fountain

The little prince slept on our way to Ortigas Depot and awoke just when I needed my shoulder to rest at SM hypermart in Pasig. He did some running again until its time to go.

Later that afternoon, we have a complementary buffet at Astoria Plaza (scam!). The food is ok... Duncan enjoyed the fish fillet and their "kaldereta". After eating, here goes the selling part. haha... its funny as the account officer in-charge was forced to cut the orientation short as Duncan goes running around the place, I need to go to the restroom and hubs needs to look after the non-stop kiddo. Well, thanks for the free dinner!

Sunday, June 10

Went to Church. In the church, Duncan started to speak "chinese" again talking to the people at the back seat. They were asking me what he is saying - and i'm left saying that he is chinese... hehe. We then went to the grocery (puregold-mandaluyong) then to V-mall (greenhills) so the little angel can play as well. We went home just in time for dinner. Huh - that's life!

Monday, June 11

Enjoyed time at home. Playing pack-and-go. By this game, it meant I clean up while Duncan turns the room up-side-down. By 1pm, his finally asleep! After 2 hours, we went to Loyola Memorial Park to visit Duncan's Papa Totong (FIL) to greet him happy Birthday. And that's when it started to rain! It stopped for five minutes - probably so Duncan can get down from the car. Since its raining - where else can we go... of course to Jo-jo-jollibee! Jollibee happens to be around so the little Duncan is so oh excited! Ahhh - and tomorrow will be another working day... away from my oh so "kulit" toddler.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Thank you for spending your every free hour with me.

- Lifting me up in every fall...

- Washing my fears away...

- Teaching me new things....

- Taking me to places i've never been...

- You are my best buddy ever!

Duncan and Mommy loves you very much!

Independence

Today, our little Duncan is no longer a baby! He proved himself as a certified toddler when he rode a baby caterpillar on the Timezone area of Market!Market! all on his own. Its quite an experience for all of us. Its his first time to be just himself and its our first to let him go. Its a mixed feeling of excitement, anxiety, and of being proud. All my worries disappeared when I saw him oh so relaxed and so happy. At first, he holds steadily to the hand railing and when he adjusted to it he let go of the bar and waved at us!

There's a lesson that I've learned - day after day, as your child grows you simply have to be accept that while you have enjoyed yourself cuddling the little one, keeping him attached to you, taking control so he wont get hurt, watching every step so he won't fall - you should try to lossen your grip so he can experience things that real life brings.

Its amazing really... how he's grown so fast!

Summer Time

Happy Birthday Mommyla!

Its Mommyla's 59th birthday! We went to Max's Lipa and strolled in SM Lipa to celebrate!

Daddy, Mommy, Duncan, Mommyla & Ninang Sistah @ Max's

What are you doing here Papa Piolo?

Happy Birthday Mommyla from Cookie Monster, Duncan & Elmo! We love you!

Labor Day!

Yesterday was Labor Day... seriously...for Daddy and Mommy! For a start, we woke up @ 7:30am to eat breakfast after an hour or so. Duncan on the other hand is always on diet everytime daddy & mommy is around. We dont know why but he keeps on pushing every food away if we were around. Yaya, on the other hand can make him eat 5 times a day during weekdays! Ok then... Duncan took his bath with Daddy and Mommy of course and then.... when he is ready to go... obviously Mommy hasn't taken her bath yet. He is that eager to "go" that he even get our slippers and "pushed" it for us to wear. We did manage to be on our way eventually. Once we got to V-mall.... hahayyy.. D's excitement began... Labor Day that is. He ran everywhere as usual and when its time to eat.... Duncan just can't afford the time to slow things down... even for the sake of Yoshinoya and Jollibee Chicken Joy.

We went home @ 2pm. Mommy somehow managed to pushed the 7 spoonfuls of rice and chicken (Allelua!) after all the known entertainment in the world. He didn't sleep the entire day. At 6 pm.. things started to slow down a bit... he's sleepy! Hurray....! Mommy and Daddy has finally come to rest.

Pediasure Nutri 911

Its PediaSure Day in Shangri-la Plaza and we went there to see if our little Prince will give up his Nan HA2 formula. Registration is free.

With no milk and food consumption, Duncan's results :

Weight (kg) : 13.5
and Height (cm) : 86.36 (2'10")
Nutritional Status: Normal Weight (ideal, 9.5-14.6kg)
Normal Height (ideal, 78.7 - 91.6cm)


Duncan enjoyed playing with their play place specifically the "hammer" . Actually it is just a code... mommy didn't know what it's called. All she knows is that Duncan liked to borrow the hammer and slammed it to a specific portion of the base where a light will lit once the indicator of the impact moved... or something to that effect... huh!

He also tried coloring with their provided page and color pencil. There were also slides. Entertainment followed. Guest star CJ is there as well as Christine Jacobs with Regine Tolentino as host.

Afterwhich we attended the mass.... Duncan in the stroller the whole time... Sleeping! (at least mommy not only got to attend the mass but also managed to hear it).

Now the question of the day is... Did Duncan liked the PediaSure?... We're sure he didn't liked it. He feels like vomitting the very little drop mommy managed to push unto his little sensitive mouth.

Broken Fan

Today (in the midst of a hot summer!) ... the blade of our 2nd working electric fan (the 1st has unfortunately damaged lock) was broken . Our little prince went to "ride" on it them boom.. before you know it... its already down to the floor. Its not his fault... the fan was just.... ummm a disturbance perhaps while he is playing. And that it is not as "tough" as my little boy.

Thank God for nothing happened to him.

21st month

Daddy and Mommy went on leave to celebrate Duncan's 21st month.....at Robinson's Galleria from 12am - 7pm (nagpapalamig for a very hot summer). He went to ride on his favorite carousel, on a motorized animal and spent all day playing....and playing....and playing. After 2 hours of sleep... there he goes to run and play all over again.

Things he can say...

- Totototototo for the nth time
Interpretation: when he's doing something...don't try to interrupt.

- Apow
Interpretation: he likes apple

- Yaw
Interpretation: He doesn't like

- Ya
Interpretation: Yes!

- A-ow
Interpretation: Dog

others.... are just hard to remember nor interpret for that matter.

Things he can do ....

- Run in circles
- Play on his own without being bored (non-stop if playing with someone)
- Operate on the DVD
- Stack-up (of food containers taken unnoticed from the cabinet)
- Disorganizing/ messing all of his toys for a millisecond


He is fond of:

- Horsing around... (avoid trying to lay down on the floor unless you dont want to be a horse)
- Screwing around... (avoid trying to repair with a screw driver when he is around)
- Cleaning around... (hide the broom ... quick!)
- Kissing around... (your face. he will be touching the part he want to kiss before kissing... favorites : forehead, cheeks and for mommy and daddy.... lips!)
- Climbing around... (keep your heart beating and move fast before he falls)
- Looking around... (hide your valuables if you want to keep them for long)


But even so...
baby D is more lovable than ever!

Hepa A booster

Date administered 21 April 2007
By Dra. Victoria Dumlao
St. Lukes Medical Center

Current Weight : 14.0 kgs

Facts

Two doses of the vaccine are needed for lasting
protection. These doses should be given at least 6
months apart.

Comment

Injection was administered on the left thigh. Cried approx 2 sec. The other 5 seconds was spend massaging the area... then off he went to walk towards to door while waving goodbye to his pedia. He just wanted so badly to be out of the clinic at once. (hehe) He is perfectly healthy as advised.

No fever.

Next vaccination schedule : May 19 (IPD Booster)


Temperature is no high than 37.6 - no fever.
Labels: vaccine

The wheels on the bus to Batangas

When the car was still not on a good mood to run... off we went to the bus terminal to proceed to our trip to Batangas. Good thing the little Duncan slept on the way. And finally the bonding moment between the Godson and the Godmom!

Duncan was so happy. We went home the same day - yet the trip home is another story.

Joshua's Birthday

We attended Joshua's Birthday @ Jollibee, Macapagal. (Near MOA). It was fun seeing Jollibee again!

Here I am reunited with my favorite Mascot in the whole wide world! There in a superman attire is my friend Joshua (Tita kaye's nephew)

Right after the party, we started our way going to Batangas to see Ninang Sistah (and to get my pasalubong)...but unfortunately, we were hit by "kamalasan". The car was overheat and so we have to stay at the nearest Honda Service Center to cool it down. The good thing was, they were very kind allowing us to get H2O when they were already closed. And so we're off again, but yay! were overheat and were not even close to bicutan exit! Good thing again was a taxi driver stopped and offered to tow the car to the exit and deliver us to the nearest gasoline station. After few more stops and help along the way - we're safe home! (to San Juan that is, obviously we can no longer travel all the way to Batangas).

Ninang Sistah

This is Ninang Sistah aboard Etihad Airlines flying from Abu Dhabi....

Today, April 11, Ninang Sistah came back home from her 2 years stay in Abu Dhabi. Mommy and Daddy with little cherub went to the airport to see her. It is also the day that the little excited Duncan got injured from the rocking chair. Good thing it was not his eye that was scratched but a little portion beside his eye.

Infanrix hexa - booster shot

Date administered 24 March 2007
By Dra. Victoria Dumlao
St. Lukes Medical Center

Present weight: 13.5 kgs

Comment:

The poor guy just awoke from a deep sleep. He cried approx 30 seconds for the shot - the remaining 10 mins was out of self-pity - tormenting over the sight of the freshly injected area on his left thigh.

No fever.

Next schedule on April 21 for the Hep A booster.