Archive for January, 2010

January 28th, 2010 | ACmomCee

Welcoming a New Sibling – Mommy Moments

On this week’s theme in MM, I’m still in the process of imagination. We are planning to have our second baby by June-August 2011 and hope to conceive by October/November this year. Our Alyssa is already 4 years old and by the time the baby arrives, she’ll be 6 already. We’ve been conditioning her mind about having another baby and it seems that her responses are positive. 

For now, let’s welcome baby Neera to the Saldua Family. =)

We always ask her if she wants a baby brother or a baby sister and her answer changes every time. I think it’s good as her mind isn’t fixed about the gender. We will not have a hard time explaining to her why the baby was not what she expected. Whenever she thought of her coming sibling, she always mention about how she wants to play with him/her. These are few of her statements; “Mum, if I have a baby brother OR baby sister, I will buy her (no more him) this toy so she can play with it.”; “Mum, if I have a baby brother OR baby sister, I will help him (no more her) hold his milk bottle.” The word OR is always there, but since she’s still confused in using pronouns I just let her express how she feels no matter how she say it.
With this week’s theme in MM, I’m sure I’m going to learn so much on how to prepare our eldest when her new sibling comes.
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January 26th, 2010 | ACmomCee

Have I Told You Lately that, I LOVE YOU? – Couple’s Corner

As I read Ate Liz’s version of this week’s CC I told myself, I’m sure tonight’s gonna be a good night. =)
It’s true, saying “I Love You” or merely “Love You” is easy and we use it everyday. I can’t remember a day passed without those words coming out of my mouth ever since I met my hubby and it multiplied when I became a mom. Mark never leaves the house without saying those words and I, saying them back. We never hang up the phone without the words, “Love you, bye”.
As for Ate Liz’s question, “When was the last time you really look into each others’ eyes and say those words from the bottom of your hearts?” Oh boy, I can’t recall. As far as I remember, we say those words with full emotion and yes, with tears when we just ended up our lover’s quarrel. We then say how much we love each other and how lucky and blessed we are for having one another. But since we haven’t had any big fights for quite some time now, those intimate moments no longer happen. Now I realized, do we have to have misunderstandings before we say those words again? I hope not and I’m changing it now.
I always had the thought of making notes and sticking it on his baon (packed lunch), but have never done it ever, yet. Tomorrow, I’ll start. I think our usual sweetness needs a revamp. And because of these realizations, I really think tonight’s the start. It isn’t hard, really. But it takes some cheesiness to be able to achieve that. =)
And to add with that… here’s our keso pic for everyone:

Happy New Year! =) (Taken before welcoming 2010)
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January 25th, 2010 | ACmomCee

Eminent Eights – My First Tag

Ate Liza of This is My Life tagged me in this cute Eminent Eights. It’s my first tag for my blog and since it came from my blogging mentor I am happy to do it. Thanks Ate Liz!

8 TV Shows We Like to Watch:
1. Dahil May Isang Ikaw (hubby and I – just ended)
2. Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo (hubby and I – in exchange of the first)
3. X-Factor (hubby and I)
4. Britain’s Got Talent (hubby and I)
5. The Buzz (me)
6. Milkshake (Alyssa)
7. CBeeBies (Alyssa)
8. Disney Channel (Alyssa)

8 Favorite Places to Eat & Drink:
1. Mr. Wu Chinese Buffet
2. Pizza Hut
3. T.G.I.F
4. McDonalds
5. KFC
6. Dominoes
7. Nando’s
8. Japanese Restaurants


8 Things I Look Forward To:

1. Spend Christmas and New Year in the Philippines this coming December
2. Visit Disneyland (Paris or US) on summer
3. Making of the 2nd baby on September/October this year
4. Renewal of vows on our 5th Wedding Anniversary

5. Start-up a business early this year may it be catering or back to online selling

6. Success in my online jobs
7. Success in blogging, hopefully to be able to convert my 2 blogs to dotcom
8. Invest in something worth it this year


8 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1. I Got hired as an administrative officer online.
2. Did the grocery and strolled around mini shopping mall walking distance from our house.
3. Watched 3 movies with hubby and Alyssa.
4. Cried while watching My Sister’s Keeper. I know hubby’s tears wanted to fall too..LOL
5. Joined the I Blog, I Care Movement.
6. Ironed Alyssa’s school uniforms and hubby’s office shirts.
7. Grilled steak and had a lovely dinner with hubby and daughty.
8. Trimmed Alyssa’s hair.



8 Things I Love About Winter:
1. Snow!
2. My skin’s getting fairer. =)
3. Same as Ate Liza’s – don’t have to dress up really nice when going out
4. Same as Ate Liza’s again – have reason of not taking a shower everyday, LOL!
5. I hate going out specially when it’s very cold, so most of the time only Alyssa and hubby do the grocery – bad mommy!

6. I get to wear my boots.
7. My cheeks turns pinkish.



8 Things I Am Passionate About:
1. Cooking and presenting my cooked foods nicely.
2. Baking and baking, but I’m only passionate not good. ;)
3. Day dreaming – business, jobs, car, house and lot. LOL
4. Taking good care of my family and making sure of always being available when they need me.
5. My current online job.
6. Friendster (before), Multiply (before), Facebook (now) and other social networking.
7. Reading and stuffing my mind with all the information I can get about parenting.
8. Reading books, blogs, articles and magazines about life, how to make it worth living.



8 Words/Phrases I Often Use:
1. Alyssa, tidy up time.
2. I love you baby ko – and Alyssa answers “I Love You, Mommy ko”
3. Love you Dad, bye. (On the phone)
4. ID, Cellphone, Pera, Susi, Baon, Oyster – Checklist every morning before going out of the house.
5. Anong gusto mong ulam, Dad? (Every time the clock strikes at 5pm)
6. Come on, quick. We’re late.
7. What did you have for lunch, anak?
8. Let’s eat!


8 Things I Learned from the Past:
1. Being a young mother doesn’t mean being an immature one.
2. Family comes first, more than anyone or anything else.
3. Save, save, save – you’ll never know when you’ll be needing them.
4. Never let material things set your standards of being happy.
5. Live, Laugh, Love – enjoy life and make the most of it.
6. Always let others feel that they are special to you and that you mean so much to them.
7. Have faith and believe in destiny.
8. Being a mother and a wife is the most precious thing that ever happened to me.



8 Blog Friends We Want to Tag:
1. Mommy Iris
2. Ate Beth
3. Ate Eds
4. Mommy Enchie
5. Mommy Clang
6. Mommy Willa
7. Mommy Gracy
8. Mommy Mich


Hope you enjoy doing this too, pretty moms!

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