Recaptured Moments

Christmas Shopping List!

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:49:14 PST

What's in your Christmas Shopping List?

I haven't purchased anything for Christmas but hopefully I'll get it done this weekend. I'm thinking of choosing one of the bulova watches for one of my relatives. I still need to complete my shopping list and I still need to make sure I have budget to even decide to buy anything.

I hope to have another great Christmas time with my family...

Eczema

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:54:50 PST

My little boy has eczema :( I don't know why and how he got it but its effect is not very pleasant. His pediatrician informed us that his condition is very mild but I hope it goes away permanently. I just need to know how. I'll be consulting Google and YouTube Universities in awhile.

He has what is called Dermatitis herpetiformis (aka Duhring’s Disease) which causes intensely itchy and typically symmetrical rash on arms, thighs, knees, and back. It is directly related to celiac disease, can often be put into remission with appropriate diet, and tends to get worse at night.

I hope the solution is as simple as replacing our sink with any undermount stainless steel sinks. Somehow, the "Eucerin" cream is helping..

Where are you now?

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:32:21 PST

blog author.....

Well, nothing change except my weight... I'm gaining extra pounds everyday. I'll probably use quick weight loss austin or something... just anything that will help me get back in shape. :p

Oh, one more update. I'm improving with taking pictures and videos of my family. I just hope I can reach the point of going home and not doing work related things at home.

Needs Improvement

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:54:33 PDT

I can't believe I don't have pictures of my little boy. I feel so bad that since work started I haven't documented my little boy's milestones. I love how active and cheerful he has been lately..`. He's standing by himself, walking while holding something or someone, crawling all over the place, talking his baby talks a lot, smiling or laughing at almost anything. It's been fun, awesome and busy months at work with school kids and at home with my two kids. Well, I don't know if it's stress but I think I spent most of my time with food lately... We eat out almost everyday. I have three options left, get appetite suppressants that work, buy new clothes or just completely stop eating out. I'm currently trying the latter. Whew, I need improvement in documenting my little boy's milestones and in loosing my pregnancy weight... I'll see how I progress until December. :)

Garage Treasures...

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:08:14 PDT

Other people's garage is our treasure... For three consecutive weekends, we've been hunting for treasures in garage sales. We're particularly looking for walker and high chair for our 6 month old baby boy. We aren't lucky with that item yet, we were told that baby walkers doen't stay long on their display. We were able to get some goodies though especially huge play kitchen and play house for our little girl. We also found some useful electronics, blackberry case and educational board games and books for my little one and for my class. I hope to purchase walker and highchair ASAP, any suggestions?

News.... Update!

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:07:35 PDT

My brother in law is in the island and he's enjoying it here... Sonner or later my sister and my niece will be here too.. Hopefully that will mean new playmate for my two kids..

The other day all of us went to some tourist spot here, that includes the grotto where I had to walk up and down a really high stairs to see a great view. I had an awesome workout experience, if I do that everyday I'll be back in shape in no time... It was a scary experience though...

Hubby and my brother in law are hoping to learn scooba diving one of these days... In the meantime, they'll settle with snorkling and collecting scooba gears, including something that resembles a Momentum M1 Watch.

Well, I love photography under the water but I don't know if I'll have the courage to try scooba diving..

What makes me busy?

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:03:26 PDT

My 3 year old little darling and my now 5 month old handsome boy... :) Luckily, my little girl is spending more and more time with daddy when her little brother is with mommy and vice versa... We always have a great adventure with our little ones... They're growing so fast though.... I'm afraid I'm not capturing all our precious moments now... I hope it won't be long when my hubby and my little angels will meet anyone with Destination Manager Jobs in Fl. so we can visit my love ones there... They're always on my mind..

Some "Me" Time?

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:47:24 PDT

It’s only Tuesday and I find myself wishing it’s already Friday :) I was going through my wedding album and found this picture…

*sigh*

What a handsome hubby I have. He looks just the same today...
only more handsome ;)

Me?

I think teaching and having 2 kiddos does a lot to my skin. Well and maybe the fact that I barely have time to really take time for some “me” treatments. I have some skin care products but wouldn’t it be nice to have my sisters here on the island and we’ll have our hubbies babysit our kids and all three of us sibling go on a spa treatment.
All day.
No kids.
No work.
Just “me” time.

A girl can still wish, can’t I?

Just Thinking...

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:22:18 PDT

Remembering the times when I had my babies. I came across this fetal doppler and thinking about possibly saving up for it. No no no… baby number three is yet to be in the picture. It’s just going to be a wish list for sometime down the road. Anyhow, there is nothing wrong shopping around for some gadget. It’s like window shopping only I don’t have to spend money with gasoline which is at the moment way to expensive here on the island.

Have fun while working out!

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:17:17 PDT

I need to loose the extra pounds I gained a month after giving birth. I tried following along with hubby's workout program but they are too intense for me. I only last ~~less than~~ 20 mins. and I'm done. I am looking for fun and not too intense kind of workout. I don't really need the muscles besides I'd love something I can do with my kiddos. I'm thinking of any effective wii games.

Any wii fitness/workout game suggestions aside from wii fit?

Our Little Helper

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:32:20 PDT

http://homeandbahay.com/Our busy summer vacation is almost over! I'm so glad to still have the chance to blog surf and come across one nice blog meme today, it's perfect to share some activities that my little girl and I did during this summer break. This is my first time to join and I hope to be part of it whenever I can.

Few weeks after summer vacation, we started with the first part of our major renovation (our terrace) and turning it into our mini outdoor classroom or play area.

My little girl willingly participated in doing some cleanups as long as her drink is near her.
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My little helper enjoyed helping her daddy clean the place and paint the walls.

She even helped sweep the floor after the renovation. That's our new terrace flooring after the make-over. I will be sharing my little girl's mini play area when I'm done with some major organizing. My sister and her family will be moving here sometime soon and I need to unclutter our current storage area for them. I somehow wish I qualified for rv loans so they won't have to temporarily stay in that house which we turned into our dumpsite. **Whew**

Anyway, my little girl is really good with helping me sweep the floor, put away her toys, paint and some minor tasks. One chore I haven't introduced is hand washing the dishes, do you think she's ready to learn that? How about you? What jobs did you teach your child when they were toddlers?

Mommy & Me - My 3 Mo. Old

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:20:25 PDT

Here is another picture of my little boy and I two weeks ago. My sister recommended a moby wrap for a baby carrier and she made me one: Check it out here. Can't wait to receive the package and try how it'll work for us.

Do you have any idea what kind of baby carrier is best for a heavy 4 month old?

Hosted by Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?

Anniversary Celebration

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:12:06 PDT

On typical weekend, our side of the family loves walking indoors and outdoors or eating out. If you live in this small island, you'll mostly see us in any of the 5 restaurants at least in a month. On special occasions, like last month, you'll see us in one of our favorite restaurant.

Hubby never get tired of his St. Louis and bake potato. I on the other hand, is contented with baby ribs, rice and hot sauce. My meal is not complete with out rice. My little girl only eats their corn and bread.

Our monthsary was the reason we went out to eat.

It was a surprise when hubby told me to get ready to go out to celebrate our monthsary. He's getting sweeter everyday which inspires me. I look forward to celebrating more anniversary with him. If I get so carried away with this emotion, I might end up shopping for 50th anniversary gifts for him or her before we even reach our 50th anniversary. :)

We don't really give surprise gifts, we ask or wait for hints of what each of us want before buying that even when there is no special occasion. What kind of gift to you give to your spouse during your anniversary?

Baby Carrier or No Baby Carrier?

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 05:41:06 PDT

I need help in selecting a good baby carrier for my now four month old baby.

I love carrying my little boy whenever we're out. Thanks to our baby carrier, holding him was very convenient. I was able to hold my little girls hand or bottle feed him when we're out and the head support in his carrier was great for the past two months. Last month, I took it out and he was able to face the front.

My little boy is growing so fast, he will be four month old next week, and last Monday was the last day I carried him while doing our indoor walks. I wasn't able to sleep for three days due to shoulder and neck pain, our last checkup showed him weighing 15.3 lbs. I guess it's really his weight that's giving too much pressure, to ease the pain I started taking tylenol and I also looked for chiropractic technologist program and used TENS unit. However, I really need help in deciding: Should I still use a baby carrier? Any recommendation of the kind of baby carrier? Any brand in particular?

If I can't find any baby carrier that won't give me shoulder and neck pain, that means his daddy will be the one to hold him everytime we're out.

Mommy & Me - Indoor Walk

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:01:27 PDT

Summer break is family time!

We were supposed to walk in the park but the weather didn't want to cooperate so we decided to go walking indoors - we visited some stores and did some shopping as well.
Mommy needs to loose some extra pounds to fit in her work clothes when school year starts.
Sometimes, my little girl and I spent time playing tag or she'd ask me to swing her around. Our indoor walks sometimes last 3-4 hours. :)

Hosted by Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?

Recommendation: Parenting Books

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:36:48 PDT

I noticed now that I am married with kids, almost all of the books and magazines I am reading are about parenting. I read anything that will help my family, especially my kids. I want to be the best parent and wife I can be with God's grace.

Here are three books I want to finish this year, I'm reading two books now, I'm halfway done with one.

Thanks to my loving sister for sending me "Shepherding a Child's Heart", I just can't find that book anywhere in the bookstores or libraries here. I am madly in love with my two kids and I am determined to do everything I could to be a good mom, I don't want them to end up in a naltrexone acamprosate campral treatment centers because walk the wrong path but as the author of "Mommy, Teach Me" said, "There is something undeniably compelling when we're following a plan that's not ours, but God's."

Here's the one book I'm almost done, thanks sis for the reminders, I saw it when reading Brown Sugar Toast - "Don't Make Me Count To Three". It's a great book, I wish I read this before my little girl became a toddler. I highly recommended this book!

How about you, do you have any parenting strategies or parenting books that you want to recommend? I sure could use all the help I can get.

Falling in Love

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:17:11 PDT

I am falling in love again, this time with our baby boy. It's always nice to see him smile, laugh, crawl and just be the cute baby that he is. It's always good to bond with him in any possible way. I'm happy that both hubby and my first born are feeling the same way.

Okay, here's a picture of me with my newly straightened hair, thanks for products like herstyler serum for taming wavy hair like mine. Now, that's another reason this mom's smiling like she'd never smile again.

Well, I hope my little boy will continue to grow happy.

Mommy & Me - Reading

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:05:41 PDT

Here's a picture of my daughter and I, we were all smiles because I was trying to teach her play a particular the blending game in her leapster but she was trying to hide it from me. When I started leaving her alone and going back to my reading, she started telling me she wanted to read the "doggy doggy" or the "Fun Facts About Pet". I'm happy that she likes listening to reading, too bad the volume of Nookie isn't loud enough, when at home we connect it to our home theater system 5.1 for a better sound quality especially when she's playing "Kids Learn's Learn to Blend, Make Words and Try Reading".

This summer break, we're doing sort of a basic homeschooling. She mastered all her uppercase letters, reciting her numbers from 1-20, some shapes. We're now working on her lowercase letters, she only knows a-e and reading numbers 11-20, she knows 1-10.

Do you have any recommendation fun pre-school learning activities? What are the things that make you busy this summer break?

Hosted by Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?

Married to American?

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:08:41 PDT

Hi there, how's your weekend? Ours are okay, we're quite busy with some projects we are doing, I'll be posting some pictures here soon.

In the meantime, I just want to share with you that my sister's blogs are up and running, her main blog address is shown on the picture above. Hope you pay her a visit, you'll enjoy reading her blog posts especially if you are someone married to American. Her site is about home-making the cross-cultural way.

A little bitty information about her - She's outgoing, fun, loving, creative, excellent artist, writer, violinist, avid reader and hmmm... She's also very fashionable but she prefers czech glass beads than jewelries... Well, head on to her blog to get to know more about her and to learn from her home and bahay tips especially if you are someone married to another man of different culture. :)

Our Family of Four

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:43:58 PDT

Our Family of Four is now officially together on our summer vacation! We'll sure enjoy it! Now that we've a family of four, I hope to update my blog template to include our little boy in it. Well, that might be hard but at least we will try. We will be busy this summer break! In the meantime, we're enjoying our moment watching some movies we didn't know existed. ;p "I Am Legend" is what we're watching now, no la flor dominicana cigars in there but some people infected with virus. I won't be able to watch this movie by myself, good thing the four of us are here together.

Our 2 Month Old

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:05:31 PDT

Our baby boy is now 2 month old and 6 days. As of last Friday, he is already 13 lbs(weight) and 24 inches (height). He has completed the milestones of a 1-2 month old already. We're all happy whenever we talk to him because he responds with his 'baby sounds' and gives us his adorable smile as captured above. He has mommy's dimples :)

He just finished his first set of immunization last Friday. We're still out of insurance, it's a rip off to be paying everything with our money but hopefully by next week when all work obligations are done, we'll be able to apply one. We might also ask advice from our Medical Injury Lawyer regarding some issues we're looking into. Well, we're blessed to have one healthy, happy little boy.

Back-up!

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:26:53 PDT

Five more school days and our most awaited vacation will start! I hope we'll have the time to have fun during our vacation and take some more Picture... picture... picture.... Hopefully I can set up our online data backup sometime during our vacation. We'll see what I can accomplish, I've so much on my list... I'm also glad that we received our backup drive, our computer is running out of space due to so much pictures saved in it. I'm starting my backup task now... :)

My Youngest Sister's Blog

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:03:12 PDT

My youngest sister also has a blog, it's been up and running for a long long time now, I'm sure she will keep it updated whenever she has time or perhaps on her summer break. I'm sure her nursing studies is taking pretty much all of her time. Her blog is more of a personal journal where she also shares her love of artography (as she calls it), cooking (well preparing vegetarian delicacy) and her love story with her high school sweetheart. Hope you visit her blog as well. Just click the picture above... I'll be heading there myself after checking morgan silver dollars online. :)

Sister's Blog: Home and Bahay

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:47:23 PDT

My sister has now officially entered the world of blogging :) She'll be launching her blog on July 1st ETC. Hope you visit her site... The theme of her blog? "Filipino-American culture and homemaking". Well, who knows someday soon you'll also be reading about scopes or other things that make they use in their homemaking. Well, I'm excited to see more of her pictures and the rest of the family's pictures in her blog. I hope she includes some. :p Click the picture above to visit her at homeandbahay(dot)com.

Couple's Bonding

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:28:54 PDT

For the last two year, the activity I shared with my husband was playing an online game called "angels online" but after finally realizing it's a complete waste of time and $. :p We stopped! We also played star craft and red alert/command and conquer. Too bad our installers got corrupted. This year, our activity together includes walk at the park and our insanity workout program. Oh, our little girl also joins us with every walk at the park and our 'beach body' exercise as she calls it. She loves wearing her own Nike running shoes the moment she sees her daddy or I get ready for our walk or workout. Well, it looks like we'll be doing the same routine this summer break. I'd say NO to going to movie theaters or restaurants with our little ones again after the incident I experienced yesterday when we went out to watch X-Men 1st class..