Caitlyn's turning 3!

Look at me-me-me..
I'm three-three-three..
I'm as happy as can be-be-be..
Can't you tell, can't you see..
I'm a very, very happy me...

i'm ecstatic!!

I never mentioned in this blog that I'm a Piolo Pascual fan! As in!!

And because of some connections, I was able to talk to him yesterday over the phone! Oh, I can't believe it! This was actually the 2nd time - the first time was about 5-6yrs ago.

I can no longer remember all the details of our conversation but 2 things I will never forget: His patented laugh and when he told me "hope to see you soon!" I don't care if ni-s-showbiz nya lang ako - I was really ecstatic!

Anyway, it happened when I got a call from my friend, who happened to be the husband of Papa P's co-star, Saturday morning. He and his wife were inviting me to join them in the taping somewhere in downtown Manila so I can have my coffee table book signed by Piolo. Side story - I bought Piolo's coffee table book, Believing, a few weeks back and was really planning to have it signed by him. Unfortunately, MyLove and I have to be somewhere else yesterday and therefore had to decline their invitation. My friend just offered to pick up the book from our place. A couple of hours later, I saw 4 missed calls from my phone. When I called back, my friend said Piolo wanted to talk to me to ask me where I want my book signed!! Oh my, I demanded from my friend to find a way so I can talk to him. This time, I turned my phone's ringer on and kept it close to me. Another couple of hours after, my phone rang! When I answered it, I heard a very familiar voice from the other end - pero syempre still asked who was it!!! Hay, I was in cloud 9. He was saying sayang I wasn't able to make it. He laughed when he heard mylove saying "Papa P" from the background and told him it was my husband. I was like a teener na tinawagan ng crush!!

Hay, I wonder when can I finally meet him in person....

best buddies

This is one of my favorite pics of Caitlyn and her dad.

It amazes me sometimes on how she thinks and speaks. She's also becoming more charming and much sweeter as she grows.

Hope she stays the same forever!

my little firefighter

January 5, 2008 - Gymboree G4

nike baby

Can she pass for a Nike baby model?


The little girl said she wanted to play basketball so I dressed her up like that :)

my baby blogger

hi, my name is caitlyn...

Caitlyn actually typed the entry above, with me dictating what letter to press on the keyboard. She already knew how to use the keyboard and the touchpad! I can no longer have uninterrupted surfing/working because Caitlyn would always bug me to play "Elmo".

Could she be a computer wizard in the making?

Caitlyn at Megamall

Caitlyn's first visit to Megamall. As expected, the little girl had so much fun at the arcade.

cry baby no more..

This was taken at Caitlyn's 1st birthday. She was crying because she didn't want to have her face painted. She's probably scared.

Whenever she sees the her birthday video, she always tells me, "Caitlyn want face paint. I will not cry. That's nice!"

This was never proven, though, until we attended her cousin's birthday party last Saturday.


We haven't greeted the birthday boy yet, pumila na agad si Caitlyn for a glitter tattoo! :)

got our tickets!

Got our tickets last Friday for the Barney show. We'll be on the 5th row! :) There are still available front row seats, but we preferred the 5th row because those are isle seats. The available seats on the front row were on the far end already. Plus, it may not be very comfortabnle to sit on the front row.

I'm just so excited to see how Caitlyn will enjoy the enjoy. Just this morning I saw how Caitly got all giddy while watching Barney DVDs. What more seeing them live :)

purple dinosaur...

.. is coming to town! I just got so excited when I learned about it that I wanted to run to the mall and get us a ticket! I can't though because I may be stuck in traffic and couldn't be back for my meeting in an hour. But MyLove and I will definitely head to SM later to get our tickets. I just hope we'd still get good seats.

Caitlyn will definitely be happy to see her friends Barney, Baby Bop and BJ :)

46 days to Christmas!

I can't believe it's only 46 days before Christmas! I can actually feel the cool breeze already - which made me lazier to get up each morning.

Unlike last year, though, when we're mostly done with our Christmas shopping at this time, we've just started with our Christmas shopping, mostly toys for our inaanaks and pamangkins. And it's becoming more challenging because whenever I buy something, I'd always wanted to get one for Caitlyn. I'm stopping myself big time from buying anything for Caitlyn yet as she still has so many toys and clothes, half of which are still even in the box. But I sometimes couldn't stop myself especially when I see nice clothes for her. We also need to start looking for Caitlyn's Christmas wish - a yellow car. She's been consistent on this one for a couple of months now. She actually includes this on her bedtime prayer. It seems quite not easy looking for that yellow car - most of the cars we saw are of pink, blue and green.

This year's Christmas will be special as well, as this will be our first Christmas in our new home. We haven't moved in yet, though, but will definitely be before the month ends. Just a few more finishing touches. I'm just so excited!

I'm also excited for Christmas because Caitlyn now understands Christmas and can celebrate with us. She actually knew a few Christmas carols already. Thanks to Dora, Barney and Hi-5! She's more fond of Snowman, though, than of Santa.

She also gets excited when she sees gifts but a smart girl that she is, would not insist on opening them when you tell her it's not for her :)

Oh Christmas, it's indeed the most wonderful time of the year :)

Mall of Asia - Nov '07

i'm back from clark

I attended a 2day seminar at Clark. Checked in at Hotel Stotsenberg on Sunday and left for Manila early afternoon of Tuesday. From what I read, the hotel has just opened a couple of months ago. The first time I saw the Hotel ground, I kinda liked it and somehow reminded me of the school we used to go to in Illinois. However, after checking in, that’s when reality sets in. It’s very far from how I expected it to be. Or maybe I was just expecting too much?

The room was just your ordinary hotel room. The layout was quite awkward, though. The room that I checked in, though, didn’t smell really nice. The CR stinks. There could probably be a leak in the sewer. I requested that I be transferred to a different room. Frontdesk told me they’d call me back once they find me a new room. One hour had passed, still no call. So I called to follow up. A different person attended to me this time and asked me if I’ve already talked to somebody else. I said I was just following up. The same thing, he said he’d call me back. 30mins have passed, still no call. Called for the 3rd time. A different person again and said the same thing to me. This time, I really got mad and told the girl on the other end that that was actually my 3rd call. She said she’d call me back. This time, I asked how many minutes should I wait. She said 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, I got a call informing me that somebody would pick me up to transfer me to a different room. Hay salamat.

The room where I was transferred to was quite smaller. But it really didn’t matter to me anymore. This one smelled “normal” already. There’s a very slight stink in the CR, but something I could just ignore.

Monday night when I returned to my room after the seminar, my card key wasn’t working anymore. I had to go to the Frontdesk to have it reset. E ang layo kaya ng Frontdesk from my room!

Food was ok. Service wasn’t. On our first morning, my omelet never came out. The second day, I had to follow up to get my scrambled egg.

And that didn’t end there. Checkout process was too slow also. They’re having the room checked before clearing you out.

Anyway, I had some fun din naman in spite of all the troubles. Lost a couple of bucks at Casino. Not really a gambler so that couple of bucks meant a lot to me! It was also a best way of keeping my mind away from the stressful life in the city.

I also shopped a few items at the duty free shop nearby. The duty free shops at Clark are far better that what we have here in Paranaque in terms of available items.

I was finally home by 5pm on Tuesday and was very happy to see and be with my love and my baby again!

little country girl

After going to Manila Memorial, we went to Bulacan and spent the night at my parent's vacation house. The little girl had fun running around under the mango trees with her snack box.

all saint's day

We went to Manila Memorial Park at Paranaque with my love's family to visit Papa Ben. We left home as early as 5AM to avoid heavy traffic and to get a parking spot. We stayed there until after lunch. Traffic was terrible on our way home. It took us more than 1hr just to get our way out of the park.

Unlike before when Caitlyn didn't want to set her foot on the grass, the little girl had fun playing around. She actually didn't sleep until our way home.

caitlyn at star city

We were supposed to check out the newly opened Global Fun Carnival but it rained on our way so just decided to go to Star City. It was Caitlyn's first time at Star City. My love and I haven't been to the place for ages, as well. We weren't very impressed with the place, but was happy because Caitlyn had so much fun. Caitlyn was so brave to ride all by herself in the Rodeo ride. I was a little nervous at first because she might stand up. But she handled the ride really well. My little girl is really all grown up now.

my swimming princess

After being canceled for so many time due to different reasons, Caitlyn was able to "test the waters" of the Sherwood pool last Sunday. We went with my 10yr old nephew, Neekee.

The little princess had so much fun! Unfortunately, it rained so I had to take her off the pool.

missing gymboree

When Caitlyn woke up this morning, she was so excited and said, "Mom, it's Gymboree day!" When we told her we're not going to Gymboree because it's "broken", tears fell down from her eyes. It broke our heart, really! The little girl misses Gymboree so much!

Gymboree classes in Glorietta have been suspended since last week and will not resume until the week of November 5. Gymboree decided to suspend classes for a couple of weeks to "give everyone the chance to recover" from the tragic incident last week. That means no Gymboree classes for Caitlyn until November 10th. We're not even sure if we can attend the November 1oth class because we have a birthday party to attend. Oh well.

We brought her to MOA instead and had her enjoyed the Carousel :)

i'm a proud mom

She's never cranky..

She never throws a tantrum..

You'll never see her frowning..

She always has a smile on her face...

She's simply adorable...

And I thank God for giving her to us...

texter!

Caitlyn sometimes messes around and turns off the TV while somebody else is watching. Then when asked to turn it on, would pretend that she doesn't know where the power switch is and would point to all of the buttons except the power.

Last night, she was messing with her Yaya.

Caitlyn: Yaya, this? (pointing to the volume adjustment button)
No answer from yaya. Busy texting.

Caitlyn: Yaya, this? (now pointing to the tuner)
Still no answer from yaya.

Caitlyn: Yaya, texting?

hahahaha! nainis na yata!

Hay..

paranoid

I'm very paranoid to go to any public places since the Glorietta incident last Friday. Until now, there's still no result of the investigation but it's leaning towards an industrial accident rather than a terrorist attack.

So what really scares me? Two things. First, if this is just an accident, this could really happen to any other malls or buildings. Glorietta is one of the biggest malls in the metro, so if this happened to Glorietta, this could also happen to any other mall. We frequent the mall at least once a week. Caitlyn attends Gymboree classes at Glorietta every Saturday. Secondly, a detained senator-elect was firm in saying that the incident was not an accident but a bomb attack. He was claiming there will be couple more attacks. If the incident will be proven as an accident, he might save his pride and make all things possible so the other attacks will happen and prove him right.

Am I starting to get crazy or what!? I really would just want to stay safe at home. But some are not safe even at home.

What's happening to our country? Is this really not a safe place to live in?

Oh Lord, please watch and keep us..