Jon's 31st bday

We went to Holy Cross to visit papa, had lunch at Luk Foo and afterwards headed home. We invited few close friends for dinner. :)

I have uploaded the pics at facebook. :)

Surprise Party for the bride and groom

We gave it to my tita and soon to be tito last November 27, at aquasphere. Though it drizzled for some time, the venue had been so perfect for the event. the space and ambiance was just enough to make us all comfortable, enjoy the food and everything else. it gave us time to know and welcome a new member of the family. :)

Shining

My little boy will be 26 months old come December 12 and I haven’t posted any update about him for almost 2 months. I wasn’t able to blog about the success of potty training and how good he is in counting upto ten. Aside from that, he can now converse with us, although sometimes he still can’t pronounce words clearly. He calls pacquiao – pacho! He knows his complete name now, when his cousin Athena called him Nathan Abrera he objected! He is Santiago. Last week when his dad left to get the car at the parking area, I told him that if he counts 1-10 his dad will appear right away. We counted 1-10 around 3x, then I decided to just let him recite the alphabet… he said: A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-9-10! This made me laugh really loud! I didn’t expect such smart move! That incident reminded me to be extra careful on what we say to kids, because they really are smarter than what we think. They absorb like sponge and reasons like adults.

Growing

So fast...

Look at the little boy

2007

2008

2009

my baby gets more handsome each year.

BATH ROBES as christmas present?

Since our house is filled with Christmas décor now I also started buying Christmas gifts. I’ve long been wanting to give my aunts and cousins bath wrap but couldn’t find any online sellers. So after learning that posylane sells terry bath robe I decided to check their site and is so happy that they have it. They also have waffle bath robe, so now I have 3 options to choose from. Aside from that, they could also personalized it. That’s what I really like most.

Here are some of the bath wrap i'll order, price ranges from $30-38 :

As for Nathan’s cousins and playmates, i haven’t bought anything yet, probably before the month ends I’d be able to find the perfect gift for them.

If you haven’t started buying gifts yet, better start now, as we only have 5 weeks before Christmas!!!

ASTROBOY - little boy's newest fave

We were able to watch the movie last week! my little nathan enjoyed it so much, much to my delight! He now raises his arm and makes a funny sound just like what astroboy does. He'd been so into robots for the last couple of days, but now he's back to barney, i bought him a new dvd after i saw him watch phantom of the opera - he requested for it when he saw his tata this morning (they've watched it yesterday), the little boy placed his hand on his face (covering half of his face) - only tata understood. i've been convincing him to watch barney or up instead. But he enjoyed phantom so much - very much interested in musical i must say or probably he finds his old dvds boring, after seeing it more than 20 times who wouldn't? I tried to look for old series of astroboy but couldn't find any so for now we are back to barney songs.

Tomorrow my baby will be 26 months old. i'll be posting pics of him soon. :)

Holidays @ Zenni

IT’s been awhile since I posted about the famous $8 Prescription Zenni Glasses. Since Christmas is just around the corner they released a special line that is Holiday Fun Eyeglasses. So what are you waiting for? Check out their New Arrivals! I’m sure you will find something that’s perfect for you.

Papa's bday @ holy cross

We went to Holy Cross together with the Recio family. We all miss papa so much!

Papa, i know you're in heaven now. Please continue praying for us. We will never forget you! Nathan was just 1 yr and 22 months when you passed away, we thought he would easily forget you, but we are all wrong. he remembers how you gulp gin from your cute little shot glass, he remembers watching pacquiao fight with you, and of course he remembers that you are his lolo, the one he kisses every morning! he even remembers your seat at the dining table. last night he wants athena to move to another chair because he said it's your seat.

When we were saying goodbye awhile ago, he said, bye papa! i mishu!

The little boy definitely misses his lolo so much! thanks papa for all the wonderful years, for all the wonderful memories. thank you for leaving such a big print in nathan's heart! I will forever miss you.

Happy Halloween!

Have you heard about photofunia? I’ve seen a lot of friends who had made use of photofun. The site provides new photo effect each day, yes you can make use of photo fun daily! Since I haven’t posted anything yet about how we celebrated Halloween, I decided to just make fun of the kids’ photos and share some here.

My little prince went as pirate this time. He looks so good that it is hard to believe that he is indeed a pirate! Athena, my 2 yo niece went as a little witch! She’s such a pretty witch! It’s effective as she’s good in projecting in front of the camera. Bianca, was also scary, and Kenneth, my 7 yo nephew came as a scarecrow.

All in all the experience was so fun. After so many years we then again decorated our house for Halloween. I know the kids will surely remember this party as they took part in decorating the dining area and even helped in cleaning afterwards

I have already posted some pics at facebook, It’s hard to take photos of the kids, imagine I have 200+ shots taken and only a few came out good. I wonder how they will like the photos with added effect.