early gift

Iya got an early present today.

This morning kasi her Tito Ruben called, eh pinabayaan ko lang sila mag usap… then when we were having lunch…

Sofia: mama, can you call a taxi?

Me: (bewildered) why?

Sofia: so i can go to tito ruben’s house

Me: no baby, tito ruben said he will go here later

aba eh biglang nag smile ng napakaganda sabay sabi:

“mama, tito ruben will bring my present???”

nalito naman ako… sabay ym kay ruben kung may sinabi ba sya kay iya at naku if he was joking eh iya would be so disappointed kasi pag may sinabi ka sa kanya she’ll remember that! and so a few minutes later, hubby and ruben arrived and when Iya opened the door, Ruben indeed had a gift for her. Ay she dashed sa sofa and opened it really quick. The funny thing was the wrapper was huge, natabunan na yung gift nung wrapper! nalito pa sya san napunta yung laman! lol!! She was so happy when she saw it was a Heffalump stuffed toy It’s bigger than the one she already has so it’s perfect! Now, her heffalump has a mama heffalump just like in the story/movie.

and yes, that’s a mickey mouse tattoo on her knee

lab tests..

Went to Horev Medical Center yesterday to have lab tests done. It’s a good thing I decided to ask first how much the tests cost. We don’t have insurance here. ( I don’t know why hubby’s company didn’t bother to get insurance locally) So anyway my doctor here wanted 11 tests. And imagine my horror when the cashier/receptionist told me that it will cost 2,590 shekels or 29,942.15 pesoses!!!! Ay nanlambot ang tuhod ko!! Imagine, back home someone could’ve given birth with 30k! It is SOOOO expensive here in Israel especially if you don’t have an insurance! I wanted to back out already. I’m going home next month anyway so I can have the tests done there where it is sooo much cheaper. But baby comes first, so we decided to do the 1st 6 tests. (those w/c i deemed were important hehe) We still paid close to 1,000 shekels.

Anyway, a funny thing happened. I went inside the room where they would draw my blood. When the lab technician started to prep me, I suddenly heard Iya say:

“mama, are you okay? don’t worry it’s just a litte ouch”

The keyhole of the door was pretty big so Iya could see through. I didn’t know she was still outside the door. The people in the lab all heard her since she said it pretty loud and were all smiling and saying how sweet my daughter was.

blog name

I need to think of a new blog name…coz Sofia and I isn’t too apt anymore since there’s another baby coming soon! I thought of some but then when i surfed I found out they were already taken. I don’t wanna be accused of copying anyone! suggestions are very welcome!

My 1st pregnancy

I just thought of sharing this entry i wrote sometime last yr in my old blog (i saved some entries before i deleted the blog) on how i found out i was pregnant with my darling sofia.

My beautiful daughter was born 3 yrs ago on April 15. She was a much awaited baby to say the least. The 1st grandchild on both sides. I didn’t have any problem all throughout my pregnancy. I mean no vommiting, lihi… I actually didn’t know I was pregnant until around my 16th wk! So imagine my happiness & fear upon learning that the baby inside me was 4mos already!!?? Fear coz i haven’t been eating “healthy”..i’ve been eating fastfood and more fastfood…

Why in the world you might ask, have i not noticed I was pregnant!? Well first off, I had an irregular period so I thought this was just another one of those very late period.. I didn’t “feel” pregnant at all! you know, bigger boobs, etc hehe… Well, I did notice my pants were getting tight but I though I just needed a new pair of jeans! my hubby actually was already sensing I was pregnant but I kept on dismissing the thought. Not wanting to get disappointed again i guess.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

Ofcourse here in Israel they don’t celebrate Easter..nor holy week. Good Friday nga eh Purim Festival pa dito. sort of parang halloween when you think about it coz everyone was out in costumes! There were celebrations everywhere!

I know the whole of the Philippines is in celebratory mood, but ofcourse.

Happy Easter again!

Just in the nick of time!

Got our schengen visa this morning!!! We applied for the visa early this month. It was supposed to be released last thursday but they said it wasn’t ready yet & we just had to wait for their call. so imagine the agony of waiting! good thing R called the embassy to check or else we wouldn’t know that the visa was ready for pick up already!!! grr!! and guess what, we’re already booked to fly out tom!! yup, tomorrow early morning! we’re supposed to be at the airport by 3am. and it’s 9:30pm… still have to finish up packing…hehe…we’ll be in Europe for 2wks… goodluck to us!

arrivederci!

when words sound alike

me: Iya, enough icecream! listen to your voice!!

sofia: mama, i’m not a boys! i’m a girl! hmp!

Finally!

at long last!I remembered my username and password for this wordpress blog! (i can’t for the life of me remember talaga yung sa blogspot ko!) dang! i’ve been trying a dozen or more combinations the past days!!! well anyway i’m blogging again…

here i go again…

hopefully this blog will be for keeps!

thanks feng! you made me want to really blog again. it’s a good thing we were able to chat earlier! thanks for the kind words and the inspiration!