Our little walker

Just a snippet of Emma's walking skills (with a preview of Miah's stubborn-ness too!) Emma's walking everywhere now-like she's the ruler of the house! haha. They grow so fast! Seems like just yesterday Emma was still holding our hands to walk & Miah was saying only one word at a time. I guess it's true that time does fly when you're having fun - sometimes I wish it flew slower though. My babies are growing too fast! *tear*

Miah's haircut

Jeremiah's hair was getting pretty long so I thought I'd cut it before getting ready for our Thanksgiving feasts. We've only taken him to a professional twice & both times he cried his eyes out, so I decided to buy some clippers & tackle the task myself. I think I've cut his hair maybe 5 or 6 times already and it's always been a hit or miss, depending on his mood. This day was not a good mood day. He kept pulling his shoulders up and crying. I'm surprised he doesn't jump off the chair! Anyway, we were both getting frustrated so I decided to shave his head.

Poor Miah. I always feel sorry for him because he hates getting his hair cut. I think it's cause the cut hair sticks to his neck & it gets itchy. He usually likes his haircut after he's calmed down & taken a shower. After his shower I put a hoodie on him cause I had shaved his head so much that I thought his head would be cold. Poor baby, he was so ashamed of his haircut that he didn't wanna take his hoodie off. Luckily after hours of telling him his haircut was nice, he began to like it. At one point even pointed to his head & said, "Mommy, nice hair cut!" and smiled. The top picture was Jeremiah at Thanksgiving dinner, not minding his haircut at all.

Well, today is the picture below it. This was before we went to Grandma Marie's house to watch the Charger game, see all the cousins and welcome our cousin from Canada who just flew in last night. Mind you, we didn't see all these people on Thanksgiving so they didn't know about his hair. Needless to say, when we went in, everyone in the house made a fuss about it and he got ashamed & would not take off his hoodie. They weren't making any bad comments, but Jeremiah has never had his hair this short, so I think everyone was just surprised. Poor Miah, I felt so bad for him, but I took off his hoodie anyway (not w/out a fight) just so he could see it wasn't a big deal.

Luckily it didn't bother him anymore and I think he's back to liking it. I'm still trying to get used to how short it is, but I can't stop touching his head cause his hair is so soft! haha.

Thanksgiving 2009

Usually, every year, Thanksgiving involves going to 3 different places to stuff ourselves with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pancit, ribs, roast beef, etc. This year we only went to Grandpa Rudy's and The Dela Cruz's house. Auntie Marie had surgery the Tuesday prior and had told us that they weren't going to plan anything for Thanksgiving. Thankfully, she's doing well. Regretfully, we didn't take any pictures at Grandpa Rudy's, but as always the food was DELICIOUS!!! We met up with my sister and her family there, but after 2 or so hours of getting our grub on, we had to leave to go to Jenner's sisters' house. The spread is always eyecatching & of course delicious as well.

This year I also decided to join Annalou in some Black Friday shopping madness at Toys R Us. It wasn't too bad. We got in line around 11pm & doors opened at 12am. We split up & found things on her list. Good tag-teaming. Luckily Jenner got paid so I was able to spend a little on the deals. The best part of the morning was when Annalou bumped into an old friend of hers (whom she was trying to avoid, but kept seeing! haha) Worst part of the morning-the line! I think we stayed in line for 2 hours and I just made it home in time for Jenner to go to work at 5am!

All in all it was a great Thanksgiving.

I'm thankful to God for my loving husband, my caring children, my health and also my family & friends that have enriched my life with their friendship! God has blessed me!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

awww maaann!

This Saturday we went to watch the Pacquiao fight at my cousin's house. (Go Pacquiao! It was an exciting match!) Before we got to their house, we picked up some chicken wings. The drive to the restaurant seemed longer than usual and I guess we made a U-turn, at which point Jeremiah says, "Aww maaann!" and his dad says, "Aw man for what J?" and Miah states, in the same tone as his first aww maaann, " Wronggg Waaayy!" He cracks us up!

Halloween 2009

The theme for this years costume was "going green" and by that I mean reusing costumes! :D Emma wore Miah's old costume and was a Hunny Pot, while Miah borrowed AJ & Jayme's old costume and was a bumble bee. This year we had a mini-mini party with Jenner's side of the family (thanks to Annalou & family for making it festive with Jack-o-Lanterns and halloween goodies!) All week before Halloween I told Jeremiah that we were going to go trick-or-treating and how it would be like. He kinda got the concept of it all with the help of the Disney Channel & Sprout, but I was surprised how well he did! He had so much fun going from house to house with his cousins and sister. When we went to the first house, the other kids said "Trick-or-treat!" when they answered the door and the kids held out their pails Miah held out his pail right along with them. When the person put candy in it, he kept the pail up and waited for more. By the third house he got the routine down. Holding Jayme's hand he would wait at the door for someone to answer & when they came he'd say "Trick-or-treat", wait for his candy, say "Thank you", then wave & say "bye-bye". I'm so proud of him. He had a lot of fun. Only problem now is that everytime we drive down our street to go home he'll point to all the houses and say "Candy! Ha'oween!"

Emma's 1!

I wrote this post after Emma's birthday, but I guess I was so exhausted that I forgot to actually post it...




Happy 1st Birthday to my precious baby girl, Emma Michelle!!! Emma's birthday was Saturday, but everyone was soooo exhausted from spending the day at the park to celebrate Emma and Jeremiah's birthday that I didn't have the energy to get on the computer & blog.
I can't believe how fast the year went! It seems like just yesterday I was complaining of being extra preggo & wanting to give birth already! haha. I can't believe how fast Emma is growing! I think because there was so much going on with having to raise 2 kids I never had time to anticipate what developmental stage was coming up next for Emma and I was always surprised that they came up so fast!
My Emma is a character just like her brother! I love watching them interact! Emma loves Jeremiah-especially when he's doing something he's not supposed to and it's hard to tell him to stop because Emma enjoys it so much! Jeremiah was the first one ever to get Emma to laugh! They have such a sweet & special bond and I hope they grow up to be best friends! (ya, good luck, huh?! I can dream!)

Our baby boy is 3!

My miracle baby boy is 3 today! I can't believe it! Just typing those first two lines has already made me start tearing up. I literally fall asleep looking at him sleeping every single night and think to myself how blessed I am that Jeremiah is in our lives. Every night I think of how God gave him to us and how he just started out a tiny tiny cell...yes, I do, I literally picture a little cell, dividing and growing bigger and bigger -and then I think about the miracle of life...his life...every single night before I go to sleep. Funny, I know, but that's how I start my prayers of thanking God for my family. When I look at all his pictures in the hospital from 3 years ago, I can't believe how teeny tiny my little boy was! I knew in my heart that Jeremiah would thrive and get stronger every day. I like to think that that was a big reason he did so well - I like to think that my 2lb 10 oz baby boy could feel the extra strength and love that Jenner & I brought with us everyday, just for him. I will never forget how overjoyed I was when I gave birth & they put him on my chest. I felt a love that I had never felt in my whole life and in those few seconds I blocked everyone else out and it was just me and my Miah. My little Jeremiah has, so far, grown into a little character making us laugh every single day. I can't believe how smart he is and am in awe of how he thinks and what he is capable of learning. He is what I've always wanted in a son and more. God has truly blessed us and I can only hope and pray that we will raise him to be an intelligent, loving and caring person.

Happy 3rd Birthday, my Jeremiah!

Mommy loves you! Always.