a Father's Day Special...

and here's another one...just because your Dad so deserves another one!
(and not because I didn't make him one last year...hahaha)
but he does know son, that he is so well-loved, right? mwah to both of you :-*

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Father's Day to the best Dad in the world...

this is our own little tribute to the most hardworking Dad in the world... your Dad, my little boy!
You are so lucky bec. you are Daddy Marlon's son.
for the superman in our life...let's both shout in unison..."love you Dada!!!"

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Father's Day to Benedict's Daddy Marlon...

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

our little surprise creation for the beloved superman in our life...

a tribute to Benedict's Daddy, who happens to be the love of my life

We're Home!

I finally have the energy to blog about being home after an 11-day vacation trip to Cebu/Bora.

I can't believe how draining a vacation is supposed to be...but with a 20-month old toddler in tow, I need all the energy left in me to drag my tired body to bed, after all the unpacking is done. Imagine a 10-pcs. luggage with another 10 pcs. yet to arrive when my sister in law comes back on the 24th. With the cost of the excess baggage in mind, we decided to leave most of our stuffs in Cebu. Good thing my SIL is coming back to accompany Nana for a check-up and she will be going home via a boat so lesser ang fee.

But we had a great time bonding with family (esp. my dear sister and her kids) and close friends. My Benedict loved his Gymboree experience. And we had a relaxing but "bitin" time in Bora. But the Queen City of the South still remains my fave!

It's a fun summer vacation.

Will be posting pics soonest. As soon as the rest of our luggage arrives..hehe

Summer Vacation

As I was typing my title of this post, I remember my summer vacations of long ago, when I was yet a kid and we would be spending all of our summer days in Mapang. Back then I relish the airplane ride...and all the happy and fun times associated with summer! Of course starting with the fact that summer break means no-school...hurray!!!!

And thus it brings me back to memory lane...but now, I am getting the same excitement, if not more...because this time I am seeing/feeling it through my son's eyes/senses. Thi will be his first major trip away from our homebase in CDO as his earlier trips had been when he was yet too young to understand. And I am getting giddy with excitement over his first plane ride later this afternoon.

Haay, I just don't know if this is a normal feeling for mommies like myself...or if I am just being OA..haha. But we (Marlon & I) are sooo looking forward to this break. We are so excited to be a spectator when Benedict tries so many new things in this particular trip. Among his firsts would be:

• first plane rides
• first time to try Gymboree
• first time in Bora (and this includes me as his Daddy had been there na before)
• first get-together with his cousins (Gianne & Vince) in Cebu

As a mom, I can't be more excited for my little boy. I have packed our stuffs for like 3 days...hahaha. Of course there's my travel checklist to aid me. Can't seem to go off lists nowadays, am just so 'fraid I might miss some things...must be the anesthesia (haha, won't admit lang jud na age is catching up w/ me).

I couldn't wait to be in my fave Queen City of the South later. We are sooo looking forward too of the kids' (Gianne, Vince & Benedict) get-together.

Gotta go now...need to finish packing the rest of our stuffs. See you, Cebu!!!!

Fascinated with Colors!

My little one can't seem to stop himself from amazing all of us, esp. his Daddy...ayyy, he is definitely Daddy's little charmer!

Anyway, his latest accomplishment is knowing the colors. I am such a worry-wart. Imagine at about the same time when I have known that he can identify the letters of the alphabet na, I have began to worry that there might be something wrong with his eyesight as he can't seem to recognize the different shades around him. So much so that I even told his very-kind pedia about it, who told me that Benedict is perfectly fine and that she will learn the colors and all else in his own sweet time ...she had quickly dispelled my worries =D

And when his "own sweet time" did come, we have proudly reported to Doctora said development, and she gave us a smile with a matching twinkle in her eye ^_^. What I definitely love about Benedict's pedia is that she is old enough to be both mine & Marlon's pedia too...but she is well abreast with the latest in the technology esp. when it concerns her dear patients.

Anyway, the tiny tikes fascination with colors was triggered with his Little Leaps Creative Baby DVD...along with paintbrush and Crayola washable fingerpaints, he has created his first ever work of art. And I am scouting for a good frame na to showcase the little boy's masterpiece...haha. Big deal for someone like me who is a self-confessed artistically challenged. He paints with gusto and loves swirling the paintbrush on the palette to make a "mess" out of the different shades he has. Haay, and he flashes us a very happy smile when he happens to catch a glimpse of me taking shots of his messy little face. Here's his masterpiece =D

His fave color now changed from "bwo" (blue) to "purr-puh" (purple)...and he can easily identify "back" (black), "ayt" (white), "geen" (green), red although sometimes confusing it with "wo-ween" (orange). He used to have difficulty identifying "we-woo" (yellow) also but he did learn eventually.

He loves fingerpainting that we will definitely resume doing crafts when we get back...meantime, we will enjoy our Cebu vacation at the moment...but that's a different post altogether. ^_^

Ants bite???

I dunno if any of you has ever experienced this...

My Benedict have red, swollen areas in his body, particularly in his arms, ear and forehead. It's so huge, I got scared and thought a cockroach must have bitten him. I dont think it's a mosquito bite coz it's different from before.

Given that my little boy is allergic (to so many things, including dust), I was so concerned bec. he might react to the insect bite. I am so worried that I had been keeping an eye over him. Hmmm, he seems normal though...except for the scratching part...he seems to be waking up a bit more than usual to scratch the itchy areas.

We are going to his pedia tom...for our peace of mind. I dont think it's mosquito...and we moved our mattresses and cheked on all the pillows and blankets to rule out the possibility that a cockroach may have done the biting. Marlon thinks the culprit may be a teeny-weeny ant... haaay, blame me for allowing the little boy to eat biscuits in bed.

We did find a tiny little ant when hubby inspected the area, but it was dead na. Hay, i just hope it's only ant bite lang. But as always, erring on the side of caution, we will be seeing his pedia in the morning.

I feel a it sad coz we had to start Benedict on Singulair again for the whole month of May. Last Sunday he started coughing (occassionally lang nuon). I think it might be due to over-exhaustion. He was with us malling and was left in a daycare with yaya for a while. It's really difficult to leave the kid with only the nanny, no matter how well-meaning and capable she may be. And just today, he had been sneezing and showing signs of having acquired the colds. I just hope he gets better in time for our trip to Cebu.