mommy moments – dear baby

my everdearest jared, 
the day i found out i was pregnant with you was the day my stars finally properly aligned and the day you were born was the happiest day of life, the beginning of a wonderful, life-long adventure. i have long prayed and dreamed of becoming a mum and it was finally becoming a reality.  i have embraced it with arms wide open and welcomed you into my life with all my heart and soul. 
you were, are, and always will be god’s best gift to mum. 
motherhood is a humbling experience, i didn’t think i will ever be worthy and i wake up with awe every day, half amazed and half disbelieving of the grace i received.
i hope you to be a fine, young man someday, compassionate yet firm, wise yet humble, laid back yet passionate, mysterious and simple. i hope you learn a little from mum each day as we go along. i hope to create wonderful memories with you, son, traditions and rites. but more importantly i hope to show you each and every way i can just how much i love you.
love,
 mummy

my entry to this week’s 

mommy moments

 

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lookie, i won!

i was just doing my daily rounds of other mommy blogs when i came across a post on someone winning in this giveaway. i joined this contest in january too, (check out my post here) and totally forgot about it. so i hurried on to ACmomCee’s to check the result and what do you know! i was the lucky one to win the international prize of $20! now i have extra budget to purchase those lovely photo books i made in artscow! woot!

so, much thanks to ACmomCee and here’s to more blog giveaways in the future and to a successful blogging adventure!

joining these online contest does pay, must join some more!

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a sunday with parenTIn.tv

celebrating valentine’s day one week in advance, that was what parenTIN.tv’s i love my family event was all about. it was a celebration of showing our love for our family.

 

we arrived a little after the registration and was lucky enough to get a belo goody bag (of belo men facial wash and energizing bar – for the daddy!) and some stuffs from el real pasta.

before the program commenced, we managed to sqeeze into the bee line for the photo booth and had these  taken (photos of the event can be downloaded here):

jared + mum

with tita vance this time

other activity booths are: galileo enrichment booth, baby company drawing booth (jared is still quite little to join), and the delectable josiah’s party jr. chocolate fountain booth (i managed to sample a little of the wafer sticks, since when it was time for me to get some, all the goodies are gone!)

the afternoon kicked off with the presentation of the mums for the “i love mom makeover” contest. 3 lovely moms were lucky enough to be win a makeover from david salon, clothes and shoes from bayo and a goody bag full of belo products. (sorry i was lagged with a 14-kilo baby that decent photos are next to impossible)

 

what i particularly enjoyed about this event are the love talks from experts (daddy should’ve been present, he might’ve learned a thing or two there *wink*). the first one was “his needs, her needs” by maribel dionisio, m.a. of love institute. here’s an excerpt:

men’s emotional needs vs women’s emotional need:
           men                                      
attractive spouse                      
recreational companionship    
admiration                              
domestic support                    
sexual fulfillment                      
         women   
family commitment
financial stability
affection
conversation 
honesty and openness

” marriage, families + relationships are more of a process of learning the dance rather than finding the dancer.”

another interesting chat on love language was given by real-life partners, tibo + vangie evalle of educhild foundation highlighting the importance of an open communication, both verbal or otherwise, in the success of every relationship.

another talk was given by dr.vicki belo’s daughter, crystal, on belo’s latest products + dr. arvin faundo, of cordlife philippines on cordblood banking

an on-the-spot painting performance was also done by childwonder angel, whose surname escapes me now, pardon me, and was followed by the awarding of winners for the baby company’s artwork contest.

and another one of my favorite part of the program, and jared’s too, judging from the way he strangled mum so he can go to the stage, the dance number by the baby ai-non mascot.

in between those, vance managed to take these photo,

including this one with ms. tintin, when we were able to corner her on the side:)

the last part of the program was the reveal of the 3 mums, fully made up and dolled up and serenaded by the rainmakers (for those of us who do not know them, they originally sang “binbini)

and did i say i was able to see about a dozen members of pmb there, but sadly mingling with my jared in tow can be quite a mean feat that i  have to decide against it. i did manage to chat with a fellow member, though, mommy joy (who, by the way is having a blog anniversary promo) during the baby ainon mascot dance number.

all in all it parentin.tv was one worthwhile experience i am surely to repeat and tintin did hint on an upcoming mommy bloggers’ event, so we’ll see you next:)
special thanks to my friend, vance, for taking these lovely shots:)

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friday fill-ins 2001.06

FFI

And…here we go!

1. Family comes first for me, always.

2. i would love for my son to be pliant and flexible to bend through life’s ups and downs.

3. Trust is something impossible to fix once broken.

4. always hope for the best.

5. Parents did the best job they knew how.

6. mind your words, you cannot take back what was said.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to resting – i was bone tired, tomorrow my plans include doing my laundry (boring i know!) and taking jared to our afternoon walk around the neighborhood and Sunday, I want to have a lazy afternoon weekend!

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a joyful first blog anniversary

mommy joy of joyful occasions, a fellow PMB member, is having a party cum Pinay Mommy Bloggers meet on February 20, 2011 in celebration of her  joyful first blog anniversary. in line with this, she is having a refer-a-friend promo and winners of which will earn an invite to her much awaited joyful event.

here are the mechanics: 

1. Publicly follow and subscribe to her blog
2. Ask ten friends, family, or office mates to publicly follow and subscribe to her blog: 
3. your referral  must comment “followed and subscribed, referred by ____”

4. When you have completed the 10 referrals, email mommy joy  with your name, cellphone number, the names of your referrals and their email addresses for validation.
5. After validation, event details will be sent to you via email.

so what are we waiting for, go find those referrals and see you in feb 20 for this joyful celebration!

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