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Yes you read it right! I'm 5-6 weeks pregnant and indeed a great joy is coming into our lives. :)

No wonder I cried at "The Incredibles" movie when I watched it at Disney Channel. No wonder I've been craving for green mangoes lately. No wonder I was so sensitive to Hubby that we fought for three long days! And no wonder all I wanted during the Holy Week was to sleep and eat and didn't even want to go out!

Well you might also be wondering why I haven't been updating my blog lately. It's because I've been sick for almost two weeks now. After Alex, I got her cough and colds and would you believe, I even got sore eyes over the weekend!? I can't believe why of all the times I got these when I just found out that I'm pregnant.

The good side of it all is that since I have severe colds, I couldn't smell a thing! So that means my sense of smell is not that sensitive yet and morning sickness can still be avoided.

I can already feel that this one is going to be different from my first pregnancy. It didn't only start with cough, colds, and sore eyes but I think we are now somehow confident. And since Alex is always with me the whole day it seems like I get someone by my side (while Hubby is at work). Imagine the joy that I felt when I was eating crackers at our bed (to prevent morning sickness) and then Alex suddenly woke up and ate with me! I just felt ecstatic knowing that this will be (hopefully) more exciting than the first one. Not only there are more people (including Alex) who is going to look forward for this baby but also this baby will be welcomed in our home with more love.

So there. I know I've been MIA in your blogs for weeks now! Sorry about that! And your tags are looong been overdue. But I will make it up to you friends as soon as I get over the cough and colds and whatever is happening to my eyes. (*wink*)

Since January this year we've been in and out of the hospital. For checkups, Hubby's admission, Alex's vaccine, etc. And I can see how a medicare advantage we could have take if I was employed and given such benefit. With this I'm considering getting a health card so that the hospital bills would be less expensive for us. Any suggestions which one to consider?

Tagged by Jane. Thanks girl! ;)

How long did you date? 10 months.

How old is he? He’s turning 30 this July.

Who eats more? Well, I always a lot more than him. Especially on our first date. LOL! He was too nervous to eat! :D

Who said “I love you” first? Him :)

Who is taller? He is.

Who sings better? Definitely Him!

Who is smarter? I don't know. If about IT, I would be because I've been with IT for 8 years but when it comes to marketing stuff, He would be :D

Whose temper is worse? Me! hehe!

Who does the laundry? The helper. But he used to do the laundry and he knows how to operate the washing machine than me. LOL!

Who does the dishes? The helper.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? me

Who pays the bills? HIM!

Who mows the lawn? We don't have a lawn :D

Who cooks dinner? The helper.

Who drives when you are together? Him. He doesn't want me to drive as much as possible.

Who is more stubborn? Him!

Who kissed who first? He did.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Him after a loooong time :D

Whose parents do you see the most? Mine

Who proposed? He did.

Who is more sensitive? Him!

Who has more friends? Me

Who has more siblings? Me.

Who wears the pants in the family? He does. :)

I love this tag! If you want to snag it go on and have fun! :)

Well, staying in the house for a week (I was working until Holy Thursday) seems boring but I was surprised that the time just passed by without us noticing it. It probably because we were having a good time and we really needed a rest after our last travel in Mindanao. I was able to at least clean up some stuff in our closet and I realized that I still got those platform shoes that I got a few years back. I used to love those shoes. I wear it almost everyday when I go to work. I was wondering if these shoes are still the in thing nowadays. I think if the company permits, the ladies would prefer to wear sandals right?

By Danielle Steel is the current book that I'm reading. I love it because I love Paris and I would love to read about it. My dream would be to be able to go there with Hubby but I guess not yet until a few more years. My most favorite part of the book is where the two characters met in an oceanfront property and spent the whole day there. I just love how she wrote the scenes and how she clearly described the setting. How I wish I could to Paris and spent at least two to three weeks there!

I know, I know, I haven't updated my blog for a long time! It's almost a week right? I can say that the Holy Week was the longest week for us. Alex got sick last Thursday after we did the Bisita Iglesias. And besides, as part of my sacrifice, I promised that I won't blog during the Holy days of the Holy week.

Can you believe that we were just at home for 1 whole week!? There were plans on how we will spend the week but since Alex was having a high fever, with cough and colds, we just couldn't take the risk. So we spent it at home taking good care of Alex, while I read a nice book by Ken Follett. We weren't even able to watch a DVD since we wanted to be at Alex's side all the time.

Anyway, I have a lot of pending assignments like New York Moving Company so please bear with me and warning you that my blog will be bombarded with those assignments and a lot of tags that I owe too!

Thanks for dropping by and hope that everyone had a nice Easter! ;)

Another date was set for Apols (with the Mommy bloggers) who will be leaving in a few weeks! We set the time of meeting from 5 to 7:30PM but we ended up going home around 10:30PM. LOL! It was a fun evening of never-ending chikahan and tawanan. I felt young again! LOL!

It was amazing to hear such love stories of the two Mommies who are now my idols! Wuhoo! Way to go Mommies! I won't mention their names anymore since it was highly confidential! LOL! I was able to hear a lot of tsismis as well which I didn't even know existed before. It just proves how much I was out of the loop (as always).

Anyway from Big Chill to National Sports Grill to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, I've gained a lot of insights (from Paid Blogging to Mommyhood to being a wife) from you Mommies. I hope to see you again next time! (*wink*) And oh, Jacqui, thanks again for the ride! :)

For more stories, check out the following post of Apols, Thea, Joy, Aggie, Jody, Kelly. And looking forward to Jacqui and Apple's posts! ;) Send my kisses to super behaved Austin.

Our fourth day started very early. We woke up around 6:30AM to prepare for mass at the Monastery of the Transfiguration. Bukidnon is actually known for this church. We were friends with the monks here ever since I was a kid so we won't miss hearing mass here every time we visit.

I just love hearing mass at the Monastery. Mass is so solemn probably because that it was built on top of the hill. You cannot hear anything except for the sound of the birds and the wind. Very relaxing.

The Altar



I was also glad that the Mass was celebrated in English. We didn't plan on bringing Alex because it was way to early for her, but she woke up early too! Maybe because she knew that it was her birthday and she needed to go to mass. LOL! She got bored in the middle of the mass so we had to take her out just to avoid distracting the people there. I didn't want the Priest to be distracted either. Anyway, right after mass we made sure that we took some photos...




The Spectacular view from the Church


That's the church at the back


The church inside...


with my Mom and my MIL






Alex was so in the mood! LOL!


If you happen to be in Bukidnon, don't ever miss hearing mass at the Monastery. They only have one mass every Sunday and it's around 8 in the morning.

Now, for the highlight of our trip - Alex's 2nd birthday party! It started around 3PM and all I can say is that it was a blast! :) For more stories check out the following...

Party Details

The Party

Thanks for looking! (*wink*)

Is going to be a working week for me. Although I really wanted to take a time off and reflect. I'm thinking of taking the Friday off. We planned to go somewhere quiet and some place we can relax. It's just near though. No need to take a plane or a boat. It's just a way to go away from the busyness of the city. Although of course I would want to go somewhere far and experience North Padre Island rentals. But I guess not this time.

Our third day (Saturday) was one of the busiest of all the days while we were in Malaybalay City. It was the day of the Street Dancing of Bukidnon's Kaamulan Festival. You see, I was born in Malaybalay and grew up there but ever since we transfered to Manila I haven't been able to experience Kaamulan Festival anymore.

The street dancing was wonderful! It started too early though around 7AM so Alex wasn't able to watch it. We left her with my brother who was still sleeping. Anyway our house was just 5 minutes away from the main highway so in case Alex would need me, I can just run. LOL! How I miss the life in the province were everything is so near.

The Kaamulan Festival used to be celebrated on Septembers but (I think) due to the rains on September they transferred it to March which is good because we were able to watch it, after such a long time. So it's like hitting two birds with one stone when we went home to Malaybalay, celebrating Alex's 2nd birthday and at the same time seeing the Kaamulan Festival. :)

Hubby did a great job in taking some photos during the parade. He was lucky because he was able to join the official photographers there. LOL! Sometimes he would even go to the middle of the street just to take some photos. I will just let the photos speak...

We got a good spot too. We were at the place where supposed to be the Mayors are. LOL! But since they were not present we were able to take their seats.





It was a fun morning indeed! There were 8 floats who entered the contest. I'm proud to say that my Tita was one of the judges. Hehe! I can't remember exactly who won though but if I were her it would be hard to choose because all the floats and the dances were nice!