HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY....KRIS! (Isang Dekadang Pagsasamahan)

Went home last night feeling very nauseated and heavy...

Opened the door... there's a party.....

Rice is cooking, pancit just done, 2 cakes and fruits on the table, and on the chair, some clothes.

(Of course, there's also little Marky, making kulit)

Thought it's somebody's birthday... so I asked Daddy what all this is for.

And then, Daddy showed me this:

... flanked with this:

I almost cried. Hugged him tight. =)

That was last night. Today, June 9, 2011, marks our 10th year as a couple. It's not like how some people will perceive it to be... it's actually a super on-and-off thing during our first years... and we really just got along a few years back....

10 years ago, we were both active young community leaders, and that's how we met. Remembered my prayer back then that I want a church group member to be my lifetime partner. He came... but I never thought then that he's the answer to my prayer. Thought he was just another guy... but apparently, we're meant to be together.... Indeed, that's how this website was conceived...through the belief that people who are meant to be together always find their way in the end (One Tree Hill).

Roughly two years ago, I got pregnant with our first child, Marky. That's when we started living together. It wasn't always easy. Like many couples, we often have misunderstandings, there are things about each other that we just can't accept, and we were always defensive. But as time flies, we found out that one reason why we stuck to each other: We know how to push each others' buttons. =) We know we can fight and soon, we'll just be laughing about it. It also helped that he's a very responsible person. He values his image and his principles very much... they're principles that are very liberal... they're bound to raise eyebrows, but hey, they work wonders....

And yeah, it helped that whenever I look at him, now a lot healthier and flawed, I can still feel that 'kilig,' and I fall in love with him more and more each day.

Now, I'm almost four months pregnant with our second baby. Told Marky it's gonna be his baby. Know it's gonna be a challenge, but if Marky brought us closer together, this sure will, even more.

Thank You, dearest Lord, for the wonderful ten years....

He is the best thing that's ever happened to my life....

He completed me.

I love you so much, Daddy.

Happy, happy 10th birthday.

LOVE,

Mommy =)

(This is the most decent family photo we could manage... hehehe)

Day-Off, At Last!

Still proud of myself for getting the whole week through without any absences.... Anyway, it's already 9:42am... woke up around 8am because Marky's fretting... oh... he's awake now... grinning and climbing up my back....

So... well... Marky's now talking to me... saying ALIKULIKULIKULIKU... his newly invented word... hope he doesn't bang on the keys....

(OK, he's awake. So... what now?)

Guess I'll have to continue my blogging later. My son's coming over and he is banging my keyboard. Gotta turn on the music.

Posted.

Just keepin' you guys posted... 'guess I have no more excuse to not update this blog any more, since I now have a laptop of my own. =)

Thanks largely to my husband who made this, which, as y'all guys know, has been a dream two years back. =) 'Never thought that dream would be realized soon... thought it's still gonna take us one more year or so... but really, thank God for sales in the malls, we were able to avail of one that's not too pricey and yet, has a quality that we can be proud of. =) And it even comes with a warranty for one year... free repairs and replacement for unit and parts. =) The agent actually advised us to keep on using and using and using the laptop so that we'll sort of exhaust the warranty. =)

Thank God as well for my doubled income. =) Been doing so little to pay Him back. And having a bit difficulty these days because of my daily bouts of morning sickness. I've been perennially late in the office, it's starting to get a bit shameful. Thank God the big wigs understand... but of course, I hope I'll get over with these morning illnesses soon.

That's all for now. Want to share about further dreams and aspirations, but Daddy's been nagging me that he wants to go online.

Haha. That's us.

See ya around guys.

God speed.

I'm Back!!!!

finally got the energies to go back blogging again... this is the most i could muster for now... i feel nauseated....

anyway... just some updates for you here... royal wedding's done at last... and the weekend before that, which happened to be easter... marky's baptism! really, a whole lot of thanks for those who attended, sans the very far venue... we really appreciated it. =) pity i can't download photos here for some reason, but you may find them at my and my husband's Facebook. =)

hmmm... about the holy week... i really did nothing but sleep and lie down... i felt so lazy and dizzy all the time, it was frustrating 'cause i had wanted to tidy around the house and refresh myself during vacation... but there i was, doing nothing and being useless! but at least, i was able to catch up on some of the lost sleep... and i was able to take on the prescribed bed rest....

btw, dunno if i told you guys about this already, but i'm now about 2 and a half months pregnant with our second baby. 0_o had a preg test again this morning... this time, it yielded a positive almost as immediately as the flick of a finger... which explains why i have these dizzy spells and morning sickness... had about a couple or so absences already... sighs....

anyway, still thankful God has blessed me with a job that gives me double than my asking price... really anxiously and excitedly waiting for the first trimester to be over... i mean, the phase of lazy, dizzy, and vomiting... and hoping that, when that phase ends, i'll regain my energy and love for work....

also really very grateful to God for a husband who knows how to invest, and who takes care of all our home needs for me. i know, that's supposed to be my job, but he understands very well that i need somebody else to do it for me right now. hoping that he gets a better job, the job of his dreams, soon.

and yes, i'll be eternally full of thanks to God for my little boy, who's now growing so fast, so aggressive, and so full of life, at 9 1/2 months! =) i'm teaching him how to listen and heed to "no," and "come here," and "get that." the reason? i happened to know some babies who don't. 0_o thankfully, my son listens, and he obeys. so, as a reward, i let him explore as much as he wants, unless of course, if there's potential for danger.

Lord, bless our new baby. =) hoping for a little girl so that we'll have a boy and a girl. =) hubby and i are planning to name her kriziane kate, from both our names and because her conception coincides with all the fuss about the royal wedding. =) what d'you think?

Marky's Christening!

Updates! Updates!

Finally! Got on my blog once more... it's a Saturday evening and I'm still at work... but there's really nothing more to do save for waiting for our show to air, so all that's left for me to do for now is to entertain myself....

First off... the family reunion! I got reunited once more with my biological family (as in Mom, Dad and my brothers) last weekend, with Daddy and of course, Baby Marky. We first met at church... then, we went to our old home where we had one of my fave dishes - Mom's egg burger and chicken neck with liver adobo! =) Yum! Pity we didn't have Mom's carbonara... but it was all right....

Preparations now in full swing for Marky's christening. It'll be on the 25th of April, a Sunday, at the Sto. Niño Parish. Reception will follow at Chow King in Almar. Why Chow King? Well... it's basically because we canvassed and we found out it's more affordable there, and we can even have the room free for ourselves for the first two hours and rent the videoke! We shopped around first... should we have Jollibee, Chow King, some other resto, or just our home and have the food catered by our own fellas? We first tried Jollibee, but we decided this won't work... all the party packages are for kids, and all our attendees are adults. So we just decided that would work instead for his first birthday. Catering's good, but the viand and rice will come from Daddy's side and the spaghetti, carbonara and chicken will be coming from my mom's... transporting will be a major hassle. Plus, we're not sure about the security of our guests here. Other restos - nah. There's not much choice. The next better restos from here are kilometers away. So we opted instead for Chow King. The venue's accessible from the church, the meals are adult-friendly, we could have as many add-ons as we want, and as I've said, we can have the videoke, as well as the room for free for the first 2 hours!

And last but not the least... by the way... I'm pregnant once more! 0_o I'm not kidding! Indeed, it's baby number two, coming up... almost two months now. =)

More for next week! Stay tuned.

God speed....

The Moment I've Been Waiting For

Got into a spat with Daddy's elder bro last night. He was drunk; I was tired and spending quality time with my little boy. Playing with Marky is just as tiring, but it's one of my means to relax....

And then, he asked these crazy questions. I don't wanna answer. I never wanted to deal with stupid stuff like this.

He insisted I answer. I said I don't talk to people who were not my level. It got his ire. It worked... it burst his bubble.

This guy always seemed like the perfect epitome of the bum... he's been given opportunities, but he neither excelled nor persevered to excel in any of them. I've always been raising this point to Daddy, with care, for he always kept his ears shut whenever I open the subject... which I understand, because he loves his brother... but....

But my concern really is that this guy is growing to be a sort of jinx to all the people who help him, who would support him in his endeavors. The perfect example is his girlfriend. She's a pretty-enough girl, with amazing computer skills and knowledge and the knack for relating to people. I had wanted to recommend her to jobs, but I didn't, because I know her earnings would only go to "that" person....

And, guess what? "This" person applied and put me in his character references! Amazing! As if I didn't know how he worked, how he sabotaged his every output, and how he flunked in every assignment he is given!

Now, he's been given another opportunity to prove himself. My only wish is that he doesn't flunk this one, like he did in his other gigs....

Daddy has threatened to leave me because of that one simple sentence I said to his bro. I'm not gonna force him not to. He has to choose if he will go with his ancestral family or with me and Marky. But, 'guess what? I'm thankful this has happened. Because it kind of harked me back to my senses... that I'm now grown up, a mom, a partner, and I should have that sense of responsibility already....

Tiredness from work is no longer an excuse. As I've put it in the past, I chose to live this life. And Maryan is known for always making her decisions right. So be it.

Now, I'm determined. Whether Daddy leaves or stays, I will be able to raise Marky. On my own. Without the help of either family. And I will make sure, as I always did, that both will be proud of me and my son in the end.

Need to go back to God. Soon.

God speed....