There We Are Again

Another fun gathering, happened last January 7, 2012 at DJ Resort in Tiaong, Quezon. A union of laughers and stories.

See you next year batchmates!

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Another start of the year on the 23rd of January for our Chinese brothers and sisters. They have different cultures than us so we have to respect it. It is also good to know that people around the globe are also celebrating the Kung Hei Fat Choi though the real new year has already gone. A more colorful new year to celebrate because of the bright red!

Better late than never, we met yesterday with our Advantek and ACS friend in Mall of Asia to celebrate Rela's birthday. Eenah and Rela came all the way from Lipa Batangas and headed in Mall of Asia not only to have a birthday celebration but also to see how I look being pregnant. According to Rela, I'm cute as a pregnant. We had our dinner at Lugang Cafe, a Chinese restaurant across Tokyo Cafe.Perhaps next time, you could give us some chicago blackhawks tickets, or united center tickets or nhl tickets , how about that huh!

After the dinner, we just had some picture taking (I'll share the picture once Eenah uploads it). Bheng was also with us. Thank you Rela for the treat! Next time again!

Another day to remember. Thanks friends! Happy Chinese New Year!

Till then,

3D Ultrasound of Our Baby

Here are some of the photos (3D Ultrasound) of our baby. Scan was done at In My Womb Mall of Asia.

See more of 3D/4D ultrasound in my I Just Opine post.

Till then,

ACS Accounting Held Christmas Fishbone Decoration Contest

ACS Accounting held a Christmas Fishbone Decoration Contest - and last Thursday December 15, 2011, the winners were announced during the Christmas Party. The first prize received Php10,000.00

Here are some of the pictures of the winners. But before that, let me first give you the list of winners;

• 3rd Place - TMS
• 2nd Place - CSG Billing and TSG Admin
• 1st Place - CSG General Accounting (the team where I belong, we won!)

Here are the pictures of our decoration - Star ng Pasko theme.

Lantern made of coke litro bottoms

The Sabsaban

Keith Lang together with the other judges judging our work

Members of team - kulang pa yan

And here are the pictures of one of the second place - CSG Billing

Enjoy watching :)

Till then,

We're Having A Girl!

Finally, after 6 months of waiting, our baby revealed her gender. On 11th day of December 2011, my 24th week and 5/7 days, I had my 3D ultrasound at In My Womb located in SM Mall of Asia. It's a Pearl package which includes 15 colored pictures of your baby and a CD of still pictures. The procedure lasted for an hour as our baby was covering her face when we were doing the scanning. I am happy seeing her touched and covered her face, but baby, please show us your beauty next time I have my scan ha? In My Womb by the way is offering a 4 time repeated scan if the baby does not cooperate. So since I am not satisfied yet, I will go back for re-scanning on Friday 16th of December.

And here's the 2D picture of our baby's gender. It will be hard for you to recognize because it's black and white, but the two arrows are pointing to the female gender part which is lavia.

Our baby girl - barely three months and we can see you na! We love you so much. 

Till then,

On Being Pregnant - 23rd Week

And so yesterday marked may 23rd week of pregnancy. So many happiness and excitement was felt prior to that. This is really the feeling of being a mom, mixed emotions but excitement and happiness top it all. On my fifth month, I felt our baby move, and now on his/her 23rd week inside, I can feel him/her squirming. I see my tummy move as he/she moves inside me.

A little sacrifice now, I cannot sit with my feet alone, I need to have some chair otherwise, my tummy is pressed. I am also starting to feel the backache, that is why I wanted to lie down to avoid it. But those were nothing, those were just a wee sacrifice compared to other pregnant women who really suffered and felt the sign of pregnancy, especially during the first trimester. I am very lucky for not experiencing them.

I am not big as other pregnant woman, in fact on my 22nd week, I still weighed 110 pounds (50 kgs), same with what was my weight when I was in my 16th week. I eat healthy foods, but I do not eat a lot. I take vitamins as prescribed by my OB.

The only thing that saddened me is having a urinary tract infection (UTI) which according to them, pregnants are really prone to having a UTI. On my last visit last November 24, 2011, my OB prescribed me an anti-biotic to treat it, a cefulex I think to take for a week. twice a day, with 12 hours interval. And my oral taking ended yesterday, I will be having another urinalysis tomorrow to check whether my UTI has gone - and hopefully it's gone, otherwise, treatment continues.

I also had my first anti-tetanu vaccine, I visited our barangay midwife's house (supposedly in a helath center but it was Saturday) and she had me vaccinated by a tetanus toxoid. Next injection will be a month after - I am planning to go back on December 23, 2011.

Until now, I have no clue what our baby's gender is. All of them are telling me that I will be having a girl. I also checked the babycenter.com pregnancy tool - and it said, I will be having a girl. Me and my husband wanted to know our baby's gender, and on my return to my OB, I will request an ultrasound referral so we can know by then. December 7 will be my 6th month of pregnancy, konti na lang and our baby will be here. Yipee!!! Love you baby, mama and daddy love you so much!

Till then,

For PPP

Order a schadenfreude movie on DVD now!

Happy Halloween Working!

November 01, 2011 was my first time to spend All Saint's Day alone and working in the office. I decided to go to work to finish some tasks. I regularly go home during this holiday, and sadly, this was my first time of being alone. My longings suddenly increased when I heard my mother's phone on the other line, informing me that they will be going to visit our relatives in cemetery. Too bad of me, I wanted to go home, it was 11am when my heart says, "go home"! :(

I am no longer a single lady that I used to 29 years ago. I have now a loving husband that should be asked permission to whenever I want to go to somewhere. Things have changed a lot now. Someone has to listen and talk to even in any small and petty things. And whether to visit home or not, is part of this so called "married life." 

Next year, where will I be on 11.01.12? 

Till then,

My Second Ultrasound

I was able to see our baby during my ultrasound last Saturday. I was again in deep happiness when I see him/her grown. His/her right hand was holding his/her nape and his/her long legs were kicking and stretching. I'm on my 17 week and 3/7 when I had my second ultrasound and from that time, our baby is still in the process of developing the skin, that is why we saw almost the bones, spinal cord specifically. Our baby did not reveal what his/her gender is, it's hiding still, my baby is in foot breech position. Cute cute, can't wait to see, hug and kiss you our baby.

My OB told me that I was having a contraction, I wonder why, I din't even feel it, I am not aware that I was having a contraction. Upon reading and surfing the net, I discovered that it happens to many mother-to-be, according to them, it sporadically happens as the uterus is adjusting. Sigh, relieved!

We love you baby <3 can't wait really! A long way to go.. March, I want to pull you :)

Till then,

My Pregnancy Countdown Ticker

Make a pregnancy ticker

This is how grown my baby inside my tummy is. Long way to go, but feels like it's so near. I am expecting to deliver on March 30, 2012. Really really excited for my first baby. We love you!

Till then,