Living Mye Life

Carl Nathan is celebrating his 10^th month today and 2 month more and he will be celebrating his much awaited first birthday! Hubby and I went to Quiapo since we missed going to this place for quite some time now.  We never forget to buy pansit hubby’s favorite Chinese restaurant in Ongpin before we headed home and stop to the nearest Goldilocks store to get his cake. 

And there he is, smiling at us and so happy to see his Mom and Dad.  I changed his clothes and he’s all willing to drive his car and pose for the souvenir pictures.  My family came to celebrate with us and they all noticed that Nathan is growing fast.  He is such a happy child and he never fails to brighten our day.  

Happy 10^th month Nathan! We love you so much! 

I am so lazy to wake up early and at the back of my mind saying “its weekend, I deserve to sleep longer” but having a baby who wakes up early everyday and just keep pinching your face, I don’t think I will ever get my wish for now. And we also had our 2^nd shot on HPV vaccine yesterday at the office so I need to do things faster. I’ve met with my girl colleagues and as planned we went to eat at Serye Restaurant where we crave and ordered for the boneless crispy pata. We can feel the pain in our left arms with the vaccine finally seeping in but no one can stop us to enjoy the delicious foods in front of us. We finished our meal with a dessert called mango rhum cake and I wonder if I can make that cake in the future.

But good thing we can always think of how we can fight the heat in our working place. My colleague suggested buying an ice cream, but since not everybody can contribute, we decided to buy an ice cream cone. It was such a reliever and we can only wish there’s a refreshment area in our office canteen. But there’s none and we have to buy in the nearest Mercury Drug outlet. But at least it helps, and I wonder how many more ice cream we will consume before they can fix our aircon. May somebody help us.

Even I’m in pain and hubby wanted me to stay home and go to the doctor to check on my left hand, I can’t just shake the feeling that we have an activity going on in our office and our company will have a 2^nd general assembly this year. So I endure the pain, take a pain medicine, wrapped my hand with a bandage and went to the office.

It looks different, just like we had last Christmas party. The place was well decorated, the waiters were in their full uniforms and I can see that the food is catered. And my instinct kicks in, I just had that feeling that something new will happen, and I’m right. It was not an ordinary general assembly, there’s a raffle draw, the famous Barrio Fiesta restaurant was our caterer, the announcement that we will receive a P900 ($21.4) gift certificate from winning an award abroad, and our rainy company outing this September. We enjoyed the “bring me” games they held and most of us participated. We wished on having the grand raffle prize of a Lenovo laptop but we were just as happy like those who got the major prizes, some guys have all the luck.

It was so intense that I literally crying in our bed and I keep on sending messages to hubby to come home.  My left hand suddenly felt the pain and I lose the grip on my fingers because of that.  Every time I move it, the pain sent something within insides of my body and I really wanted to cry out loud.  Nathan moves fast around our bed and I'm so worried that I might not get a hold on him if he goes at the edge and fall.  So I pick him up and give him to my mother in law telling them my left hand is in real pain.  I really can’t move and I sent a text message to our neighbor who knows how to do the traditional massage. When she came to our room, I was silently crying that she was shocked to see that my hand swelled like that, she talks about the cold and my hands were tired and stressed that I get them wet, but I knew it might be something else. 

Nathan can really pose for the pictures.  But only if he is in good mood, because if not, there’s no way you can make him smile for a shot so good thing a SLR camera helps to captured  that  heavenly smile.  So when my eldest sister put a "bandana" or a big handkerchief on his head, she rushed to me carrying my baby and told me to take a picture while Nathan is in his playful mood.  And it was fantastic! He really looks angelic and fabulous in every picture and I hope one day, I can find time to study basic photography so I can have a better shot on him as he grows.   

A minute after 12mn, hubby suddenly played children birthday song to my amazement, he’s been quite for sometime but I’m not expecting anything from him since he already gave me all the things I wished for. But knowing my hubby, he will not celebrate my birthday without anything to give to his beloved wife. And then he asked for my old Samsung mp3 that’s not working perfectly well now since I always drop it countless of time, I remember asking him to replace it but I thought I can still use it so I didn’t press the matter to him.

But when he said that my mp3 really looked old I noticed a shining mp3 beside our bed and I scream, wow! Because it’s not just an ordinary mp3, it’s the latest iPod nano! I couldn’t be happier having a new mp3 and just the same, hubby gave it to me. I so love my husband. He never fails to surprise me.

Later that night we went to Zensai Spa in BF Paranaque to use the vouchers I purchased online. We attended the mass nearby and we decided to walk going to the spa. It has a Japanese ambiance, and we went to a little house that looks like an old Japanese houses before and the only thing I wished they have is the shower room before the spa because I feel so sticky hot. But the free collagen mask was very refreshing and really cools me. I gave their massage a 7/10; I still prefer the old “hilot” style.

We ate at Shakey’s pizza to avail my free large pizza because I have a shakeys card. My sister and niece wait for us in the house to celebrate my birthday and us rock and roll in our videoke singing our hearts out. Most of my friends greet me in face book and twitter and I’m so happy having friends that I can get along so well. It’s been a blast and I thank God for all the wonderful blessings and a supportive family. More blessings to come!