New Year 2008

We were debating on whether to welcome the new year at home or at Eastwood where there would be a fireworks display. We ended up staying at home because the mass ended at around 10:30pm and we expected CJ to be sleeping soon. True enough, he slept at around 11pm. Syempre nung nagputukan na, ang kawawang baby nagising at iyak ng iyak! Kawawa talaga kasi tulog na tulog siya, pagod from the day's lakad tapos putukan ng malakas. Dede siya ng dede at we hugged him tight pero matagal talaga bago siya napatahan.

During the day pala, we had lunch at Italianni's (the official restaurant of the Castillo family) kasi it was Ate's 50th birthday (golden girl na siya). Sayang we forgot to ask the waiters to sing (hehe, If I had done that I'm sure Ate would have been mortified hehe). Nandun din mga relatives ni honey from Canada. Shempre I took "last minute shopping" to the highest level and went around buying gifts during the time they were eating lunch. Wala yung imiisip kong gift (ubos na daw stocks) so I settled for something else, na turned out ay kelangan pala ni Ate kasi nagka-allergy siya sa old sunblock nya. Si honey pala, nung sinabi ko na sunblock binili ko as gifts, sabi ha? with that quizzical look on his face. Kala nya sunblock as in coppertone for swimming e december pa lang at di naman sila mag-a-outing. Hehehe.

Di na kami nakapag media noche kasi nakatulog ako kakapadede kay CJ. Kinabukasan na lang we ate ham and drank hot choco c/o our cook, Daddy. hehe. Before the mass pala we ate bread with butter and ham. sarap!

Christmas 2007

Dec 24 - we spent most of the day just lounging around in the house. Daddy cooked spaghetti for lunch (yummy!). The househelp was on christmas vacation too. I did not want to wash the dishes so the dirty dishes were all piled up in the sink. We went to church (Santuario de San Antonio) early because Ate said the church would be full. We arrived at around 7pm. The mass was at 8pm. So we ate a little at le Coeurde France (baka kasi magutom si CJ) and when we went to church at around 7:45 the church was already full. The pew occupied by the Castillos couldn't accommodate me anymore (hmph) so I sat alone in the pew in front of their pew. CJ was relatively behaved (as compared to another kid there). We ate dinner at Italianni's. I tried to buy gifts for honey's siblings at GB5 but Classic Confections (and I think the entire GB5) was already closed. For Andy & Adrian, and Mark & Doroy, we gave money. For mommy, we gave a bag (from Daki c/o kris kringle originally hehe). Fo ate, tess, and ernie, utang muna. From Ernie, we got cash. From ate and tess, CJ got toys. From ate, honey and I got clothes. At the stroke of midnight, we were at Shell McKinley getting free gas c/o ate's fleet card. We got home at amlost 1am. CJ fell asleep in the car. We opened the gifts (wow, tinding EQ ko na nyan ha, diko binuksan before xmas eve).

The next day, Christmas day, we woke up officially at 11am. Unofficially, I woke up at 8am because lola bear called from the province. We left the house at around 1pm to go to Tito Hermie's house. We bought a cake from red ribbon sa bayan (choco roll na xmas design). When we arrived at Tito Hermie's house, sobrang gutom na ako talaga kaya kain nako ng kain, nakalimutan ko nang pakainin muna si CJ. Ayun buti naman di nagreklamo at napakain ko rin nung tinanong ako ni Tita Edna kung kumain na si CJ. Medyo kumain na rin kasi si CJ ng spaghetti sa bahay, yung luto ng daddy nya nung Dec 24. Si CJ ang galing na kumanta.

CJ's new words

Daddy and CJ are at home now. Si Emily may dysmenorrhea ata kaya di pa nakakabalik. Omg, daming platong huhugasan ang naghihintay sakin. Hay. Anyway, katuwa lang, si CJ daw when his dad cooked spaghetty, said "Spaghetti!" sabay upo sa upuan nya and little table. Then when he ate he said, "This is really good!". Ang galing ha, di ko tinuruan yan. At galing ng daddy magluto.

Videoke King

Ang dami ko nang pinalampas na post dahil sa katamaran, but I just have to blog about this: My baby CJ scored a 95 on the magic sing yesterday at our annual christmas party at tito hermie's house! As in highest scorer siya, tie sila ni Papa (at tinalo pa ako ha). Twinkle, twinkle little star ang masterpiece. Imagine, for a 2-year old, may tono at timing na siya. Manag-mana sa ina!!! Grabe. Hehe.