MY NEIGEL...

Last September 25 is the 10th birthday of my son Neigel...grabe he's so big he can easily pass as a 13 or 14 year old! And he is getting taller and bigger everyday...we had 3 celebrations for his birthday, the 1st one (September 22, Saturday) is an advance dinner treat of Angkong Joe at A Veneto Pizzeria Ristorante in Hypermart, Pasig...
then on September 23, Sunday after attending Sunday Mass, D'YAPS (as we like to call ourselves- me, nelson & the two kids) went to Galleria for lunch, as Neigel requested that we eat at Yoshinoya (one of his many favorite resto) and to buy his birthday gift (transformer figure - barricade),

the 3rd celebration is
on the actual date of his
birthday, we had a simple get together at our house...he requested that I make my famous pasta in white sauce (which is my own concoction-naks yabang), cheese sticks, garlic bread, Angkong Joe ordered Savory Chicken, Tita Raquel ordered barbeque, Bet bought ice cream...Neigel got to blow 2 cakes, 1 from Ama Linda & Angkong Joe, and the other one from Syobe...
He's so happy with all the presents he got that night...
short pants from Tito Laurence & Tita Jing,
short pants also from Lolo Andoy & Grams,
4-D Jet figure from Tita Raquel,
Dickies Jacket from Angkong & Ama,
Snorkling Set from Don Kulog, Uncle Paking & Pops...

this is Syobe's Birthday Cake for her Anya

Birthday Cake from Angkong & Ama



Neigel with his 'Handa'



Father & Son at Yoshinoya


The birthday boy with Ankong, Ama,
Tito Laurence, Tita Jing, Papa Nelson,
Mama Ruby, & Syobe

Prayer

He who prays little will pray less,
but he who prays much will pray more.

- Charles Spurgeon

My Babies

These are my babies...
they are the joy in my life, look at them now...
so grown up,
Neigel is going to be 10 this month (his bday is on the 25th), he now wears size 6 shoes in mens and size 8 1/2 in womens (he has been using my fila & k-swiss for months now), in a few more months he and ama Linda will have the same height (he has already towered over grandma Cora), he also starts wearing Nelson's jerseys & basketball shorts!!!...
Nadine, my baby, is already a young lady (actually a "kikay" lady), she now chooses her own clothes to wear, what bag to bring when we go malling, she has more collections of bags, make-ups, lip glosses, hair accessories, jewelries than me!!! And she has upgraded her choice in books, before she loves reading short stories but now she started reading short novels (she just can't seem to get enough of Junie B. Jones!!!).


I can still remember the cute & chubby little kids that used to snuggled in bed with us, time sure flies...I'm proud to say that I'm one lucky mom, I was there to witness all the "first" in their life...the first word spoken, the first step taken, the first day of school, the first graduation, the first game won and the first game lost...and I will be waiting for the first heartbreak and the first big success...

the line to God is never busy...

before i was a mom,
i made and ate hot meals,
i had unstained clothing,

i had quite conversations on the phone.
before i was a mom,
i slept as late as i wanted and never worried about
how late i got into bed,
i brushed my hair and my teeth every day.
before i was a mom,
i cleaned my house each day,
i never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.
before i was a mom,
i didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous,
i never thought about immunizations
before i was a mom,
i had never been puked on, pooped on, spit on,
chewed on, peed on, or pinched by tiny fingers.
before i was a mom,
i had complete control of
my thoughts,
my body,
and my mind.
before i was a mom,
i never held down a screaming child
so that doctors could do tests or give shots.
i never looked into teary eyes and cried.
i never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
i never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
before i was a mom,
i never held a sleeping baby just because
i didn't want to put it down.
i never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when i couldn't stop the hurt.
i never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
i never knew that i could love someone so much.
i never knew i would love being a mom.
before i was a mom,
i didn't know the feeling of having
my heart outside my body.
i didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
i didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important.
before i was a mom,
i had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
i had never known
the warmth
the joy
the love
the heartache
the wonderfulness
or the satisfaction
of being a mom.
i didn't know i was capable of feeling so much-
before i was a MOM.