picky bebe!

i was thinking when was the time i started choosing my own stuff? be it on what clothes to wear or whatever. seriously, i have no idea. so why do i ask? well, it really didnt matter to me, you know, until the little girl started choosing her own stuff. oh yes, people! she just turned two and now she gets to decide on which shoes should go with what. ohmygawd.

you see, sophie is not a big fan of slippers. at home she just wears her crocs. when we go out, she prefers wearing flats. (ahm, yes, very mommy!) one time i got her these:

banana peel slippers

she was happy to get it, yes, but not really giddy happy unlike when i got her flats or something.  the slippers were on sale and i found them really really cute with the blue ribbon on it, diba? super nice! i was trying to get her wear them pero deadma ang bagets. okay, fiiiine!

so, imagine my surprise when we were about to go to the playground and she asked her nyanya to get her those pair! yay! at first, her nyanya handed her crocs, she said no. naman! eh maybe she felt like wearing them because it matched with her outfit, haha. ewan ko. so here she is wearing them, super cute!



that way!

mom, are you coming with us or?

showing off her slippers!

enough of the photos!!!

awwww. nice, nice! sobra! haha. syempre wala sya sa mood for some photo opps kaya i left them na. obvious naman given the last photo haha. alrighty, got to go! xx

then and now

my dearest pophie,


see this photo? you were four months then. see those big round eyes? what about those chubby cheeks? and those red lips? cutest thing on earth!

and now what? i told you not to grow up too fast, right? you are  making mommy sad. :(

but hey, please know that you will always be mommy's baby, no matter what! and yes, you are still the cutest thing on earth! and i love you. we all do. so, so, sooo much!

love, mom

hello, hello!

okaaayyy. i have been mia for a month. so, what's up? what did i miss? haha. flop. well, i know i owe you guys so many kwentos na and photos of course but you see, march has been a pretty tough month for me so ayun, a little uninspired to write and make kwento.


anyway, bilang april na tomorrow, time to move on and hope that april will bring good luck and good news! yes, good vibes kung good vibes.

let's do this! xx

yey, she likes to read!

don't get me wrong. she can't read yet, sure thing. ang oa ko lang. haha. but you see, she actually likes books. every time she sees me lying on bed, she would ask me to get her story book so i can read it for her. she would say, "mom, read story, pophie please". most of the time, she would just start flipping the pages and pretend like she's reading or something. ang cute eh. i wasn't like that, growing up. i mean, ako na ang pinakatamad magbasa na tao. ohwell.

you see what i mean? she is like that talaga. you would hear her say things like, "oh, sun, flower, good"  while she pretends to read. yung face nya would lit up every time she sees a colorful photo or anything that catches her attention. it is really unbelievable how kids are nowadays. syempre, nakaka proud that she is showing a great interest with books, diba? gosh. i should have warned you that this is another proud mommy post, hehe. sorry, i just can't help it. xx

boracay on my mind

yes, this is another summer related post. haha! my way of getting over the fact that we will not be having any out of town trip this summer. and i am perfectly cool with it talaga. will just spend my time blogging na lang. which is what i am doing now. yeah, trying to be active which is a good thing, right?

it was summer 2010 when the hubby and i flew to boracay for a four day vacay. i just gave birth to sophie then. o diba? how responsible of us hehe! well, it was a trip that i really had to make because i was goin through post-partum thingie then eh. going back to the boracay trip, we stayed at astoria and we were satisfied naman. gusto ko sana shang or discovery pero mahalia jackson eh, so astoria i think, was a good choice at the time.

the hotel was really really nice. bago kasi plus i find the location okay. not really crowded, ayoko kasi near d mall. haha. arte ko lang talaga. the food was okay. buffet brekky wasn't bad at all. i also enjoyed the buffet dinner that apparently they were offering for free to those who wanted to apply for astoria membership.

weather was great when we were there. we tried various activities, island hopping, etc. we also enjoyed the foodie. feeling honeymoon-ers. haha. yun lang staying for four days medyo boring na  nung last day.  tamad kasi ako to walk around haha. takot pa to get dark kaya mas in-enjoy ko ang pool. am not really a beach person eh after lang ako with photo opps. camwhoring kung camwhoring haha. here are some of my favorites:

nice right? and ang cute ni hubby haha. at ang outfit ko, revealing diba? kaloka.

would love to go back again, kasi last year i was there nga but not with the family eh. i was with my officemates for our department team building. siguro given the chance this year or next, will bring sophie there kasi sya she likes the beach and she got it from her dad. but of course sabi nga nila, it is a totally different experience if you stay either at shang or discovery. which means, we really have to save. syet. ang arte ko kasi. haha! goodluck to me. xx

oh hello again, summer!

you guys ready for summer? ohmen. where to go, where to go? naks! parang may budget. haha. super bilis ha, parang kaka summer lang, then summer again? do you still remember our summer getaway last year? shoot, yeah, i was not able to blog about it in full details, flop! sayang! ohwell. soooo, since we still don't have any plans whatsoever yet, mag reminisce na lang ako of our last year's trip.

we went to cebu via philippine airlines and stayed at shangri-la mactan. we were there for three days and timing lang kasi there were various of activities lined up since our second day happened to be easter sunday so we took advantage of it and we registered sophie.

i would say, shangri-la mactan resort is one of the best i have seen, promise! yun lang, the downside of it, mahalia jackson sya talaga. i mean, soda in cans priced at 150 bucks each! good thing brekky namen was covered and buffet at that so mega brunch kami parati. haha. pero syempre, on our first day, we tried their food and yummy naman but really expensive eh so on the second day, fast food delivery saved us. teehee.

what i liked din was, merong area for kids so if you wanna go out and explore the place, okay lang. naloka ako when i saw timezone kasi the hubby immediately bought tokens and nagplay na agad so syempre nakigaya na kami ni yaya. okay nga because wala masyado tao inside kaya feel na feel namin.  also, since we were allowed to use their non-motorized water sports facilities, hubby had his me time while we napped away! napagod kaka picture haha! really great view kasi. we also checked the spa, grabe lang, place pa lang nakaka relax na. we didn't try it, though kasi baka instead na marelax, ma stress kami lalo sa mahal wahaha.

i really do wanna share all the photos we had during our stay kaya lang hindi naman pwede because aside from the fact na magmumuka nang photo album ang blog ko, baka masawa na rin kayo sa face ko. hehe.  but just to give you a proof that we really had a grand time, i am posting some of my favorites. look at sophie's photos! super aliw to look at, maliit pa kasi sya huhuhu. she was just 14 months then. ohgosh.

all in all,  it was really super sulit because we  enjoyed our stay as in! it did help that first timers kami lahat so we appreciated talaga the place plus its historical background. sana makabalik kami some other time. of course i would still prefer to stay at shang, yes, maarte ako sa hotel haha. inaamin ko sya kaya sorry naman. kidding aside, if only for excellent service and yummy food, hands down eh because you are really getting what you paid for.

alrighty. sana magka plan kami for summer. will blog about it definitely so sana, sana. xx

pixel pix

i am really really glad i got pixel pix's service. i really had no plan on getting a photographer talaga but i remembered liz, a friend from work has started a photography business. i asked her if she could take a few shots to document sophie's birthday and she said yes naman agad.

sophie had a portrait session then afterwards, family portraits naman. i have instructed them to just click away which they did and i was super happy with the output.

diba nice? i mean, i wasnt really expecting too much from them since alam ko naman that they just started eh so when i saw the photos, in all fairness, not because i know liza ha, they were really nice. here naman are some of our fanily portraits.

i was super ngarag that day and i was really worried kasi nga sophie nag swim na agad so during the shoot, maitim na sya. haha. ako naman, super pawis na and all so sabi ko goodluck sa na lang sa oily face for sure, mag register sa camera. ayan, it turned out okay naman pala. buti na lang! i was thinking, maybe photoshop saved me? hmmm. i guess i should ask liz. haha.

alrighty, that's it! if you guys are looking for a really affordable photographer, i really do recommend them. hindi naman ako talaga mapapahiya sa inyo. super promise! also, the rest of the photos are posted in my fb page. if you guys wanna see them, message me lang so i could share the album with you.

you may call pixel pix at 09175850113 and look for liz del rosario