Marriage and Beyond

posted by Jennie on Mar 7

1. Helping a stranger was my last random act of kindness. 

2. Another place is where we hope to spend summer in.

3. I am interested in in matters of the heart.

4. Coffee, tea or Me.

5. Love means never having to separate paths.

6. Our marriage reminds me that there is a perfect God.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to just spending time with my family at home and sleeping early, tomorrow my plans include having my sister back home from her 5 day hospital confinement and Sunday, I want to have a fruitful and blessed day and be able to know how my girls are doing!

posted by Jennie on Feb 22

It has been a while since I last joined the PhotoHunters.  Their theme for this week is warm.  For lack of finding  a better shot, I took a picture of the trusty stove top that cooks our food and heats left over ones.  We have long gotten rid of the nuke machine – to give way to a healthier lifestyle.  I’m not much of a photographer as the hubby is.  I want to learn all right, I just don’t have the diligence to.   Maybe when I got a hold of that dream D60. Happy photo hunting, everyone!

posted by Jennie on Feb 22

This is my second mommy moments post. It surely made me go back memory lane and felt thankful that I was able to capture all those moments. These photos were taken either from the traditional film camera or my then Sony Ericsson S700i.

This shot was taken the day after I gave birth to our son via lamaze/bradley method, almost four years ago.  The labor lasted for almost two days and gave birth with almost zero anaesthesia.  I had to be drugged a little during the closing up of the episiotomy.

The hubby and our son.  This was taken in Pancake House at the Fort after one Sunday morning service.  The hubby happily attends to our son as it was my turn to eat my lunch without having to mind the little guy.  The baby came after three years of being married.  Adjustments were sweet instinct.  The inconveniences almost became immaterial.  This little guy slept through the night from the second month.  Thanks to Babywise.  

His first semi-solid was Cerelac.  I did not know better then.  After a couple of months, I bought a grinder and started cooking organic brown rice alongside mashed fleshy veggies and fruits.  He still eats brown rice to this day.  The first attempts to semi-solids were funny.  His instict was to suck the little teaspoon and kept making a mess all over his mouth.  He soon got the hang of it.  

posted by Jennie on Feb 11

 Beth and Me

posted by Jennie on Feb 10

I was tagged by SugarFree Maui!

Here are the rules of this tag:

1. Write down who tagged you.

2. Answer these:

-your name / username / pseudo

-right-handed or left-handed?

-your favorite letters to write?

-your least favorite letters to write?

- Write The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

3. Tag five persons.

It has been a while since I last used pen and paper to write. I so got used to typing messages, letters and articles either via keyboard or my mobile’s keypad.  I even list my grocery items via My Grocery java software installed in my phone. I was so thrilled to have received a PM from Maui this morning that I got tagged and I have not done memes in a while as you must have noticed.

Have fun with this tag as I did!

| Polly| Beth| Mhel | Franz | Irish| 

Beth

posted by Jennie on Feb 9

Jed is watching Madagascar 2 from the hubby’s mobile while munching on his favorite cream cheese sandwich for merienda  as he waited for us to leave church.  

Admittedly, a mobile cartoon movie can be very handy for parents who have toddlers. But as much as I allow this, I still  limit his watching time whether from mobile or the television.

posted by Jennie on Feb 5

This entry is almost a week late, but given that this is my first post for Mommy Moments, I hope I get away with it.  Feb 6 Mommy Moments is all about the first smile of your kid/s.  I still have a day before the next to its sequel. 

This was taken on July 6, 2005.  My son’s first conscious smile. We all know that babies smile for a handful of different reasons.  All those baby books explain that it is but natural for babies to smile in their sleep, even hours after the baby’s birth and so on and so forth. Possibly one of the most precious milestones of a baby’s growth is when s/he begins to respond to you through smiling and even cooing.

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posted by Jennie on Jan 30

1. I’d really like to clean up my closet right now. (I have been stalling for weeks)

2. Ouch! is the word you’d most often hear me say if I stubbed my toe.

3. Possession is tangible.

4. Coolness is Captain Jack Sparrow.

5. Marshmallows and fire go together like the hubs and me.

6. When it’s about my little guy, I could go on and on.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to watching “Doubt”, tomorrow my plans include general cleaning with my weekend girl, maybe go with the hubs to his soccer game against Claret Alumni in the afternoon and Sunday, I want to go to church to worship and fellowship with our church family!

posted by Jennie on Nov 26

Taken a couple of days back when the hubby saw our son making silly faces while he was drinking his milk from the cup. He loves playing pretend (sad, happy, angry, et.al). This time he was experimenting with frowning while raising his right brow and then the left. It helps that I always have our camera within reach. I wasn’t even able to properly set the camera correctly, I just had to click away.

posted by Jennie on Nov 12

It has been a while since I last did some photo hunting. When I checked back with Tnchick.com and saw the most recent theme, I knew I cannot pass this one up and there is no better shot for me to post than this. Read the rest of this entry »

posted by Jennie on Oct 27

Our little guy focused on watching his favorite Cars movie, while his Ninang Chie and I watch Caregiver. We’re so bakya!

Later that Saturday night for Ana’s homecoming celeb, while feasting on tons of pizza and chicken (courtesy of Ana). It is just fun to get together with old friends. Although it would’ve been better if we were complete.

posted by Jennie on Oct 24

1. Right now, I’m feeling like I’m a chef!
2. With my loved ones is where I want to be.
3. How does one manage a straight face while lying?
4. My faith keeps me on track.
5. Please don’t just drop your Entrecard and leave. Post me a phrase or two, will you?
6. My son fills me with joy.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to finish my special embutido so I could proceed to bake Mrs. Field’s cookies (I’m using the original recipe) so that I could watch Prison Break’s Episode 8. Tomorrow my plans include hosting a get together at our home (one in the morning for the hub’s old time college friends and in the afternoon with some of our barkada from church) and Sunday, I want to attend the worship service.

posted by Jennie on Sep 28

This is one of the photos my son loves to look at as he remembers the Subic getaway we had with Gina’s family, October of last year. It will be a year since and my boy still remembers vividly details of that trip. We hope to be with them soon.

posted by Jennie on Sep 26

1. Bonding time with Ana (coming home for a vacation), my bestfriend, Gina’s birthday… are some of the things I’m most looking forward to in October.

2. Sometimes I stutter, when I am put on the spot. Read the rest of this entry »

posted by Jennie on Sep 1

We haven’t tried bringing our little guy to one of those kids’ hair cutters salons. Aside from it can be pricey, it will not make sense when I can do the job myself. For those who are not in the know, which I assume most are, I have been doing hair trimming since I was in middle school (thanks to my willing victims, my mama and sis) and even got to learn to do my own hair. It all started when almost each time I regretted going to the salon to get my hair trimmed by someone else. They would all assure me that they’d only take off two inches of hair, but I end up losing five or more inches. Made me upset, especially when all I wanted is to get those nasty ends clipped. Anyway, since I have been trimming the little guy’s hair for more than three years now, I have devised a way how to get him settled. The Barney Show! Although I would often have to plead with him that it’s okay to sing with Barney and Friends, but please leave the dancing for later. Read the rest of this entry »