It contains 50 pairs of rings for my ring slings.

They shipped my order from Laveen, Arizona last February 12 and the package was already received by Davao Post Office on the 28th. As expected, the parcel notice was delivered here at home yesterday after 9 days of sitting on their desk. If you ever need to know what a “snail mail” means, try the Philippine Postal Corporation’s service and you would certainly know.

Anyhoo, I was so happy to finally have the rings and so we went downtown to get some fabric for my soon to launch ring slings. Ella was left under Irene’s care since she was already complaining about going downtown. The short trip makes her so tired and so hungry. We first went to a Chinese owned fabric store along Uyanguren then after an hour of measuring and cutting, we left the store with a fussy Eman. We already let him have his afternoon nap before leaving home so he won’t be that fussy but the heat can make a well rested and full baby go wild. Donald and I were starving and so we decided we need to find a place to eat at the mall before going upstairs for notions and some office supplies. It’s already past 4 in the afternoon and we ordered breakfast dishes. We went inside Tita Annie’s. He had fried rice and I had rice and tocino with egg (Eman had molo soup).They serve good food but they don’t have more baby-friendly high chair. What they have is just a normal chair with long legs. Thanks to my ever reliable ring sling for doing the trick.

I just strapped Eman on the chair and he stayed there the whole time. This is only just one of the ways you can use this kind of sling. I also use this to keep him upright while practicing walking. He was very awake the whole time we were at the mall. He even broke a mug for being so full of energy. We were at the kitchen ware buying mugs for my personalized gift items and suddenly there was a crash coming from their direction. Donald was carrying him and when he made a turn in one of the racks, Eman might have reached for it. I am just glad he just broke one mug. I don’t know if we could have gone home if he smashed a Pyrex. When everyone looked at us, I wanted to hide my face. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at this little menace in the making. He giggled as if he did something to be proud of or maybe because he loved being the center of attention.

Lesson learned:

Keep him inside the baby sling when shopping for breakables.

Pull the fabric up to his shoulders so his hands will be kept from reaching things.

Bring more money than you plan to spend to pay for any broken things in case the two preventive measures doesn’t work.

There is one thing that made me have second thoughts. It was having a handful to do. I have sew cloth diapers and baby slings plus I make personalized gift items. I told Donald that maybe we are jumping from one project to another…..but he said doing that is not good if we have not perfected the craft and yet start another thing again. He said I have perfected the sewing and hand-painting of gift items so to start a baking business is not a bad idea. That I really need to hear from him so I won’t feel guilty. Why not try? After all all of the successful entrepreneurs does not focus on one business only. So we are now buying an oven for me to bake cakes and cupcakes. I am so excited! I wish I can bake cakes and cupcakes for Eman’s 1st birthday.

Anyhoo, I was not easily convinced to buy an oven if it will be only for baking cakes and other goodies. After much thought, I gave in to Donald’s idea because I can use it for baking ceramics and polymer clays. These are things that I want to do but without an oven, it will not be possible.

Okay back to browsing photos of cakes.

10:03 PM - I guess I am not very sure if we will ever buy an oven. I did find one that I want. The cheapest among the La Germania freestanding ovens but a couple of online friends and fellow bloggers wants to order crib sets which means I might get into this items sooner or later. This will need another working capital. So I am torn between focusing on my sewing and hand-painting crafts or doing it with baking cakes and goodies.

11:42 PM - I still want to bake. I really do. I think I will focus on the sewing and if I can outsource it, then I will pursue my baking plan. That is all for now. I hope this post will end here….no more updates or change of plans. LOL

See how the lanterns at Jack’s Ridge fascinated the little guy. That is what I love with the place. I want to go back just to sit and stare at them.

I did purchased one bottle of calcium supplement but I did not finish it because they are so huge. I feel like it won’t pass through my throat. LOL Now that I have given birth to two lovely kids, I was struck by the fear of it again because they say pregnancy and child birth reduces the bone density. Since I have back problem, it is very likely to develop it and I am actually feeling pains on my joints after some rigid work. I think I will not loose anything (but money) if I try to take one of the best joint supplement and the calcium supplement too or maybe go back to drinking milk? I think I prefer the latest so I will make a pitcher of milk that Mama Ingrid sent us. I love the taste of their powdered milk there, it taste like our fresh milk here.

We were waiting for Eman to make an appearance and she envisions what will happen when that most awaited day will come. As you can see, I am on the delivery table and the doctor was helping Eman come out.

I took pictures. She erased it and made another drawing. Now the doctor is holding Eman while I was still on the delivery table.

This third drawing made me really giggle. See the taxi? Isn’t it the cutest taxi? Here we brought home the baby. Wondering why she’s not in the drawing? It’s because we have briefed her earlier that when I will give birth to her little brother, she will stay at my sister Crislyn’s apartment and wait for us to bring the baby home. We did that just in case she won’t be allowed to stay with us in the hospital but she ended up sleeping at our room for 2 nights and we all went home together with the baby.

These photos remind me of how I really loathe my huge prenatal vitamins that made me puke.With my two pregnancies, I have not finished all the vitamins that we bought. I don’t even drink Anmum when I was pregnant with Eman, just the regular milk, because I hate vanilla flavored milk. I can’t tolerate chocolate too. They just don’t appeal to me though I tried drinking a few glasses when I was pregnant with Ella. I just eat a lot of fruits, fish and vegetables (and rice too…hehehehehehe).

This photo was taken last October 29, 2009 while Eman and I are on a taxi on our way to deliver cloth diapers along McArthur Highway. This old woman is selling candies and cigarettes in the sidewalk and as you can see, she’s sleeping in her wheelchair probably because she was so tired. You can see a lot of scenes like this  across the country, some are worst than this but they are all equally saddening as to why they still need to work. I hope the government will do something about this soon.

When I woke up today Donald told me my friend Steph called me. It’s been three days that we are constantly talking over the phone about the latest happenings, the news, our businesses and on getting a credit card for emergency purchases and payments. Donald handed me the phone in case she will call back but Eman was very quick to grab it from his Daddy’s hand. He put it near his left ear and said in the cutest voice, “Heeyoo?”. Yes our little guy knows how to answer the phone! He also say “Ayoooo” when he heard a knock. He sometimes does the knocking followed by his “ayoooo”. Well it sounded like “ayo” or “tao po” but I prefer the “tao po” because it’s Tagalog although they have the same meaning. This is how we call at someone’s gate or door.

Another thing that he does that really makes me soooooo happy is to kiss me on my cheek. When I say “kiss Mommy….”, he will put his lips on my cheek. He does that to Donald and Ella too. He still doesn’t know how to do a smack but he is getting there soon. He can also comprehend what has being told to him especially when it comes to milk. When he is in the baby sling while we are riding the motorcycle, he sometimes wants to see the road so he starts to get so fussy and wiggly. But if I tell him that we will breastfeed (”Dede na tayo”), he would stop at an instant and let me position him inside the sling and wait very patiently. He knows if it’s time to eat solid too and when he hears the sound of his bowl and spoon he would get on his feet and hold on the rails, eyes as wide as the owl’s.

He is also getting better each day with his balance. As I am writing this post, he’s in his playpen beside me doing his walking practice and I saw him take his first two steps without support. Yay! He crosses the longest side of his playpen (his is rectangle) in warp speed and with a sound effects like that of a myna. LOL Looks like he will be running on his birthday in 24 days. I wish I can stop the time. I don’t want him to turn 1 yet. I want him to be my baby for the rest of my life but that is so impossible so maybe just delay it will be alright.