Caroleen’s Treasures

I was looking at old pictures and found these precious ones. I forgot to blog about this, not that they don’t really matter to me but because I can’t keep up with a lot of things to blog about when this happened. Last March 20, 2009, the day before her Graduation Day, Ella drew this in 4″ x 6″ white board.

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).

It was a long day yesterday. Our cousin and her whole family was here at my sister’s and BIL’s apartment since Saturday to attend the graduation rites of her husband (Manong Nolan) who finished his master’s degree and their daughter (Mgel) in her bachelor’s degree in UIC (University of Immaculate Conception). We are already up at half past 3 in the morning. My sister Crislyn was tagged along as one of the escorts of Manong Nolan and they left the apartment when the dawn was still breaking while Cheche, Donald and I went back to sleep right after they are gone. Just after noon time they were already here and we had lunch together then we all prepared to go to the resort to spent the night. My uncle, Papang Alfred, was there also and we are glad to see him. He’s been very ill with diabetes and other complications. Ella was so happy that she was able to swim again and enjoy the company of relatives. I was feeling so tired so hot since the other day so I joined the kids in the water and at 7pm, we were back in the cottage for dinner. The food is good and we had great time talking. Crislyn and BIL went home while Cheche and us stayed overnight. I had difficulty getting to the bathroom and was having contractions the whole time. Thankfully I finally dozed off after hours of trying to sleep. Read more… »

It’s been like ages that I haven’t blogged and I am not in best mood to even do it now but thinking about having to make a very long post about what happened in the past days, I decided to write tonight so it won’t be that long.

So today we went to see my OB and she said I am in labor. I have been feeling this pain before we came here in Davao last Saturday but knowing that the baby isn’t due until the first week of April, I tried to ignore it although almost everyone who sees me with this very huge and unusually low bump says I might have miscalculated and it looks as though I will deliver the baby anytime. So my awesome OB was worried that I might have premature delivery and gave me medication to prevent contractions since I am still on my 35th week. I might have an early delivery on the 37th week which is a lot safer than now. That’ll give me enough time to ge ready and if i could still manage, I wish to finish my cloth diaper project. I am still undecided whether to go home or stay. The doctor said it will be fine for me to travel back home but after checking on me, she advised me not to. I wanted to go home to get the baby stuffs and more clothes for us. There are also some stuffs that needs to be done and Ella has to go to school. She really wanted to wear a toga and we already bought her a graduation dress, stockings and shoes with hair clips that will go with her outfit. While looking around, I saw a fancy diamond hoop earrings  that could be great for Cheche to wear during her graduation but I skipped that and will just come back later because Ella will surely want to have a pair too. I hope I could still go home because I need to be home.

Still feeling sore from the leg cramps I had yesterday. I have to walk very very slowly and I do not want to go out of the house wiggling like a duck. I noticed that my bump grew bigger and it all happened while I was sleeping. I believe so because when I woke up three days ago, I feel the big change in its size and weight yet I still do eat the usual serving I had before. I haven’t experienced it with Ella until two days before I gave birth. So tell me, how did that happen so fast? Read more… »

I had a very bad leg cramps that woke me up early in the morning. I can’t move my right leg and my gastrocnemius was like being twisted very very tightly. That was the second time I had it and the pain is still there each time I move my leg. I could tolerate the cramps on my feet but not on my legs. The pain is really bad and all I could do is moan. I could not get myself to wake up Donald to help me. I was able to go back to sleep after what it seems like eternity of agonizing pain. I am just so thankful my muscles relaxed and the pain went away.

When I woke up, Ella was holding a denim dress and said she will go to the chapel ahead of me. I slowly made myself get out of bed because she hasn’t showered yet. Donald just came from the bathroom and made me a cup of hot coffee (not that strong….I know it is bad for me but let me have it just for today) and then he fixed a bowl of cereals for Ella. I have 11 kids in my class today and all looking forward for the food. There is a little boy who is always accompanied by her mother (who also has a 3 month-old baby) in our class and I was able to try the cloth diapers to the baby. The newborn size could still fit her but the small size is better. Such a tiny baby. She only weighs almost 3 lbs when she was born. Read more… »

When we went to Tagum last Wednesday, Valentine decorations at the mall’s lobby caught Ella’s attention. She was insisting that we should get her one of those red heart boxes. For her, Valentine’s day is as special as Christmas and I had no idea where did she get that.
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So we’re here in Davao for 3 days…..and counting. We could have gone home yesterday even when Kuya Bernard and company postponed the trip but I am not riding a bus this time. Maybe the choleric in me is kicking in because I already set in my mind that we are not commuting going here and back there. Don’t get me wrong. I am not “maarte” because I can ride the most rusty bus in the archipelago only that I already had it in mind that we will be travelling straight. No stop-overs to every town’s terminal. I could bear that. The stop-over thing but not now, not tomorrow, not this week. Not when I already had it in mind that we are going home with Kuya Bernard. It was already planned so it is fixed. No more changing or else I declare World War. Read more… »

Hi! Been off from blogging for a short while but it looks as though I’ve been on hiatus for weeks. As much as I wanted to blog, I couldn’t brought my rear on the computer chair. After ranting about my sore arm, my days are spent dosing on an off in bed like I’ve just came home from climbing the peak of Mt. Everest. Thank goodness I was able to gather little strength today that I went out of the house to do some yard work. After one hour outside, I went back lying in bed for 2 hours. Then took a shower and just in time that I got dressed, the wife of our church treasurer came by for a surprise visit to bring us a bag of chico (Sapodilla-one of my favorite fruit and my mother’s as well) and bananas. Since she’s as chatty as I am, we spent the rest of the afternoon chatting until she remember she have to go home to prepare dinner for her FIL and son. Donald, Ella and I went out with her to make sure she could safely get a ride home since it was pretty dark in here and our place is known for notorious residents.

So I finally made it to the clinic this morning with purple toenails. That was an achievement to me (not on the purple nail polish) because even I already set my mind on getting up early, I still find it sooooo hard to do it. I did my nails last night and since Ella has been putting me into account each time she sees me painting my nails as to why I am still not wearing the purple nail polish she gave to me on my birthday, I decided it was time to show her that I am true to my words that I really love the darn color she picked. I should have cared less if it was a darker plum but it wasn’t and it looks as though they were candies on my feet. But anyway, I gave it a go and I am loving it now and the most important of all is that Ella was so happy about it. Read more… »

Was Obama’s inaugural address hit me bulls eye that I stayed until 5am? He said we should all work hard and so I blogged until the wee hours…..but no, I doubt if it was just the sole reason. I guess the blue mountain has something to do with it. I lost money and so I blogged to compensate for it. Even Donald was bit disappointed when he read about it here and told me I could have just kept it myself so he wouldn’t know. Then he was teasing me that it could buy 3 gallons of ice cream. Maybe he was right that I should have kept my mouth shut but hey, there’s no one I could vent to when I found out that I am $15 poorer and so I blogged about it with high hopes that blue mountain could read it and refund my hard earned money. Just kidding. I am not expecting for a refund but honestly I am not yet through with my sentiments over that $15. It’s enough that I have learned my lesson and so now I am into collecting all the email addresses I could so I could start using my one year blue mountain subscription.
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