Horse Back Riding @ Tagaytay

I was checking the gallery of my phone and I remembered that I took a video of Bela and Howell while they were horse back riding last Saturday.

See how Bela really loved her first time experience in riding a horse.

Flower Girl & Tagaytay Trip

Last Saturday we attended the wedding of Noemi & Vice in Caleruega, Tagaytay. Bela was one of the flower girls. This is the second time that she was chosen to be one of the flower girls. The first time, she was just 1.5 years old and so she just played outside the church and did not join the rest of the flower girls in walking down the aisle.

This time, I was so proud as she was able to walk along with the other flower girls. Of course, Bela’s lolo & lola are present to watched their grand daughter. At first, she doesn’t want to go inside the chapel. She just wants to play outside. But when she saw the ring bearer going up the stairs, she said “up, up” and so I assisted her in going up the stairs. And as soon as she saw the guests watching her walk, she immediately smiled at them and continued walking up to the altar. Yun nga lang, I was walking with her. I thought of letting go of her hand and just let her walk alone, kaso naisip ko baka umiyak kaya pinanindigan ko na lang ang pagiging stage mother ko. When we reached our seats, she saw her dad taking pictures and so she started calling her dad. And since maliit lang yung chapel, lumabas na lang kami bago mag tantrums si Bela. So we just went to Bag of Beans since di pa nag bre-breakfast lolo at lola ni Bela.

Below are some pictures:

.: pose pa din kahit nasisilaw na :.

.: entering the chapel :.

.: lolo & lola (in the background) watching bela :.

.: with the stage mom :.

After the wedding, we went to the park beside Taal Vista where we can go horse back riding. Bela fell asleep on our way there. But as soon as she wakes up and as soon as she saw the horse, she immediately said “Dad, ride” while pointing to the horse. And I didn’t make a mistake since she was really not scared of the horse. I initially paid for 30 minutes of ride but after 30 minutes, she still doesn’t want to go down and so I have to extend the rental of the horse. Pumayag lang syang bumaba when I bribe her that we will buy Coke. (bad mom). LOL.

Here are some of Bela’s pictures while riding the horse:

.: super happy kahit maiinit :..: our favorite photo opp spot :.

Bela’s Milestone at 2 years old

Last night, before I put Bela to sleep, she grabbed my hands and pointed it to the Alphabet chart posted on our bedroom wall. So I immediately point to each of the letters in the chart and Bela excitedly identified each of the letters. Before, she only knows the letter A, S, H, O, I, K. But last night I was amazed, as she already knows almost all the letters in the alphabet. She can even identify the picture beside the letters like the whale, xylophone, umbrella, snake, etc. And she will imitate the sounds if the picture is an animal, like she will imitate the sound of a whale and a snake.

And now she knows the color yellow. Before she can identify all the primary colors except yellow. She finds it difficult to pronounce kse. But now, as soon as she sees something yellow, she will point to it and say “ellow”. She also has a fascination for the shape circle. She already knows all the shapes but circle is her favorite. Every time she sees anything shaped like a circle, like her lolo’s watch or the rim of a drinking glass, she will immediately say, “circle” (with an accent) and draws a circle in the air.

Hay, Bela will never cease to amaze us talaga.

New Year 2007

So how did we celebrate our New Year? Would you believe I was still at work Dec 31st? But we’re still lucky as we had an early closure so I was able to go home by 12 noon. I dropped by at Blumetritt after work to buy some fruits for our table (this has been a tradition of our family. For good luck daw).

Around 7 PM, we went to my grand mother’s house (which is just a couple pf blocks away from our house) as we will be celebrating New Year’s Eve there with my other relatives. We had dinner around 8 PM and after dinner, the kids (my couins and Bela) we’re busy playing with their new toys while the grown ups we’re either busy eating or watching TV. Howell needs to do a lay out of a tarpaulin for the debut that he will be covering on January 6 and a signature book for the wedding he will be covering on the 5th. These are all just special request (for the clients are both our friends), and so even though Howell knows that he is already press for time, he still gave in to his client’s request. I missed digi scrapping and since I don’t have anything else to do, I offered to help him do the 8x6 and 2x6 tarpaulin. So while waiting for the clock to strike at 12, I was busy doing the lay outs for the tarpaulin. And boy, I was proud of my finish product. (I must have missed digi-scrapping that much).

Bela fell asleep around 11 PM. And so when it was already 12 Am, I tried to wake her up but she was really tired already. We went home around 1 AM and Howell and I slept around 3:30 AM as we started doing the lay out naman for the Signature book.

The next day, Bela woke up late and so Howell and I we’re able to catch up some sleep. Today is Howell’s 32nd birthday. We don’t have anything extra special planned for his special day as our schedule is full with get together from both my family and Howell’s family. And besides, maarami ng handa sa bahay so sayang naman kung kakain pa kami sa labas. LOL. And we will just celebrate his birthday in Bohol and I know he is already happy with our gift for him (Do I sound defensive and guilty ba for not preparing anything for hubby? LOL). We started preparing around 10:30 AM as we will hit the road again to visit Howell’s family in QC. We left around 12 PM and since there is no traffic, we reached QC around 12:30 just in time for lunch. It was one quiet afternoon. After lunch, Bela watched the Cars movie from Disney Channel, while Howell and I tried to take a nap. We left around 3:30 PM as we will be meeting my relatives to go to Eternal gardens. It has been a tradition of my family na kse na we will all meet up at Eternal Gardens to visit our dearly departed relatives. We just had merienda there and some fireworks. The kids were busy playing while the grown ups were busy eating again. (Looks like all of us gained a few pounds during the Holiday Season). We left around 6:30 AM as it is dark already.

When we reached home, all of us we’re tired from all the holiday happenings but Bela was still full of energy. Howell and I we’re already sleepy but she still wants to play with us. Luckily she got tired after watching the movie Cars and so we all hit the sack by 10:30PM.

Bela and the Bears

Happy 2008 everyone!! I was not able to go online for the past two days as we’re busy with a lot of stuffs. So I’ll be flooding my blog with some updates.

Decemeber 30

My cousin Tessa texted me and invited us to Rockwell since she got 8 free tickets at Power Bowl. Bowling is one of my hubby’s and my cousin’s favorites past time and so we hurriedly said yes with my cousin’s invitation.

We had to wait for Howell as he had another pre-nup shoot that morning. We left as soon as he arrived. When we entered the mall, we immediately saw the big Christmas tree and the fireplace, which is really perfect for a photo opp. Below are some of our pictures:

.: us by the big xmas tree :.

.: by the fire place :.

.: bela with tita tessa, tita vj, tito joseph and mom :.

.: bela on santa's chair :.

We then checked out the stores. I went to Baby & Co to buy some new nipples for Bela (butas na halos lahat ng bottle nipples nya at pinanggigigilan nya). I also bought a new drinking bottle for her kse tumatapon lagi sa bag yung Avent Sippy Cup nya. I was also checking some nice potty trainer for Bela (the one with sound effects) from Safety 1st, I think. She already has a simple potty trainer, which we received as a gift during her christening but she doesn’t want to sit on it. So I would like to look for something nicer to encourage her to try it and sit on it so we can start potty training her. It was a little pricey (but it was 10% off) but I decided to buy it next week na lang para new cut off na ng credit card ko.

We also went to a Different Bookstore and Howell found the perfect birthday gift that he asked from Bela and me: The Sports Illustrated Gift Set.

.: Our bday gift for Dad :.

My cousin then brought us to where the Polar Bears are so we can take a picture of Bela there. My cousin was a bit worried for Bela because according to her, the Polar Bears are really life size so Bela might get scared. But as soon as Bela sees the bear, she immediately played with them. She didn’t get scared even one tiny bit as she was hugging and kissing the bears. We even have a hard time asking Bela to leave as she doesn’t want to leave the bears.Here are some of Bela’s pictures with the Bears:

.: giving the big bear a hug :.

.: bela kissing the bear :.

After Bela’s pictorial with the bears we decided to go to Power Bowl. But guess what, they are close pala for their Christmas party…hehehe. So we decided to just have dinner and then went home after that.