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'Mommy' has always been the sweetest word for me. Last night, Reesey woke up in the middle of the night crying and calling out for 'Mommy.' I could not make out everything else she said but I was happy to hear that even in her sleep she would call out to "Mommy" when she needs help.Every morning when she wakes up, she would say "Good morning, Mommy" and shake me until she is sure she has my

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A few days ago, while I was taking a bath after Reese left for school, her yaya told me to hurry up because there's a surprise waiting for me. Not having any idea at all what it was nor expecting anything, I just continued with my routine. After I got out of the bathroom, she handed me a mailed envelope coming from Reese addressed to me.It was definitely a pleasant surprise. The letter read, "To

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My darling daughter turned 3 recently...here are some pictures from her 3-day celebration...

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Before Reesey sleeps at night, we pray together. We thank God for continuously blessing us and ask God to bless everyone dear to us as well. When she started going to school, she learned to pray "Angel of God". Funny thing is, after she recites the prayer, she would sing, "We are going,We are going.Say good bye,Say good bye.See you all tomorrow,See you all tomorrow.God bless you!God bless you!"

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Reesey has always shown interest in music. Ever since I bought her a copy of Barney Sing-A-Long when she was just a few months old, she would watch it nonstop and eventually, she would stretch out her arms as she sways to the tune of her very first favorite song, The Airplane Song. After Barney, I introduced her to other educational videos like Brainy Baby to which she did not show the same

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I realized that I've been spending too much time online when Reesey started screaming and calling out for me every time she sees me in front of the computer. I felt guilty as it dawned on me that I have not been spending quality time with her recently. So I resolved to go online only when she's fast asleep at night and when her papa is off from work which is the only time we catch up on each

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One thing I learned from my mom is to have and keep my faith in the Lord.I am blessed having YOU, a very loving, patient and responsible husband. We've had better days but I want to believe that the best is yet to come. Living apart from each other, not being able to share our happiness and sadness, expectations, accomplishments and frustrations at the times when they matter most, not being

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Today is my 32nd birthday and to wrap my beautiful day up, I thought of listing down 32 random things I'm thankful for, here goes...1. mommy... for all the wonderful memories, laughter, tears, learnings, prayers, inspiration, etc., especially her faith in the Lord and her strength that carried us all through out her battle with cancer. i still miss her everyday.2. daddy...for showing us what true

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This is another song that conveys a mother's prayers for her daughter. Martina McBride and Ronan Keating has their own version of this one too. Anyway, the words are really nice.I HOPE YOU DANCEMartina McBrideI hope you never lose your sense of wonderYou get your fill to eat but always keep that hungerMay you never take one single breath for grantedGOD forbid love ever leave you empty handedI

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I got home from work really tired and almost wasted. But I can't help but smile when I found Reesey on all fours doing some coloring.I joined her on her mat and colored with her. After I was able to color Mr. Sun and some clouds, she got bored and started flipping the pages of her jumbo coloring book. She stopped at a page where a cube held different shapes on each side.Then she started pointing

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Reesey is adjusting well in school. She is a lot more behaved today than yesterday. She sings and dances with her classmates, follows Teacher Cathy's instructions, falls in line and patiently waits for her turn to slide during playtime. I think she's responding positively to schooling.Or is it too early to tell? Well, we still have three more days to observe anyway, so let's just wait and see...

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Generally speaking, Reesey's first school day went well. We were up early and made it to school 5 minutes before 8am. We were immediately led to the classroom where she met new friends and teachers with whom she spent her next three hours with.I stayed for a while and watched them sing and dance to different nursery songs, draw, and play slide, swing, see-saw and monkey bars. She even had a star!

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I know I haven't been around for more than a month now. I don't have any excuse but I have one big news...My Reesey will try school tomorrow! Well, actually, she'll try it for a week before we decide whether to enroll her or not. Thanks to the very accomodating children's school a few houses away from ours.Nevertheless, excited as any mom whose first baby will try school for the first time, I

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I got home quite early today, around 7:10 pm. I was tired as usual, but I instantly felt better when Ate Ora told me that Reesey has been waiting for me. She said that she's been looking for me since early this evening and that she even asked Lolo when he entered the room to greet her.How I wish I could always come home early and spend a little more play time with Reesey...And I wish Ron may

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I never thought I would be interested in scrapbooking.I remember my cousin convincing me to do a scrapbook of my wedding memorabilia back in 2004. She promised me that I will enjoy it. I never got around to doing it. Not even until now, actually.But I have done a couple of scrapbooking lately. Both digital and traditional.And for those who are interested, here's the basic steps to it as presented

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I've been super busy with work as usual. =( Good thing Reesey has been behaving prety well. Well, she's her usual hyper self, but she's continuously being cooperative with her potty training. And she took a step forward last Sunday. I put her on the toilet seat and told her to pee. I made a peeing sound to encourage her, and, after a few seconds, she peed!!! I won't ever forget the smile on

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Reese continued being in her cooperative mood so she was on her panties again for most part of the day. It was raining all day so she contented herself with just being on her playmat singing "Rain, Rain, Go Away".When I got home from work she was all smiles, and is oh so pretty as usual. =)

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Reese did well today. She made it to her potty TWICE! Very good for a first day. She even enjoyed sitting on the potty and stayed on it for a while after peeing. I have a feeling she'll do better and better at it in the next few days. Yipee!We let her wear panties though. I'm not comfortable letting her go naked because she's always sitting down on the floor or on her playmat.She also ate

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I've been reading about potty-training and I stumbled upon this helpful article on the web.In www.keepkidshealthy.com, Dr. Belinda Chou, M.D. enumerated four indications of child's readiness for it.First, she said that a child should have the physiological or "bladder" readiness, indicated by a child's ability to hold larger amounts of urine between voids (defined as discharge of urine from the

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Reesey went to do grocery with me today. She was well-behaved the whole time except for the one time when she pulled me towards a candy stand pointing to a jar of gum. When I told her that she cannot have that because it is not for babies, I expected her to insist. But to my surprise, when I pulled her away from the store, she simply walked along with me and didn't even take another glance at

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Reesey woke up early again, around 5:30, I think. As usual, she asked me to put Dora on. By 6:00 we were on the computer waiting for Papa Ron but didn't catch him online. I had breakfast at around 7:30 while Reese went outside for a stroll with Ate Ora.When I was about to leave for work, she saw my baon and took a piece of cookie. She seemed to like it because she asked for more. She even asked

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For her father's sake, I will write Reese's activities, accomplishments, new learnings, etc. so that he is always updated with what'g going on in the life of our little baby. I bet he'll be as proud of her as I am...I'll start with yesterday because she surprised me twice...April 26We were finsihed bathing so I took her Barbie face towel from her. She said, "Mommy, no! I'm begging you!"Then,

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Reesey woke me up early today to tell me she wants to watch Barbie Thumbelina. I put it on and went back to sleep. I heard her giggling beside me but since I'm really sleepy, I didn't bother to look at her and instead concenctrated on my sleep.An hour or so after, she was shouting at the top of her lungs, "Mommy, mommy! Barbie, mommy!" while shaking me non-stop until I finally woke up. She

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Make a Smilebox postcard

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Would She?My daughter reminds me so much of my mom. Aside from the fact that she looks so much like her (except for her dark brown curly hair, mom's was black and straight), it is pretty uncanny that a lot of her gestures are very similar to that of mommy's. In fact, even the way she would dial on the telephone with her fingers bouncing up and down caught the attention of mom's former workmates.

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There's this once song I chanced upon in one of the online forums I participated in while I was on maternity leave more than two years ago. The title is "In My Daughter's Eyes" and it was sung by Martina McBride. Given that I was a new mom then, this song easily became a staple in my music collection. And up to this very day it still brings an overwhelming feeling of fulfillment knowing that God

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I've recently been experimenting with digital scrapbooking. And who else would make the most interesting subjects but the kids whom I adore, right?So, here...the kids that make my life brighter...Ronnel ZimbryMavric MaicoKassandra Simoneand of course, my mini-me,Reese MargarethAnd I'm still working on some more...

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I'm really only at home on Sundays because I work in a mall that demands my presence six days of the week. (Which is my excuse for not writing enough to keep this blog interesting.) This leaves me guilty all the time for not having enough bonding time with my daughter, Reese. I sometimes leave work in a hurry just to find her already sound asleep when I go home. On the other hand, there are also

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More than a year ago, I wrote something for my husband about our daughter turning one. I thought I'd share it here too... I married three years ago and had since been a happy wife. Having a baby was of course an eventual plan but something Ron and I did not want to rush into immediately after the wedding. Not that we did anything to prevent it from happening. But we prayed that it would happen

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More than a year ago, I wrote about missing my mom in another blog. I would like to share that article in this site, so here it goes... It's been three years. Life has never been the same without you, Mommy. It's been a hard, long journey and I know that a harder and longer one is ahead. A lot has happened and we know you were with us in each significant event. But we're okay so don't worry.

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I gave birth to my princess, Reese Margareth, via normal delivery and with Ron, my husband, holding my hand while I push. Twelve days after, with a very heavy heart, he left for an opportunity to work abroad. That maybe one of the saddest part of our love story. But after ten months, he went back and regained his throne in our princess’s heart. And just when the two of them are having the time of

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This is something I decided to create as an outlet for my newfound joy - MOTHERHOOD. Every first time mom like me cannot stop blabbering about her precious little one. My little princess is, as of this article, one year, eleven months, and seventeen days old. She looks like me, I think - and a lot of people agree. Even though she’s got her papa's eyes, lips, and curly hair, she is predominantly a

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