The Mushrooms as Parents

As much as possible I don’t spank yena. When she is misbehaving or is being very stubborn I always tell her that I am getting angry and she behaves almost every time. Every time I scold her, she would go to her bed, lie down, and say ‘mommy you don’t love me, coz you’re scolding me’ sometimes she cries in between while telling me that. =) Every now and then I explain to her why I am being upset and tell her I love her so much but I don’t want her to be a spoiled brat.

I tend to be the spoiler while husband is the disciplinarian in the family. Yena and husband are super close, they are the best buddies. But when he raised his voice and tells yena to stop misbehaving – she will. As much as he is afraid of his daddy I hope that it just means she respects his every word.

It isn’t easy being a parent, it takes a lot of responsibility, hard work and dedication. But being a parent is my favorite vocation and I won’t trade it for anything in the world.

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Look who's flying?!

My little daughter with my husband after the mass yesterday.. They can't wait to go outside the church to show their playful side.. See how my daughter smiled and enjoyed herself..
She just loves to play with her daddy.. And it is hard for me to carry her that way, she is becoming heavier all the more each day..

Our Little Mushroom

It has been a long time ago since i posted photos of our little mushroom, our daughter Yena here. So for the time being here are her pictures while playing at her new play area at the new house (oh actually the whole house is her new play area! LOL) ..

The first ever visitor in our mini house is non other than fellow blogger and friend, Ghie!

Home alone

Umma, a dear blogger friend of mine asked me who take care of yena when the parents have to work?!

My answer -- she is home alone! :)

Im kidding, she is with my mother, who is 5 minutes away from my inlaws home. At night, somebody would bring her back to our house or i will fetch her when it is not yet late. We are currently living with my inlaws and i am on great hope and wish of having our own home soon. ;(

Spongebob Smile

Oh i just love to smile a lot when i am with my daddy!

Bonding!

You know what make me look forward on attending weddings? The bonding time of the father and child! I just love their photos together.

What about you? What do you love about attending weddings??

Father and Child

One of the favorite picture i treasure of my husband and daughter. See how she loves to be with her dad, and that giggle! Oh, she could laugh non stop with him! Heart warming photo to behold. I love this shot so much.

Yena @ 9 months

I asked her to pose while i was trying to capture her every move with my cellphone camera, now look at what poses she gave me. She enjoys making face every now and then! I wonder where on earth she got them.

Anyways, its been 9 months of having her in our lives and it's been the best so far. We love her so much!

Happy 9 months my baby!

At the TOP!

After a cousin's birthday party and upon going home, daddy playfully put me at the top of a tricycle parking peacefully at the road side. He thought i would be scared, but little did he know i am not afraid of heights! I love the view from the top and when he get me down, it was a struggle!

Ride with me!

Borrowed my cousin Yael's bike. I love riding there! Would you want to ride with me? :)

Yena and her Book

On her 8th month, all the time while she prefers to be crawling, i put her to test. A test to choose from 4 different objects: a ball, an empty bottle of C2, her teether toy, and her book. Book being synonym to education; an empty bottle of C2 for food; a ball for sports, and her teether toy for entertainment.

And guess what she chose?!

Her BOOK! :) (Does that mean she will choose to be educated above anything else or does book really appeal to her?)

As much as i want her to read, i know that what attracts her to the book is its color. It is red and is the bigger thing from all of the four objects, and so i decided to test her again. Same objects again this time.

And she still chose that red thing! Her book! Her bedtime story book. And i have to give in, yeah baby we will read together. This time i will have to read out loud to you before you fall to sleep at night. :)

Poor Piglet

Yena's cute piglet shoes.

When she cant get hold of her toy, she would definitely suck her shoes. And the result? Oh my, poor piglet! I just cant find a glue to fix it up. :(

Lips Pouting!

I wish i can pout and look gorgeous just like my daughter! Click the picture and see her POUT! :)

Smiley anyone?

Last saturday, Yena and I fetched her cousin Eya to spend an afternoon with us. Me thinks with the 4 boys, Kathy plus Eya in the house will be a riot, and it was really a riot! But its fun. This will be the future batch of naugthy citiziens of Cavite! Presenting the four siblings, Kuya Ron and Patchik (the two boys holding Yena), Milong and Memem with bottles of Milo and Eya in between them.

Kathy and Yena after the mass photo. It really amazes me everytime yena teases, focuses and flirts with the camera..


And with this heartfelt smile slash laugh.. What else? Smiley anyone??

playtime, for her is bigtime!

> sleeping time, bath time, eating time and reading time for yena now mean struggle.


>you see, she's getting bigger and heavier and getting dynamic all the more that she thinks it is always PLAY TIME.


>when i wanted her to sleep, she would roam around the bed, kicking and crawling.


> i would often sleep ahead and found her still awake and on play time mode still.

AND yes, her sleeping time music is not that effective anymore and i sigh. :(

Grow Baby! Grow!

Feeding time for Yena is so much fun! She is so easy to feed.. Her favorite now is Cerelac Gold Rice with Juicy Apple and Cranberry but whatever you feed her it is such a joy to see. Almost ALL food are into her liking now.. Such a good appettite.

I know, she got it from her DAD! ;)

the morning i wake up

mom: good morning baby! seems like a reaally good morning to you, is that a smile? or a laugh??


mom: you will not be smiling like that later.. it will be pedia time!! u have 2 shots of vaccine for today..

yena: just 2? that's chicken mom.. i can do it! :)


yena: breath in, breath out. it will just be 2 shots, its so easy. i can do it! i am a big girl now..

eya (yena's cousin): yeng yeng, kaya mo yan... jollibee tayo mamaya!! yeeeey :D

yena: jollibee who??


yena: these dogs are cool mom! can you please tell daddy to buy one for me?? look they dont bite!! and jollibee?? can you please tell me if she/he/it.. uhmmm boy or girl??

eya: jollibee is a bee. :D

mom: i hope ate eya answered your question my baby.. :) coz if not, we will have to research for that! :)

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Yena weighs 7.4kgs and she just got her HIB and Flu vaccine today. Next month will be her Measles vaccine..

Yena @ 7 months

Yena's Milestones at 7 months:

1. Can do 'close-open', all the while looking at her hands and confused why her hands do such thing
2. Waves her hands to say bye bye, when on a good mood
3. Showing strong connection to Daddy and Mommy, Mamato my mother-in-law and to Lola my mother
4. Laughs and smiles a lot even to strangers, and interacts to every child she sees
5. Loves to be on her tummy all the time, swims through the bed, steals every space she can get, kicks a lot and sucks her feet any chances she can
6. Loves to take a bath, likes to play with the water, cries after taking her out of the bath tub.
7. Music is the best thing to calm her! She knows the songs for sleeping time and for playing time
8. Behaves every reading time.. likes to see pictures at the book.
9. Talkative, with lots of ohhhh ahhhh garrrlll mmmaaammaa ppaapaaa eeeeiiiii
10. Yet to know her weight tomorrow, but she is still a very voracious milk drinker upto this day. and i cannot complain! ;)


Happy 7 months my precious. Mom and Dad love you so so much!

Yena's first show on a wedding

August 9, was pre planned and already ticked on our calendar of big events for August. It was Daryl's wedding, and we couldnt miss it, not unless we want to say goodbye to the friendship we had for 14 long years. While hubby's favorite among my friends is Daryl, this big event was a big yes and so we packed our bag and off to Bulacan! Yena's longest travel so far..

After the ceremony and the pictorial session which took about an hour, i really think the photographers had a lot of frustrations in life, kasi naman all of the poses were so artistic and napakabusisi! Given a chance, on our church wedding, i will get them! :)

On our way home, it was much more convenient, thanks to ate mina for the free ride! :) And Yena still battery full and hyper active at MH with ate binx and the rest of our alumni friends, smiling to everyone she meets along the way kaya naman at 11pm when we arrived home, and even after turning off the light, buhay na buhay pa siya and still was looking for a play time!

Came 1am, she wailed so loud, and cried for more even after comforting her... and then she threw up! That's the sign.. nausog ang Yena! Hayun, she cried until the wee hours of the morning.. :(

But she was still her bubbly self at 9am at the church! Yan ang spirit! :) Attend pa tayo ng wedding baby?? sa Bulacan??!! :)

How much is your first baby picture on a magazine?

From the biological children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Nicole Richie and Jenifer Lopez to my very own daughter. See how much is their worth on a magazine's first ever official photo..


Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt - Year 2006, People paid more than $4.1 million for the North American rights, while British magazine Hello! obtained the international rights for roughly $3.5 million.



Harlow Winter Kate - Year 2008, Nicole Richie's daughter to Joel Madden, whose first picture was reported to be worth P1 million paid by People



Emme Marbiel and Maximillian David - Year 2008, The twins of Jenifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were introduced in the March 11, 2008 issue of People magazine for which the magazine paid $6 million.


Max Liron - son of Cristina Aguilera-Bratman. Year 2008, Aguilera was reportedly paid $1.5 million USD by People magazine for her baby pictures


Knox Leon and Viviene Marcheline - Year 2008, the rights for the first images were jointly sold to People and Hello! for $14 million - the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken


Yelena Hayden - PRICELESS! :) and not FOR SALE. LOLz



*Pictures courtesy of People magazine and additional information from Wikipedia.