Womanhood and Everything in Between

We were told this morning that we will be discharged later this afternoon. Thanks to God for blessing us with wisdom and patience that helped us through this stressful week. Baby Aerin was actually doing well come Monday, but we were advised to stay to finish the antibiotic through IV since she couldn't take it orally. To all my friends/cyber friends who prayed with me, thank you so much. It meant a lot to us. =) I am planning to spend the whole week at home to make bantay. Sa Monday na lang ako babalik sa work. Sana everythibg will be ok na.

I need a lot of them for my Baby Aerin. =( After we were discharged from the hospital last Friday, she didn't take her medicines. The moment the medicine dropper touched her lips, she'll start throwing up. So that means, anything that was fed to her is also gone. Until today, ganyan ang sitwasyon namin. Natatakot na ako mga mare. Hindi ko na alam gagawin ko. =( Gusto ko na naman sya ibalik sa hospital kaso na trauma na sya sa ER kasi makailang ulit syang tinusok for the IV. I thought everything will be ok na kasi wala na syang fever and her cough has loosen up already. Hindi na sya hirap umubo. Ang kaso, dehydration naman ang kalaban ko ngayon. Her normal intake of foods/milk during daytime ay 2-3 bottles of 7oz milk plus she eats rice during mealtimes. Ngayon,  nakakaisang bote pa lang ng gatas tapos pakonti konti na kain ng kanin. Please help me pray for her fast recovery mga mare. Nahihirapan na akong nakikita syang ganito. I don't know what to do anymore. I will...

We took Angela out for a quick meryenda and to make bawi for our 2 nights in the hospital without her. And she has tons of stories to share. Nakakawala ng pagod yung mga kwento nya. Nakakatuwa that at her young age, she knows a lot already. I'm one proud mom! =) After eating, we went straight to the grocery. Yan usually ang bonding time namin with Angela. We let her choose what she wants as baon for school. And then R made plans for the two of us after the trip to the grocery. We dropped Angela at home first. And we headed to....a SPA place! I never really thought that we'll go for a spa. When he became a father, he became kuripot that we don't hit the spa anymore. Instead, he'll ask me to massage his back every now and then. Kaya I was really surprised when we reached the place. Sobrang stressed na rin ata talaga ang lolo mo kaya nakaisip magpamasahe. The spa place is simple. Walang masyadong kyeme yung interior design. May vibes pa rin naman ng mga mamahaling spa....

After three restless nights and earnest prayers, our little princess is almost back to normal. She was hit by pneumonia, again. And now I feel bad as I type this. Now I feel so bad. =( How could I allow that f*cking pneumonia to do a strike two on my little kid? Bad!  on our second day at the hospital But I still feel grateful to God for knowing better. He chooses our battle. And He gives it to us on a perfect time. Despite the pain I felt whenever I hear my little princess whimpers in agony when she tries to cough her phlegm out but can't. I still thank God. Because I know He was with us the whole time.  Thank you, Lord! And you may want to know the best lesson I learned from this experience. I should update my Philhealth membership data and include my two kids as my dependent. Grabe, I was told by our pediatrician that we could have saved 5 figures with Aerin's case. She didn't inform me of the exact amount because she thinks "5 figures" will ma...

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16 Ways I Blew My Marriage (By Dan Pearce) You know what blows big time? The other night I was sitting with my family, most of whom are very successfully marr ied. We were going in a circle giving our best marriage advice to my little sister on the eve of her wedding. It’s somewhat of a family tradition. But that’s not what blows. What really blows is that I realized I don’t have any good marriage advice to give. After all, I’ve never had a successful marriage out of the two marriages I did have. And so, when it was my turn, I just made a joke about divorce and how you should always remember why you loved your spouse when you first met her so that when times get tough, you can find someone new that is just like she was. There were a couple courtesy giggles, but overall my humor wasn’t welcome in such a beautifully building ring of profunidity. They finished round one, and for some reason started into another round. And that’s when I realized. Hey. I don’t have marriage advice to give,...

I was blog hopping early this week when I came across with Mommy Practicality 's post about money saving tips. Oh, Boy! Both my husband and I work our asses off but NO! We don't have savings yet! I know, right? Should I start to panic? We have money in banks but those don't count as savings. They are for our daily expenses and to pay for our mortgages. When we got married, I told him that every payday, I will save a certain amount both from our pay slips. Pero, waley! Hindi ko nagawa. We have too many monthly financial obligations that I always forget to set aside a little something for our piggy bank. That, or I am just too busy spending. =( I wouldn't care less of our financial status if we were still single. My husband and I used to shop 'til we drop. We have experienced bar-hopping like there's-no-tomorrow. We traveled and traveled until we're dead tired. And that was us, before. We didn't care if we spend fortunes on silly things. But that can...