my fear

Last night, Trisha and I had a heart to heart talk. With a serious face, I told her that she should promise me that she will not marry early. She's 2 years old. I know, I know! She's too young for the talk and she would probably not remember it. I couldn't recall what her answer was. She was too busy trying to go back to playing. I know I sound silly, maybe even weird. But the thought of her getting married at an early age just scares me! I know any dad with a daughter feels the same way at a certain point in their lives. Mine was just early, a little bit too early. Hehe..

So Trisha, when you're old enough to read this. Be warned! =p

Trisha's Apology

Trisha is just turning 2 in a few months and we (Tet and I, and some of our friends as well) are amazed how well she is able to converse with people.

Anyway, I want to share an incident today when I was scolding her for not being careful when she spilled water on the couch from her water bottle.

This is how she responded.

Trisha: Galit na Daddy.
Me: Oo, galit na talaga daddy kasi hindi ka careful.
Trisha: Sorry. Sorry na Daddy. Sorry na.

This was the first time that she voluntarily apologized because usually when she does something wrong, we would tell her to say sorry and she would say it but doesn't seem to mean it. But today, she actually meant it.

How could I continue to be mad after hearing that? My heart just melted with those words. Yun lang!

April 12: Trisha leaves for Baguio

This is a sequel or continuation to my earlier post. We woke up early today because Tet's mom came to fetch her sister Len and Trisha. Len was going to spend a part of her vacation in Baguio and Trisha will be going with them for a week without us.

But before they left for Baguio, we went duty free shopping first (we almost won a brand new Toyota Vios) and ate at Dampa Paranaque (yummy lemon butter shrimp at Alban's). It was Trisha's first time to go anywhere without us. Surprisingly, according to Tet's mom and sister, Trisha did not cry. They said that there were times when she would call/find us but that was it. It's probably because she's already familiar with her Lola, Tito and Titas.

Anyway, when they left, we went for a fitting at Eric Pineda's shop in QC for my sister's wedding. Then bought some fruits at the Suki Market. After that, Tet had a haircut at Fix Salon in Serendra. We then had dinner at Mezzaluna (their US prime rib eye steak is delicious!) before we met up with our friends Tony and Hazel.

Our initial plan was to have coffee but we ended up eating Halo-Halo at Razon's and Pares at Goodah! It's ironic that with the number of coffee shops in Manila, it's so difficult to decide which coffee shop to go to. Hehe.. We went home past 12MN and I slept past 1AM. I still needed to wake up early the next morning for my run.

April Summer!

There are a lot of non-work stuff lined up for us this April namely:

• 11 - Len's coming home for a month-long vacation after 2 years in Dubai.
• 12 - Going to duty free and a fitting appointment with Eric Pineda for my sister's wedding.
• 12 to 17 - Trisha will be staying in Baguio for a week away from us. This is a first. I'll surely miss her.
• 13 - On your mark run at the FORT. Hopefully I'll be able to register.
• 18 to 20 - We will be in Baguio for Cai's graduation and to fetch Trisha.
• 20 - Tet is flying to Singapore for a training. (ok.. so this is work stuff)
• 21 to 24 - Tet will be in Singapore which leaves Trisha and I alone.
• 25 - Martin's Birthday blowout.
• 27 - My sister's wedding.

This is one of the busiest summers for us. All our weekends are almost already booked. I hope we still have time to go to the beach before summer ends.

Trisha's Sick!

Trisha has flu and I'm to blame. She got it from me. I feel bad and guilty that I infected her with my cough and colds. It's so difficult seeing her having a hard time because of her cough and colds. And she doesn't like the taste of her medicine so it's difficult for us to make her take her medications because she vomits everytime she takes them. =(

Her immune system is normally strong so this must be one hell of a virus. I hope and pray that she gets well soon because we can't bear to see her crying because she can't tell us if she feels any pain.

She's been sick since late Tuesday afternoon so we'll bring her to see her doctor tomorrow just to make sure that it's just a flu and nothing more serious.

What is it about Barney?

What is it about Barney that kids love? Is it his color? His songs? His voice?
Before we had Trisha, we swore that if we had a child, we won't introduce Barney to him/her. And now that we have Trisha, we tried not to have any Barney stuff at home. But eversince she got a big Barney stuffed toy for her 1st birthday, she instantly liked it. And now at 16 months, she likes watching Barney shows on T.V. So I guess there's really no escaping Barney!

Trisha @ the BHS Parking Lot

We were in Bonifacio High Street yesterday and I took this photo of Trisha with my SEK610i camera phone while she was playing in one of the empty parking lots. I asked her to look up several times but this was the only one I was able to capture.

She was busy picking up the stones so it was really difficult for me to get her to look up again.

I tried to trick her by telling her that there was an airplane but she was too fast for me. hehe..

1 year 1 month and 4 days!

November 30, 2007 - Bonifacio Day! I'm blogging because we're celebrating. Celebrating not Bonifacio day but the day Trisha finally decided that she can walk on her own, without the need for us to hold her hand. We are so proud of her!

For the longest time now (actually eversince she turned 10 months old), we have been pressuring her to start walking on her own but she won't. She was afraid to let go. We could see in her face that she was scared to fall and her knees would tremble if we try to let go of our hand. We wondered why she was afraid of falling if she hasn't experienced falling at all. How could she have known the fear of falling? It came to a point where her mommy got concerned as to why she was so afraid of letting go. But we eventually agreed not to pressure her anymore and just let her walk on her own when she's ready.

And today was that day! She and her mommy was outside when she decided to let go of her mommy's hand and walk on her own. Mommy Tet was not prepared for it and as you can see in the pictures, she's still very cautious that her precious baby might fall. On the other hand, Trisha didn't care, she just wanted to walk. Look how happy she was!

Tet was so excited to see Trisha walk on her own that she called me immediately. And when I saw her walking on her own, I got all excited as well and ran to grab the camera so I could take her picture. Pictures that we could share with you and someday Trisha can see, the day she decides to walk on her own!

My Favorite Photos of Trisha

I just want to share some of my favorite photographs of my darling Trisha. I am really very proud of my daugther and I'm out of words to describe how much I love her.

She is...

my angel

my chef

my fairy

my cupcake

So I have to...

handle with care

Otherwise, mommy angel will kill me.. =)

And this is my favorite photo of Mommy Tet and Trisha so far. Don't they look so pretty?

Trisha's 1st Birthday!

It's been weeks since I last wrote something on my blog. I've been busy with alot of stuff the past few weeks (preparing for Trisha's birthday and work) which left me too tired to do some bloggin'. And for the long vacation, I was too lazy to do anything. =)

If you'll notice, my blogs usually don't have pictures in them. I wanted to change that. I want to add more pictures in my blog to make it more interesting and a blog about Trisha's birthday is a good way to start.

So I want to share a few of the hundreds of photos taken during that super happy day!

A picture of our happy family. We're all smiles!

Trisha's birthday cake. Nice huh?

Everyone was singing the birthday song while we were blowing Trisha's cake.

The happy and proud grandparents. The 2 lolas outfits are color coordinated. hehe..

This smash cake was made especially for photo op but as you can see in Trisha's face, she is not enjoying this and she ended up crying.

Look at how pretty my 2 favorite girls in the world are. Picture perfect!

Trisha is really fond of bubbles so for her birthday, we had a bubble show for her and part of this was us being inside a big bubble!

We're really happy that our family and friends were there to celebrate with us Trisha's 1st birthday.

Thank you for coming! And we'd also like to thank all those who brought teddy bears for CRIBS. We already donated all those teddy bears and I'll make a separate post on our visit there.

We had so much fun. All the planning and preparation was well worth it!

Trisha's 11 months old now!

We're bad parents.. =(

Tet and I forgot that it was Trisha's 11th month birthday yesterday. We were not able to buy her a cake. We don't really have a reason for forgetting. Anyway, it's not yet too late to buy her a cake today.

She's growing up so fast. She talks a lot and now knows how to say "mommy". I think that's her favorite word now. She keeps on saying "mommy" especially when it's getting late or when she's sleepy. She also enjoys walking although we still need to support her. We know whenever she wants to go for a walk because she points to her shoes and says " shs...". =)

One more month to go and we'll be celebrating her 1st birthday! Time flies.. I miss the times when she was still a little baby. Those times when all she does is eat and sleep. Now, all she does is eat, sleep and play. hehe..

Hon..

I want to make a quick entry before I end my day. It's half past 12 midnight and I need to get some sleep. I have been sleeping late and waking up early for the last 3 days due to a training that I need to attend to at work.

Anyway, this entry is about my 'hon', now my wife and the mother of our child. I think I'm not telling her enough how blessed and grateful I am that she's the one I am spending the rest of my life with. So I want to take this chance to tell every one who will be reading this what I want to say to her..

"Thank you hon for almost 8 years of being together and counting. Thank you for sticking with me through all these years. We have been through a lot of happy and sad times and I give you all the credit for it. Thank you for being patient with me, you are the only one who really knows me inside and out. We're at this point in our relationship wherein we don't necessarily need to talk to enjoy each other's company.

I especially want to thank you for doing an excellent job of taking care of Trisha. I've seen how you have taken such good care of her from the time she was still in your womb up to now. You're really a wonderful mother to our baby. I guess it's because you have a great relationship with your mom which I can see now between you and Trisha as well. She's blessed.. no, we're blessed to have you.

I know we have only been married for over a year but we have been together for almost 8 years and I am looking forward to years and years more with you. I promise that I will stay passionately in-love with you the way that I have been from the time you said yes almost 8 years ago.."

Trisha...

It has been almost a month since I last had an entry in my blog. I have no valid reason for not writing, only that I was too lazy. hehe.. I have so many things on my mind right now that I do not know where to start. I had not been busy with work lately (I mean for last month) which means that I had more time for my family. I'd come home earlier to spend more time with my wife and baby.

Speaking of my baby, she's 10 months now. Time really flies. I could still remember the first time I held her in my arms and now she's growing up really fast. She's more active now and is starting to learn how to walk. She also talks a lot although we couldn't understand most of what she says except for 'dada', 'daddy', 'tetet' and 'ate'. Yeah, she calls her mom by her name (tet) and not 'mommy'. I'm really crazy about her and it's really difficult for tet and I to leave her every morning when we go to work especially now that she already knows how to show us that she wants to come with us.

How I wish we could just stay at home and be with her everyday while she has not yet reached school age. Having her has really changed our lives and she's really a blessing and we can't describe how happy we are that God gave us such a precious gift.

Since that will only be just a wish, for now, we just want to spend as much time with her as much as we can. And enjoy her at this stage because she will never be a baby again.

I know she will get to read this someday and I want to let her know that Mom and Dad loves you very very much!