Baby Eagerl or baby HEagle?

Ha, I'm nuts about knowing what we will be having--a girl or a boy? I've always wanted to start shopping baby stuff so that it won't be too much for our finances (yeah, I'm pretty much of a hog around the home. thanks to my very doting husband who doesn't let me do anything near heavy or hard.). But we're clueless.

We would love to have twins, though. One boy to grant the desires of grandparents and one girl for me to dress up! =D But really, on the real side of it, we will be spending double of anything--clothes, milk, carrier, furniture, bath stuff, stroller, etc.--at one time! Single birth does save half of it while twin birth saves time (imagining another 9months of pregnancy). 

All right, enough of the stress! 

We are having one (as the ultrasound indicated)--boy or girl, we just wanted a very healthy one that we could lavish our love and honor God with. 

yes, gender jitters...

hero moms

Whew!

i love my mama Merlyn more! and i'm blessed to have mama Nars now, too. I have sweet and strong ladies going before me. And yes, God is with us in this. Which is truer. Why will I be afraid?

miracle baby

today, three years ago, Papaps, Ma and I met an accident at Brgy. Baganihan, Sitio Maharlika, Bukidnon (Buda area). See post here. 

From this incident, I discovered I had mild scoliosis plus thoughts of not being able to get pregnant. Nonetheless, we are now. Gen also had a share of the same thoughts when he was hospitalized years ago and was induced with different drugs. But we've come in faith, united in faith and still living in bigger faith to see this pregnancy (and future ones) a reality. Our God is faithful. We cannot understate that.

is it baby shower yet?

i had a week of receiving baby clothes. is it baby shower yet?

honestly, everyday, i've been growing the excitement to hold our little one and dress him/her up with the statement rompers i've been getting. yes, there's another set of baby boy's clothes--and shoes. everything is just adorable. ha, as if having a baby is just about cute and sassy. and then, there's the thing called nappy-changing. good luck Mr. & Mrs. Supsup!

It's our first visit since baby Judah arrived home. So tiny, so adorable! We got him onesies and diapers. And he got us a lot of crying--super gutom na yata... I love how he stops when ate Emma sings to him. He would stare (at nothingness, I guess; babies this old can't see yet) and listens to the sothing voice. 

While the new parents figured out how to feed the baby, we were left with the bundle of joy until Gen found his way to sleep. Hahayst, nakitulog ang bisita! =p

my first trimester

6weeks, 8weeks & 12 weeks.

first trimester.

yes, i have a growing tummy & a growing healthy baby! =D

Thank You, Lord for crafting the best for us and we give You back this gift in honor and praise!

snacked cold

Afternoons have never been hotter since summer is in outbreak. We hasted for something cold. And we found ourselves at Frozen Avenue. We also celebrated the full payment of our first desktop computer! Yay! Soli Deo Gloria! =D

happy hoops

big happiness going on... who couldn't be when it's Saturday morn and he's out with the boys in church (plus invites) playing basketball.

he arrives with this big grin while i did wait for him to eat bfast--at 10am! #latesiyangayon

having a precedence

From time to time, thoughts of a painful delivery of a baby haunt me. Of course, this is something I cannot stop. It is before me and it has been written in the Word. Women will labor. There is angst in childbirth. But when I think of women who has gone past the ordeal, I am strengthened and comforted. Yes, there have been those who are smaller and those older than me who have successfully brought forth the gift. They are all my precedence. This embarkation shouldn't scare me. 

And today, Pastor Johanna Castellanos-Proenca of MCI Miami greeted me through the iPhone app, Instagram. I am having a gift and pregnancy itself is a present! Aja!

eating plenty of healthy

Salvaro

Nilagang Mani

Durian Shake

Nilagang Saging

Yep, local food to celebrate Araw ng Dabaw! 

We also spent the afternoon with the family at Picobello where we found the Gabato's and the Yap's =)

We are pro-family!

blues

I finally threw up (yuk!). I have been nauseous the last week and just tonight did something really come out. Pregnancy blues, they say.

Before I retire tonight, I am overwhelmed to know that the baby has most likely shed off its tail-like structure and looks more human now. 

Gen is ready to hum me a song. Good night, people.

third doctor's visit

Doc Weng checked for baby's heartbeat using the Dopler device. We could hear sounds but the most striking onrs were actually, according to her, from the placenta. She believes the placenta is covering the fetus.

Yes, fetus. At 10 weeks now (baby is 9 weeks, but pregnancy is at 10 weeks), baby is already considered a fetus. Amniotic sac has formed, joints are developing while toes and fingers are also growing.

I weighed 50.6 kg, and my weight gain is normal. Weeee! (Thanks to my doting husband! Wala pang pinagbabawal ang doktor, siya marami na!)

Also, I am done with bed rest but I still need to refrain from working too much and carrying portly stuff so that baby holds well--which to us, still meant, resting (in bed! since I don't have other place to go but our bedroom!) Yes. the bed rest wasn't caused by low-lying placenta or low implantation but fatigue (ha, January was a roller coaster of wonderful things!).

My heart cries at God's sustaining grace. We were just told that another patient at the clinic was 10 weeks pregnant, had bed-rest and taking the same meds as I did, just had miscarriage. I don't know whether I should rejoice, because we were never in competition, and I never knew / saw her. But we could truly see God's faithfulness working right in our midst. If only I could wish pregnancy would be much easier than this. But I also want to see God work in and through us and in Himself be greatly credited all the praise!

=)

(please keep us in your prayers... thanks!)

kain lang ng kain

yep, we've been eating a loooooot!!!