Les Chocolateries... Yum!

Last night, my Auntie Mary or our Ninang Mary rather, gave us this absolutely sinful paper-thin Belgian chocolate lace cookies in semi-sweet from Cebu. I just couldn't stop myself from devouring the, and with my constant need to take a snack, it's no surprise that it didn't even last 24 hours.

I found out that they are being sold in semisweet, mint, dark and white chocolates. Even Kaden loves them! I am super craving for some more. I will definitely make an order for another batch of these cookies. [Cebu: 0917-6220427, Manila: 027194476].

Last night after putting them on the chiller, I realized it also tastes like Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies which I really loved during the time that I was pregnant with Kaden.

Argh! All I can think about is food food food. Fyi, the ideal weight gain for a healthy pregnancy is 25lbs for the entire 9 months. I'm only at my 5th month right now and I've already gained 25lbs! Seriously!

Cancelled Shows. Oh well...

Because of my 'fragile' condition, I'm not left with much options when it comes to what I can do with my idle time. One of my few guilty pleasures now is downloading and watching television shows, no matter how dragging some of them are becoming. 

As fall 2008 television season ends, networks have announced that they have decided to end some of the shows that I'm currently following [not necessarily loving]. Among them are: 

ABC's Dirty Sexy Money

NBC's Lipstick Jungle

Oh well, that's hollywood, that's life. Not much loss, really. Just gonna miss Kirby Atwood's boring but uber hot character though. :) 

Long Time No Blog

It's been a while since I last blogged. Honestly, these pregnancy hormones are really getting me down. So everyday I just don't feel like doing anything at all. I love babies, and I love that I'm pregnant, but pregnancy just makes me blow up and get so unattractive that I can't wait until it's over. I'd rather buy a brown paper bag to put over my head, than shop maternity clothes. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but I really hardly recognize myself anymore when I look in the mirror. Drama, I know! But I am literally counting days until I give birth (123 days to go as we speak). 

My countdown says 13 more days until christmas. Sad to say, I don't feel the the christmas spirit AT ALL. One reason is that my husband is away this year, but he did promise that its going to be our first and last christmas to be apart, otherwise our Euro trip is going to be closer than we planned. Hah! :)

Another reason is that I didn't get to do any christmas shopping this year. I even left the gift-buying for my Kaden this year up to my mom, which makes me really sad because I love buying stuff for Kaden! My ob gyne advised me against long walks because I'm getting early contractions and I feel pain on my stomach every now and then, especially when I get stressed out [even when I'm not]. So, this holiday season I'm stuck at home or at duty while everybody else is having fun with their christmas shopping. :( I'm so glum. 

The only upside to this is... uhm I'm probably gonna get a nice christmas present from my absentee husband because he's overcome by guilt? :) Aside from that, the thought that our new baby boy is going to be with us soon makes me [and Kaden] sooooo happy and excited! By the end of January [which is next month already!] I will start preparing the baby things and I can't wait. 

Okay, that's it for now. I just wanted to touch base with my readers, or rather, my loyal friends :) 

Merry Christmas you all! 

I miss you, Art. :( 

xoxo,

:)

I'm All Kinds of Sad :(

Art just left this morning and now I'm so miserable! 

Funny because by now I should be used to it since it's already the fourth time for us to say our temporary goodbyes to each other [after January, May, & July]. But I haven't been this sad ever :( Maybe it's just the pregnancy hormones making me sensitive and emotional. 

I am now certain that I hate HATE long distance relationships, and I hate long distance marriages more! :( 

I miss my husband soooooo baddd already and its only been hours... :(

I don't feel like doing much anymore. I just wanna sleep and wake up in January...

But January seems to be a loooong time from now. :(

Unexpected Baby News :)

Earlier today we decided to have my monthly checkup a week earlier since we're leaving for Manila on Wednesday. As of today, I'm only 16 weeks pregnant so I never really expected the doctor to be able to tell the sex this early on. So when she said, "I can already see the baby's sex!" I knew right away what it was because only one gender can be detected with certainty before 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Pooof! and there went my fantasies of shopping cutesy adorable little girly dresses in pink and purple. Gotta dig up Kaden's baby clothes soon.

I should have taken a picture of Art's reaction when he found out. He wants a baby boy sooo bad, so he, Kaden, and the baby could share their "toys".

He looked so excited while I was in a daze. I had my heart set on a baby girl, and so does Kaden (he sounds so cute saying "baby sister" so excitedly). When Art asked me if I was happy, I had to be honest and said "Well, I'm really happy for you but I'm kinda disappointed for me." He just laughed at me.

Now, I'm also getting excited about our coming baby boy. I pray he comes out healthy, that's all that's important. I'm slowly telling Kaden that he's getting a baby brother instead of a baby sister, but he got confused and is now expected both a baby sister and a baby brother. He holds up his fingers and says, "TWO babies, mommy."

Uh-oh.

I missed the WE party

I wish I was able to make it to the Wedding Essentials Beautiful Weddings 2008 magazine launch last night :( It would have been great to see the wonderful people in the wedding industry there, and meet other featured couples. Too bad my schedule didn't allow me to fly to Manila this week, and I try to console myself with the thought that I'm not much of sight to see anyway being all swollen and fat. Heheh.

I'm excited to see the issue and I can't wait till they mail my copy to me! Which I hope they do really soon. Anyone got a copy? I wanna hear about it. :) 

There are only two wedding magazines in the Philippines, Metro Weddings and Wedding Essentials. Personally, I like Wedding Essentials better [and it's not just because they featured our wedding!]. I buy their magazines more than I do Metro Weddings and during the course of our wedding preparations, it has helped me a lot in terms of ideas. I highly recommend buying WE if you're on your wedding planning stage. 

Cheska Garcia & Doug Kramer

One thing we didn't scrimp on during our wedding was on our wedding photography, which we totally have no regrets of. Our photographers totally delivered way beyond our expectations and showed us just why we thought they were the best among the many great wedding photographers in the Philippines today. 

When we booked Mango Red, they were relatively new in the biz, thus making us lucky enough to get their introductory rates [which were significantly lower than their current rates]. The moment I saw their work, I told my then very confused fiance that I wanted them and that we should book asap. From that time we gave them a call until our wedding day, they just got better and better, and getting even better as we speak. They never cease to amaze me, so even months after our wedding, I still visit their blog regularly. 

Recently, I found myself blown away after looking at their latest prenup shoot and I'd like to share it. 

What a beautiful couple. :) They marry on October 9th, that's tomorrow. Wow. Ang galing galing ng Dagooc brothers! 

Of course not everyone is into their style of photography because theirs is unique, edgy and out of the box. But eyelaveet!!! every bit of it. 

Out of all the wonderful wedding photographers out there, I think it's them who have truly brought wedding photography in the Philippines to a different level. :)

13 weeks pregnant!

Here's a look at what our little walnut is now supposed to be like inside mommy's fat tummy. He/she is now the size of a peach, how exciting!

As I seem to be losing more and more of my waist each day, I can't help but get excited, too. Because it also means that pretty soon my baby bump is going to get bigger (significantly), and I can finally start looking pregnant and not just fat. :)