I Love Weddings! :)

I have two of my good friends who are already planning their upcoming dream wedding, and I'm very happy as well as excited for them!

First is Jennifer, who's getting married to Marvin on October 2009. She has been my barkada since elementary. We go a loonggg way and it's great to see her finally tie the knot. She will be the third in our barkada to be married, and I hope the next wedding after hers will not be too far away.

Next is Ema, who's getting married to Abner on October 10, 2010 (10/10/10!). Ema was my college roommate at Residencia de Dios and was my gimik buddy back then. To finally find the one is a huge step for her and I'm ecstatic about it.

The best thing about both weddings is that I will be part of the entourage. Yehey! :) There's nothing I love more than getting all dressed up and all dolled up for an event as sweet as a close friend's wedding. Ah, and the bachelorette party...! So many things to look forward to.

Mood: Excited and Happy!

Vacation On My Mind

I am very well aware that I will not be able to go on a vacay-tion anytime within the near future. Which is probably why I cannot stop thinking of beaches even while knowing that I won't be able to go to one until about a year from now [or at least 7 months after I give birth]. 

I feel bad enough that all my nursing groupmates/friends are going to Cebu in January for a great vacay, and as early as now they are already in vacation mode. It's not so hard really, I only have to live with listening to them talk about all their plans in excited tones. *Sigh

So this is how I console myself: I make plans, even if I know it won't happen anytime soon. 

Once I've "recovered" from my PPD (hah!), and after I return to my pre-pregnancy body (which a lot of people almost swear is not going to happen considering my weight gain, HMP!). These are the places I'd love to visit with my husband. 

ABACA RESORT, Mactan Island, Cebu

http://www.abacaresort.com

 DISCOVERY SHORES, Boracay Island

http://discoveryshoresboracay.com

And for our belated honeymoon...

 AMANPULO, Pamalican Island, Palawan

http://www.amanresorts.com

Its always free to dream, right? The Secret, please come to momma. 

Our Wedding Essentials Feature

I wanted to blog about this when I received the magazines in October, but I was too busy with hospital duty [and payback], and then Art was here, so I ended up completely forgetting about it. Until earlier, so I decided to take pics of the magazine. :)

The issues in circulation are the ones with Nina Corpuz and her husband on the cover. Ours is a specialized copy, we have 20 copies of this one which we gave to close relatives and interested friends. :)

When I received the invitation for our wedding to be featured, I didn't know the write-ups had to come with a title and I neglected to put one on ours. So I think the editorial staff of Wedding Essentials came up with one. Honestly, I think it's kind of corny. Hehehe. Definitely not something I'd cook up.

My mom asked how come there were not much pictures of our other relatives and friends. I was asked to send in 30 to 50 photos and WE chose from among them. I also received a call for a feature on the entourage gowns, however it was around the time I had an emergency operation so I wasn't able to reply in time for the deadline. 

I've received calls from friends who've read the write up and said they were touched. Thank you! :) Even Marlo Luna, Zamboanga based wedding coordinator said that he felt truly inspired after reading it. [Btw, to those who are asking me who to get for weddings here in Zamboanga, I think Marlo is your best bet by far!]

It was great planning the wedding and it felt great to be a bride! Although I had a very short "hang over" from being a bride-to-be because in less than a month, we found out that we were already expecting. I even neglected to do my suppliers ratings for w@w. 

Art laughed when he read it because I had to mention in the write-up that the full drapings were the first in Zamboanga for our wedding. I said I wanted to because first, it was true; and second, our wedding set up is being copied over n over again. Initially, I was very pissed and then I realized that we didn't have a patent on it so other wedding coordinators have the right to copy them and show that they have no originality. :) Full drapings are common in Manila weddings but no one used it here until our wedding, maybe some have thought of it but we were the first to actually do it. Now wedding after wedding, they use the exact same color of drapes that we used during our wedding. I wish that soon they will start buying new colors of drapes because there are actually lots of nice colors out there. They said, imitation is the highest form of flattery. So okay, thanks for flattering our wedding. :) 

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.