OMG!!! Just checking in

It's been over 10 days since I last posted. I have been lazy, busy and preoccupied the last couple of weeks. I just didn't want to do anything though I have gazillion things to do. Christmas is in a week and I still haven't finished shopping. Let's not even talk about wrapping. I barely started. Argh!!! I can't wrap with the kids around because the element of surprise would be lost. So I try to sneak in once in awhile but it's hard. I still have a few gifts to buy and I just don't even have the time or the energy to go to the mall. It's so cold to go outside and parking is so bad right now. I don't even want to try it. We just barely gotten the girls' Santa pictures. I still haven't brought them to the studio for their yearly holiday photos. I can't do it. Hahaha. Having three kids have finally caught up with me. We're going to Disneyland after Christmas and I barely have clothes because I left them all in San Diego plus I'm still in between size. I'm too small already for my pregnancy clothes but still a little bit big for my old clothes. I just don't want to buy anymore clothes but I have to unless I want to go commando in Disneyland hahaha. That is not a pretty sight lol.

I still haven't bought Jessela's baptism dress and I have less than three weeks away and been everywhere but I can't find a dress I like. Argh! Why can't we have extra 24 hours in a day. This is torture. There are just tooooooo many things to do and I just don't want to move anymore hahhaha. Lack of sleep and lack of energy equal disastrous week.

I bet my CTs are going to kick me out any minute for not doing any layout. I don't know where mojo went but I need to find it Pronto! I'm just so lucky that the girls I CT for aren't too demanding. They are always giving be time to finish a layout. But I know I should start moving soon because it'll be unfair for them if I don't do any work.

Anyways, I'm so sorry if I haven't stop by in any of your site lately. I barely have time to check in here hahaha. I'm just so freakin' lazy these days. But thank you for always visiting. Maybe after Pinoy Big Brother I can function normally again. PBB is always keeping me up late. I think I get about 4 hours of sleep every day because I'm just so addicted to PBB hahaha.

Oh well, I gotta go..I'll be back again one of these days.

I'll share my latest layout of Jessela.


Credits: ShabbyCane Christmas by Laura Deacetis, Sequin spills by Rachel Young, Silver swirly by Tracy Ann.

Feeling busy...hahahah

Just feeling busy here hahaha but not really. Laziness took over that's why I haven't been blogging. I'm so sorry for all the people who tagged me. I will try to do all the tags once my laziness goes away.

I have been a little bit busy because been rushing for the baptism. I have to attend a baptism class and have been rushing the invitations. I was going to do it myself but I can find any of the materials I needed so I ordered it somewhere and gosh it's so expensive. Ang hirap talagah ng may anak. There's just too many expenses. I also needed to do a layout for a magnet calendar for Jessela's baptism. I'm going to use it as a favor but alas! mojo is somewhere out there. I don't know where in the world it is lol. I still need to shop for Jessela's dress and accessories for the baptism but been so lazy going outside because the weather over here has been so cold lately. And having a lot of sleepless nights does not help. I sleep through the morning with Jessela so by the time I wake up it's time for lunch and time for my Dad to go to work so there's nobody there to look for the girls while I'm out and I don't want to go out looking for dress with three girls in tow. I bet by the time we got home I'm ready to pass out hahaha.

I am also busy watching Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition. I find them very funny. Plus they have eyecandies in the house hahaha. First time na nagwapuhan??? hahah. That's why sometimes it's okey if Jessela's awake in the middle of the night because I get to watch the 24/7 livestream. It keeps me entertained during the wee hours of the night. Ang hirap kaya magalaga kung inaantok ka. Buti may pinanonood nde masyado ako inaantok.

The girls are alright naman. Jelynn has been doing pretty good in school until now. Jewelle on the other hand has become more bratty than ever. I swear that girl is worse than her sister when she was at this age. If she doesn't get what she wants she'll throw a huge tantrums that everyone gets scared they just let her have it. I usually don't give it to her because I know she'll get used to it. She'll cry and cry and then my dad would give in. *Sigh*. This is what I don't like living with the parents because they spoil the girls and i'll turn out to be the bad one. Every time I get mad at Jewelle, she cries and goes to her Lolo and tell on me. Of course the lolo gets mad at me. Hahaha. Nakakaloka! Jessela naman is still as good as she was when she was born. She'll be two months next week but looks like a 4 month old baby. She's so big now. She has chubby cheeks and been smiling a lot lately. I just love to see her toothless smiles. Makes the sleepless nights better and well worth it.Though I still couldn't capture it on camera. Every time I try to take a picture of her smiling I was already too late, she was already mesmerized with the camera. Oh well, maybe one of these days.

Since I have been really far behind from my CTs. I really tried to scrap yesterday because they might kick me out soon. It's hard when mojo is away but I tried. Here's the result:


Credits: Everything by ON Designs

I still need to do my Christmas cards but like I said I'm having a hard time because I seem to have no creativity at the moment. I still have to do my calendars too because I'll be sending one to the in-laws as one of our Christmas presents but I'm lazy. as in super lazy hahaha.

Sorry for the long post ...hahah I might get lazy to do a post again.

Anyways, have a great week everyone...leave you with the photo of my girls:




Have a great day everyone!

I guess you'll have another one?

Arghh!!! Getting tired of that question. They are pertaining to the fact that once again we have another girl. These are the questions and comments of people ever since they found out we were having a girl for the third time.

I guess you won't stop until you get a boy?
Huh?!? Of course not! Having girls has been so much fun for me or even with Rico. I don't think a baby boy will complete our family..we are already complete.

Why don't you try another position?
Really??? That works??? Hahahha...funny...but I don't think that works lol!

Wow three girls...pambayad utang?
What?????????!!!???? I don't believe that my girls should be the ones to pay the mistakes we had in our past.

You already have three...what's another one? Maybe it'll turn out to be a boy.
Every time they tell me this comment...I just smile. What else can I say you know? People think just because we don't have a boy that we aren't contented. I believe that there's a reason for everything. Maybe we are just meant to have girls. I heard stories how boys are totally different from girls and I don't think I would be able to take care of a little boy especially I'm always by myself.

We hope that Jessela would be the last baby we'll have. No, we are not going to try for another one in hope for a little boy. I know that Rico wants a little boy..all Daddies do...as for me...I'm always happy having a little girl but he knows that having another baby does not guarantee a boy. He also knows that his genes determine the sex of the baby and his family is full of girls. Like I said we are not going to try for another one because number 1) I'm getting old hahaha I don't think I can handle another one. 2) I don't think we can afford four kids especially if they are all girls. Girls are expensive you know. 3) If the baby turns out to be a boy, I would feel bad that he is the only one and does not have a boy playmate.. he might turn out to be gay hahaha or worse would always feel out of place.

To make sure we won't accidentally have another baby we are thinking of permanently doing something to prevent that from happening. But we are still thinking it through because it's permanent. I told Rico if he wants another baby..HE better be there all the time to take care of the baby. I won't go through another pregnancy without Rico there and worse having him away from us when we have kids to take care of. It's easy to give birth but the hard part is to take care of a little newborn. I don't mind the two older girls because once they are older they get easier to take care of but a newborn has so many needs and if you are by yourself...it's very tiring and drains your energy so fast. So most likely Jessela would be the "bunso". And I'm happy having three girls...it feels like I have triplets. And I love dressing them up. It is so fun! Plus they are just the sweetest little girls..always saying "Mommy, I love you." Just melts my heart.

Enough of me rambling...share my new scrap..this one is Jessela's:


Credits on my DST Gallery.

Belated Happy Thanksgiving

I know it's a bit late but just want to greet everyone here in the States Happy Thanksgiving. Been busy that's why I wasn't able to drop by and greet all of you Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you had a wonderful turkey day with your loved ones. As for us, we celebrated it at my cousin's house. The girls had fun playing with their cousins while I was busy taking care of Jessela lol. Rico had a duty this weekend so he wasn't able to come home but it's okey what's another thanksgiving again right? lol...we're used to it by now. Then Black Friday I woke up at 4:30AM to go shopping with stepmom while my Dad watched the kids. Gosh it was CRAZY in the mall. First you couldn't find parking at 5:00AM then lines were everywhere. I was getting dizzy because there were too many people and I was standing in line for so long. I only dropped by four stores because I just couldn't handle it anymore. I feel I was going to pass out from heat and from standing too long. I dropped by Crazy 8(which is like Gymboree), Disney Store, The Children's Place & Carter's. The worst was in Disney Store, the line was hilarious. There was a line to get inside the store and the line to pay goes around the store. Thank God stepmom was there I waited while she shopped, then she waited while I shopped. Then when I got home I did shop at Gymboree.com and Macy's.com because I wasn't able to go there at the mall. I just couldn't handle the lines anymore. I would rather pay shipping than wait in line for hours. I did SEVERE damage on our savings hahaha and to think all of the things I bought were for the kids. As in nothing for me or for Rico. Argh!!! Raising girls are EXPENSIVE. What I spent could have bought me a Louis Vuitton bag...yes...that's how much I spent. Thank God Rico wasn't here...at least he won't know hahahha or else he'll never allow me to go inside a mall anymore lol. We were going to the outlet stores today but I backed out because I just can't shop anymore. I have to stop myself before I spend all our money hahaha. So that was our weekend...hope you guys have more luck on self-control than me. Have a great week ahead everyone.

Sharing my newest scrap...This was inspired by Yen's layout called {Beautiful}:


Credits at my DST Gallery.

Time to start printing

It's time to start printing all my layouts. I have neglected to print ever since I got pregnant. I did order one photo book consisting of layouts of both the girls but since it was my first time I didn't know that they cut a little bit of the edge so the edges were a little cut. I have to reprint them and order another book. And I think the more pages a book has the better so it'll look like a real book talagah. I have so many layouts done so I can about 50 pages in one book if they'll let me put that many. Will show them to you guys when I get them. Show me yours too I love looking at layouts I know that some of you has been doing layouts so you can order your photo books. Show them when you finish. Okey I'm off.

finally had some sleep

I finally got some sleep last night. Jessela was pretty good last night. She woke up every three hours giving me a chance to catch some Zzzz's. Even this afternoon when she was taking a nap, I was able to take some too. I feel so much better. No more migraines. Thank God. I'm ready to have sleepless nights again haha. It's a cycle I know. Hopefully it'll get much much better soon.

Anyways, I got this award from Yen and N!ce. Thank you ladies for always remembering me. You guys are my star bloggers too. Thank you always for dropping by my blog. Muah!



Passing this award to: Shabem, Rissa, Kathycot, JenR, Lizapep & Kitty.

Baptism postponed

Ahhhh...we were suppose to get interviewed by the priest last weekend that's why Rico came home but they cancelled on us. Since Rico won't be off until next weekend, we won't have time to do the classes to be eligible on December 1st. Baptism are on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month and we can't do it on the 3rd Saturday because my friend is having her baby baptized at that time too. Our last chance will be on the 5th of January since Rico is leaving by the middle of January. I don't want to wait until he comes back to have the baby baptized. I want Jessela baptized as soon as possible. Well, the 5th of January wouldn't be too bad at least it gives me more time to do everything I want for the baptism. I want to be able to shop around for invitations, baptism dress and favors. Plus I need to find a reception place too hehe. Hopefully Christmas wouldn't be too hectic so I could do all of that. Or better yet I should start now hehehe.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone. It's a gloomy Halloween here in our side of the country. Not a good weather to go trick a treating. Jessela and I are not going trick a treating. But the girls will with their Lolo and Lola. I don't want Jessela to go out because it's way too cold outside. She's still a baby anyways. If we go she'll just stay on her carseat so we're not going. We'll just wait for the girls to come home with their treats. Hope you guys are having a great weather for trick a treating later on. Have a great and safe Halloween everyone. Can't wait to see pictures later on.

just peeking

I seem to have forgotten how to care for a newborn lol. I should have taken a class before giving birth hahah.

Newborns - they eat every couple of hours
Ahhh how true is this? Jessela is awake every two hours for feedings. I swear you can't even sleep within those two hours she's asleep. It's always been hard for me to sleep anyways so by the time I'm finally dozing off..she's getting ready to wake up. I know this will last for a couple more months until her tummy gets big enough to consume a lot more food so she doesn't need to wake up every couple of hours. This means a lot more sleepless nights for me.

If she's not crying for food...she's crying because either her diaper is wet or she made poopie.
Oh yeah...I forgotten this too...I seem to be changing her diaper every couple of hours too...it is either wet or she made number two. And she hates being changed at night because it's cold. So I have to change her diaper as efficiently as I could.

Rico was here for three weeks so he was able to take care of Baby JE for the last two weeks so I was able to rest and recuperate but he went back to work again last friday so I'm left with the three girls. It was pretty sad to see him leave again after having him here everyday for the last three weeks but what can I do...that's his job. I say that over and over again in my head so that I won't feel sadder. This is the second day and I already feel like a zombie. Yesterday I had a huge headache from the sleepless night. I wanted to take some motrin but I might dozed off and would have a hard time waking up so I didn't. Thank God, my Dad took over this morning and I was able to sneak in about 4 hours of sleep so I feel a little better.

But Jessela is better than Jelynn when Jelynn was a baby. She only cries when she's hungry and needs diaper change. After that she won't cry. She is satisfied wherever you put her. She's like Jewelle. Jewelle was never a fuzzy baby. Jelynn was the opposite maybe because she was the first born. We got her used to being carried..being out in the carseat or stroller so it was hard for all of us when it's time for bed. But Jessela...she's pretty good. She loves it when her big sister Jelynn talks to her. Jelynn would come home from school and she would tell stories to Jessela and Jessela would be patiently listening to her sister. Jewelle would sing to her and Jessela would stop crying. They are so sweet to their baby sister and I am just so glad.

Jessela is now 16 days old. I bet she has probably gain a couple more ounces. At her last appointment last tuesday she was already 7lbs and 2ounces and almost 20 inches. She's always eating kasi that's why she's growing pretty fast. Soon I bet she won't fit on the clothes I recently bought her.

As for me...I have been having leg and chest pains so I have been back to the doctor because we want to rule out pulmonary embolism which is pretty deadly. She said that it doesn't seem like it's swollen so we'll just watch it and hopefully it's just muscles pains. Been bleeding still though. I asked it if that's normal she said it's normal up to six weeks after birth. I still need a lot of rest so I won't blog as much as I used to for couple more weeks. Plus we scheduled Jessela's baptism on December 1st so I still have a lot to do. Baptism classes, interviews, getting invitations, favors and etc. With three kids calling my name all the time..I have my hands pretty much full.

Anyways, have to go coz the little princess is awake. I'll update again later. Here are a couple of pictures to share...been taking a lot but I'm having problem uploading them to the computer so will share some of them later...have a great week everyone and thanks for the visit!

Waiting....

for the baby to come ...I think the baby wants to stay in my tummy for as long as possible lol. I have been walking and walking and still nothing seems to be happening. I don't even feel any contraction anymore hahaha. I think because of the cold weather we're experiencing that's why the baby wants to stay inside my tummy because it's warm in there lol. Jelynn has been waiting for the baby. She keeps telling me that it will come tomorrow and then tomorrow comes and nothing lol. I have an appointment tomorrow maybe I can suggest doing an induction again because we can't wait that long especially Rico comes back to work on the 27th. We'll see if the OB agrees with me. Both the girls had been induced and pretty much I had good experiences with it though the pain is excruciating. Well there's always epidural hahah. I think I'm impatient that's why I want to be induce plus we are all so excited to see Baby JE already. Everyday I have my friends who texts me and ask if the baby is here and I keep telling them no. They all suggested that Rico and I do the "deed" hahahah lol. But since I'm already uncomfortable as it is, I don't think I can handle that lol. Anyways, thank you ladies for dropping by..will keep you updated. Please pray that I have the baby this week please hehehe. The more people praying, the better heheh. Thanks! Miss you all. I'll try to visit later.

Busy....

I have been busy over the weekend. Dad was changing the windows in our house so the house is a mess. We have been cleaning the house because it gets messy quickly especially we have two girls we call Hurricanes hehehe. We were also going everywhere searching for the perfect car seat for Baby JE but still no luck. I guess we're stuck with the green. Also we've been to two Ikeas searching for a computer table, the other Ikea was across the bay and when we went there they are sold out with the computer table I wanted so Sunday we went to the other Ikea about 45 minutes from the house. We did find another one because the first one I like was sold out. So we just bought another one since we need to have the house ready because the baby could come any day now. We are still "fall" cleaning hehehe...there's just too many junks we need to sort out so that has been keeping me busy. Hopefully by tomorrow we'll be done.

It was a busy week

Last week were pretty hectic especially since Rico came back and spent the week with us. So I wasn't able to blog as much. We had family time every day taking the girls to the mall and just hanging out. It has been six months since they last saw their Dad so it was great to see them bonding again.

Monday we picked up Rico in the airport and then we surprised Jelynn after school. I think she was too shocked to see her Dad because she cried instead of going to him. It took awhile before she went to Rico all by herself. We also took the girls to their pediatrician because of their lingering cough and cold. No infection which is good but she said that it might continue to be like this because of the weather and the environment. They gave Jelynn a flu shot which made her cry but I told her she needed to have it or else she can't go to school so she reluctantly agreed because she loves going to school. Jewelle wasn't given flu shot because we don't know if she's allergic to eggs which is an ingredient of a flu shot.

Tuesday: We took Jewelle to her allergist. She still didn't get the skin testing. She'll have it on October 8 because I gave her some antihistamine a few days before and it might give a wrong result if they give her the skin test. Then after that we took the girls to Chuckie Cheese's because Jewelle have been asking to go there for sometime now.

Wednesday: I had my weekly appointment to the OB. Everything was fine until she asked me if the baby is still as active as before. I told her not as much. I don't feel the baby kicks as much anymore. So she hooked me up into a fetal monitor to monitor the baby's heart beats. It was going great until I had a contraction and while I was having the contraction the baby's heartbeat went down to 77. She told me I needed to go to Labor and Delivery to get monitored further. I thought it was just going to be the same like in the office but no....they gave me an IV and put pitocin which is an inducer to make me have more contractions so they can see how the baby will cope with contractions. It was okey at first but then I started to feel the contractions. It was pretty bad. It felt like I was going to give birth already. I was having contractions that was lasting for 5 minutes. I was crying because it was so painful plus I kept telling myself OMG I'm just not ready, the house isn't ready. They stopped the pitocin immediately because if they continue they might bring me into labor. But even when they stopped it I was still having intense contractions. They monitored me and the baby for nearly 8 hours. It felt like I gave birth already because with Jelynn I was in the hospital for about that same amount of time. They baby is okey, they didn't know what happened why the heartbeats went down that time because when I was having intense contractions they baby was tolerating it. They did an ultrasound and checked my cervix and everything looks good. It was a little scary because I thought the baby might be in distress every time I have contractions but it seems like it was just a one time thing.

Thursday: We went to back to school night at Jelynn's school. Her teacher said that Jelynn had been doing great in school. She said that she has Jelynn come up front every morning to tell her classmates the lunch menu. Yeah, she memorizes the lunch menu hehehe. Her teacher is really impress with her because she reads pretty well for a 5 year old. She will be tested later on for advancement. But I do not want her to skip a grade. I want her to be able to enjoy her childhood without anybody having high expectations from her. I'm just happy that she grows up to be one smart cookie heheh.

Friday: We went back to the OB to monitor the baby again and everything looked fine. She said the baby looks good so there's nothing to worry about. Just do kick counts and time the contractions. When it's five minutes apart then we can call her and she might suggest going to the hospital. But Thank God I didn't give birth then. I'm just not ready. Hopefully in about 2 weeks.

Saturday: we dropped off Rico the airport. He needed to go back to work tomorrow but he'll be back again next week probably. The girls are sad especially Jewelle, but this is what Rico's job. We all just have to cope with it the best way we can.

So that was our week...busy and tiring but spending time with Rico was well worth it.

just popping in

Sorry Ladies and Gents for not visiting your blog as often as I used to...wahhh I'm still figuring out a great schedule...I do have so many things I want to do aside from blogging. Since I started digiscrapping again..I spend most of my time in the computer doing a layout but that's not enough enough time because I do have to get Jelynn ready to go to school and dropping her and picking her up. Plus Jewelle is having allergic reactions again to something but I really have no idea what it is so I have been watching her like a hawk. I keep bringing the girls to the doctor because they seem to be passing off virus from each other. Thank God Jewelle will see the allergist next week then maybe we'll have a little peace here. She's been on diet ever since July and that includes me and Jelynn. I feel bad that I have been restricting them from eating a lot of foods they used to eat..but I have to keep the little girl safe...at least it's just one more week then we'll know what she's allergic to. Maybe by then I can have a regular routine because I follow her everywhere hahaha watching what she's been touching and stuff...if only we knew what she's allergic to then it'll be easier to avoid it...oh well...

OB Appointment once again

I have my appointment every two weeks now. Two more two-week appointments and I'll be doing it weekly. I waited like an hour in the Doctor's office. I swear I spend more time waiting than the actual appointment itself. Anyways, everything is fine. I gained 2 lbs in two weeks and that's exactly how much I should gain. My OB even mentioned I'm "all baby" maybe because I've only gained 16 lbs from the beginning of my pregnancy. I still have about two months to go. So another 10-15 lbs would just be perfect. I just don't want the baby too big because I'm too short and I don't EVER want to have a c-section. I have friends who had c-section the last minute because their baby is either too big or the labor isn't progressing at it should and I pray that I won't be like that because I know that it is longer for a c-section to heal than the normal vaginal birth. I asked my Ob what she thought of inducing me lol. You see both of my girls were induced. The reason for inducement with Jelynn was that she was already overdue and I had gestational diabetes that time. I can't go overdue because the baby might get too big for me. With Jewelle I had her induced too because I was already dilating at my last appointment. I was already 4cm but I still couldn't feel any contractions so my OB then suggested that if I want to have her induced. I agreed to have her induced because I don't think I want to experience the panic of the actual contractions without the confine of the hospitals hahaha. Plus Rico's limited to just a couple of weeks of vacation and we don't want to waste any days and it doesn't help that he was living in San Diego then while we were here. This time I want another inducement because like the previous I don't want to go into panic mode especially I do have short labor. I was able to give birth to both girls with just a couple of push. I didn't suffer many hours of labor. They were telling me I was having contraction but I don't feel anything not until about 30 minutes before the baby comes out. This is the third baby and if it's the same like the previous two I will have the baby in no time. My OB now said she doesn't induced before 39 weeks so if everything goes well I will probably have the baby first week of October. Plus she also told me that she needs to check my cervix to see if I'm already dilating then we'll decide if we can have it induced or not. It's funny because every time she sees me she asks me if I have been feeling any contractions. To be honest until now I really don't know how to describe what contractions feel like. And if you ask me when will I know if I need to go to the hospital already I won't be able to answer you because I really don't know. Funny isn't? This is my third child and I'm still as clueless like the first time I was expecting hehehe. My friend asked me if what would she feel if she's already in labor. I simply said that if the pain in unbearable hahaha then it's time. Not very reliable but that's what I think contractions felt like with both kids lol.

A very long post

Camping & swimming

Since I haven't really updated this blog for awhile I thought I'll do a recap for the last two weeks. There have been a lot happening in my side of the country. We did go camping on June 30th just one night since my Dad worked friday night so we followed my stepmom's co-workers at the campsite Saturday morning. It was great to get away from foggy Daly City but it wasn't as hot over there at Petaluma than I expected. The girls had fun swimming. All they did is swim. And all I did is eat. I guess that's normal when get together happens because all they were doing were cooking. So it was a non-stop food fest at the campsite. I felt like I gained 5 lbs during the two days we stayed there. Update on pictures later.

Jelynn's first two weeks in school

She seems to be having fun in school. She always have stories to tell every time she comes home. They have project every day so every time we pick her up she'll proudly show what she has done that day. I didn't have a trouble convincing her to go to school which is good. Last friday, she was having a cold and I asked her if she wanted to go to school because if she doesn't feel good she can stay home. But no she didn't want to stay home. She wanted to go to school even though she didn't feel so good. She came home crying I guess because every friday they don't have homeworks so the teacher didn't give her her homework folder so she cried when her Lolo picked her up lol. Talk about a studious little girl lol. We'll see if she'll love homeworks once it gets harder and harder lol.

Jewelle getting sick

As I mentioned a few posts back Jewelle had diarrhea for two weeks followed by constipation. Until now she is still taking laxative because she has a hard time going by herself. But I'm not as worried about that anymore as I am now worried with another illness that came her way. 4th of July we went to Gilroy Gardens with the grandparents. They actually enjoyed playing with the water fountains/sprinklers over there because of the hot I mean hot weather. It was in the 100's over there. Anyways, we got home at about 6PM. Since dinner time isn't until about 8 o'clock. I opened a Nagaraya Crackers Nuts. Then we ate at about 9 o'clock we had chicken tinola. She had kettle corn at 9:30. By 11:30 she was crying and telling me her butt hurts. So I thought she must be constipated again. Since I stopped the laxative because her pedia said stop it then put it back if she can't go so I thought of getting her laxative. So I went down to get her laxative and mixed it with milk. When I went up her lips and eyes were all swelled up. I was so scared. Since she was having a little rash on her cheeks I immediately thought that she was having a severe allergic reactions. I immediately called my Dad and told him that we're taking Jewelle to the emergency. I know that maybe some of you might think I'm over reacting because it's just an allergy. But when swelling of lips and eyes happen during an allergic reaction take your child to the emergency right away because these kind of allergic reactions are life-threatening. They can swell up the tongue and throat closing the airway making the patient unable to breathe. By the time we got to the emergency which is only 5 minutes away. She was too puffy I couldn't even recognize my own daughter. I was crying and crying because there is a chance I could lose her from allergic reactions. Thank God she was not having trouble breathing. They gave her benadryl and prednisone shots to eliminate the swelling. We were at the emergency for 5 hours because they needed to monitor her until at least her swelling goes down. It was the scariest day of my life. I kept mentioning to them that chicken was the culprit because Rico is also allergic to chicken when he eats too much. Since I can't remember that they ate peanuts I wasn't able to mention them about the peanuts. But when I went to her pediatrician for follow-up I remembered giving them the peanuts she said that it wasn't from chicken it was definitely from the peanuts. Chicken will give you rashes but it will not make you swell she said. We were referred to an allergist so we'll be going there one of these days just waiting for authorization from my insurance. She told me to avoid giving her nuts of all kinds from now on. Then I realized peanuts are everywhere. So she was prescribed an Epipen kit which is an adrenaline shot that you give when an allergic reaction will happen. She told me to carry it everywhere we go just in case she eats peanuts by mistake. I'm just so scared because you find peanuts or peanut byproducts everywhere. it's in chocolates, to Chinese food to sauces. What if she ingest some peanuts when I'm not around what will happen to her then? I couldn't even go to sleep anymore because I'm always watching her. I am so paranoid that I might have given her something that she'll allergic to and she'll swell up once I'm sleeping and she'll be unable to breathe. Since severe allergic reactions can result to death, I have been very cautious of everything that I give her. Feeling ko nga wag na lang bigyan ng pagkain milk na lang para nde magkaallergy but of course she'll lose her much needed nutrients. Since we're not 100% sure peanuts are the culprit we're avoiding everything she ate that day. From chicken to popcorn to watermelon to ice cream to frozen lemonade to hotdog. I hope that I'll get the authorization soon so we'll know for sure what her allergies are. Please help me pray that we never make a mistake of giving her something she'll allergic too. Thanks

Both girls:

They are currently having the flu right now. They've been passing around the virus and hopefully I don't catch it not only because I have a baby inside of me but also I can't afford to get sick when then girls are sick also. They are also missing their dad more and more everyday. The other day this was my conversation with the big girl:

She woke up at 7:00AM ready to go to school.

Me: Good morning ate!
Jelynn: Good morning mommy! (not in a cheerful voice)
Me: What's wrong ate?
Jelynn: Nothing...
Me: Are you happy ate?
Jelynn: Not quite.
Me: Oh why not quite?
Jelynn: I'm a little sad.
Me: Oh Ate why are you sad.
Jelynn: Because I miss my Daddy.

Awww...I swear when they would talk like this it just breaks my heart. This was my conversation with Jewelle.

Me: Jewelle where's Daddy?
Jewelle: Working in the ship with the guys and the captain.
Me: Do you miss Daddy?
Jewelle: Yes...I miss Daddy but it's okey he's getting money for my toys.

Hahaha...At least she knows her Daddy is doing something for her.

The preggy me:

I am now on my third trimester and I can't hardly wait until the baby comes out because I am having a hard time taking care of my girls with my big tummy. As much as I need to take care of the girls I also need to take care the baby inside of me. Getting some Zzzz's is harder now because I seem to be uncomfortable in every sleep position I try. Plus the baby is too active moving around so much when I'm about to sleep. Kicking like crazy lol. Must be ready to come out lol. I have less than 3 months to go so I'm hanging in there.

That's about it. I'll post pictures on my next post. Thanks for dropping by!