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.

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

I been having trouble with my computer and hard drive once again so I having a hard time uploading my photos. A week after Jessela was born we took the girls to the Pumpkin Patch by Half Moon Bay. It was suppose to only take us 20 minutes to get there but TRAFFIC was bad. It took us over an hour. I guess we chose the day when everybody decided to go there too heheh. The girls had so much fun playing with the big bouncers, their playground, riding the ponies and riding the train. They also had fun picking their pumpkins. Here are some of the photos from our trip to the pumpkin patch:





I have a hard time getting the girls to look at the camera. Their eyes were wandering everywhere lol. There were just too many things to look at that it was hard for them to concentrate on looking at the camera hahah.





The Girls riding the ponies. I thought that the girls would not want to ride the ponies because before they didn't want to but they loved it. Jewelle was waving and smiling. They didn't even want to get off heheh.




The girls trying to find their very own pumpkins. Jelynn was having a hard time carrying even a small pumpkin. Jewelle on the other hand did not want a big pumpkin she wanted gourds lol. So that what she got.






Photos after the train ride. Jessela was sleeping hahaha. She actually was sleeping the whole time we were there so no decent picture of her but at least she has a picture with the pumpkins behind us lol.

Anyways, that's about it...I'll share the Halloween photos next time..Have a great week everyone!

Baby Shower..winners of the RAK, and other ramblings

I had the baby shower yesterday. I think it was okey it could've been better but you can't have everything right? It was literally showering hahaha here in Daly City but in San Mateo the weather was a little bit better though it was cold lol. We had the picnic area near the big playground so the kids had fun sliding and swinging. No games because I'm not up for it plus my guest already have kids so they just followed their kids around the playground lol. We had Rellenong bangus, dinuguan, pinakbet, Kaldereta, sisig, igado, pancit malabon then we had Cassava cake, fruit salad, variety of fresh fruits and mango cake from Red Ribbon for dessert. I thought the food was too much for only about 40 people or so who attended so most of it went home with the guest lol. The kids played piniata. That was the only game played hahaha. I'll try to post pics from the shower soon. I just have to get the photos from my stepmom's camera since I was too busy watching my girls to take pictures. Having a party is too tiring...maybe this is the reason why I always convince the girls' that vacation is much much better than birthday parties. Argggh! We went to sleep 2am Saturday night waking up at 7am to start cooking equals one tired pregnant lady. At least it was over Thank God! I have about a week to recover heheh just in time for my friend's baby shower on Saturday. I think I've reached the point where all I want to do is just sit down and wait for the baby to come. It's just getting too heavy. I give props to pregnant women who still work even though they're almost due.

I really had a hard time choosing from all the names you have given me so I have to take a day or two to choose. Please bear with me. I will try to announce the winners tomorrow. Maybe I'll ask Rico for help but that all depends if he gets my email quickly sometimes their email system is down so he receives my emails a little bit late.

Anyways, that's it for now...time to eat again...hahaha

Camping Pictures

As I mention from my previous post, we went camping a week ago, June 30th. It was just an hour drive from San Francisco to the city of Petaluma. We went to this camping site. It was better than some of the campsites I've been because they have a lot of stuff for the kids to do. They have hay rides, petting zoo, clowns, face painting, a pool, a playground, bike rentals, etc. The girls only wanted to go swimming hahaha I think that's the reason why they went camping. Thank God though we only slept at the tent for one day because it sure is hard for a pregnant lady to sleep on an air mattress lol. Plus it was cold during the night. All we did aside from swimming is eat and eat and eat. I must've have gained several pounds from the one night stay there lol.

Here are some of the pictures taken from our camping trip:


Jelynn inside the tent. It was a two bedroom tent. We shared it with the grandparents.

The girls with their swimsuits and sunglasses..all ready to swim!


Jewelle loving her floatie and the beach ball!


Jelynn playing bubbles!


The girls ready to swim again as soon as the pool opened the next day!


Jewelle, our little diva lol!



Jewelle playing at the playground!

Then we left the campsite at about noon the following day and went outlet shopping since it was just about 5 minutes away from the campsite. The girls and I hit Oshkosh, Carters, Stride Rite, Gap Kids and Aeropostale for Mommy. Then we went home since I already made a hole from our savings lol.