Geeee! It’s my first mother’s day! It feels good to be part of this prestigious club hehehe. It’s the most tiring and demanding work, but also the most rewarding.

Anyway, I’d like to greet all the moms out there especially my mom and maminka. Happy mother’s day to you!

My two moms and my baby:

my dearest mom and little C

maminka and little C

Not all parents are capable of taking care of their kids personally. Sometimes both mom and dad have to work hard to provide for the needs of the family. Leaving their kids in the care of a nanny is their only choice.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but with many cruel and bad nannies around (they got caught with nanny cameras!), parents should be vigilant and careful in choosing the person who’ll take care of their kids while they’re away.

Need a nanny? Got some tips for you before you hire one.

Check out the records of the nanny you’re hiring. Does she have a good record as a nanny? How long has she been working as one?

Hire only from reputable agencies. They screen the nannies before sending them out to work.
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He’s gone! And all I have left are the empty cans and bottles of the various beers he tried. I think I know now where little C took her hyper trait, from the dad! He arrived in Prague Sunday morning. After dumping his things at home and taking shower, he went straight to his mom’s house for a chit-chat, joined his friends for a soccer game in the afternoon and spent the whole evening with his dad till 1am. Quite a hectic schedule considering it’s his first day of arrival from a long trip, a total opposite of how he spent most of his time here… vacation means relaxation and that’s what he did. He wakes up late in the morning, “wasting” half of his days in sleep.

Shhhh… if I don’t get a comment from him here then he’s not reading my blog. But to save my face from shame, let me tell you this, the guy has only a week to do lots of things: process invitation for my family’s Euro trip, had the broken window of our dining room fixed, send the car to repair and of course, his colleagues are only too happy to have him back and is already loading his time with plenty of work. Then on Sunday the guy will fly to Uganda.

Happy Easter everyone! It was an extra memorable day coz we arrived the Philippines on Easter Sunday and celebrated it with a sumptuous welcome dinner (sea foods galore!) with the family. Despite the lack of sleep and one very tiring and long trip, the food managed to perk me up for an hour. Yum!

Anyway, it’s good to be back home!

Enjoying a high income as a professional (doctor, lawyer, surgeon and the likes) isn’t what most families have. If your family is among the lucky ones, chances are you’re living a comfortable and secure life, or so you thought.

What if suddenly something bad happens like an accident which will forever affect your capability to earn and provide for the family? Will they be able to live as comfortably as before? It’s a sad truth to accept but it can happen. How do you protect yourself and family from such sorry state?
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It was our 4th year wedding anniversary yesterday. We were able to leave little C with my mother-in-law. Luck was on our side coz she didn’t have anything planned for that night. When M asked her the day before if we can leave little C with her, she readily agreed. Since her birth, little C has been with us wherever we go. Don’t get me wrong, we love our baby but having time for ourselves is such an unusual treat that we were both overjoyed after dropping off the baby with her grandmother. Finally few hours of freedom!!!

The decision where to dine out was the next task to tackle. On Christmas day, dad treated us for lunch in a hotel near his office. Business establishments are closed on Christmas day in Czech Republic but this hotel named Astra was open. The place, service and especially the food appealed to me. I ordered rabbit meat wrapped in bacon then, which was really, really good. So when M asked me where I want to go, I immediately chose hotel Astra. Wow, what a great choice! When we arrived there, the well-lit dining place was empty except for the lone waiter who welcomed us. We had the whole place to ourselves; we have our own waiter and our own cook!

Before going there, I already chose from their website what I’ll order. This time, I had provencal lamb steak in red wine with American potatoes while M ordered what I had before, the rabbit. Another great choice for me. The meat was tender with little fat and the wine did a nice job of making the meat tasty. We also had ratatouille, mainly out of curiousity how this dish tastes like. The ingredients weren’t really special. I saw mushrooms, aubergine, bell peppers and tomatoes there but the way it was cooked was also delish. Dessert was hot raspberries in vanilla ice cream. Yummy!!! Read the rest of this entry »

We have a visitor from Ukraine tomorrow. She’s actually my brother-in-law’s girlfriend. She wants to meet me and see little C that’s why bro sort of invited themselves to come over at our place. Hehe M has already met her before; few times when he spent holidays in Spain (where she and bro resides) and once when the she came over Praha for a visit.

We shopped earlier for the munchies that we will be serving them; they said they’d come over for coffee but coffee at 6-7 in the evening doesn’t sound appropriate. M and I decided to serve them something else.

It’s nice that we’d finally meet each other especially that we plan to have our family Spain holidays hopefully next year. It will be their turn to play hosts. They live in one of the bustling cities in Spain, Barcelona where there are many tourists’ attractions such as the Casa Mila, the Rambla and the famous work of Gaudi, the Sagrada Familia Church. Wonderful!

M and my dad are total opposite when it comes to car-maintenance. My dad would always clean our van especially after it has been used in dusty and muddy places. He vacuums the inside, wipes the dashboard, washes the exterior and tires and makes sure it’s shiny enough for flies to slip if they’d ever perch on it.

Whereas M, he doesn’t mind that our car is all so dusty, inside and out! Especially that we don’t have a carport or garage here, the car is exposed to all kinds of dirt and weather changes. That’s also one reason why he doesn’t like to keep it clean, coz the next day, he’s sure to find some pigeons poop on it. Yesterday I complained that it really needs to be cleaned. He promised he will have it cleaned this week, thank God! Read the rest of this entry »

she is so behaving hon, every1 is so surprised caite is such a good baby, not crying cute kaau!

I received the sms half an hour ago while taking a nap. M brought little C (yay! it means caite!) with him to dinner with his friends. I didn’t go with them, I begged off coz I wanted to rest. But I’ve been lying in bed for over an hour and still can’t sleep!

So I’m here!

*They’re still not home and it’s almost 9PM. I’ll have a very hungry baby to feed later!

“Have you given birth already?” Hahaha not yet! I’ve been hounded with this question many times by my friends for the past days. Baby is actually moving a lot especially at night. I can feel a bump here (probably her butt) and some bony part there (her leg?), then she starts jerking around, stretching my belly wide! Whew! I told her that there’s plenty of space to do her stunts outside my belly; coaxing her to pop out already but she seems to like staying there still. Oh God, give me more patience!

waiting for my baby…

Anyway, M took a leave since Monday in anticipation of little C’s arrival. It will be our last few days together. After baby comes out, it will be a totally new life for all of us. Less freedom to do things in a whim maybe and we’ll have to act like real adults coz a pair of innocent eyes will be watching us and will likely copy whatever we do. So since Friday night, we enjoyed our time together watching the 3 last episodes of Heroes (finally we’re done watching it. Bring on the new season!) and we also drove out at 10pm to buy burger & fries… tsk tsk tsk; then on Saturday we watched the first series of the Bourne movie (The Bourne Identity); ate out last Sunday after the Mass; and last night we watched The Simpsons movie. In between these activities, M spent time playing PC games and watching his anime movies, while I finished my Korean drama.

Tomorrow I’ve got a full schedule. I’ll have another check-up with the doctor at 8 in the morning, an invitation for lunch by the mam and the baby shower in the afternoon which my friends will be hosting for me. That is… if little C decides to stay longer in my belly (I hope NOT!).

So that’s it! I plan to take a long walk with M later in the afternoon to force little C to come out!