Nah.

Flu bug it is.

Plans for dinner tonight with friends is canceled.  We’re not going. I’d rather stay home and rest. Besides, I’m not a fan of Valentines. I hate the heavy traffic. We can always celebrate anytime, any day.  No need for an occasion.

Bitter?

YES.

LOL!

Let me just kill time doing a friend some favor and look for moving services she can try.  And let me leave you with a photo of my two months and three weeks old little boy who now weights 15.9 lbs.

(taken just this morning)

And here they are striking a pose – the three people I love the most.

To top such wonderful wedding ceremony, a well planned honeymoon from a honeymoon all inclusive resort is something every couple will look forward to. Couples can opt to visit resorts such as Grand Lido Resorts & Spas, Negril Beach Villas, Breezes Resorts, Hedonism Resorts, and Starfish Trelawny Resort which are all top quality resorts. I bet even the not so beach lover like me would appreciate these resorts. But since we are nowhere near getting married again soon, I guess what is realistic to look at now are the discount vacation packages from such resorts for our growing family.  I wish we could soon plan a getaway in these wonderful resorts.

Read on.

Sophia was feverish when the husband left last Friday. I thought it was nothing serious as she was still active on our way to Pampanga after dropping the husband at the airport. Late afternoon though, the little girl’s temperature was 39.5 and she wasn’t her old self already whose very active and talkative. Although I give her tempra every 4 hours, her fever won’t go down so I called her pedia and told her that I am taking Sophia to the clinic the next day.

By 12 midnight, Sophia woke up and started crying. She was so hot!!! Her temperature was 40! She kept telling me her head is “ouchie” and she can’t breath. We gave her sponge bath and I was already in panic. This is the first time my daughter ever complained of something painful. You see, if you know my daugther, made of steel yun! She hardly complains of getting hurt etc so to hear her say that “ouchie” her head while crying, it is something. Knowing that the husband was not with us made me all the more emotional. I felt so alone even if we were in my mom’s house. I guess I’m really not used to not having Jon around. Its actually the first time he left the country without us with him which I doubt would happen again after this incident. We were ready to take Sophia to the hospital when suddenly her fever went down and she said that she feels a bit fine already and just take her in the hospital when its already morning. Wow, the beauty of a pre-schooler. She can really communicate well na unlike if baby pa, we have to guess what’s painful or not and bear with the non-stop crying without knowing whats wrong.

The next day, she was still not active while in the car and she even vomited as her fever went up to 39 again but I was a bit relaxed already as we were on the way to her pedia. When we arrived at the clinic, the pedia checked her and gave her medicines. She wasn’t advised to have a blood test yet though as it was just the second day of her fever. If her fever continues the next day, she will have to undergo blood test already. I was a bit relived though on the way home as she was suddenly active and was looking for sinigang! Hay, as soon as we got home, there she gobbled up on her pork sinigang and went to sleep. Hay, thank God.

Now, the husband while this was all happening was calling me on the cellphone non-stop. He was in panic like me. He can’t believe that his first ever attempt to have a short vacation with his friends abroad without us will turn to be a not so relaxed one. He wasn’t able to shop according to him and only got to buy an air conditioning compressor for a friend. So I doubt if it will ever happen again.

But guess what he got me.

At Sophia’s school, each child is given a tutor – the one who will monitor her emotional, spiritual and social skills. Not much of academics really but more of all the other aspects except academics. The tutor will be the one to update us on everything though including her grades, her performance in school and how she interacts with others aside from discussing with us what she needs to improve on and talk about solutions. The tutor can be anyone in the faculty, can be the kid’s teacher or not. In Sophia’s case, its the School Director! HAHA.

Jon and I met with her tutor last Friday not knowing what to really expect as its our first time. The tutorial chat as they call it was very informative. We were told that they don’t have problems with Sophia except for the sharing part. She is said to have a hard time sharing the playground equipment during play time. But on every other aspect, she is very well fine. She is even the Virtue of the Month awardee, remember? They even handed me a picture of her being awarded by the school’s two super heroes – Super Monty and Super Rosie which reminds me now that I need to get new picture frames. One thing worth noting too is how they talk about how good at communicating our little girl was. She speaks her mind all the time and very clearly at that as they told us. The tutor read a very long list of how Sophia is but I won’t go into details anymore. Syempre, positive lahat.

Now, the best part is, we were also told that she had a perfect score on all her exams (Math and Reading) or what they call the long paper game. Whoa! Remember the time I was so worried as the exam was right after we got back from our HK trip? She was absent for a whole week! I was so guilty that I didn’t even bother to ask the teacher for their schedule before planning and booking a trip. But I guess, the cramming paid off, HAHA. We were given the test papers and am I one proud mommy!!! Perfect scores indeed! Her report card of course was such a sight.

Now, would you believe that we, Jon and I, as parents have our own report card too? Outrageous? Believe it, we do. It consists of our attendance to school programs, meetings, talks and what-nots. We even have our goals each quarter for the little girl to be updated in every tutorial chat we will be having. I find such funny but for some reason, I like the idea and so does the husband. So I now get it why other parents don’t like PAREF schools while other LOVE it. Different strokes for different folks, right? To some, PAREF schools borders on being “pakialamero” already as they try to go beyond the school premises and even wants to invade the home as they talk to parents what happens at home like our daily rituals, practices etc. On our part, with all honesty, we don’t mind.

But as a friend too, I couldn’t just watch someone I care for get hurt and live a life in misery. I would do everything and anything to help. It is inevitable that couples, at one point in their lives or relationship, go through trying times that will test them but at the end, all they need is a good Marriage Counselor to save and restore their marriage. I was hoping my friend and her husband recognized this but I was surprised to find out that they have been through it and it didn’t produce good results. So since both are not open to traditional Marriage Family Counseling as they had tried it several times already, I suggested they try Marriage Fitness by Mort Fertel’s How to Save your Marriage system this time as the last resort before they finally call it quits. I fervently hope it works for them. As a friend, this is all I can do.

If ever we do decide to finally visit Paris, I’d be ecstatic and I’ll make sure to come prepared and get us the best hotel that can let us better experience what Paris has to offer. This would be easy as I just need to read up on Paris Hotels guide and I’m all set. Oh, how I wish we could go there soon! Let’s wait and see.

As all of you have said, quota na kami. Yes, I believe so.  Well, atleast that’s what we think right now.  I wonder if it’ll change in a few years or so but so far, having two – a girl and a boy, is already enough for us.  We have big plans you see so Jon believes we can only sustain two (or three the most) with the lifestyle and plans we have for our kids. 

During my ultrasound, funny how my OB Sonologist commented that all the while she thought I was so prim and proper but when she finally wrote the word BOY on the screen, I screamed like a little girl.  I just couldn’t help it as I was preparing myself for another baby girl because most people I know commented that I looked like I was having another Sophia.  But were they so wrong! LOL. Jen are you hearing me?!?! LOL!

Jon had the biggest smile too, I swear. He kept calling everybody after. He even is treating friends to a buffet dinner at Circles in Makati Shang and his farm employees had the whole night drinking, partying and merrying, LOL! Super happy obviously. As for me, I think I still am in denial. I still can’t believe it. I so wanted to have a boy really para we are done and yun nga ang binigay. Hay, as I said in my other post, happy happy joy joy talaga.

I find it so sweet to see my husband give the little girl a bath, feed her, brush her teeth and everything else in one whole day. Sophia calls him his daddy yaya, haha. He takes her to the bathroom to pee when we are in the mall too. Cute, eh? Its actually a day I look forward to. Perfect bonding time for the daddy and daughter just like last Friday. We went to Glorietta to check out some kiddie furnitures in Rustans as we are fixing Sophia’s room now. We ate lunch at Teriyaki Boy as I was craving for their California Maki and we also had the little girl have fun at Timezone. We also got her a book which is a habit that she has now. She makes it a point to buy a book when we go to the mall. When I say she, yes I mean she really buys the book as she chooses one on her own and pays for it in the counter all on her own. I just have to give her the money and she’s all set. She knows what to do.

On our way home, we dropped by MC Home Depot in Alabang for the partial payment of the home alarm system we are installing. We also canvassed for affordable tankless water heaters as Jon wants to put one in his office at the farm. We trooped to Brothers Burger after as Jon is craving for their burger. We were home by 5pm and as expected, the little girl was all tired and was so ready to call it a day after her dinner.

What a fun day it is. I look forward to yaya’s next day off.