July 2014's Many Firsts

I was pretty grateful how July 2014 went for me, we've experienced quite a number of firsts. 

1. Janna had an awesome time in her first staycation experience with the rest of our family at the Richmonde Hotel, Ortigas. 
2. Leaving home for work for the first time suddenly became so difficult = Separation Anxiety
3. First stroll in Mckinley Hill, the new location of my office. 
4. First welcome cake. First time to experience a very warm welcome from my new colleagues. 
5. Dad, Janna and I tried out Yabu. It is in deed the best Katsu house. Haha!
6. I finally got to wear my Audrey Hepburn dress that I bought in Y2009. It was my first time to wear it given that it never really fitted me before and voila! a Post-pregnancy photo op! :) 
7. First time to attend the PMAP General Assembly at the Marriot. 
8. Finally found our new home and for the first time made the arrangements by myself. 

It was quite a fulfilling and steady month for me and I really hope to get through the whole year happily. Yay! 

xx

You are not a tree.

Tomorrow is my first day in my new work. 

After seven months of blog hibernation, here I am trying to sort everything out through writing. So let me try to give you a brief summary of how my life went these past few months. 

After my one-year and eight months relationship with Stream, I decided to leave and find a company who can offer me a constant day-shift because as you know I'm a new mom and I want to regularly sleep with my baby at night. Luckily, I was able to transfer and the company's offer was able to meet my needs except for I had to work six-days a week. 

At that time, I felt like I did not have much of a choice so I said, go.  It was a traditional company and compared to the culture and environment that I have been  with for the past seven years, it was totally different. It was different in a sense that people I work with had different perspectives, they had different goals. My boss was very old school and his management style did not welcome diversity which really gave me a hard time to adjust. But then I said, what the heck, why not give it a shot? Whatever it is that I'll experience would be part of my character building anyway. 

Happy thoughts!

Janna's first photo shoot: 

We availed two packages: We got the Silk - Package D which was P1,595 and the Silk - 12pcs (3R) which was P1770. Their packages were very affordable and worth it. You will also automatically become a Pic-A-Boo member as soon as reach P3,000 worth of any of their packages. You may combine packages if you wish. 

So if you're also interested to have a fun pictorial for your little ones, you may check out their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/picaboostudio

xx

Janna's second month.

I can't believe how time flies, we celebrated Janna's second month yesterday. She's growing up so fast and every day she never fails to surprise me. I am one lucky mom. :) 

(I had to use my creativity for Janna's cake. Haha TADA! :D)

xx

How I delivered my miracle and the things I learned.

If you have read my previous posts, you would know that it took some time before I finally gave birth to Janna, we waited several weeks before we decided that it was time for plan B. I was really pushing for a normal/natural delivery but time did not permit me to do so. I was already on my 40th week but my cervix has not dilated and I was not progressing at all. I even took supplements and walked everyday to help bring in the contractions but all were ineffective. 

So on my last check up, my OB advised me that since I'm already on my 40th week and still have not progressed, I can already undergo an induced labor procedure, though there was no guarantee that my cervix will open and if that happened, I would need to undergo a c-section. It seemed like I was running out of time so right then and there, Miguel and I agreed for me to skip the whole labor drama and just be operated via a cesarean section.  

And that was it, that night, the 27th of August, my OB called in the hospital and gave instructions that I will be admitted by 7PM and will be operated by 9AM the next day. Oh-EM-GEE! Can you just imagine how scared I was? Haha! I have never had any major operation in my entire life, Not to mention all the articles that I've read about the whole procedure! Hay! It also felt like I was cheating the whole experience of becoming a mother. 

To ease my tension, before I was admitted to the hospital, Miguel and I dropped by megamall to shop for some of Janna's things. We also attended mass to of course pray for my safe delivery. By 8:30, we arrived at the hospital and went straight to the labor room. 

LABOR ROOM EXPERIENCE

Well, basically, nothing much happened here. My labor was not induced so they just checked if I progressed and to my surprise, I did. My cervix was 1 cm dilated but Janna was still so active and I was not having any contractions at all. Two resident doctors interviewed me for my medical history and I was brought to my room after. 

( Note: In the whole duration of my pregnancy, I did not want my photo to be taken because I knew that I really did not look good. HAHA But since it was my last night of being pregnant, I said, WHAT THE HECK? CLICK!")

To a Best friend.

Last night was one of the funniest and craziest conversation I had with a friend ever since I can remember. We basically talked about how our lives turned out, how we used to do all things together and of course how our friendship seemed to have taken it's down fall. 

It was funny because time passed by so quickly that so many things have happened, we both went on different directions but after all these years, it turned out that we were still the same people. We were still the crazy girls, we once were. 

You see, we met when we were twelve. Well I was twelve and she was thirteen. It was our first year in high school, she became my seatmate and we just started talking about the most random things and never stopped. We became best friends ever since. We would always do things together, go on random adventures to a place we've never been to just for the heck of it, fight our battles together, we always had each other's back. We even planned to enroll in the same college but I was too lazy to process my college applications, so I ended up enrolling to a different university. 

On our high school graduation, we promised to stay in touch despite our different schools but this did not happen. Over some silly and shallow reason, we fought and just stopped talking to each other. And that's how I lost my best friend.

Take a vacation from worries.

Going a different direction. 

I was supposed to write about how I want to take a different direction and how anxious I am that it's already October and I only have a month left 'til I go back to work but I received an automated email from an app that I registered in and here's what I got: 

Take this moment to conjure up a fond memory. A time in your life when you were content and happy. Dwell on that moment for a while, let those feelings of contentment permeate your soul. Today is a good day to be content, so take a vacation from your worries.

Upon reading this, I came to a realization that, I've been thinking of the same things everyday and it just seem to make me anxious all the time. So why not give myself a break?

I have decided not to think of anything today and just enjoy the rest of the day without any worries.Yes, there may be things that are beyond of our control but I have faith that God will grace me with wisdom, just in time for when I will truly need it.

What about you? What's on your mind? Are you also willing to take a vacation from your worries today? 

xx