Birthday ni Liit at ni Laki

Last May 27, Maverick turned 9months.

Seems like yesterday when I was carry this little prince in one arm, ngayon, super malikot na! But I have to say that Mavi is such a good and happy boy. Despite the fact that he wakes up at dawn just to be cuddled or nakatulala lang, I'm fine with it as long as he's a no fuss baby.

Gone are the days na araw araw fussy sya because of his teething. Ngayon feeling ko he wakes up on that time of the night kasi his Daddy is thinking of him. That's why I was telling my hubby to please stop thinking about his beloved son kasi di nakakatulog at ako ang napapagod hehehe. God is so good, till now, never pa akong nagkakasakit despite of my lack of sleep ang fatigue. I think He understands my situation naman, once the little prince is asleep, the princess has to make time for the prince charming naman. Ping-pong nga lagi ako, between my two boys.


So look at my boy, growing up to be a mestizo. Feeling insecure ako tuloy. Hmph. Kelangan high maintenance rin ako, masyadong maputi at flawless si baby so dapat si Mommy Princess has to cope up rin. Don't want to end up looking like a Yaya.

Speaking of Yaya, remember my rants about our helper? Well, she's still with us. Luckily, napagtyagaan ko sya. I need her, to keep the house clean, to wash our laundry, to cook me a nice meal when I needed it and to do the rest of the stuff around the house. I need her so I won't end up looking so losyang. So I can still have time for myself when I needed to.

Aside from that, May 27 is also the birthday of my Papa Nonong. So here we are, one big happy family. Even though mahirap ang buhay, we still managed to celebrate. I made sure Papa is happy. He's sick you know.


I was still wishing that hubby was here, without my him, life is really difficult and sad.. as you all know, I've been through depression. But thank God, He's been giving me means to forget about the sad part of my life. He made my brother and his family live with us. So with 3 families in one roof, and 2 chikkitings, you have no time to be sad. It's a crazy house, magulo, maingay.

You need proof?

Mga wacky photos namin sa bahay. Kakulitan blues. Sa sobrang kulit ng dalawa nilagay sila namin sa laundry basket.

Eto naman, pinaglalaruan si Little Prince. Nakakatawa talaga si Maverick dito sa pictures. Poor little prince, pinagtritripan :-)

So there you go, updates of my boy at 9 months.

Disturbing behavior

I can't sleep when does this.

Updates on Mavi

I feel so happy to share these.

Mavi knows how to gesture the following all in one day:

• bye bye
• clap clap clap
• point at lizards inside the house
• point at objects he's happy about on a book
  
• can follow the words I utter like: book, apple, align
• sings when I sing... and the best part
  
• the little guy can actually DANCE!

Up until now, it amazes me how kids nowadays can learn so fast. One factor that enhances Mavi and speed up his learning process is that there are 5 adults living in the house and I've instructed all of them not to baby talk Mavi and as much as possible, describe to him what they are doing, and allow him to follow it.

Take for example the clapping of hands. I would do it everytime I sing him ABC or Are You Sleeping Brother John. So over and over, he sees and heard it.. kaya ngayon, when I say clap your hands... he's really clapping his hands! Funny lang, kasi itong si Lolo nya, sabi nya "Mavi palakpak." I told Papa, "He won't do it, he doesn't understand palakpak. Be consistent, say clap your hands Mavi.. and be sure to mention his name". Hehehe. He was able to show his Dad of his new talent a while ago, and proud na proud naman sympre ang Amay. I captured a moment in video, I haven't uploaded it yet.

The singing part naman, well he got that from me. Till now kasi, I still rock Mavi to sleep. So I do it kasabay ng pagkanta. Trust me, I've been doing it for 8months na, so much for a voice lesson, I think I sing better now than before hahaha.

And of course, the dancing. It's all in the genes. His Ate Yan can dance, and so is his Greatgrand Lola, and of course Mommy is a good dancer too. So ano pa ba ang kalalabasan ng batang ito? Sympre good dancer rin di ba? Forget about Daddy. So when I grow old, alam ko na kung sino partner ko sa Ballroom Dancing.

Last but not the least, my boy is showing signs of independence. Haaay. Like when I feed him, he grabs the spoon away from me and put it in his mouth na. Ayaw nyang ako nagsusubo sa kanya, gusto nya sya. Then this afternoon, he doesn't want to be carried. Gusto nyang bumama and lumakad while reaching for a leaf on the ground.

Nagwawala if i took away his books. He really likes his books. As in talaga! Dami nyang toys, but he prefers those huge picture books that we borrowed from his Ate Yan. Might be because of pictures? Mavi has only 2 books, those hard bound books. I bought them at Booksale. Commercial lang, you can't find these baby books on National Bookstore, meron siguro, pero konti lang and they're super duper expensive. Like 400-800PHP per book. While at Booksale, I only got Mavi's books for 45PHP each: Teddy Bear Teady Bear and Who is Jesus. He loves them, and I would read it to him over and over again. Sasakit lang lalamunan sa kakabas kasi ayaw ka nyang patigilin.

My once little boy is growing up na. I can't help but falling in love with him every day. (Ay! I also notice na pareho kami magsmile sa camera. Will post about it soon!)

Can you count my teeth??

People are fascinated of how fast my little boy's teeth are popping up. As you can see in the picture, Mavi lose some weight. Aside from difficulty in feeding due to pains in the gum area, my son's length has also increased (tumangkad). Kaya slender syang tignan.

Thank God, he currently feeds well na. I hope that the molars won't give me those "feeding issues" again. I'm just thankful that despite his lack of appetite before, he's still a super duper mega over to the 100th power hyperactive. Trust me... kahit sino sa amin dito, surrender sa kalikotan ng anak ko. But I am not complaining, it's better that's he's like that kesa sa unhealthy.

Happy 8 Months!!

My little boy celebrated his 8 months birthday last week. We have a simple celebration at home, with his favorite cousin and playmate Ate Yanyan. What's a birthday without a cake right?

To my boy, who's growing up to be so smart and so madaldal like Mama, we love you so much. You mean the world to us.