Thursday, August 28, 2008

Mobile Me

I was blessed by my hubby last Christmas with an iPod touch. I was 
hesitant to get it at first because it was expensive but the moment I 
held I loved it.
I only used the iPod mainly to watch videos and surf...until now. Fast 
forward to today and I'm a happy camper. I've been playing around with 
it and have installed several applications like NetNewsWire, facebook 
and games. I'm now using the mail application to view my emails and my 
recent discovery is mobile blogging.
All this came to be because I don't have much time to use our desktop 
computer because other things must come first like family and the 
business. The only free time I have right now is when I'm feeding the 
baby or putting him to sleep so YEY! I can now be a geek and take care 
of the baby. No time is wasted. Oh! and did I mention I'm blogging 
from my iPod. Cool! Thank you Lord!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Happy & Content

We're a few days away from September and all I can think of is how fast time goes by. Parang kailan lang Timmy was a teeny tiny baby and now he's a big baby boy na. Now Christmas is just around the corner.

I sometimes catch myself humming a Christmas tune thus I'm excited for Christmas because this will be Timmy's first Christmas and Kuya Z's second Christmas in heaven. I still can't believe that I've two wonderful sons. Wow! I can't be any more happy than I already am. Through good and bad I know that I've a wonderful family to hold my hand. Thank you Lord!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Downside

I've been stressing out since Tuesday because it's taking a little bit more to take care of Timmy. I was just starting to get used to his new schedule when BANG! Timmy fell from the bed and got himself a black eye. Hubby and I decided to take him to the doctor because he was showing signs of concern. He was more sleepy, not his usual active self and he vomited. We had him checked and by God's grace he is fine but since he is in pain he is more clingy than usual and we have a hard time putting him to sleep. To ease the pain the resident doctor in the E.R. told us to apply a warm compress over his eye and I'm pretty sure that this resident did not have a child :) I was chasing Timmy all over the bed just to get the warm compress over his eye and if I did it would only touch his eye for 2 seconds. Aside from that he would grab it from me and put it in his mouth.

I'm not very good at handling stress. I tend to react in a not so pleasing manner much to my husband's dismay. Through all this I pray and pray and came across this verse "In your anger do not sin" Ephesians 4:26. This is a struggle for me. I should not let my emotions get hold of me instead I should let the Lord control me. God has blessed me with a son and having one is a test of one's character. You should be a good role model, calm, loving, patient and a million other things but at the end of the day I pray that God will bless me to be the kind of mom that He wants me to be for Timmy.  

It's very hard to be a full time stay at home mom that sometimes I ask myself why am I doing this. It's easier to be employed because you only work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and when you get home you leave it all behind. Being a stay at home mom is a 24/7 job. No weekends. No vacation leaves. No sick leaves. You can't say 'I think it's time to move on and resign'. So why am I doing this? Because I love my son. God has led me to this direction and I know that I am where I am for a reason. Through good and bad all I can say is Thank you Lord. 

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

7 Months


Happy 7 months to our little bundle of joy!

Love, 
Dad and Mom


What a Ride!

The past two weeks have been a roller coaster ride for me. It was a high and low of emotions and mish mash of events. 

It all started when Timmy got sick with cough that eventually worsened to a viral infection, bronchiolitis. He was crying and coughing all the time and reached the point that he was already vomiting so that he could breathe. Poor baby. Imagine my panic while this was happening. I was alone and sent a panic text to my pediatrician and when she didn't answer immediately I contacted my other doctor friend for help.  Thank God for these people. 

The sleeplessness nights and tiring days lasted for more than a week. Our days would be filled of forcing him to take the medicines and the smart cookie would shut his mouth and would scream his lungs out. Our nights would be about putting him to sleep which would be filled with crying and screaming again. In between that would be feeding him and giving him water which he refused because his throat was sore. In a word, stress!

This is the first time Timmy got sick and I wasn't prepared for it. I guess we are never really prepared for the things that come our way but what matters is what we learn from these experiences. Going through this made me appreciate more the people in my life. I appreciate my husband more because he was there all the time to help. Friends who go the extra mile to help no matter what. Family who are there to lend a hand. I realized the value of relationships. It is a joy and a blessing to have a child and equally joyous to have these people in my life. It was one crazy ride but I would go through it again knowing that I have these people in my life.