2020 A very special year!

My 2020 WORD For the Year is BLESSINGS! Who would have thought God would literally bless us with an incredible gift this year! We are expecting. I was on the ultrasound room for my whole abdomen UTZ because my tummy is acting up again, I really thought something is wrong 'again' with my digestive system. The sonologist told me we're gonna have a baby and I was like "huwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaat????" Seriously, I asked him to check it again! He might be mistaken, I was confident he was! But lo, I really was preggo and mind you am on my 3rd month, the abdominal pain I was complaining has not been due to any stone or digestive organ but my reporductive organ at work.

Why was I confident I am not pregnant? I had my injectables on AUgust and November last 2019. Studies show that they have 98% accuracy, that means we are within the 2%! So there guys, we are expecting a baby BOY! We had a gender reveal because our Kuya Caleb, the most excited kuya ever, wanted us to bring home a balloon placed inside a box so he would know the gender when he opens it. Btw, he was the one who prayed for it, he wanted to be a kuya and he wanted to have a baby brother. To our bunso, thank Kuya Caleb ha. He was super duper excited to see and play with you. You are a gift, you are the ultimate 2020 Blessing!

Come March, Philippines went under MECQ because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. It affects the person's respiratory system and this virus can be transferred even when the carrier is asymptomatic. Google it and you'll see how scary and this virus affected most of us and even the world. Here in Pinas a month long community quaratine was ordered by the President last March 15 and should have had ended APril 14, but because the cases kept rising they decided to extend it until APril 30, they extended it again till May 15 and the latest was till May 31st. Another extension will make the economy suffer terribly that's why I dont think there'd be another Enhanced COmmuntiy Quarantine, but there will still be quarantines all over the country until a vaccine is available.

You can all google what happened to earth, to Asia, to our economy, to the Philippines, to Bulacan (google GOvernor Fernando Subic ECQ) but there'd be no feed about the REgalado household during the quarantine. Check my FB post re quarantine. I was active for a month posting some pics of us doing homeschool, baking, cooking and arts but when our kasambahay left (her child got sick) I couldnt update it any longer. I was pretty tired with all the house work cleaning,washing dishes, washing clothes, folding clothes, cooking, everything! I am 8 months pregnant right now, tomorrow I will be able to go out for the first time and go to Malolos for my check up, the last one was February and I'm giving birth in a few weeks I really need to see my OB. (will try to tell more about it ECQ at Regalado household next time)


Shoppee is life since I couldnt go out to buy things for the baby I just ordered most of them online. It would have been more fun going and looking at those baby things before buying them but oh well this will suffice.Today I washed some of it, felt so praning I might give birth anytime I need to pack my go bags asap.

Our baby will be named Baby E_ _ _! Kid 1 name is ALthea Kid 2 is VINce siguro naman pwede na ako naman sa 3rd. Promise di naman Emmanuel :D basta E ang umpisa.

We celebrated our 12th anniversary last May 18, over sugpo, cake ( I ordered from Jen) and grape juice (no wine for this mama). The sugpo was the bomb hangsarap :D Will definitely add that to my go to recipe for special occassions.

Till next time, it's 8:40 and it's bedtime in our little home. Keep safe everyone.

2019

Oh and just like that it's already December 2019. 3 weeks shy before 2020 arrives.

My 2019 Word for the Year is Connect! And this year, I've done many connections and reconnections. We were back at our home church at Gatbuca Calumpit after years of growing at CCF. We still love the church but we figured it's high time to go back  and reconnect to our home church plus Caleb is more at ease at the Sunday School here because the classmates were constant and well most of them were relatives or a friend of a friend and everyone  (almost) calls me Tita Em. We also started attending the LifeClass and connected to new and old churchmates in the YMO class.

This year, Me and Alvin turned 40! Fairmont it is for his birthday but just the two of us because he was super stressed those times when his visa to UK hasn't arrived yet. And he just wanted to destress for a little while and spend some time alone with me too. After the staycation, we had a boodle fight here in the house using his new white table (that we stained with soy sauce!!!). Days after his birthday, his Visa came. Just in time for his London trip :) It was like the Lord was telling him that He the Lord is in control. To not to worry. That this 40th year, Alvin needs to know who is in control. Months past after his 40th and the same lesson keeps on resurfacing. I am thankful that my husband knows who holds his hand and I hope he knows too that I am always here to pray and support him however tough the situations may be.

I welcomed my 40th year at Hotel Kimberly, Tagaytay. It was a sweet hotel, with a cool playground,  super cold swimming pools, there were ponies, peacock, ducks, rabbits too. I was with the whold fam with Nanay Dolores. When we arrive home I had a surprise dinner with the Mariano's at Shakeys, there was a video presentation with my closest friends and family. I felt different being 40, I think it is a age when life gives you more responsibilities yet less time. It is a time also that you choose to do less of the not so important things to focus on the things that really matter. Before I turned 40, I had been struggling because I find myself with too many lost opportunities. Being a CPA, I thought maybe at age 40 I will be like an officer of a company or I will own a business - a big one or someone who can influence many or just someone who gets a big pay check. But you see I may not be an officer of a company but I am the COO of our household, I may not yet own a big business but I am starting one and by God's grace one day it will be big and it will be a blessing to many, I may not get my own big pay check but I can always get my husbands atm hahaha. If my 20year old self will see me now, I think she'll tell me this is really really different than what she thought it would be but she will look forward to adulting and becoming me because it was 20 years well spent with loads of love, of laughter and of life. Life with not just great things but with challenges here and there. I thank God, He has brought me this far. My younger self wouldnt have thought she is this tough. So yeah, cheers to more years of blessings and love. 

This year, we transferred Thea to a public school. At first, it was challenging to make her come to school but now when we tell her we are going to Teacher she gets up and go. She's now back at Habilities taking OT twice a week. We still have ABA 4 hours a week. Thea now can do laundry, fold clothes, fix the bed and fold the blankets,  fix the table. She likes the color gray, she likes her 3/4 PJ's, loves ferrero, likes baking cookies, still loves paint and painting herself.  Dear Thea, Mommy loves you a lot. I will always be here for you. I will look forward to that day that we will talk about anything we like and love and hate :D 

Caleb turned 7 this year! We had a fun fun pool party with some friends and family, those who went are with kids that Caleb knows. The bubble show made it extra fun! Dear Caleb, oh how you've grown. Almost all your teeth are permanent, you weigh like 30ish kg and that's big! You still think Mama is the most beautiful girl of all, I showed you picture of Bella Padilla and Bea Alonzo I said they were beautiful and you said you're more prettier! My mama heart melted! Yesterday, we were eating m&m's and you said you don't want to eat anymore, you said so because you think I want some more :) You still need to learn a lot of things but I know in my heart you are a good good boy with a very kind heart. 

Few days to go before Christmas! I still need to finish my Sunlife validation, my BIR requirements, wrapping gifts and buying some more, organizing family and friends get together. Hoping I won't get too bombarded with all the busy-ness of this season. I pray that we can all find time to reflect why Christmas came about. The sacrifice and the love. Been reading one chapter a day of the book of Luke. It has 24 chapters. That way when I get to Christmas day, I know very well who this Christ we are celebrating. 

I don't know if I'll be able to write again, let me greet you in advance "Merry Chirstmas and Happy New Year!"

Next year's Word is Blessing! Looking forward to more blesings from above and being a blessing to many more! Cheers!

Pasalubong from Melbourne Australia

It has been a while I know!

Blogger notified me and asked if I am still interested ( to receive notifications on comments that is) and well, yes I am still very much!

So why ‘Pasalubong from Melbourne”? Just because the hubby is in Australia and I was doing a little research here and there to find out which ones I will ask him to buy for us here in Pinas.

So TimTams and Lindt tops the ‘pabili’ chocolate category! Cadbury not so much but I heard there were other flavors of Cadbury in Aus that were to die for! I asked him to take photos at the grocery and there were dark milk with sea salt Cadbury! Only problem was they all come in big sizes! Wala ba yung mini katulad ng andito sa supermarket pang tingi tingi?

Lucas Papaw is a popular pasalubong too. Well for Nawies at least! Alvin didnt see the Lucas Papaw brand but saw the ‘Real Papaw’ which is I think and hope will work just the same. He was able to buy them at $20 for 6! Papaw ointment are ok for dry lips, cuts and bruises. Havent tried but I might (might ha) update and tell you if it does work end of this month. Manuka honey is also mentioned by one of my friends but best daw to buy from NZ.

You cannot bring home Kangaroo or Koala! But you can bring home Kangaroo jerky from Woolworth!   You can alao buy those  cute koala stuffed toys they sell maybe in the airport shops (my husband would definitely not buy them). Oh by the way beacuse if those little stuffed koala things I always thought that koalas are small creatures parang tarsiers ganun but lo they are not that little pala.

So malls there closes at 8pm!. Hopefully by Saturday he would be able to go to the mall! Good thing the grocery closes a little late at least he can still buy food!

I was trying to upload photos keeps failing :(
We have two wall clocka here in the bedroom one PH and one Aus!

That would be it for now.

- gorgeous moi

Children's Birthday Celebration 2015

It was our princess' 7th birthday and the little prince's 3rd. 

Posting pics Lang just so you could celebrate with us even in pictures.