A typical night in Mommy's life

Kuya - 5y/o
Ate - 2yrs, 5mos
Miko - 8mos

1 a.m. Finally! Everyone's sleeping. Maybe I can have some me-time, kahit 30 minutes lang. Maybe I can watch TV, or read a book. Wait let me check my Facebook first... (scroll, scroll)... Zzzzz...

3 a.m. You're crying? Okay, here's my boob.

4 a.m. Crying again? Let's switch sides so you can take the other boob. Zzzzz... Ate? Why are you crying? Bad dream? Don't be scared, Mommy's here... You want to lie on Mommy's chest? But I'm feeding Miko! Lie on Mommy's side na lang. Okay okay, stop crying. Shush shush... Mama loves you.

4:30 a.m. Kuya? You want to sleep beside Mommy? Okay, let's move Ate since she's already sleeping. No, don't move to that side, you might ipit Miko! Lie behind Mama. You love Mama? I love you too, Kuya. Embrace Mama na, I'll face the other way so Miko can continue to latch.

5 a.m. You can't be hungry again! Switch sides. Switch boobs. Don't play with it. Please. Just. Latch!

6 a.m. Stop kicking me! Why is our bed wet? Your diaper leaked! Was it leaking when you woke me up earlier? But that was an hour ago! Ugh. I should've checked it when you were crying. I'm a bad mom. Let's change your diaper. Stop crying, I'm changing it now. Are you hungry? But I need to change this first before I feed you. Please stop crying, Daddy might wake up. Okay, done. Stop crying. Here's my boob na o.

6:30 a.m. What? What? Oh It's just Daddy's alarm. Is he awake? No, just snoozed the alarm. Alarm woke you up? Ugh. Shush shush.. Don't be scared. Here's my boob.

7:00 a.m. Time to wake up! Do I have a meeting today? Ugh. I want to sleep some more!!!! Must. Move. By. Inch. And. Not. Wake. You. Up. You're awake already??! Unbelievable! Well, good morning, Miko! Awww such a handsome smile. Love you Bunso. I love this morning. :)

that moment when....

You started drafting a new blog post on your phone's notepad feature. You created the back story and a disclaimer. You opened an internet browser and ****! You forgot to save your work.

#facepalm

Note: I know there are autosave functions. Apparently I did sonething stupid and it didn't autosave. Next time, I should write directly at the blogger site, or use my phone's split screen functionality. Hay.

Kulitan time with mom and dad

This is how I bug him at work. ☺

To read other stories about dad, click here.

Dear reader-who-is-not-my-child, this one's for you

Just last night, I chanced upon the Statistics section of Blogger and found out that we have readers from different parts of the world!

Our demographics. How cool is that?

Numbers might seem small for other bloggers, but then again, I never really intended to write to an audience apart from my kids. It was such a nice surprise seeing this numbers.

So thank you, спасибо, danke, terima kasih, merci, dank u, спасибі, and 남쪽에 감사합니다 to everyone who serendipitiously chanced upon this blog. I pray blessings to be showered upon you and your family. Please send a kiss to your mother for me, whether she may be your biological mom or your personal maternal figure because all mothers deserve and affection for all the sacrifices and love they shower their family.

Happy reading! :)

Slumbook questions - mom

About Me

Real Name: KMD

Age: 28

Location: San Pedro, Laguna

Occupation: Team Lead/Systems Analyst at a multi-national company

Languages/dialects Spoken: English, Filipino, some chavacano

Favorites

Movies: I looooove movies -- Back to the Future trilogy, Prince of Egypt, If Only, The Ten Commandments, Armageddon, Mama Mia, and a lot lot more! :)

Songs: I like different genres -- the band Parokya ni Edgar, Francis M, Taylor Swift, and others more! :)

Actors/Actresses (movies and television): none in particular, I love a whole lot of them

Television Shows: I got hooked on the House,MD and CSI series before, I like cooking and baking shows (I know I don't cook much, though), as well as shows on interior design, etc.

Books: I used to have a set of the Young Folks Shelf of Books (Collier's Junior Classics 1962) but lola and I had to sell it during a difficult time during my college years. I mourn for it until now and I miss reading the wonderful stories I grew up with. My only regret is not having it still so we can read the stories together. I hope I remember some of them when we do our night time storytelling.

Sports/Games: I don't do sports much. But I like watching gymnastics and synchronized swimming. (Arte no?)

Players: when I was still in highschool, I never knew any players save for Toni Kukoc (NBA) and Vince Hizon (PBA) -- but this was not because of their basketball skills ;) when I was an intern during my last year of college, though, I saw Vince Hizon in person and was really dumbfounded! Never had the guts to approach him to take a picture or ask for an autograph, though, tsk tsk 

Food/Drink: ah, food, I looove food. During my younger, more naive years, I just have one answer -- chocolates. Now, I love 4-cheese pizza, I love pesto, I love brazo de mercedes, I love red velvet cakes, I love Mediterranean food ! :)

Vacation Spots: I'd love to travel and explore new places and things. But being born to, and marrying a homebody, I don't get to travel much. What I'd love to visit are: Egypt, Holy Land, Rome, Spain, France, Asia. For quick getaways, on the other hand, I love the hills of Antipolo, Tagaytay and Baguio. :)

Getting personal

Right now I'm reading: "Now, Discover Your Strengths" It's a pity I don't have much time to read nowadays. I used to devour books and finish them in a day or two. Shameless to say I've been reading this one for months. If it were nonfiction, I think I would have found more time to read it. :)

I'm fun loving or serious (and why): I'd say I'm more on the serious side. I grew up with a military man, so you can only imagine the restrictions I had growing up.

My dream guy/gal: is the guy I married 4 years ago ;)

My hobbies: I like reading and creating stuff -- I try my hand at cooking, jewelry making, arts and crafts, designing houses, etc. I like to conceptualize -- to imagine and create things in my head, BUT when it comes to execution, I need to leverage on other people to make sure it is created properly (most of the time, it's lolo teng who helps me through my arts and crafts stuff)

My biggest strengths and weaknesses: is my family

My best friend: is none other than your dad. He knows me, sometimes better than I know myself. (But again, as they say in the movie Titanic, "a woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets". Hay, you know my greatest fear is to be senile ;) )

My favorite subject at school: is Medical and Surgical conditions and algebra

That one thing I want to change about myself: is my insecurities, my sometimes unforgetting/unforgiving heart 

My ambition: is hearing dad and you guys tell someone that you are proud of me, of what I have done for our family, and that you love me immensely

I go crazy about: YOU and Daddy!

I draw inspiration from: you should know by now that nothing defines me except our family <3

According to me, love is: a verb. It is something we do, not something we feel.

Given a chance to be invisible, I'd: snoop on you chikitings

If there was one person I could bring back from the dead, that would be? (and why) Lola Dely. Coz your dad loves her so much and I just want to be able to meet her and thank her for giving me a dependable husband and a loving father to my kids. I want to thank her for raising the man we have come to love as the head of our household. :)

Hope you've learned a lot about mom and dad through these questions. We love you both so much!


UPDATE (03/31/2014)

I forgot to write about it, but dad searched, found, and bought the complete set of books I was looking for for 10 years!!! Isn't he amazing? I still feel giddy remembering it. So now that we're reading those books, what is your favorite story? Give dad a kiss for me! :)