Its Palm Sunday!

And that can only mean a whole week of no-meat meals to look forward to- mehh! But then this kind of sacrifice comes only once a year, during Holy Week, so I'm sucking it up. I will survive! Hehe! And so, on this fine overcast Sunday morn, Iya and I found ourselves accompanying Daddylo and Mommyla in one of Davao's largest wet markets (the Toril market pictured above) to buy loads of fish for Holy Week. I hope we'll get seafoods too (yes, we're still here- I'm live blogging via SEk800i) but then eating shrimps and crabs isn't much of a sacrifice eh? Hehe! ;-) Have a meaningful Holy Week everyone! Eat (less), Pray (lots), Love (lots n lots)!

peek-a-boo! :)

Iya was 9mos old when she started hiding behind curtains and playing peekaboo with us. When she was 7mos, she loved playing this on our shoulders and backs. And now, with Iya at nearly 13mos old, we've progressed to playing hide-n-seek among our furnitures :-) Her joyous baby laughter when she's 'found' is, IMHO, the best sound in the whole wide world! ^_^

iYa LoVeS eLmO!

Sometimes our baby (toddler!) girl just needs her plush Elmo doll to fall asleep :)

Yes, this post is sent thru my (ancient) SE k800i- I'M MOBILE BLOGGING AGAIN! My last moblog post was 3yrs ago o_O Will be reviving this blog through my phone as our laptop is hijacked by Iya. Labsie and I are only able to use it when she's already asleep, hehe!

need reliable web host!

I guess it's about time to get a web host for all of my personal blogs. My baby Iya is nearly one year old (she's 10 months now), and I am anticipating some extra free time :) Extra time that I will use to revive my personal blogs which I sorely neglected the past 10 months or so due to taking care of her. In line with that, I am planning to move my blogs to a web host server. That is, if I find an affordable web host service. Currently I am browsing web hosting pad reviews to see which web host best fits my blogs' needs and most importantly, my budget. Hehe!

For the technically challenged, a web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the internet (via Wikipedia). Web hosts provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients, i.e. me ^_^ It is very useful especially if your blog or site uses a lot of photos. Blogger (where this blog is currently hosted) only has limited space for free users like me. Anyway, these are just but plans until I find a reliable and affordable host. If you know one, lemme know! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! :)

It's our baby girl's FIRST Christmas and everything is just awesome! Sure, we have a hectic and full-packed schedule starting tomorrow (involves traveling back and forth 3 cities, with a baby on tow!) but the Lord is truly good for He blessed us with the best families, relatives and friends a person could ask for; who, I know, will help us til the holidays are over :) From our family of three to yours, have a wonderful Christmas season!

Google PR3!

Best. Early. Christmas. Gift. Ever!!! :) Yep yep, this personal blog of mine is now PR3! w00t w00t! And no one is more surprised and of course, happier, than lil old me! You see, I'm really not into SEO / search engine optimization and blog promotion (I rarely exchange links due to laziness, hehe) so I'm really surprised where all the PR juice came from. I just blog what I like and that's it. Thank god the algorithm of Google's Page Rank likes my style of blogging and awarded me PR3! YEY!! Guess it's really all about content :) I just hope my PR3 will continue til next year despite my lack of updates lately (busy with baby!!). How about you? What's your new Page Rank?

11 years of US! :)

Taipei Zoo :: Oct 2010

And 2 years of marriage, and six months of parenthood! Hip, hip, hooray! :) To celebrate, we had a family vacation in Makati and Taipei for a total of 1week. It was just me, Labsie and Iya at 6months+. Traveling with a baby is hard but we made it work. Much of the success has to do with Iya's temperament ~ the girl just loves to sightsee! As long as she's full and not sleepy, she's alright with whatever me and Labsie are doing. Atta girl! :) Here's to more years to us Labsie and to more family vacations with Iya!

organic baby food

Mashed fresh fruits VERSUS processed baby food -- this has been a dilemma of ours. Hubby and I have decided before giving birth to give our baby only fresh fruits and vegetables but unfortunately there are no organic fruits for sale here in Davao =( There are organic veggies (especially for salads, thank you Eden!) but you don't give that to first-time solid food eaters :p Anyway, my only other choice is to give organic baby food. At least I know my baby isn't eating pesticides and other chemicals. I just pray to God that there's no contamination while the baby food was being processed -_-

If you know any organic fruit sellers here in Davao or nearby areas, please leave a comment. Thanks! In the meantime, baby Iya will be eating Earth's Best organic baby food and Rafferty's Garden stuff ^_^ What's great with Rafferty's as compared to other organic baby food? Their packaging! The food isn't in glass jars but in safe plastic pouches! So great for traveling!! =) Some of their products have spouts (just squeeze out food, no double dipping which promotes bacterial growth), some have resealable tops while other pouches are microwaveable. Read more about it here: http://www.raffertysgarden.com