Kuya and his new "playroom"

Our main reason for moving to our new home is the need for more space. With our second baby boy coming in a few months, the stroller, car seat , play pen, my rocking chair and tons of other baby-related stuff would have to be unpacked. Also, we wouldn't want to displace Kuya just 'cause we have a new baby. We prefer to stay as a unit in one room. So, we moved...

Kuya loves our new place and he'd be the first one to say "Let's go home to the building..." whenever we are out of the house. I think the main reason he adores the new place is his new "play room".

The "play room" is actually our second bedroom. Since Ate prefers to sleep in the living room at night, the second room became a storage place for all his toys and our other stuff.

 

See here? He used all the available space in the room for his train tracks.

 



With his latest creation

 



He told me it was a building :-)

 

We're glad Lucas adjusted quite well with the move. JJ was worried that he'd have a difficult time adjusting to the new place. Thank heavens for Thomas and Friends, they made his transition seamless.

 

Oh! He sleeps on his own bed now :-) Still in our room but at least that's a little move towards his "independence".

SBCA: Sto. Nino Day Celebration

Lucas with SBCA's Nursery Class dancing to the tune of Bahay Kubo and portions of E-heads' Toyang. Yes, hindi sila sabay sabay but that didn't make them less adorable :-)

 

This is Take 2 already. Take 1 is for the parents to watch the presentation and Take 2 is for documentation. 

 Lucas Ethan with Lucas Felipe

Lucas with Germaine



 We're so happy because Lucas danced during both takes :-) Family Day last year, he only participated during the first take and sat and played with his classmates during the second take.

 

 Our cutie pie

With Daddy

With Mommy

 

KUYA Lucas

This little space has been dormant for quite a few months now. A lot has happened since my last post but the most important news of all is that our little Lucas will be a KUYA soon. Yes, we're pregnant with baby no. 2 :-)

I am 26 weeks on the way today. Much as I'd wanted to announce the pregnancy the very moment we found out, I was afraid I'd jinx it so I kept quiet (an effort really!). Unlike my first pregnancy, this one's more complicated because I was put on bed rest for almost two weeks total during my first trimester. The incident made me keep the pregnancy a secret for a little while longer. Thankfully, we got past the dangerous first tri and I can't believe that in a few weeks time I'd be on my third trimester (final stretch!) already.

With the second baby coming and all, we also decided to move houses. It's been two weeks since we moved out of Daddy G and Mommy E's home and all the challenges and continued learnings of living on our own will have its own post one of these days.

Lucas's first year of school flew by so fast. We were planning to enroll him to an Arts and Crafts class at Cradle to Crayons but it looks like we have to reconsider given the updates on Beda's minimum age requirement per preschool level. We found out that Lucas can skip Junior Kinder and move on to Senior Kinder next school year. However, he'd have to take a bridging program this summer to help/arm him for Senior Kinder. Jj and I are still mulling this over. Bottomline is, if skipping a level will stress out our four-year old, we'd rather say No Thanks to the opportunity. But nothing is final yet as we're to attend the school's orientation on the program next week. So, we'll still see.

That's it for now. Hopefully, I can post updates more often in the coming days.
Have a blessed Holy week.

Little Vallesteroses

It's been said lots of times but I will dare to say it again. When it comes to our children, time really does fly so fast.

 

Case in point: Here's my Lucas. All grown up. (Well, okay. He's just 4. But still, I cannot help but compare him to the 6-month old baby who looks at me then like I am his next meal (which, at that time, I admittedly am in  a way...)

 



 Last October 1. Bonding with cousins @ Rub Ribs

 

Our littlest. Eugene's look-a-like, Alexa

 

Kuya Lucas and our little princess

 

~*~

Fast forward to October 26. We took advantage of the long weekend by driving up to Tagaytay to celebrate our birthdays. We had lunch at Tootsie's and had dessert at Bag of Beans.

 Kuya Einar, Kuya Enrico, Lucas and Alexa @ Tootsie's

 

 Alexa's chubby kagigil cheeks. Another case on how fast they grow, this pic and the one of her above were taken just three weeks apart. See how she grew?

 

 The boys on our way home from the fun trip.
I still remember when JJ and I were just bf/gf. Kuya Einar was around Lucas's age and Kuya Enrico was just weeks old when i first met them, look at them now. Binata na.

 

Hay. Can we selectively stop time?

Lucas's 4th Birthday Party

Here are the highlights of Lucas's 4th Birthday Party. It was a family-only party (much as we want to invite all our friends, we just have to meet our set budget...) that our little boy obviously enjoyed.

Family picture before his party started

 

Lucas and Kuya Migs

 



Our pamangkins as game participants

 



Uh oh.. no  more chair?

 



 Lucas's chocolate cake from Shopwise

 

Jollibee was extra kulit that day. He had tons of funny poses with the kids

 

Lucas's favorite part of the party

 

 

Happy 4th Birthday anak. Love love.

 

Lucas's 4th Birthday

Our little boy is now four (4) years old!

He was quite content with his chocolate cake. I guess, as long as it has lots of candles :)



 He asked Lolo G to light the candles 4 times... of course, we sang Happy Birthday all those times

 He was looking forward to his gifts... we've been giving him hints on what he's bound to get

From Ninong B, Flynn the Fire Truck

Happy 4th Birthday sweetheart. Daddy and Mommy love you very much.

Lolo G and Lola E's Olympic Babies...

I find it quite amazing that all four (4) of Lolo G and Lola E's grandkids are born on "Olympics" years.

If they will go by where the Olympics was held the year they were born, our Kuya Einar will be named Sydney. Kuya Enrico will be Athens. Lucas will be Beijing and our little Alexa will be named London.

SYDNEY: Einar (February 20, 2000) 

ATHENS: Enrico (July 20, 2004) 

BEIJING: Lucas (August 15, 2008)

LONDON: Alexa (July 11, 2012)

Wonder if the family's next little one will wait until 2016's Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro...