My weekend

I don't know if I can call it that as Sunday was my only free day, so to speak. Kinda sad too because JJ has to go on shift tonight :-(

Saturday was all for my Controllership class. I am one of the reporters for the day and I had to cram in the morning to finish my report. Good thing I was able to finish it on time and everything went well in class. Controllership is the subject that I enjoy this term. For one, because the professor is good and second, the class is small making it just one big "chika" session, instead of a formal class. After class, JJ and I heard mass. I offered mass for my Lola Ima as it was her death anniversary that same day. It was a typical Saturday night for us. We just watched Grey's Anatomy (yey, we're on Season 3 na) until the wee hours of the morning.

Sunday is a Sports day for us. Although we're also interested in the Pacquiao-Marquez match, we're more into Formula 1. Today was the season opener and since the race was in Australia, the race was held the same time as the boxing match. I am a Raikkonen fan and the result was pretty disappointing (the pic above shows him getting out of car with a failed engine) but JJ and I enjoyed watching the race. New rules were enforced this season and it made for a more exciting race. I cannot wait for the Malaysian Grand Prix next weekend :-) Hay, I am really hoping that JJ and I will get to watch one Grand Prix race one of these days.

And lastly, given that I am relatively new when it comes to blogging, I can say that I am enjoying it :-) It's a great way to make friends and well, just to express oneself. I was even showing my new entries to JJ this afternoon. Hopefully, I will always be in "sipag" mode when it comes to posting.

I'll be off now. Time for me and baby to go to sleep :-)

Longest Line - Another Attempt

Thanks to Happy for this tag :-)

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My First Tag

Thanks to Joey for this tag. It it’s called “8 FACTS ABOUT MYSELF”.
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In the 8 facts about yourself, you share 8 things that your readers don’t know about you. Then at the end you tag at least 8 other bloggers to keep the fun going. Here are the rules.
RULES:* Each blogger must post these rules first.* Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.* Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
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1. My first name is TESS MARICHIE. It was supposed to be MARICHIE only (combination of my parents' names) but I was born on October 26, which is also my Lola Ima's (first name: Teresita) birthday. My lola was insisting on naming me MARITESS but since I am a firstborn, my dad didn't agree (CHIE is from his name - CHITO) and just added TESS to make my Ima happy :-)
2. Contrary to what most people conclude whenever they find out that JJ and I met in high school, we didn't become a couple until we were in second year college. I was the one who had a crush on him back in high school. (He didn't like me back then :-) ). But he was the one who schemed and schemed in college for us to be a couple :D
3. During our wedding preparations, it wasn't me who was particular with the details, it was hubby. I was the one saying, "puede na siguro yan".
4. It was only after college that I started to grow my hair. My family and JJ love my hair this way and they'd growl at me whenever I mention having it cut short.
5. I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) late last year.
6. I cannot sleep without saying my prayers.
7. I cry easily when watching TV shows (Grey's Anatomy, etc.) and movies. Hmm, sometimes, even commercials make me cry.
8. I am not good in playing computer games. I am always having a difficult time with the hand/eye coordination thing.


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This has to stop!

I've been shopping for maternity clothes these past two weeks and I am having loads of fun wearing my new, now-so-comfy clothes. I think my tummy got bigger these past two weeks also as people from the office (who just looked at my tummy twice before) are now asking me how far along am I in my pregnancy. Possible nga kaya for my tummy to suddenly get bigger because of the new clothes?

I went shopping yesterday (yes, again. When will Havin' a Baby stop their sale ba kasi? It seems kasi na everytime I visit one store, may new items sa sale bin nila). Anyway, I was showing my loot to hubby this morning and when he saw the new pants, he just smiled and looked at me and asked me how many maternity pants I now have.Hmm Which got me thinking that I probably have more than enough pants/skirts na nga. Then I said, "okay, promise, tops na lang." He then said, "sige, let's see, you bought the blue and the brown one last week plus yung mga tela from Carolina's na ipapagawa mong dresses then....". And he went on to mention every single maternity top I bought from the past weeks. Gulp. Ok ok. Stop na talaga promise.

But enough of that. Now, I would like to show you guys what I bought yesterday. I bought a black skirt and black pants from Havin' A Baby and two pairs of pants from a tiangge stall in Market Market that sells Maternity stuff ( I just discovered it yesterday. Stuff are cheap here and I think mostly overruns of exporters. Nice materials and I recommend this stall to mommies-to-be. It's on the second floor, right side if you're facing the fountain near the mall's entrance).

I also bought new shoes (on sale din) from Janylin. Instead of buying flat ones, I bought one with square heels para sturdy pa rin.

And my final purchase.... I just fell in love with these colors

So that concludes my short, two-weeks stint as a shopaholic mommy Next purchases will only be for baby. Promise!

4th Month

I am on my second trimester already J (Yipee!). My last check up was in the middle of Feb and due to the continued light spotting episodes I keep on having, my OB decided that I have to have an ultrasound again. But this time, she requested for a pelvic ultrasound. Baby was contentedly floating the first few seconds and then started moving a lot J As usual, all smiles na naman kami ni JJ when we saw this. Our OB had a difficult time measuring our baby’s CRL because of the movements (OB even said “ wait wait baby, wait for me…. Hehe J). Plus baby is in an oblique position daw kaya additional difficulty. Nagpapakitang-gilas rin daw sa parents according to her. Everything was normal naman and she didn’t see any bleeding so I was just asked to continue taking Duvadilan and Duphaston to be on the safe side. Next check-up is scheduled on the 29^th of March. I am still having these light spotting episodes and hopefully physiological lang siya like what my doctor suspects. But I still have to take it easy.

Though I am on my fourth month already, I barely show. But I can’t wear most of my office clothes na, specially the pants. So, I shopped for maternity clothes last week J Aliw! On sale din sa Havin’ a Baby so I was able to buy loads of stuff at a discount. Relief pala talaga when you start wearing preggy clothes. Comfy na comfy talaga J Kaya I kept my pre-preggy stuff na last weekend, to make room for my and baby’s new clothes sa closet. This early on, baby has lots of stuff already. Our cousin, Ate Michelle, sent me the baby stuff she wasn’t able to use with her bunso. My brother-in-law and his girlfriend also bought cute baby clothes for our little angel. They’re so dainty and nice J Nakaka-excite tuloy lalo manganak. JJ and I plan to buy baby’s stuff on my 6^th or 7^th month, para we know na if our little angel is a girl or a boy. But a lot of people are saying that we're gonna have a girl (wink wink)

Please continue praying for our health.

It's our 9th year!

Today is our 9th year as a couple :-)

Happy happy anniversary hun. Many many more years of love, fun, travel, kulitan, asaran and everything in between for us :-)

Pic was taken in EK (december 28, 1998). We weren't even a couple then. Who would have thought that exactly 8 years after this EK trip, this will happen?

I guess only God knew :-)

Baby Update :-)

We are on our 12^th week of pregnancy already. JJ and I saw our baby again (via US) on our 10^th week. We were overwhelmed na naman as our baby keeps on moving during the ultrasound, which even prompted our OB to say “hala, sige, swimming ng swimming”. Tuwang-tuwa kaming mag-asawa. I just find it amazing that tiny as our baby is (at 3.63 cm), move siya ng move. Here’s a shot from our latest ultrasound.

Everything was normal on our last ultrasound and check up but I had spotting a few days after. I just noticed a light, light brown discharge na wala pang 1 drop. Di ko pa sana papansinin, buti na lang I mentioned it to JJ and he told me to call OB the next day to ask kung ok lang yun. When I spoke with our doctor, mejo natakot na ako kasi she told me to have someone get the prescription from her clinic asap as I have to take Duvadillan and Duphaston to be on the safe side. I’ve been taking the medicines for almost two weeks now and I plan to visit OB again this Wednesday to have everything checked again. I’ve had the same very light brown colored discharge thrice the past days kasi and I want to be sure that everything is ok. I just realized that it is quite difficult for first time moms kasi I, for one, do not know what to expect. What is normal ba? And what is not? So, it is really always a matter of being safe rather than be sorry later (Tawag agad kay OB). Thankfully, I never had any bleeding naman, so far. And hopefully everything will be alright until I give birth in August. Please, please pray for our continued health.

On a lighter note, now pa lang, excited na kami to be parents. Whenever nag-iinisan kme ni JJ, I would always say “Baby, si daddy oh…” and ang magaling kong asawa ibubulong naman sa tummy ko “Baby, tayo ang kampi paglabas mo.” J I noticed din that my husband really goes out of his way to do stuff for me these days. Tagabili ko siya lagi ng kung ano-ano and my opening line is always “labs, gusto daw ni baby ng……” and he always goes with me sa mga lakad ko (ala-personal driver). Hehe J Medyo mahigpit lang talaga siya on stuff na I have to eat less of (like softdrinks, coffee, chocolates, bagoong (which I love talaga with hilaw na mangga but now ripe na lang kinakain ko), junk food and other salty food. Understandable naman and for baby naman so ok lang (kahit mahirap talaga to control minsan). And I am again thankful that I am lucky enough to have such wonderful in-laws. My dad-in-law always buys me fruits and magtatanong pa yan kung may gusto akong kainin. There was even a time na sinamahan niya ako humanap ng halo-halo (which I love to eat these days). My mom-in-law naman was really concerned when she heard na I had spotting and was asking me to consider dropping-out from grad school (for the term lang naman) or even resigning from work, if I had to. Dapat daw first concern lagi si baby (and I agree naman). My parents naman are also excited and well, a little worried. My dad picks me up from the office these days para I won’t have to commute from work whenever JJ is on shift. My mom naman keeps on texting me stuff like drink milk, vitamins, etc. etc. Wala lang, I am just happy that everyone is as excited as JJ and I sa pagdating ni baby. Kaya nga I always tell my baby to keep on being healthy kasi now pa lang ang dami ng excited sa pagdating niya J