Asher and His Walker.

I have posted the loot we got from our Richwell Warehouse Sale shopping spree here and look how the little one enjoys his Daddy's gift for him.

Three days before he turned 9 months old, we first let him have his walker "ride". He was a bit cranky since it's his bedtime already but being the excited (and inconsiderate LOL) parents that we are, we let him try it for a while. His first steps? He went backwards. But when I positioned in front while he's begging to be picked up, he moved towards me. His succeeding steps days later are now more on moving forward so I bet, he's on the right track of training. We are now forced to allot an activity area in the living room for him so he could be mobile with his walker. And with him being mobile means we have to babyproof the house very carefully protecting him and the breakable furniture alike. For now, he's still gentle "driving" it but perhaps when he gets the hang of how to easily maneuver the walker, he might move real fast and carelessly bang it to each and every structure in the living room. If there's such a thing as a "walker auto insurance", then I think we need one for it. LOL.

Some More "Where" Antics.

As mentioned before, he now can associate words to certain things and when asked "where is it" he'll automatically look at them (perhaps his way of pointing for now). To date, here are now the things and persons that he's familiar with.

"Where's Daddy?"
He stares at his Dad.

When we're in Frisco (in-laws):
"Where's Lolo?"
He looks for and stares at his Lolo Jun.

"Where's Lola?"
He looks for and stares at his Lola Liz.

"Where's Papa Jesus?"
He looks up and stares at the framed Image on our room's wall.

"Where's the Christmas tree?"
He looks for the big Christmas tree in the living room.

"Where's the light?"
He looks up and stares at the ceiling.

"Where's Jumong or Margie?"
He looks for my in-laws' dog and cat.

When we're in Makati:
"Where's 'Hello Lolo'"?
He looks at the black phone. He and his Lolo always talk over the phone whenever my Dad calls from overseas.

"Where are the butterflies?"
He looks on the hanging butterfly ornaments in the living room.

"Where's the fish?"
He looks at the hanging colorful fish ornaments in the kitchen wall.

"Where's the angel/Christmas tree?"
He looks at the big tree in the living room.

"Where's the ball?"
He looks and gets his Fun Ballz plastic balls.

So there..the list is definitely getting longer. I wonder what will his next antics be.

"Ma-ma".

My heart's purely euphoric when he first called me "Mim-mi" one time when he was just four months old. But I kept my expectations low as I was sure that he just babbled it incidentally like how a typical chatty four month old baby does, babbling whatever first syllables they could pronounce. As baby books relate, fathers are the first to get delighted because babies typically enunciates "da da" first. Asher was no exception to that except that he first called his daddy, "ad-di". But thankfully, I had my own share of delight too this month. If I'm not mistaken, I first heard him say it exactly on his 8th month birthday. As I was busy preparing his lunch, he was wailing and pleading that I pick him up. He blabbed "mmmmaaa" initially and then when I ignored him and continued to prepare his food, he cried louder and continuously shrieked "mammmm mammm ma-ma" extending his arms and looking at me. Cool! But instead of me pacifying him, I still didn't pick him up because those first words of him calling me really were music to my ears. Haha! Bad mommy noh? But you can't blame this exhilarated Mommy in me. It was the first time he said it, so I just treasured the moment for a few seconds. LOL.

And to date, he continuously calls me that..yun nga lang, everytime he cries and demanding for me. LOL.

Expo Mom Bazaar at Rockwell on December 7.

To all Mommy Shopaholics (like me) out there, be sure to block December 7 and don't miss this shopping event.

WHAT: Expo Mom Bazaar
WHEN: December 7, 2008 10 am to 7 pm
WHERE: Rockwell Tent

This event is being organized by Mommy Matters and Philippine Association for Childbirth Education through Rome Kanapi, Lin Fernando and Janice Villanueva. The same bazaar was held earlier this year and it was a big success as lots of Moms and even Dads and babies joined the fun. And with this next bazaar being held on December, I'm sure shopping will be a lot more fun in time of the holidays. What to expect are most loved mom and baby products, new and unique mompreneur products, and other great gift items for everyone in the family.

Other fun perks to watch out are the following: raffle draws, free family souvenir photo, free Mommy Pages copy, free inflatable ride for the kids while Moms shop.

For more information, check out Expo Mom's site.


I missed the bazaar last May since I just gave birth that time but for this one, it's a must for me to drop by. I bet doing rounds to see all the shop can be tiring and perhaps can even trim down your weight as if you've taken diet pills or exercised but that's okay because it'll surely be a one shopping frenzy to boot.

Mean Mommy.

Spanking your child when you're angry is being selfish, because you'd just be using the spanking to vent your anger, and not really to discipline the child.

Mec couldn't have said it any better on her blog post about how she struggles controlling his anger in disciplining his son. And how I wish, "someone" dear to me gets to know this line, internalize and realize how selfish, insensible and insensitive she has become to his son every time she hits him ferociously.

Sweet and Smart Asher.

There are those tricks and things that I religiously teach little Asher. Most of them, he grasps and learns them quickly while some, it takes a while before he picks it up. Perhaps, he might not be ready yet for such advancement. So aside from his word association skill where you ask where's this particular thing and looks and stares at it, here's the latest sweet trick he just learned.

When I say.."Asher, kiss Mommy"...




He's what he'll do:

And yes, he does this too to his Daddy. He's indeed sweet, isn't he? And at just 8 months, he learned this affectionate gesture without me or anybody explicitly teaching him.

My Handsome Little Hunk.

We attended his Ninang Ena's wedding yesterday and look how dashing and good-looking he was with his Gymboree polo shirt (yes, the one I just shopped). Ain't he gorgeous?

Generally, he was well-behaved and cooperated well with me. We didn't bring Yaya along so it was just mostly me who look after and carried him all throughout. His dad's officemates were so fascinated of him because of these antics:


At the church while waiting for the ceremony to start.


Enjoying the ride and the texture of Dad's shaven head.


Yummy feet???


Munching some Marie biscuits


I love you to bits my little handsome boy!

Asher's Mothercare, Old Navy and Gymboree Loots.

Remember my buzz about the loots I hauled for the little one during the Old Navy and Gymboree Sales the other month? Well, they are all here and I'm one happy Mom seeing all these new apparels for the little one. (On the other hand, my shopped loots for me and the husband are here.) Thank you Peachy and Lui (hubby's officemate) for the shipping favor. Seeing all them is actually fulfilling and rewarding because the money I spent for these are all from my blogging earnings so that makes the husband happy and stress-free,too, because our savings account wasn't touched. LOL. So I'm praying for more online works to come my way so I can save more and perhaps, buy more gifts for the little one or so I can help the husband in buying our digital electronics and gadget whims this Christmas.

Further, the little one also received a couple of Mothercare swimming apparels from my Saudi-based folks. They may still be big for the little one, but of course we're still thankful for these gifts. Definitely, next year he'll get to wear these.

From Saudi:

My stepmom is so addicted to shopping baby stuffs for Asher especially during sales. Look how big the price is marked down for this swimwear shorts at Mothercare.
From Old Navy:

From Gymboree: