Lolo's Boy.

Asher's a certified Lolo's boy. Whether it be from the paternal or maternal side.

He loves conversing with his Lolo Jun everytime we stay at Frisco during weekends. It's only Lolo Jun who can make him babble and yak nonstop.

For the first time, he met his Lolo Raffy (my dad) last January 13. Daddy left for Saudi on the day Asher was born but didn't get to see him because the little one decided to come out late evening. Even before their flight back home two weeks ago, Papa always reminded me to "teach" Asher to not get afraid of him and that Asher shouldn't resist if he carries him. My dad was quite worried because history might repeat itself. I didn't "like" my Dad on our first meeting. You see, my Dad has been an OFW since I was a newborn so when we he first got home for vacation and I was just about a year old, I refrained going along with him not until I saw my two elder sisters clamoring over him. When I was asked, "where's Papa?", I still looked for his framed picture in the sala even though he was physically present already.

On the contrary, the first meeting of the apo and Lolo was a bliss. They clicked right away from the moment my Daddy approached and carried him. Just a few hours after orienting Asher, he right away learned that he's his another Lolo...the person behind the "hello, Lolo" voice everytime my Dad calls from overseas. There are times when the Lolo is napping, the little one likes walking towards his Lolo blabbering...as if wanting to wake him up and yearning to play with him. Another bonding time they have is when they "drive" the car together. Before driving the car out of the garage, the Lolo lets the little one enjoy the steering wheel. Asher would even bid bye-bye to me from inside the car as if they would really leave and go elsewhere.

I know my Daddy is extremely overjoyed now that he's seen and he's with his unico (for now, since my sister's pregnant) apo. He gets easily bored when not working (he's overly workaholic at 62 yrs old) but because of Asher who's equally doting as him, his vacation is really worthwhile.