...no ordinary mom...

My son got the Gold Star in his report card. He is on Top One. OMG! I really am not expecting this. I even told my officemates that sometimes I feel guilty for not looking after him with their lessons. His Daddy was the one who got his report card from school. He said, when the principal announced the Top One- Louie Geraurd Ignacio! At the back of his mind, hey, that is my son! He just cannot get the smile off his face because he was so proud of his son. I told kuya, from now on, I will call you Mr. Top One. When I enrolled him last June as Nursery, I was not confident that kuya will do well in school. I was so worried because kuya does not know how to write his own name. He cannot count from one to one hundred. Unlike his classmates, I overheard from the their parents that their child can do this and do that. Everyday when I came home from the office, I always asked him what he did in school. What are the songs they sang. And he always tell me, wala , nag pencil lang saka nag -color....

She celebrated her first birthday last Saturday, September 8 at Mcdonalds. Looking back, when I first found out that I was pregnant, my mind was not set to have another baby. Jule that time was one year and seven months old. I told people that I am not sure yet if I am pregnant or not, though I took the pregnancy test and those kinds of tests really works for me. In short, I was still on the denial stage, can you believe that? O well, I hate it kasi when people ask me this way, buntis ka na naman ? As if they pay for my delivery, diba ? And of course, another baby means additional expense and we are not talking about small amount here. The milk, the diaper, the milk, the diaper, the milk, the diaper… It was really a matter of time before I conditioned myself with everything. I just told myself, God gave me this. And every baby is a blessing. If people asked me that question, I answered them, oo, bakit hinihingan ba kita ng pampaanak ko? with a big smile on my face. My pregnancy was re...