Xian's 6th week and 1st immunization

He's now 1 1/2 month and have a scheduled immunization (6-1). First, I'm somewhat hesitant to give him this for some reason: (1) My son has an allergy and I am afraid that some medication might trigger it. If we are going to have this done one vaccine after the other chances are, we can determine which vaccine he's allergic to. (2) Local health center is offering the same immunization for free but baby needs to suffer from countless painful jabs! (ouch!) So I ended up giving him 6-1 vaccine because I hate to see my Xian cry.

Based on my research 6-1 vaccines includes:

Hepa B- This is his 2nd dose, the 1st 1 was given at the hospital the day he was born.
Dtap/Dtwp- Stand for diphtheria, tetanus. whooping cough
OPV/IPV- Oral polio vaccine
HIB- Haemophilus Influenza type B.

The vaccine cost 4,000 and will be administered by his pedia for 3 consecutive months. Well, I know it's kinda expensive but it's nothing compared to my little man's life-long protection. as saying goes, prevention is always better that cure. I also opted to give him his first dose for rotavirus, this is to prevent diarrhea. It is given orally in 2 doses and must be administred at least 4 weeks apart. Oral rotarix cost 3,500.

Sharing some pics of me and my lil man after his vaccine. Kuddos to my brave baby!

Xian's 5th week- loving his hairstyles!

My son was born with too much hair. So, here's what we did to see what hairstyle that suits him best. Blame my sister, Rica for this. She loves making fun of Xian's hair. LOL

New home sweet home...

Yes! now's the day. Xian and I will stay in my tita's crib for 2 days while my mom and sis will be a busy lipat-bahay experts..hehe! I'm a bit emotional now coz I grew up here in Mandaluyong i will definitely miss the nearby malls...Cavite is like my 2nd hometown and for sure, we will not regret moving there. So, ayun..In an hour or two hello Cavite na kami ni Xian....we're both excited to see our new home sweet home...=)

1 month!

It's been a month! I'm so glad to see how my newborn turned into a siopao..lolz! We just celebrated the day by of course a simple thanksgiving. I'm kinda feel ill today (binat daw, according to mom) so I didn't have a chance to prepare for the feast and just ordered spaghetti, chicken, fries, burger. fries and choco sundae in my fav. fastfood (yey! jobee spaghetti..yum!) and of course, a simple dedication cake from Goldilocks since it's just me, mom, my sister and ate Josie (our helper) who enjoyed that mouth watering meryenda.

Busy sleeping......Look at his cheeks and arms! I want to pinch 'em tenderly!!!lolz.. Mommy loves you Xian!

There goes his 1st birth-month cake. Simple yet with much love from mommy and family. I even tried to do DIY for this (with the stroller/booties decor). Thanks to Goldilocks who's now selling different DIY decor for their dedication cake. =)

Loosing weight... missing my old body...

I love pregnancy, and all of the changes, but I do look forward to being healthy and back in shape again. Before I got pregnant i measured 35"- 24 1/2"- 35" and weighed 101 lbs. and now a month after I gave birth to Xian, It's kinda frustrating to know that i hit 36"- 27"- 37" and weighed 116 lbs.. I am seeing some "love marks" too around my belly. Good thing that sunflower oil is a big help in minimizing my marks. I love Xian and all, but whew! I love my flat tummy and I worked hard to have that. How I wish I am allowed to do an intense exercise to get my old figure back.. Well, I have to blame my CS operation for that! If only I am NSD mom, probably, I'll be back with hoola and retry pole dancing by next week or two. I am excited to wear my old fitted dresses with my high heels on... Geese! could this be a postpartum depression?!? I hope not.

The pic above is the proof on how my body turned into....urrgh! never mind. Out of disappointment, eto.. nagmake-face pa... (sigh..) The linea negra is still there, plus my CS scar lying diagonally on my bikini line looks so disgusting ... I wanna get my old body back..=(

Xian's big day!

I am so overwhelmed with the love and support that has bestowed upon us by God, our great creator, family and friends who attended my son's big day. The baptism rite started at exactly 11am followed by a simple yet fun-filled reception held at Jade Palace. Here are some of the hundreds of pics taken during the event:

A huge thanks to my sister, the master of ceremony who made sure that everyone's lively and happy during the program (Love you bunso!). Ate tin, the DIY Queen for the invitation, tarp and balloon arch. Faye, May, Jam for the song numbers. Kath and Rose, the usherettes. Aj, Khoi and Amboy for being the "all around men" lolz and of course to my mom who made me (and I bet most of my guest) cry on her message of love for me and Xian. So that's about it. I thank God nakaraos din! wohoo!! And to my son?!? I want you to know that because YOU live, I can face tomorrow. I love you more and more my Xian Castiel. Welcome to the Christian World! =)

Xian's 3rd week!

3 weeks of blissful life as a mom... Baby can now lift his head whenever possible. He seems to love staring at me (Aw! my sweet baby..) For some reason he's having a unique temperament, I mean he's getting more sensitive with the noise, he has a favorite feeding bottle, can appreciate the color red, he loves taking a bath, he loves music and many more. I also noticed that he can now say a little "ooh" during our "bonding time" I guess Xian can already recognized the voice of his loving mom...Ahh, glory of being a mom! hmmm... I love you my Xian Castiel!

Baby Xian Picture of the Week (ANGRY BIRD edition..lolz)

Baptism Preparation Update

1 week to go! yeeeee! I never thought that preparing an event like this could be this stressful. So far, here are the updates for my lil man's big day:

The baptism rites will be held at St. Francis of Assisi Church- Shaw Blvd. on October 08. 2011 around 11am. Xian is going to have 6 pairs of godparents. It pains me to say that selecting my son's godparents was never easy since most of my closest friends from hs, college, work and even some of my cousins wants to be my kumare/pare.. (lolz)

Reception Details:

Finally, it's Jade Palace who got the deal... yeee! As I mentioned on my previous post, I grew up loving their foods! =) We are expecting 60-70 pax next week so we reserved Topaz Function Room for the event. My mom and my sister selected the following menu:

-Bird's nest Soup with Shredded chicken
-Sweet and Sour Pork with pineapple
-Peking duck served in 2 ways
-Lumpiang Shanghai
-Brocolli Flowers with crab meat sauce
-Sizzling beef sp
-Crispy Pata
-Spareribs with oyster sauce
-Pansit Canton
-Yang Chow Fried Rice
-Locgit

Earlier, I went to Iko's Bakeshop main office for Xian's baptism cake. I personally choose them because their cakes and cupcakes were A++++ esp. the choco moist base and the marshmallow icing!! It's very mouth-watering at a very cheaper price! I designed a 3-layer fondant cake (light blue/with red musical notes) since my son is having a musical inspired feast for his big day. I'm so excited to finally see this one! =)

For the party flavors, such as souvenir, game prices, balloons etc., we are planning to do a DIY project....and the reason why?!? a simple balloon decor such as certerpieces are way too expensive. Imagine this, 300/table for the centerpiece and 2,700 for the cake arch and other balloons cost 30.00/stick plus they are charging us extra for not hitting the advance purchase/the minimum day deal time policy. Thank God I have a sister and a cousin who's so creative and made a promise to help me out on this... =)

For the invites?!? Well, thanks to FB...haha! but then of course it's another DIY project of my ate since we have no time to have this done by a pro and we don't have enough time to distribute them. =( The layout of my son's tarp and thank you card was also created by my ate. Hmmm... everything is musical-inspired. I soooo love it! xoxo