Time For An Update!

Hello everybody! I hope 2020 is treating you well.

As for me, Yes! I am so grateful for another fruitful year and time to spend with my family, friends and loved ones. There may be rough times but it's alright. What matters is I/we are given another chance to make everything perfect and live HAPPY! :)

So where do I begin my update? hmm.. Ok, September of 2019..

SEPTEMBER 2019

My daughter, Saoirse turned two years old. Yup! #terribletwo. And im telling you, this one is super different from my first born when she was at her age. Although Shiloh was as handful as Saoirse, with Shiloh, she loves to have her "me time". And this means her screen time. You can just leave her in her high chair and she will have a great time with Barney for the rest of her screen time. But with Saoirse, she is very outgoing. She would always loves to ruuuuuuuuun, jump, dance and sing and also screen time with Cocomelon and Mother Goose Club only when she wakes up from nap but other than that, she wouldn't mind if her sister carries the ipad all the time. She loves to play with the toys and that is why our playroom is always a mess. But anyhow, it is what it is and I am loving the fact that eventhough I was so busy studying during these months, she was able to learn her ABCs, 123s, Colors and Shapes (in progress) :)..

As for her birthday celebration, we just had a family dinner here at home w/ my siblings-in-law and as a tradition, I made her a lemonade themed DIY photosession :)

OCTOBER 2019

Trick Or Treat!

Saoirse as Betty Rubble of the Flinstones

Shiloh as Princess Poppy of Trolls

Off course this has to be DIY! lol.. Unfortunately I was only able to make a tutorial video for Betty Rubble's kid's costume.

And I did a short vlog of Shiloh's Halloween Party at the preschool

 

NOVEMBER 2019

We were in Las Vegas for 10days because I had to attend a very important event and good thing my husband was granted a vacation that long and I dont have to be there alone lol!. We stayed at Club De Soleil where my childhood friend works (off course I have to use my connections hahaha!!) and my hubby and kids were able to go into places while I was at the event.

DECEMBER 2019

Disneyland Time again!

This is our first time to visit Disneyland in December because I wanted to see the Christmas Decorations and to feel the Christmas Spirit and we enjoyed our visit and this time, we got a one day park hopper ticket so we were able to visit the California Adventure for the first time. And not only that, the highlight of our visit was when my sister and her kids from Virginia met up and surprised me! After being unable to see each other for 14years :( .. I know they are in LA that time for a vacation too and we set a meeting already on that weekend and I didn't know that they had plans to go to CA Adventure too :) so that was the bestest day ever!!.. BTW, here's my Downtown Disney and Disneyland/CA Adventure vlog.

Happy One Year to us, Newman Ca!

Yay! time flies really fast. It was a year ago when we got to move in to our new home sweet home here in Newman from Lathrop. It was roughly around 45mins away. We are enjoying our stay here and my husband said that he can see himself retiring here. lol! goodbye Hawaiian dream! :) haha.

We so love the neighborhood because we feel safe. We do neighborhood watching here and we lived in a nearby school, church, fire and police station. Major stores and hospitals could have been quite a travel but it was not so bad at all. I know someday they will put up some here. We enjoy the authentic Mexican treats at the downtown and its pretty safe to take late afternoon walks because the streets are well lighted and police cars are patrolling from time to time around the area. There are many park and playgrounds for kids and Newman has a lot of active organizations which they welcome everyone to join. So far we got a lot of Filipino friends we met at church and we enjoy their company so much.

We will never forget how blessed we are in having such a sweet home and we promised that we will continue to make more memories in it. We can't wait for that as our little one will soon be with us and be officially a family of four :)

For the first time after a long time!

Ola kumusta?:) it's been a while since my last post. I am currently 13weeks and 6days pregnant  and I have been veeeeery lazy on my first trimester. Too busy that I couldn't find time to update this blog. I was so lazy to work online too (good thing one of my contract with my client ended last January) so I had a plenty of time chillin' at home.  However, in-spite of being lazy, I was busy decorating my daughter's playroom.  Yes! its like thats the only task I wanted to spend time with lol!,, I had a lot of energy going on a Dollar Store trips for some fancy decorations and all that stuff. I had it with a School Themed Playroom so that her learning wouldn't stop during playtime and im glad she is having a good time eventhough she plays alone most of the time. (don't worry baby, im still baking your playmate in my tummy-oven) I will have a playroom tour video once it's 100% done.

So what's up with everyone? My family was on a couple of trips this past months.  We were in Lats Vegas last Mar.2-4,2017 for my Hubby's 9th Annual GI Conference and it was held at Aria hotel where we also stayed. It was a staycation for me and Shiloh while Hubby is in the conference.  It was too warm and sunny in Vegas to walk in the strip in the afternoon but I must admit that I miss this kind of weather. I was able to wear shorts, dress and  light clothing since it was always chilly and raining here in Newman since December 2016. Then after Vegas, we went straight to my relative in San Diego and stayed for a night.  We got to see my Nana and Tita back from the Philippines and also went shopping at the US-Mex Border Outlet.  I'll post pictures soon. (see, im still lazy hahaha!! but those are already posted on my FB account though)

After the Vegas trip, here comes our Monterey Bay Aquarium Tour (Mar. 14-15, 2017) in celebration of my Hubby's Birthday.  Our little Diva had fun of course especially when we took her at the beach for the first time then hung out at the Lodge's Pool. Then got back the next day after lunch because no one is watching after our dog so we really have to be back asap to feed her.

Few minutes after resting from our trip, my Hubby emailed me another reservation.  And now its for a hotel in LA because we are planning to go to Disneyland with my Sister-in-law's family on their kid's Spring Break.. And im like waaaah!! trip again!.. We never really went on vacation lastyear since we spent time and money lol! on getting a house so we are making up for those times that we aren't in a vacation but its all worth it.  Me and my husband are always on the go and we love long walks and long drive.  Sometimes I forget that I am pregnant hahaha!!.. Btw here's a video from our Monterey Bay Aquarium Trip.  Sorry im not good with video editing :(

Monterey Bay Aquarium Tour

But this time, I can say that I am back on track since I got a contract renewed from that previous client so I will be busy and facing my laptop most of the time and my 2nd trimester is not so heavy anymore. I can feel a lot of positive vibes and energy this time :).. Im just grateful and thankful to God that all of my prenatal checkups are ok and all prenatal tests and screenings are all good. I just hope and pray to God to have a healthy pregnancy and baby and also to stay in shape all through the days of our lives :).. 

Ok I guess this is all for now.  I'll see you guys on my next post.

Much Love,
Anne

Hello 2017!

Our New Year's celebration was pretty simple yet so special. It was just my MIL, FIL, BIL, hubby and my baby. Since my MIL did the cooking last Christmas, I told her that we can take care of the dinner tonight. However, she did the empanada which was so tasty that we couldn't stop ourselves from grabbing a bite once its out from the oven. I will surely ask for her recipe.

Btw, we had my sweet style meatball spaghetti, lumpia, fruit salad and hubby baked some turkey.

And since In-laws couldn't stay up late at night, we had the Media Noche at 10pm and Hubby and I stayed up till 12am.. 010117 . When the time ticked at 12mn, there was some fireworks in our neighborhood that lasted for about 5mins. That made me miss how festive the Filipinos celebrate NYE.

So there you go guys, New Year, New Opportunities -- Better Life. Do you have a New Year's Resolution? I would love to see it in my comment box below. 

Have a Prosperous New Year Everyone!

Wishing everyone a Joyous Christmas and Prosperous New Year!

From: Vince, Anne and Shiloh