Jai's first Text Message

Its been quite a while since the last entry. Its not that the kids never made any improvement or milestone. Its just that I've been very busy these past few weeks. First, i've been quite immersed with work, tutorials and kdrama. Yes, im guilty. I havent spent much time with the kids.

So Jai has learned something new. Texting. Grabe at 4, he already knows how to texf. It was yesterday, i was at starbucks with my ex-coworkers, Jai started texting me. Just wanted to share to everyone this moments. Super funny:

Love mom i phone !

Give me mp3 i lost my old mp3

Wall -e dvds for jai and mamu

Then I told Jai I'm with his ninang cath. Here is what he texted:

Let me bro your battry ningninang cat

Sadly i dont do not have coins battry pay $ 100000000000

BUT I DONT WORKING

Later, I learned that he's asking ninang cath for batteries for his old mp3. Hehe...

And while writing this blog, Jai told me: 'mom that's what i texted while waiting for you'

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Amazing Jairus

Waaah! Pahabol lang...

While watching tv and jai on the PC, just caught this very amazing moment for Jai. At four years old, he can type words already!!! (ebidensya lang po sa mga skeptics) 

Jai: mommy please type angry birds game on the browser 

(ako ay busy busyhan s panonood ng my gf is a gumiho. Syempre korean kelangan full attention sa subtitle)

Mom: nak, if you cant do it then dont play it. Im watching dvd. Later na lang ok?! 

Jai: ok mom 

(himala di nagtantrums) 

Then this.... Creepy ang anak ko!!! (sorry medyo malabo. nagmamadali ako kasi na ma video. sa bandang dulo look at the top and see what he typed)

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The Hopscotch

I meet up with my friend Ayi and my pretty baby Shiri (Ayi's daughter) at Mcdo. I just loved this mother and daughter so much. Just after we meet, Jai asked me if he could buy a watercolor so we went to Mega (a store in Sta. Cruz). Since the store is just near Mc Donalds and to exercise Jai's legs, we decided to walk.

While we are walking, I noticed that Jai is jumping often. So here is our exact conversation:

Mom: Jai why are you jumping? I am having a hard time walking.

Jai: I cant step on the line (pointing at the road).

Mom: Why anak?

Jai: Because I am pretending to play hopscotch.

(So eto nanaman kami... hindi ko nanaman alam yang hopscotch na yan!)

Mom: (maang maangan...) Ah... so you are playing hopscotch. thats nice anak. I think I forgot how to play hopscotch. Can you teach me again?

Jai: First, you draw rectangles with numbers. Then you get a stone, throw it in the number, and then you hop with one foot.

Mom: Ahhh 

Piko lang pala pinahirapan pa ako! Sorry naman, mahirap lang kami nung bata kaya hindi ko alam ang hopscotch.

Wikipedia: To play hopscotch, a course is first laid out on the ground. Depending on the available surface, the course is either scratched out in dirt, or drawn with chalk on pavement. Designs vary, but the course is usually composed of a series of linear squares interspersed with blocks of two lateral squares. Traditionally the course ends with a "safe" or "home" base in which the player may turn before completing the reverse trip. The home base may be a square, a rectangle, or a semicircle. The squares are then numbered in the sequence in which they are to be hopped.

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Mommy's Day

Today will be my day. Mom's day. My boss asked us what will we do today.  I really thought about it but I couldnt think of anything. So I jokingly say, 'Maghahanap ng babati sa akin'. Infact, I really never thought about it at all until that question came up. I even scheduled a shopping date with Khol and Cata today since I really forgot that its mothers day.

As posted in my wall: Your struggles & victories give others the courage to win their own battles. Don't hide them. This goes to all the single moms for they have been both a mom and a dad to their kids. Being a mom is hard enough, what more be a dad also at the same time. I salute you! All praises to the moms who give their 200% just to raise the future citizens of the world.

I cant help it, but i get sentimental since this will be my first of many mothers day that i'll be a single mom. Dont get me wrong. I am not at all bitter. If you would ask me now, im not really mad at him. I just love him that much that seeing him happy makes me contented. But my feeling as an abandoned wife is different from my feelings as a mom who sees her kids get their little hearts broken. And sometimes I really get frustrated at how little time he spends with the kids. And how he never even bothered to check whats happening to them.

Anyway, i thought this would just be another normal day but kuyakoy surprised me and it really meant a lot to me. All his effort on making something just to make me happy. My heart leaped in joy and excitement. It turned out that this is not just any other day. Today is mothers day. I am really overwhelmed by the thoughtfulness of the inakay.




The rose. Just like a shy suitor, Jai gave me the rose. Although this came from his school, the mere fact that he never let anyone touch it besides me is really heartwarming.










The card. This is also from his school activity. Sweetness!!!






Not your ordinary popsicle stick. He made an effort to write this kind words. Jai hates to write but he makes this occassion an exemption. And take note, nobody dictated him on what to write.. He doesn't copy it from anything. He just wrote it. So this one made me cry because I know and feel the sincerity in those words. Im really touched.

So this day, although spent as a single mom, im not really sad at all. Infact I am so happy and fulfilled that I am appreciated by my kid despite of me.

Quotable quotes? Ofcourse meron:

Jai: mommy happy mothers day. I really love you
Me: thank you anak. (kissed him)
Jai: mommy dont be sad, when I grow up im gonna marry you.
Me: hahahaha, anak you cant marry me. Just go get a nice girl and marry her.
Jai: ok, but i will never leave you.
Me: thank you anak.

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Me: Jai greet mamu happy mothers day
(ang tagal, nagiisip)
Jai: but i cant greet mamu. She is not my mommy. You are my mommy.
Me: but mamu is also a mom. She is my mommy.
Jai: ok. Happy yaya's day mamu.
wapak!
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Nate the Strong One

All the past blog is all about kuyakoy. Kawawa naman si bunsukoy. Dont take it wrong. Its not that Nate doesnt have something to showcase or I favored Jai over Nate, but the Kuya has smart ability that I have to document it all. So Bunsukoy, its your time to shine.

Jonas Nathanael. The name evolved from Jediael Zibeon to Jared Zibeon to Jared Nathanael and finally the current name. The name evolved so much due to the different situations im in while pregnant. It is the worst. We call them 'baby nate' bec as per Ninang Kholeen and Ninong Mark, i am just like Kris Aquino and his dad, James Yap (so similar... Both from Negros and loves to party). We also call him Nik Nik. Wala lang. Hehe...

I discovered that I am pregnant the day that we went home from Boracay. Imagine how many frozen margs, tequila and other liquor that I drank while at Boracay.

Next struggle of this baby, i had internal bleeding that I had to be in bed rest for a month. The dad did not like the situation, forcing me to stay in Calamba so that I could serve him, clean and cook for him. Then a week after I got hospitalized due to frequent throwing up. I couldnt even drink water. Nate's dad, i remembered was still mad at me for not staying at calamba. He went there every night.

Then came tuesday before my birthday. I was 6 months pregnant. A big fight happened. A fight that started it all. For two months I endured being trashed upon. The dad never fetch me at the office. Lets me clean the house, the bathroom, and organizing things at home while he's out with his current girl friend. Nate also endured it all. All the crying, the suffering. And yes, Nate heard it all. The screaming his daddy did while i was scared as hell. Crying in the middle of the night. And in addition to that the moment his dad told me that the kids doesnt need the whole family to be complete, Nate was there. In the lonliest time of my life, baby Nate is silently observing in my tummy. He's the only one with me during those times. And with that I call him the 'Strong One'. My dove, my gift from God, That's the real reason why I picked Jonas as a name. Although his dad didnt approved of it, i pushed thru since the name really is meaningful to me.

I remembred the first time I saw Nate in the operating room. He is so cute and healthy. At that point I already knew he would be the stronger one. Then we were told that he had an infection so they had to put heplock on him. He never even bothered. Newborn screen, as compared to Jai he just cried a bit and sleep afterwards. I never heard Nate complained.

As he was growing old, we never had a hard time taking care of him. He always smiles. He sleeps alone at night. He only cries when he is hungry. He knows when im sad and he never bothered me. You can leave him in the bed and he will play alone. Crawl. Roll around. That's how my bunsukoy is.

Im really proud of him. Eventhough he will never have an experience of a whole family, and never really had a dad around from the time of birth, between the two, i am quite sure that Nate can endure it all because he is my wonder kid. The one that at this age I can forsee will become more mature. I just hope that he can endure everything in life just as he endured all the stress given to him by his parents. Again im proud of this fighter. Aja baby Nate!

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Blast from the Past

I just remembered while im on my way to work. I havent included this in Jai's profile here. So here's the story...

I have been very fond of baby nate this past few weeks because he started tp communicate. He smiled a lot. He's always making sounds with different pitch. He shouts whenever he wanted attention. He's very cute and lively baby. He also started to crawl. And boy he crawls so fast. Although he cant sit still for a very long time, he prefers standing up. He always giggles when he saw us specially kuya jai.

Thinking back, when did jai started "cooing" or humming sound? I thought for a while and i suddenly remembered the day that Jai started communicating. What do you think? How old is Jai when he started making sound? He is TWO DAYS OLD. Yes. Two days.

It was during his new born screening. My dad is the one who is with me at the hospital when the nurse came. Then at a blink of an eye dad disappeared. So i had to call my mom. It was a very painful moment for a first time mom. I can still remember how hard and how loud Jai cried that day. I cant help but cry. After that, papu suddenly appeared in the room munching corn. He went directly to Jai and this is what he says:

Papu: Jai, masakit ba?
Jai replied...
Jai: agooo... Agooo.... ( with the face of a little baby making sumbong to his papu)
Papu with a surprised sxpression: o cge sumbong ka kay Papu.

Thinking back, i shouldve kmown back then that Jai is already special. I am still trying to recall other milestone that Jai had and document it. Kuya at 2 days showed that he is not your ordinary kid.

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