christina angeli 🌺

So what they say is true na When your child is unusually silent, he is up to something! Trystyn is usually "kiat" and noisy but he was unusually silent and behaved in bed..until i realized he had scooped out ALL of my newly bought night moisturizer (and mind you moisturizers are not cheap) and lathered them on his legs (we put lotion on him everyday so I guess that's why he put them on his legs) and the rest on his ukulele!!! And when I caught him ( I guess he was a bit surprised with my slightly elevated voice), he cried. 😅 Hay, Trystyn, if you only know how much an Olay Night cream costs! Tsk! . And every time i talk to him about it with a slightly high tone, he would immediately latch on my booby so I won't reprimand him. Hahaha. Such a wise and cheeky boy. Ng anti aging na daan imo legs, dong na 1 year old paka 😫

My love,  You were supposed to come out on july 30 of last year..but because   it was seen during my regular ultrasound that my bag of water was dangerously low we had to rush to the hospital to make sure everything would be ok ..my body was not yet ready for you to get out so they had to hasten my contractions... After more than 24 hours, at 7:40pm last year, I first saw you.. When you came out , i heard you cry hard and then the doctor said that despite you being short of 36 weeks, you had a very strong cry. ❤️ I remember reaching out for you the moment you were out and the happiness that enveloped me when you were finally put on top of me that I could not help but cry. Oh, how I wish your dad was able to bring a camera that time and captured our first moment together. And now you are a year old! Oh how time flies! You were still so fragile then, now you've grown to be a tall, strong, heavy and a very smart boy. I love you so much, anak! I know you won't remember the party ...

 This summer had been full-packed and fun-packed! Our little dude had 6 summer outings and a lot of firsts just for this summer. He had his first train ride in March! He rode it in Ayala with Daddy, Ate Zoe and Ate Nana (who claimed she took a perfect shot of Trystyn.lol)  He also had his first ever boat ride! We rode a barge from Cebu to Bohol with Lola Babie, Lola Ceding, Lolo Dad, Lola Igling, Daddy Nic, Mommy Tet, Mommy Yo, Ate Zoe and Ate Nana.  Boat ride with Lola Ceding His first of summer was in the beautiful island of Bohol and he saw the Chocolate Hills and swam in Bohol's pristine white beach! Hello, Bohol! He also turned 9 months in Bohol and celebrated by hearing mass in one of Bohol's old churches and swimming in the beach for hours!  I turned 9 months old today! The lil dude's 2nd of summer was in Cebu Safari in Catmon, Cebu with the Abellana family and Lola Babie. He saw giraffes, a tiger, a jaguar, and so many others. His favorite were the birds in t...

I left the house early today when Trystyn was still asleep.  I was also so busy yesterday that i was hardly able to play with him.  When i got home at around 6pm today, he was outside. Everytime i come home he gets all excited when i roll down the car window and he could not wait for me to carry him.. But today, no matter how i called him, he wouldn't look at me even when my face was centimeters from him.  Nangluod ang baby. 😢 I was so affected that I cried while bathing. Good thing after quite some time, he finally "forgave" (lol) me and became clingy again. Dong, sometimes (most of the time) mom's busy but I hope one day you'd understand that everything mommy does is for you my son..so ayaw na pangluod hah? Hehe. i love you trystyn..so much!

  For years, during mother's day, i always prayed that the next year i'd finally get to be greeted "happy mother's day!". For years, i cried. But now i have you Trystyn Thaddeus, the all knowing God finally answered my relentless prayers, and though i gave up so many things because of you (my body, my space, my time, sleep), and though at times (oh ok almost every time ) i get so exhausted, i would never have it any other way. You are my answered prayer, my new found happiness, my extra reason to become a better version of me. It is an honor to be your mother. I love you. And finally happy mother's day to me!

Today, I left the house a few minutes after 8am when T just woke up and got back home a few minutes before 8pm when T was about to sleep because i had loads of things to do. When i was nursing T to sleep earlier this evening, he kept on sitting up, as if still wanting to play (even when he looked so sleepy)... suddenly, my tears unabashedly streamed down my face. I couldn't help it. I was EXHAUSTED AF, i'm feeling like cough and colds are just around the corner and I just wanted to rest so badly.  And then i continued to cry coz i resented the fact that i was not able to spend as much time with him today because i had so many things to do  And then i cried coz i felt guilty that i should be glad that he still wants play but then all i badly wanted was to rest.   But though i just wanted to snooze i also could not help but want to play a while with him (which i did) Waaa!! So many mixed emotions! But as i lovingly stared at him now, sleeping on my arm and still latching o...

Since finally latching on me, we have finally let go of the formula. And since I had to work and be away from the lil dude for most part of the day, I had to pump milk every two hours, wherever I would be, so I can sustain the breastmilk feeding. Since I was not blessed with lots of milk, I did not have a frozen milk stash. Well I used to, but with how much Trystyn is taking in a day, the stash vanished! So all I did was pump just enough to sustain his consumption for the next day or 2. I was an "enougher". I know there is no such term (lol) but I used it to mean that I only had enough milk to feed him the next day unlike other moms who need not worry whether they can pump enough to feed their bubbas. Truth be told, giving Trystyn breastmilk is no easy feat. Aside from the fact that I'm still huge ( yes huge!!!), dieting and exercise (as if i have the time to exercise with my schedule) make my supply low, i had to take a lot of galactagogues so i can sustain my milk and ...