Yehey! Lia is one!
On one hand, it seems like the last year just flew by. On the other, all I can do is breathe a sigh of relief. Finally! It's over. All that shopping, searching in vain for slipper-themed party stuff, and paper cutting and taping and loot bags and going all over the city to order the cake and the flowers and racking my brains for slipper-themed games (half of which we didn't play anymore) it's all over. And it was a success, if I do say so myself.
My only failing, I think, is I underestimated the number of people who would actually come. Some confirmed but backed out the last minute. I expected that. What I didn't expect was people who did not confirm but came in the last minute. Whew. We soon ran out of tables and food. Good thing Mike and my mother-in-law took it upon themselves to rectify the matter while I was busy holding games for everyone. Note to self: Musical chairs, in whatever form, is not really a good game. Cause the kids feel bad when they get outed. Good thing I had enough prizes to give EVERYONE! I went crazy in Divisoria because all my prizes were less than P30 each. There was plenty for everyone to take home. So happy. Happy birthday Lia. :)
My brother Norman asked if I will do this for the next child too. I don't know. Maybe I'll hire a clown to do everything for me. Maybe. Maybe by then, I'll have missed the creative process of making slipper-shaped buntings and I'll set myself up for a more elaborate theme. Maybe. We don't know. There's no next kid yet pa naman. We'll tackle that question when the time comes.
But finally, finally, Lia is one. Why finally? Because this is a deadline I set for myself. That I would clear out the crib from our bedroom (check), clean up Lia's storage room (check), write that late Month 12 letter (check), AND when I stopped working, I said that I would go back to work as soon as I've put my daughter's first birthday behind me. And here it is. Time to go back to the land of the living. We had Angie and Jan over for Valentines dinner, and the subject of me finding a new job came up. Why do I need to go back to work daw? Because my conversation has been degenerating over the last year. All I can talk about at the end of the day is what new thing Lia did, and the latest showbiz gossip from E News (6 men are already claiming to be Anna Nicole's baby daddy! Hello! I know this crap!). NOT GOOD. Anyway, I was able to do what I set out to do. I took care of Lia, I taught her to sign, I painted. A lot. And am still painting. And can continue to paint as I look for work and do it. It's time to update my resume and dig up job openings.
Anyone out there heard of anything? Anything in civil society or NGO. Anything in Development, as long as it's not working directly under my husband. Hehe.
Another deadline I set for myself, is when Lia turns one, I will make her sleep in her room na, so that Mike and I can reclaim our bedroom. This leads to the other deadline, that when Lia is one year old, Mike and I can try for our next baby. Of course, that's my timeline. Mike is working on a different one, wherein the next baby will come after Lia is three. Whom do you think will win? In any case, I haven't yet transitioned Lia to her own room because I'm thinking, of the three of us, Mike, Jenny, and me, I'm the only one who doesn't have to wake up early to work all day. So I'm thinking, I should be the one waking up in the middle of the night to cater to the needs of the Center of the Universe. Cause when she starts sleeping in her room with Yaya Jenny, Yaya Jenny will be up all night until she learns to sleep through the night. How will our laundry ever get done? So. New deadline. Lia starts sleeping in her own room when I get a job. That should be enough incentive for me to go out out and look for one.
Oh! And pictures of Lia's party are here. Thanks Tito Jerry for taking most of the pictures. ;)
My only failing, I think, is I underestimated the number of people who would actually come. Some confirmed but backed out the last minute. I expected that. What I didn't expect was people who did not confirm but came in the last minute. Whew. We soon ran out of tables and food. Good thing Mike and my mother-in-law took it upon themselves to rectify the matter while I was busy holding games for everyone. Note to self: Musical chairs, in whatever form, is not really a good game. Cause the kids feel bad when they get outed. Good thing I had enough prizes to give EVERYONE! I went crazy in Divisoria because all my prizes were less than P30 each. There was plenty for everyone to take home. So happy. Happy birthday Lia. :)
My brother Norman asked if I will do this for the next child too. I don't know. Maybe I'll hire a clown to do everything for me. Maybe. Maybe by then, I'll have missed the creative process of making slipper-shaped buntings and I'll set myself up for a more elaborate theme. Maybe. We don't know. There's no next kid yet pa naman. We'll tackle that question when the time comes.
But finally, finally, Lia is one. Why finally? Because this is a deadline I set for myself. That I would clear out the crib from our bedroom (check), clean up Lia's storage room (check), write that late Month 12 letter (check), AND when I stopped working, I said that I would go back to work as soon as I've put my daughter's first birthday behind me. And here it is. Time to go back to the land of the living. We had Angie and Jan over for Valentines dinner, and the subject of me finding a new job came up. Why do I need to go back to work daw? Because my conversation has been degenerating over the last year. All I can talk about at the end of the day is what new thing Lia did, and the latest showbiz gossip from E News (6 men are already claiming to be Anna Nicole's baby daddy! Hello! I know this crap!). NOT GOOD. Anyway, I was able to do what I set out to do. I took care of Lia, I taught her to sign, I painted. A lot. And am still painting. And can continue to paint as I look for work and do it. It's time to update my resume and dig up job openings.
Anyone out there heard of anything? Anything in civil society or NGO. Anything in Development, as long as it's not working directly under my husband. Hehe.
Another deadline I set for myself, is when Lia turns one, I will make her sleep in her room na, so that Mike and I can reclaim our bedroom. This leads to the other deadline, that when Lia is one year old, Mike and I can try for our next baby. Of course, that's my timeline. Mike is working on a different one, wherein the next baby will come after Lia is three. Whom do you think will win? In any case, I haven't yet transitioned Lia to her own room because I'm thinking, of the three of us, Mike, Jenny, and me, I'm the only one who doesn't have to wake up early to work all day. So I'm thinking, I should be the one waking up in the middle of the night to cater to the needs of the Center of the Universe. Cause when she starts sleeping in her room with Yaya Jenny, Yaya Jenny will be up all night until she learns to sleep through the night. How will our laundry ever get done? So. New deadline. Lia starts sleeping in her own room when I get a job. That should be enough incentive for me to go out out and look for one.
Oh! And pictures of Lia's party are here. Thanks Tito Jerry for taking most of the pictures. ;)