Little Lady Mom

My friends surprised me with a baby shower last Saturday.  I had no intentions of throwing one though I wanted to.  Froggy and I are saving up so a baby shower seemed like a frivolous idea.  I guess one of the sweetest surprises you can get is when your friends decide to throw you a baby shower =) My oldest friend whom I've known for half my life or more planned it all and orchestrated to have everyone show up at Mary Grace in Alabang Town Center.  She shopped for gifts on her own too!  Everything was in a soft yellow which I love.  Plus its gender safe since we still don't know whether we're having a mini-Raymond or a mini-Niki. We snapped pictures, tore open presents and tinkered with all the adorable baby stuff over pasta, hot chocolate and a variety of cakes that will surely be converted into cellulite.  There are a lot of ways to throw a baby shower, I've seen some friends host it at a spa, in their homes over tea and cupcakes, over...

At 6 or 7 months prego I was bit by the nesting bug and started to panic and get giddy over getting things for my little one.  My mom has this thing about getting baby stuff before the baby is born.  I'm not sure if this is out of superstition or if she just wants to stop me from overshopping and running out of baby-delivery money.  In any case, this, along with some practical resistance on Froggy's (my husband) part has probably saved me from being buried in debt.  Anyway, this baby's going to be born on a budget since he or she was a bit of a surprise so I have to shop smart.  I started hunting for a crib with no real idea on how to go about it.  I read up online and took a look at the available options in the market.  I went to Binondo (don't bother they don't have so much), looked online (for hours and hours) and scoured the malls (Baby Company still comes out on top).  I eventually found a playpen I loved at HMR along SLEX.  It got it ...

I'm going to be a mom.  Its like someone hit me with something on the head.. or has been hitting me for the past seven months, and hitting just a bit harder as we go along. I never really thought about being a mom until it was an inevitable round reality staring me in the face.  Don't get me wrong, I'm excited, thankful, anxious, giddy.. all the things expectant moms are.  However, there's so much to learn!  There's so much to plan and think about just for this special little person coming into our lives. So here's what I've learned so far: Useful Apps: I use my phone a lot.  Its my alarm clock, music player, entertainment center, camera, gallery, storage device.. oh and it makes calls too. I'm Expecting - This app updates you on the bodily changes you go through as well as the baby's development week by week.  It also has a weight tracker to tell you if you're gaining too much or not enough.  Of course, nothing beats asking the doctor ab...