Hi folks, how's your December? Few days from now and it's gonna be already Christmas. We have a lot of activities lined up in the coming days. We'll have an institutional party on the 17th and thankfully, that would be the end of work for this year and it's gonna be a Christmas vacation already.
December 17 is also the last day of my school for the first term. I want to finish all my requirements before I go vacation so that I don't have to deal with it once I'll go back.
We are scheduled to have a party also on the 18th and it's gonna be a beach party. We'll bring with us our little Keona. She is already very excited and been talking about it most of the time:).
Baby Frezel Anne is the newest addition to the family. She is the daughter of my BIL Siegfred and was born the same date with Keona.
Last Saturday was her Dedication.We went to Greenhills Buffet to witness the ceremony and had a lunch there as well. Keona and her cousin Mica were having a great time playing at the venue of the dedication.
When it was finished, we headed to Gmall and had a family picture. The problem though was, Mica had already having tantrums because she was already very sleepy. When we were going home, Keona and Mica were already in their dreamland.
Today is 11-11-11. Wow, this happens only once in a blue moon and I'm happy I'm alive and well experiencing this day. hahaha. Some people believe that this day is a lucky day. Others believe it is unlucky and associate it with the Apocalypse. Whatever it is, I just hold on to my faith and leave everything to God:).
On the other hand, my little girl is bouncing healthy lately. She has recovered from her fever and cough and I'm very happy that her appetite is back. She now eats some rice and viand as long as she wants it. She also drinks a lot of milk now which is why she doesn't look very thin anymore.
She is also establishing her sleep routine nowadays. When we say sleeping time, she turns off the TV and DVD and ask hubby to turn on the music which we play while she's asleep.
That's all for now folks, have a great day everyone:).
Keona's fever is gone today but I really fervently pray it will not go back because if it will, she will have to undergo x-ray and it could mean inject-able antibiotic will be administered to her if infection persist in spite of the oral antibiotic she's taking now.
We will be monitoring her the whole day and hopefully she'll be in full shape when her birthday comes, that's 2 days from now.
On another note, I'm hoping I'll be able to finish all the reports I need to accomplish at work. I'm planning to have a project which I'm gonna work soon and I hope it will be a success.
When hubby and I arrived from work yesterday. Keona was still asleep in MIL's room. When she woke up, she looks tired and cried. MIL told us that she thinks Keona is having a fever because her body temperature is unusually high. I put my hand on her forehead and neck and I feel she's having a fever so we got the thermometer and it's 37.8 degree celcius. She's having a fever indeed.
I was wondering how much is the dosage for her paracetamol syrup so I called up Doctor Mike, her pediatrician. It's 5ml every 4 hours for the tempra paracetamol for she's turning 3 years old already on the 29th. I bet she's having fever because she slept very late the other night, 2:00 o'clock in the morning and she doesn't eat much. So her immune system must be very weak. Last night she requested for her favorite french fries and hamburger so hubby bought for her.
I'm glad she's not having fever now and hope it will continue to be gone...
On another note, I am glad I don't have to report for work today because I'm supposed to go to school but since it's already semestral break, I'll just stay home. It's very timely because I can take care Keona.
This is an old photo taken during the Valentines Day 2010
Our little girl Keona loves to scan books. I bought her one set of Bible Story Books and she loves scanning the pages of it. Since she doesn't know how to read yet, I would tell her the story and she loves it very much.
She has this fondness of books and I like it a lot.
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Last Friday, one of our colleagues invited us for a lunch so we headed to Tita D's, a buffet restaurant here in the city. It's a lunch break so many diners are already there when we arrived. We took only very few photos because taking photos is actually forbidden and we just took photos of ourselves.
The array of foods serve on that day was delectable. I especially love the fish filllet, kinilaw, mussels and cassava cake for dessert.
In connection with MIL's birthday, we went to the Garden by the Bay Restaurant last Sunday for a lunch. Troy was with his little girl Mica. My SIL who is 8-month preggy was with us as well.
After our hearty lunch, little Keona and hubby was having fun at the pool. All of us are having a good time. I was very thankful also for the oppurtunity of chit-chatting with my SIL. We rarely have time to talk because I am busy with work and whenever I'm home, my attention is on Keona.
Today is MIL's birthday. I greeted her already with a kiss early in the morning. She has been a great MIL. To my MIL, I always wish you good health, more blessings, and I hope God will grant your heart's desire.
Keona has been sneezing often lately. I noticed that she keeps on scratching her nose and she has cold. I have been medicating her with Disudrin. Hopefully, it will not go full-blown.
I don't feel good as well because I'm having dysmenorrhea. It's really tiring doing things at work but I have to. I hope everything's going back to normal and that little girl will recover soon. Have a great midweek friends:).
Today is my birthday. I'm very happy to have been blessed with the gift of life and a loving family. We have a simple celebration at the office. I just bought roasted chicken, bulalo and pancit bihon for our lunch and mangoes as a fruit dessert.
At home, me and hubby bought roasted chicken too, pork liempo, pancit from Shanghai restaurant. MIL bought an ice cream for me. We eat together at dinner. I'm really contented with my life and all I wish for my birthday is good health for me and the whole family, inner peace and harmonious environment.
Thanks to all who greeted me via FB and those who sent me text messages and phone call. I really appreciate the effort and the greetings.
Last Sunday, the three of us went to People's Park and had a stroll. Little girl had a blast. She enjoyed so much. We spend a considerable time at the children park because it is there that she wants to stay longer.
This is a photo of Keona in one of our visits in the play area in the mall. Here, she found a new friend for herself and they play together. I exposed her to many children whenever we get out from the house so that she'll know how to deal with them. She's the only little one at home and she's not used to be in the company with other children. We plan to enroll her in a playschool next year to associate herself with more children.
Last weekend, we had a lunch at the Garden by the Bay restaurant. After eating, hubby and Keona soaked in the pool. The two are having a good time while I was just watching them at the poolside taking photos.
Here's a photo of the two, obviously having fun.
I love those gorgeous smiles. Love yah. Have a great midweek friends:).
Yesterday, one of our house helpers went to their home so nobody does the laundry anymore. So to ease up MIL's work load, hubby and me decided to do laundry of our clothes and office uniforms during the evening, after our work.
Last night, the three of us - me, hubby, and Keona did the laundry and at the same time, had our evening bath. While me and hubby were busy doing the laundry, our little girl had also fun playing on the water, chasing all the bubbles she can get out of the laundry. Our household chores may have been added during the evening but it's also a great time for us to bond together since we don't have time to be with each other during morning because we always rush going to work. So our laundry time in the evening becomes our bonding time. I love it because we really do have fun:).
Holidays and not reporting for work are one of the greatest joys of working mothers like me. Monday and Tuesday here in the Philippines is a non-working holiday. Monday is a commemoration of the National Heroes Day and Tuesday is the end of Ramadan.
Me and hubby have plenty of time to spend with our little one. We just stay home and we stock already foods to munch while we stay home longer.
On the other hand, I need to answer the part 3 of my final exams of my second term subject in my masters studies. I hope I can answer it excellently.
That's it for now folks. Have a great start of the week. Enjoy the holidays for those living in the Philippines:).
We call our little one expert in personal relations. She says hi and hello to whoever she encounters. In this photo, she approaches a pretty girl while leaving a restaurant when we eat out one weekend. Uncle Sieg got a photo of her together with the girl who ushers diners to their restaurant.
On another note, I'll have a restful week because work will start on Wednesday since we have no work on Monday and Tuesday. I love it to the max:).
Uncle Sieg took this photo of Keona while hubby is feeding her gulaman and sago at Hukad sa Cowrie Restaurant. I like this photo because the one being fed by hubby to her is colored red:). The photo also shows her opening her mouth wide and eating with gusto. When at home, I have a hard time feeding her because she's a picky eater.
Keona loves going out very much. Whenever she sees us or grannies changing clothes, she would rush up changing clothes as well and would accompany us wherever we go.
Here she is in her Sunday get up ready to go out.
I love seeing her wearing those red leggings.hehe. The upper one used to be a whole dress but she has grown up so we just paired it with the leggings.
As I have mentioned in my earlier post, Sieg and Ladz celebrated their 3rd wedding anniversary. We really had a great time and my little girl had so much fun.
Last night, while putting Keona to sleep, I run my fingers through her hair. That's what I usually do to help her sleep right away. But I noticed something on her head. There's something protruding so I turned on the light and checked it. Looks like a boil. So we brought her to the pediatrician today.
It turned out, it was an infection of the hair follicle. We also showed her burn from the iron on her arm. Doc Mike prescribed us with Fuskina ointment to be applied on affected area 2-3 times a day and an antibacterial medicine to prevent the infection from spreading. I just hope the infection will get away soon.
This photo of Keona was taken at PSM restaurant when we were having a dinner there. Hubby let her sit on the chair and asked her to smile. She flashed her fake smile. Obviously, she was just forced to do so:).
It's been quite long since hubby and me have brought Keona out for a stroll. We have been busy lately for some priorities and time adjustments and so last weekend, we decided to bond together with our little girl. We first had our lunch at Jollibee then off we went to SM City to witness the cyber expo there. Unfortunately, the crowd are so huge that we were not able to really get closer to the stage at the event center and so we just roam around the mall. Keona had fun playing on the toy car display and the salesperson assigned in the area was so kind to let Keona play with it. We then chose clothes for her and we were able to buy one.
On our way home, we dropped by a restaurant and eat there. It was not a peak hour so Keona was very carefree roaming around the place as if it's hers.hehehe
As I have mentioned in my earlier posts, I have been schooling this semester to pursue my graduate studies. We only get to meet 5 Saturdays with our professor and the last meeting we have was last Saturday since it's a trimester. Paperworks, reports and case analysis really made me busy plus taking care of Keona who is having cough.
I'm very happy that I'm done with my first subject but I'm bracing my self for the next one, Statistics. Dealing with numbers has been my waterloo ever since. So I'm gonna start reading about my incoming subject.
We were very happy playing with the shower last Saturday night. Keona was full of vigor playing with the water. When we were already settled and were about to sleep, I noticed that Keona's body temperature is unusually high. I got the thermometer and checked her body temp and indeed, I was right with my suspicion. She's having a mild fever, 37.5 degree celscius.
She was having cough as well which I suspect could be the cause of her mild fever. We brought her to Doctor Mike's clinic yesterday and she was in the mood. She said 'hi" to Doc Mike and she's very well behaved when her doctor checked her physically. She even played the toys in doc Mike's clinic.
Doc Mike prescribed her an antibiotic because she's having a lot of phlegm. I bought (Amoclav)-Co-amoxiclav and has to be taken 2x/day with a dosage of 3.5 ml. We have to let her take also Bricanyl expectorant with the dosage 3.5 ml, 3x a day. If there's fever, we just let her take Tempra paracetamol drops, 1.5 ml, every four hours.
I think the erratic weather and her being a late sleeper are the cause of these. I myself is having cough but not that really severe. I'm just taking Ascof (Lagundi) medicine so that I'll be cured. I hope everything will turn back to normal soon and my little girl will recover from her cough because she's having a hard time sleeping during the night.
I am really busy this past few days. I seldom have the time to blog and I dislike it. I miss visiting my fave blogs in the blogosphere. My time is occupied with work, taking care of my little sweetheart, schooling and a lot of reports and researches to do.
It's hard to go back to school when you are already getting old like me:).LOLz. But really, no pain, no gain. No guts, no glory. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish graduate school which is what I'm aiming now.
By the way, many thanks to my top EC droppers for the month of June. The numbers of drops are really huge and I'm impressed and at the same time humbled by it. I decided to change my linky love for my top droppers. To increase visibility and exposure, I place the links on my sidebar. Thanks once again and happy blogging:).
Yesterday, I was surprised that the green color of the PR add-on for my Mozilla Firefox is just small. I wondered if it was real so I refreshed the page of my travel blog Davao Delights but it is still PR 2. I checked on pr checker and it has indeed gone down from PR 3 to PR2. I then checked my other blogs and this blog has also gone down from PR4 to PR2. All of my blogs' page rank have gone down. A little sad but not really so much of a big deal:).
On another note, today is a non-working holiday for us in our company in connection with the celebration of the Saint Peter Feast. Hooray for that:). I have so many tasks in a row, process my papers and go to PRC for my professional license. Go the the laboratory and submit urine sample for Keona's urine CS. Do some groceries and buy Keona's milk and some of our personal needs.
Alright, need to go and be on the road for my tasks. Have a great day friends:).
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