Love the smell of the Ipanema and its more softer and comfortable than of Havainas.
Confetti Black Channel-like Shoes (From Mum & Dad)
I love the design, but Hermione seldom uses this.
Pitter Pat Shoes (From Mum & Dad)
This is 1 of 3 birthday shoes, one of her favorites explains the faded color.
Pitter Pat Shoes (From Mum & Dad)
I want a silver shoes for the little girl, but I can't find something nice, I just settled for this.
Crocs (From Mum & Dad)
Never worn this, still too big for her. Got this at 50% off during the Crocs Sale at ABS-CBN
Snoopy Shoes (From Tito Jommel)
Paired with Disney Princess Shoes (from Tita Rina) given during her 1st Birthday
I find it too girlish, but the little girl loves this, good for walking since it has rubber sole and anti-slippery too.
Nike Shoes (From Mum & Dad)
Its a personal pick by the little dalaga of ours, we were at Nike Park when she suddenly walk into the display counter and pick it, then went to Mommy to let her fit it, we ended up buying it. Its something that I would have chosen myself, Hermione is exhibiting one of my greatest traits - a good eye. This is her favorite.
Gap Spadrils (From Tita Shai)
This was a gift from mg good friend Shai. Never worn, still too big. So chic!
Havainas (From Ninang Abby)
She is currently strutting this, using it inside the house.
Mistique Gold Shes (From Mum & Dad)
Everybody has to own a gold shoes, right?
I love buying her shoes, but not the pricey one since our Little Miss is growing up fast and its not practical to buy expensive/branded shoes since she would outgrown it at no time. For as long as its comfortable.
Hermione usually receives cash gifts, what do we do? We put them in her bank account, its never too early to start saving for her education right? Then we match it and buy something nice for her to have.
The following are some of what we considered as "Best Buys" so far:
FISHER PRICE BOOSTER SEAT
Her daddy got this for her during his Singapore trip for 50% off, what a steal! She could stay here just sitting for hours tune in her favorite DVD CDs and this is the only place you'll find her during meal time,you see we don't allow running around while eating. She began to use this when she's barely 3 months old and up until now.
BABY EINSTEIN LIGHT & LAMP SOUND GYM
We got it form Toys R Us at Trinoma . Its quite expensive for a toy, but truly educational. She loves it until now. It does not consume much battery. Can be very entertaining.
WALKING WINGS
I love this! We got it from Rustan's Gateway Mall. A little pricey, but the best for its kind! Very helpful not only for a scoliotic mom like me but for the little one seeking independence. Although she was only able to use it for some time since she learned to walk fast. There are two color options, Pink and Blue. I wanted the Blue one, so baby#2 can also have it in the future but there was no available one during the time. This doubles as her harness now that she can run.
SAFETY 1ST PERFECT FIT GATE
Of course the safety of our child is our top most concern. Since Hermione can be very active, and freak accident do actually happen, we decided to get this. A little pricey but when you come to think of it, its very handy, can be easily transferred anywhere compared to the conventional one. When it comes to our child's safety, I think you would agree with me that - MONEY IS NEVER AN ISSUE.
I would like to share the best gifts to my little angel so far:
MADELINE BABY COUTURE DIAPER BAG
From my Stradcom friends during my baby shower the office peeps gave me. What I love about this bag is - its not the typical baby bag. Its chic, its hip - just like me hehe.
PIGEON STEAM STERILIZER
From my loving sister-in-law, Ate Lani. On my 5th month, my SIL took me on a shopping spree for her favorite niece. She bought me this sterilizer, which I love, because its easy to use, you could never go wrong. Also a dozen of 8oz. feeding bottles and the hardworking Breast Pump (another one of my favorites).
CAR SEAT
From again my loving sister-in-law, Ate Lani . The color though is a little different from the picture - Gray and Orange. We initially ordered them to buy this for us because its really hard to find cheap but high quality car seats here in the Philippines, it would usually cost you more than 10K to get a decent one. Upon bringing it home - she just told me that its a gift to Hermione. The baby did not use it until she's 1 year old, she's not happy with it, but things changed - now she loves sitting while daddy is driving.
COBY PORTABLE DVD PLAYER
From my loving brothers - Jerico and Jommel. Okay, okay - I forced them to buy this for the little girl hahaha. When there's an occassion, I would readily tell them what I want. Because there's a lot of duplicate gifts sitting in our garage and one way to avoid it is to say what the little princess really needs - of course I could only do that to my brothers hehe. And they don't mind at all, being spared from thinking.
DISNEY BABY PLAY PEN
From my friend Jane, she loved shopping for the baby when I was still preggy, everytime we meet, she will hand over gifts of all sort. She gave me this playpen,, Avent starter set, nail cutter, feeding bottles, nasal pump, sets of toothbrush - all from Pigeon and even maternity blouses.
DISNEY BABY STROLLER
From my college friends, they asked me what I want - I replied, a matching stroller would do. So nice of them to come all the way to our house to give me the stroller. True friendships. Although Hermione is not fond of stroller, I think Baby #2 would enjoy sitting on it.
You see, most of the things we needed for the bebe were given to us. I'm very fortunate that up until now, gifts of all sorts are continuously being showered to the Little Princess.
My little Hermione, is not so little anymore. She had grown fast. At 16 months:
- She can walk and very fast I say
- She loves throwing objects
- She's techie, loves playing with the laptop,digicam,iPod,cellphones
- She loves playing with the telephone as if she is speaking with someone on the other line
- She can eat on her own, but can be too messy
- She can drink from a cup, while walking
- She can reach for an object that she wants
- She ask for objects by giving the "gimme gimme" hand gesture
- Her favorite pastime is watching educational videos: Hi-5,Muzzy,Baby Einstein and others
- She now sleeps at 7PM
- Her nap time is in the morning
- She loves drinking fruit juices and her favorite snack is yogurt
- She loves yelling
All in all, she is a HAPPY BABY and I'm a very HAPPY MOMMY
It's 1AM and I'm still awake..on a home-office mode. I'm here in the room while waiting for updates from my team, my laptop literally on my lap while Mr.Buncs and Bechay are sleeping soundly in the bed with me.
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I cut Bechay's hair last Monday....a transformation began after giving her a very short "bangs", she doesn't look like a baby anymore - she's more of a toddler now, she's our little dalaga. Lately, she's been ignoring me a lot, maybe because she doesn't get to see me as often as her daddy, I think there are times that she loves her yaya more than me, and it saddens me, but what can I do?I chose to be a working mom and that's what I get. Maybe when she grows up she'll understand that mommy has to work but despite all the hours of being away from her, she will always be my priority. I love you Bechay.
I went to Rustan's at lunchtime, Hermione got a pair of Havainas for her birthday but its too small and I got to have it replace before the 7-day period lapse, so I went there and chose a size 22-23 - their biggest size, she has still 1 brand new pair, a bit size smaller, a size 21 I think and may be she'll be able to wear it by December with the rate her feet is growing...hay she's really big na...my little dalaga.
And look what I found?! Walking Wings, just what we needed and she loves it!
We are moving back to my in-laws house this weekend, this decision came as a result of long deliberation on what's the best for Bechay (finally I have a nickname for her). Fortunately, we were able to find a household help and a yaya this week that's why we can move based on our original schedule - thanks to the headhunter recommended by our officemate, so far...I have no doubt that everything is going to work fine...I mean, this whole transferring thing.
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Bechay has two teeth already, and her 1 of 2 front teeth is starting to show, she is getting cuter everyday and hyper than ever, she knows how to sit,crawl,roll over,say: mama,dada,aja-ja-ja,a-da-da-da,hinde and she even know how to sing =), she's really quite a chatter, her smile can always melt a heart of stone, overall - she is a happy baby. I love shopping for her, can you imagine she can fit nicely into a 2-year old size, she's tall for her age, that's what everybody says about her, she looks like her daddy and she is a daddy's girl.
I'm starting to plan for her birthday, I wanted to do this really the hard way...with me preparing down to the little details, afterall - I'm an event organizer and her 1st birthday is one important event...so I will find time to do it! As of now, I'm deliberating on where to hold it - in Marikina or in Cainta. Well...we will be visiting the venue in Marikina next weekend, we were just caught up with a lot of things...like...vacationing relatives, hospital confinement,conjunctivitis...hell speaking of conjunctivitis - my eyes have been infected for 3 weeks now, I don't get to be with my baby...hay.
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I'm now in a new company...the office is refreshingly nice...the work is pretty much the same for now. I'm beginning to be a little out of touch, I guess, I need something to make me motivated to keep me back on track. I hope I'll be able to find out what I have been looking for.
Name: JV Home: Manila, Philippines About Me: 30-something. A wife to a wonderful husband. A mother to my little chinita. Career Woman by Choice. A Coffee Drinker.Shopaholic.Book Lover.Blogger.Movie Addict. Know me more
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