We’re almost at the end of August. Time flies so fast, I’m so happy that Ramadan is near it’s end. Eid Holidays is just around the corner. We’re hoping that FIL can come home to celebrate with us. The girls will be so glad to see him. I miss my SIL’s as well. And we’re really hoping to get along together soon.
By the way, my SIL who’s pregnant will have a baby boy. She’ s due 2nd week of January 2012. We can’t wait to meet the new bundle of joy. Anyway, that’s it for the mean time. I need to review this collision estimation that my friend is talking about. Ciao for now.
And so here’s our little angel exactly 7wks old now. This photo was taken the other day though. She’s growing up looking somehow like me. Lily has my eyes. Whoever it is that she looks like, she’s still an angel for us and we love her just as she is.
Sleeping like a log in the morning and being nursed 3x a day, this is her habit every day. As much as I wanted to purely breastfeed her, I couldn’t. My supply is not enough. So we’re on a mix feeding here. I’m lucky that she’s not giving me a hard time at night. Masha’Allah. When Julia was born, I have my mom beside me so at night if she wakes up, I’m not the one who will get off the bed to check on her, my mom is. But this time, Lily’s a mama’s girl. I’m thankful as well because Hubby’s doing good taking her when I do the cooking (not all the time). She smiles a lot these days too. Playing with her angels around her. Big sister Julia loves to kiss her cheeks. Who wouldn’t? I myself can’t resist it. Actually it’s all of us. That’s all for now. Will try to keep up with her updates if I can.
It means 15th and last day of the month. Meaning, salary day. If you’re an employee in the Philippines, your company might be giving you your pay cheques already. Or for some, their salaries are transfered in their bank account. But if you’re a SAHM like me, everyday is a pay day. Not equivalent to money but equal to happiness seeing your growing kids and loved by a dear partner.
I was talking to a friend over Viber last night. We were talking about work and it’s worth. Yes, it can give you the pleasure of earning something. For what? So that you can buy the things you want in life and support the people you love. But then we realized that some things can’t be measured by money. I may not be earning much right now like any employees, but at least I’m blessed to be with my family. My husband, my 2 adorable kids – it’s enough to be called rich.
Just ranting. TGIF everyone.
We left Damascus at exactly 6:15am. I wasn’t able to check how long it took us to reach the borders of Lebanon, but as far as I know, it’s only an hour to reach there and another hour to reach to city of Beirut.
The itinerary was to proceed with the processing of Julie’s passport. We went firs to the city Mayor to have some papers authenticated. Then to the National Statistics Office to pass the documents needed. And lastly, to the Foreign Affairs to apply. Personal appearance was needed (as usual) so Hubby took Julie with him inside the building while I wait outside. The security was so strict that no one is allowed inside the building unless you’re there to process your passport. According to Hubby, when he passed the documents for Julie, women officers took Julie from him to carry on his behalf so that he can finish processing documents fast. They adored our cutie patootie Lily he said. Alhamdulillah, Masha’Allah.
We finished around 12:30pm. We ate late lunch at Burger King. Visited Hubby’s grandfather, then went back at the affairs at 3:30pm to pick up the passport. So here you go, our daughter is now officially a Lebanese citizen.
Due to time restriction, we weren’t able to go around the city of Beirut. I remember my first time in Beirut. It was year 2009. That time, we were processing Julia’s passport and applying for mine as well. Here are some shots of the city I took via my iPhone edited of course via Instagram.
…and I’ll always will for the rest of my life.
It’s my mother’s birthday next month. I’m thinking on what to gave her. Bag, shoes, new blouse probably, or simply love? It may sound mushy but it’s true. My mom has all the things she needs in life. It may not be material, but I believe that at her age right now, she had what she has always wanted, that’s for us (her children) to be contented with what we have with our own family and to be successful with all our decisions in life. I miss mom. I’m a person who can’t express myself verbally, but I know that she knows that she means so much to me. And I owe my life from her. Looking back when I still working back home, I could’ve gave my parents the best gift ever – that’s for them to have insurance. Both my parents are now senior citizen. Anyway, it’s still not late. I still can give them something to make them happy.
And here’s my recent layout for our dearest Lily. She turned 1 month 3 days ago. Too bad we were not able to buy a cake for her 
Instead, we went out instead and celebrate a day in the mall while the big sister enjoys the ride. We then went to Quasion and just ate a hamburger and look over the beauty of Damascus. Next month is the Holy month of Ramadan. We’ll be fasting. I hope that we can prepare a cake for Lily by that time. Insha Allah God willing.
MIL arrived from an almost 2 weeks of vacation with BIL the other day as well. The empty house is now full of kwentos and a family bonding time. And I’m back to being the listener. Hehehe! 
BIL and MIL are arriving next week from a week pilgrimage to Mecca. They will be traveling by land as usual. It’ll take them about 18 to 20 hours to go back. I wonder if the bus driver has a handheld gps with him while driving… Because I can still remember last year when we went to Mecca too, Hubby took with him his mobile with built-in gps, it guided us with our 2 hour road trip going to Mecca. We could’ve bought a Garmin branded gps gadget but we were out of time already to do some late shopping. Anyway, I wish my in-laws to have a safe travel back home. I miss them so much already.
I gave birth already to a bouncing baby girl. We named her Julie just after her sister Julia. Yeah it’s odd. There’s too much letters in the alphabet that we can mixed up to have a name for her but, the moment we found out that we’re bearing another girl, my husband suggested to name her Julie. So be it then…
Born 4th of June 2011 at exactly 10:00PM. Weighing 3kgs. Labored for such a long time. Contractions began at 6:15PM of June 3. But gave birth after almost 29 hours of pain. Normal delivery but no epidural since I was 4cm when we reached the hospital. It was 2cm the night before. But Julie was so in a hurry to come out that once we reached the hospital, the doctor informed me that it’s too late for him to give me pain killers, hence natural birthing method should be done. It was very very and another very painful journey of my life. But Alhamdulillah, thanks God even though I labored for so long, I was able to pushed her out on the 3rd call (or should I say, yell?) hehehe!
Right now, I’m still in the healing process but hopefully will be fully recovered after 2 more days. I thank all my friends and family who left their messages over FB and sent their warm welcomes over Twitter and IG as well.
Julia’s 29months right now and I may say that I’m having problems to potty trained her. I know that she’s up to something when she wants to do it because she will run away far from us and hide behind doors and will show this crazy faces too. Recently, I will ask her if she want to make poo-poo. She’ll answer back “Okay Mama, I want to go to the toilet…” but the problem is, she made half way already on her diaper. Hahaha! Well, at least she had the eagerness to go to the toilet.
Right now, every morning once she woke up, I’ll leave her diaper-less and will let her sit on the toilet to do her thing. This morning, she successfully did her wee-wee while sitting. So I’m reading this article: 5 Signs Your Child is Ready to Potty Train – hope this helps you too.
