Christmas gifts!

Christmas is now over. My little baby was able to recieve lots of gifts from relative and his godparents. Of course I did not resist taking pictures. Please allow me to share with you photos of baby Ike posing in front of his gifts and him opening his gifts.(Actually him grabbing the wrapper to put on his mouth. hehehe)


This year I was not able to go Christmas shopping for gifts, so I decided to create acrylic layouts for my family. Here they are...

First Christmas Family Photo

Every year UP Los Baños puts up a life size belen near the UP Los Baños entrance. This year they made a life size belen made from acacia that was wood carved from uprooted tree from the milenyo typhoon. The belen was so wonderful that we decided to have our very first Christmas Family photo in front of it.

Auntie Lina's Christmas Village.

Every year would we would visit Aunti Lina's home to look at her Christmas village. And she never fails to amaze us with her new addition to her collection.
When she started she only had a few pieces displayed near the wall. Now her Christmas village almost occupies the whole living room! This is the first time Ike will see this amazing display.


Merry Christmas to all!

Christmas cards

It has been a long time since I last posted on this blog. It is only now that I was able to find time to blog. I have been busy both in school and with baby Ike. Well early this month I was able to create 2 Christmas cards. One is for my baby in the SE card swap and the other was for my entry at the SE and PS joint Christmas party. Here is the card for my Christmas Card swap.

Here is my entry for the Chritmas card challenge. Luckily, I won. Thanks to Marian King! I loved the prizes! I will be posting pictures of it once I find the time to photograph it. heheheh.

Heads Up!

Baby Ike can now pull his head up! Its amazing to see how time flies so fast Baby Ike now 3 months old. He can now pull his head up, play with his toys and talk to us. He also smiles and giggles a lot. He also stares at objects and people around him. Just today he was able to roll over. Here are some pictures that we took of him.

My Creative Mess!

Here is a slide show of my Scrap space. It is located in an elevated area in our Living room. I share it with my husband who uses the computer often and with our pet cat Kulet who uses it as her nap area. At present since, I gave birth, I scrap in a moving table so I can scrap while looking after Baby Ike.

2 Birthdays and a Layout

So many things happened during the past 2 weeks. We celebrated 2 birthdays and I was able to make a layout or the Piggy Tales Challenge.

Super Lolo


Last October 28, 2007, we celebrated Lolo Apeng’s or Super Lolo to Baby Ike (that is how our children calls their great grand father) 97th birthday. Imagine 3 years more and he turns 100. We celebrated it in a resort here in Laguna.
Almost everyone in the family was there. Lolo’s colleagues in the San Miguel Bulacan water district were there too. Yes colleagues as in officemates! My grandfather even at that age still works as a volunteer at their local water district. He even serves as president. Our Lolo is still strong and witty. His memory is still excellent, even better than mine! Hahaha.... He can still walk on his own, answer trivia questions, edit official letters and still recognize all of his grand children even his great grand children. He is such a great and strong man!

I’m Thirty-one!

Last November 1, 2007, I turned 31 years old. We did not have any celebration, just the usual All Saint’s Day activities. This year I was not able to visit our grandparent’s grave in Bulacan because Baby Ike is too young to travel that far. We just went to my sister’s house and then visited our parents’ grave. This birthday is special to me because this is the first time I celebrated it as a mom.

Piggy Tales


I was able to create a new layout for Baby Ike. This time it featured his father looking over his. The picture is very special because it captured the emotions of my husband.