Four and a half months

I've been meaning to post some preggy pictures here but i havent got around to it, i havent even uploaded any of our photos from our holiday in the U.S., i'm not that busy because i'm not really working much anymore, i am just lazy:) anyway eventually there'll be some pictures posted here:) Next week we're going to have a morphology scan so we'll let you know about the baby's sex..maybe i'll have the pictures ready then..until then...

Four months along and going good..

Yesterday was my 4 months mark of the pregnancy, I feel so heavy already i've gained 3 kg already and i still have 5 months to go.. i'm petrified of how many kilos am i going to put on altogether..on the other side i shouldn't be so paranoid because it's apparently normal to put on weight while youre pregnant boohooo!!, I shouldnt be whingeing really, i should be happy that i'm pregnant:) i guess it's all about how look at things, I just hope that this pregnancy will continue to be healthy and well..I guess i will have to do something about the weight issue later after the bubby's born:) I dont know why am i writing this on here, but i feel like it:) so yeah..keep reading and stay tune for my irene's whingeing ha ha!! kidding..till my next blog:)

A reason why you should not be driving if you're tired!

The day we got back from the states, my brother and sister in law put on a BBQ for us, they live about 20 minutes away from where we live, on the way to their place, traffic was so heavy that at one stage we sat on one spot for about 20 minutes (not moving and i'm not kdding) we have to turn our engine off -- yeah really bad (there was an accident and because of the road works it made it even worse), so when we got to their place we were starving..way pass my dinner time, and being pregnant didnt help too, hunger made me feel even sicker:(. We had fun that night although we're very tired and jet lag, so after catching up we decided to go home, Chad was driving fine, until we're about 3-4 minutes away to our house when he said he's really tired, well his tiredness also affected his judgement because when he saw the lights turned amber, he sped through it before it turns red, but then he realized that he wasnt gonna make it, so he slammed his brake.... and then decided to go through the red light anyway (crazy driver!!-:) and then it was too late when he noticed the cop car close by, suddenly he's awake!, and then he said "Oh crap i'm gonna get a fine", well he kept driving but he's convinced he's going to be pulled over, the cop car followed us for about 1 kilometre then he flashed his lighst and sure enough he pulled us over "way to go Chad"!!
Cop: I pulled you over for a random breath test mate!
Chad: oh okay no worries mate:), - I thought the cop's first question should have been: Cop: "I pulled you over because you went through the red lights" (but he didnt)..So he asked Chad to do the test and the reading came up - then of course the reading came back zero because there's no trace of alcohol..good thing we dont drink..:) so the cop probably thought that the alcohol meter was faulty so he asked Chad to give it another try so he did, and the result was the same, this time he's convinced that Chad wasnt drunk ha ha!! If i was the cop, i would have probably thought that he was drunk too ha ha!, seeing how he went through the red light, I'm just glad that he wasnt pulled over for that matter:) Phewww!! So yeah the lesson here is that: DONT DRIVE IF YOU'RE TIRED:)

we are having a baby, we are so excited!

After long 6 years of trying, it finally happened for us, we are so excited, we couldnt believe it when we did a home pregnancy test and came back positive, we said this is impossible, we've never gotten pregnant naturally before, only through IVF and both miscarried. So we're like, this is not possible, we're not even trying anymore, we actually stop trying, we decided to forget all about trying for awhile and started going on holidays and stuff and then one morning i woke up and the first thing that came up to my mind is to do a pregnancy test (totally out of the blue!!) and i was about to chuck it out to bin because i am so used to seeing negative result, anyway as i'm about to do so, and then i saw from the corner of my eye; 2 lines, so i thought i must still be really sleepy as it was really early in the morning, so i looked at it again and it was indeed 2 lines, i immediately slap my face and splash it with a cold water (it's winter by the way:) so it was cold.. brrr...just to make sure i'm not dreaming or something, and then when the 2 lines didnt disappear, i bolted to our bedroom and jumped on Chad on the bed and i said: wake up, i think i am pregnant" and he said, what?? what are you talking about, how's that possible?? and then i dragged him to the bathroom and showed him the test and he later said, good!! at least we dont need to spend $10k for an IVF again and gave me a big hug and i started bawling my eyes out:) (tears of joy indeed) it's a miracle!! I know Heavenly knows the desires of our hearts, He knows each of us very well and He will give us what we want in His own time! and i know that this is a perfect time for us because, Chad's finishing school at the end this year and I'm due last week of January so it works out perfect:) So yeah this is our little story about our little miracle, we hope you enjoyed reading it! Below are our latest scan of the baby, everythingi s good and normal..

Excited and Counting down

It's 22 days exactly till we fly to America, we're so excited! especially me, this will be my first time to visit the US, well it's not the whole US but parts of it:) we can't wait, we're also very excited to catch up with some mission friends after 7 years, including our mission president and his wife if they have time to meet us of course..We hope to have a pleasant trip with no troubles....signing out for now!

Updates

i know, i know, it's been awhile..it's been almost a month i think since my last post so forgive me people for being slack :) Okay let me think what we did since then.. hmmm.. oh i know, my brother proposed to his Arizonian girlfriend and majority of the family decided to go to the wedding which will be held in AZ in July (i heard it's gonna be so hot!!!) hmm that would be interesting for me since i'm not used to dry heat:( i hope i wont die lol!, so Chad and I decided that since we're going to the wedding we might as well take 3 weeks holiday to see a little bit of US and catch up with our friends (mission friends etc..) we're so excited! what's even exciting is that we got our tickets cheap.. it's basically 1 ticket for 2 people awesome right?? hehehe.. so i guess that's the most exciting bit that we're looking forward to:) And oh the last couple weeks we have been sitting kids for 2 days and 2 nights.. two weeks ago we looked after Chad's sisters kids, consists of an 8 yr old, 6 yr old, 3 yr old and a 5 month old:) the 3 older girls stayed over for the night, it's interesting, fun and tiring!! absolutely:)but what's good about it is that we can return them to their parents after 2 days hehehe:) and last week end, we had 2 little girls stayed over all day Saturday/ Sat night and took them to church with us, they're 4 yr old and 3 yr old, they're not siblings, they are our friends kids:) they love staying at aunty Irene's place lol! but oh my they can be handfuls!:) but really it's a great learning experience for me and Chad:) we love it.. i think i've taken some photos of my sister inlaws kids..so i'll try to upload them here:)

Family camping - North Stradbroke Island

Last week, we went on a family camp for 3 days, the weather was fantastic, we we're a bit worried because the forecast was it was going to be rainy for 2 days out of 3 days we're at the camp. We enjoyed the beach, the walk, games etc! so here are few photos that i took!

Irene - Full pledged Australian citizen "I am, you are, we are Australian"

March 20, the same day we got back from Japan, I had to go pledge at Brisbane city hall to become an Aussie citizen along with 500 others, the ceremony was nice, lot's of family members and friends shared it with us! I really enjoyed it. Now that's all out of the way, I will now need to re-acquire my Filipino citizenship to become a dual citizen. Australia is a beautiful country/continent and i am so proud to be a part of it, not just saying this because i am now a citizen.. It really is a privilege to be a citizen of a free and a very multicultural country!!

Japan trip - March 2009

In November last year Chad and I bought plane tickets to Japan, as our 6 year anniversary treat, anyway it was cheap tickets:) and that's one reason why we bought those tickets, Japan's beautiful and expensive:) but we had heaps of fun! luckily we brought our own tourist guide:) (Heath - Chad's brother) who served his mission there, otherwise it would have been a little tough for me and Chad to figure things out. We went to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, we caught up with our Japanese friends, sight see around Tokyo and went to Disneyland Tokyo, saw a few ancient temples in Kyoto and went to our friends sealing in the Tokyo temple.. and ate heaps of yummy Japanese food:)

a lot has happened since Chad's last blog

Well, we had our 6yrs anniversary in February, Chad and I went on a little getaway to the Sunshine Coast, where he took me Jet skiing for the very first time and i loved it a lot, in fact i nearly knock Chad off at the back seat, that's how much i love jet skiing hehehe, i went so fast (faster than chad yeah baby!!) that i forgot about him clinging behind me:) anyway here are some of the photos we took.