Mica reading to Gabe and Rafa

my princes...

guess who's who =)

a study of joachim...

Joachim's Baptism

held on August 31, 2008 at 2:30pm in St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri in Magallanes with the reception at the Willow Root in Manila Polo Club =)

Joachim was an angel! Slept through the whole thing! Everyone fussed around and over him, but he remained oblivious! haha

my beautiful nieces!

gorgeous ava and eli!

Pamahiin

What's up with this "puera usog" thing that I hear everytime I bring my baby out with me?  If i don't hear it from the salesgirl/secretary/stranger that's commenting on my baby, I hear it from my yaya!  i find it rude when my yayas do this and i get diyahe to whover is making nice comments on my baby!  it just seems rude - like my yayas are "warding off" evil...

so i asked my dad about it.  he explained that there are people who are (knowingly or unknowingly) "talented"... in the sense that when they see you or comment on you (yes, it's not restricted to babies!), you are unable to settle down - you feel sick, can't concentrate and, in general, are unwell.  The only way to get rid of this is to have that person's saliva smeared on your foot.  yes, their saliva.

there are other pamahiins out there - like gabe's yaya told me that i should always feed joachim from the right breast before giving him the left.  this is because the right breast is the "ulam" and the left is the water.  hahaha  also, i shouldn't breastfeed when i'm hungry or no matter how long joachim eats, he'll still be hungry!  another one is that i shouldn't drink anything cold or joachim will have gas...

i'm not knocking all of the pamahiins out there... i'm sure that there are some that have a basis in fact and are valid!  what old wives' tale do you know? =)

More shots of Joachim =)

Tabby and the boys go to Manila Zoo with some cousins =)