It's been too long. Hello again.

Wow.

Last time I wrote here was... 2007. 2 more years and it'd be a decade. Hahah! But I think having a blog allows you to vent a lot of your thoughts... and you know throw out ideas.

So, yeah. there it is. right now, it's 1am and i want to sleep. I already made sure that our daughter, who has turned 9 last march, is feeling better. She's having a bit of the fever. @_@

I don't really know what more to say right now... except that... I think i should come back here more often... and i guess i should start organising what i should write here... however... it is called Itami's Musings... and what are musings but... you know... things you randomly think about... so, I guess I should just let it be. ^_^

Allo to everyone!

Wow! It's been a really long while since I've written here. Well, I've been busy. Or maybe I thought I was busy. But... Well... Anyway...

Cayleigh's grown up now... nope. Not that much. She's 1 year old now. And she's getting prettier and more incorrigible everyday. She loves to dance... and she's really the darling of our lives...

Funny.

A long time ago, I would never have thought that I would want to have a family of my own... but I guess after meeting my hubby and falling in love with him, that certainly has changed. I guess it happens. Because you want to be a family.

I know the two of us can be a family, but we were blessed to have a baby. And we thank God for that. I wonder if other people feel the same way... you know... about being married and having a family of your own.

Alloooo!

It's been a while. Whew! A year has passed since I gave birth to my darling daugher. She turned 1 last sunday, March 4. Oh my gosh! Do i have a story to tell... but i shall do that later. Right now, my job is to post pictures. HORK! And here they are! These are our new year pix okay.

THE BIRTHING STORY...

I know this is like really late... but i just had to write it here... I'm still thinking of a title for it:

1. How my day went when i gave birth...?
2. Giving Birth...?
3. Cayleigh's debut...?

Okay, you choose for me... it's kinda funny really. Hehehehe. How should i start this... ahhh... okay...

It was Friday, March 3, I was still round as if i've just swallowed a huge watermelon. I was getting ready for my weekly check-up... yes... when you're in your 8th to 9th month... you will have weekly check-ups. As i was saying, well... when i had my check up, the doc saw that i was only 2cms wide... okay honestly, having an internal check up is not all that groovy... but it is needed...

So after hearing that, ritchie and i went home and i met with my writer. So i finished my teaching her how to synch and brought her to the studio to meet my director and the dubbers and the technicians because i was already giving her most of my work. So going to the studio we had to climb 4 flights of stairs and i stayed at work till 10pm... then when i went home, i had to go down another 4 flights of stairs...

So, isn't it a wonder that my water broke at 1:45am of march 4? I woke up feeling icky so i told ritchie... darling... something's weird... okay for the faint-hearted this story is not for you.

And ritchie asked: how weird? i think i'm soaked...
so he sent me to the bathroom and told me to cough. i did... then he asked: did you gush?
i said yes...
he nodded then matter-of-factly said... your water broke.
i said, ah... okay. and after cleaning myself and taking measures not to get soaked, i went to the bed and said, with a little bit of consternation: oh dear... and we haven't even packed yet. and i sighed. i also told him... darling, i think i'm a little scared...
so ritchie sat up on the bed and asked: what do you want to do? go to the hospital?
i scrunched my nose and said: nah... it's still too early... and my contractions are like 20 minutes apart... i still want to sleep.
my husband nodded and said: okay we sleep then. you go back to bed while i prepare yours and the baby's stuff.
i smiled at him and went back to sleep.
when he was done he joined me on the bed, we snuggled then slept till 5:30. afterward ritchie went down ahead of me to breakfast... and he off-handedly mentioned to my father-in-law that they were taking me to the hospital after breakfast. ritchie took a bite off his ham then when he turned back to his father, my inlaw was no longer there but went driving off to get my mother-in-law at the church... that was really funny... yes, my father-in-law panics easily. hehehehe...

when he came back i was already eating. and he suddenly rushed me because he wanted me to get to the hospital immediately. both ritchie and i told him to calm down and said that i still wanted to bathe. hehehehehe...

okay so at 9am we zoomed to the hospital. when i got there and when i was examined i was already 4cm... so they sent me off to the labor room... it took awhile before i delivered cayleigh... and the events that happened in the labor room was quite interesting.

i chatted with the interns who were timing my contractions... then a little after 10 the drugs doctor was brought in... ahhhh... drugs... it felt great... okay... there was this burly guy... i don't know what you call them, but they needed to stick something in my spine so they needed me to bend... and since i couldn't do that alone, he folded me... LITERALLY! and after that... well sleep and chat... and at 2pm... cayleigh was ready to meet the world.

okay it took another hour before she came out... well, there were lots of factors.
1. since i got anesthesia... i couldn't feel my legs... and my contractions so i couldn't push properly...

2. cayleigh was not in the right position. instead of facing down, she was facing up...

okay... it doesn't really matter now, does it? she's hear and she's just adorable...

there that's the story of cayleigh's delivery. heheheheh

UPDATES IN LIFE...

Hey there... Well... sure i've got my baby on my mind all the time, however, i have started with other stuff since July... I'm really happy with my husband. He's understanding and totally different from other double standard men... what do i mean by that? Well, ever since Cayleigh was born i kinda stuck to her like glue. I don't even want to concentrate on work. I just wanted to take care of her.

I think women get to have that time in there lives... maybe that's why it hurts them sooo much when their children become rebellious or don't respect them when they grow older. I mean, we do put our everything in raising the little cuties.

This is for Cayleigh just in case she reads this when she grows up: Everything that you do is recorded. [That's not meant to scare you... it means...] every milestone, every struggle, it's recorded, not only by pictures and videos but through journals as well. You are really loved. Not only by me, but by everyone whose lives you have touched. I stay up at night watching you sleep... and i keep waking up every hour just to make sure you aren't too cold and to see if you're hungry. You see... you don't cry and you just suck your little fingers when you're hungry so sometimes other people who take care of you don't realize that you're hungry till it's too late. I stop my work just to take care of you even though i have a 4pm deadline on the same day...

So many sacrifices, i tell you... and we do it out of love not because we want to throw it in your face once you get older. That's just an insight to being a mother. However, I can't provide for us if i just stay home and become a housewife.

So, I've gone back to work... However, I haven't gone back to training. I dub and write scripts for now because that gives me income even though i do most of my work at home. I currently have 4 projects right now. I'm happy with what i'm getting... honestly, God provides.

Ritchie was thinking about getting a supervisory position at his work... which would mean less time with his family but more money... and we asked each other... do we need more money? Sure we could do with a lot more cash... but call us idealists... we chose to be with our family more. Why? Because we believe that God provides and he gives us what we need everyday. Sure, we can't buy new things all the time, but it teaches us to save for the things that we really want.

Take note that we aren't rich financially... ritchie's parents are rich... we're building up for other riches besides the one that's made of paper... but you know what? it's kinda funny... because every time we lean on God, he gives us more. As i've said i have 4 projects now... and i'm earning enough... so i decided... that... i should get me something for this year.

my last project was a digi-cam which i bought last year. this year... i think i want to buy a new phone and a new laptop. :) Yeah... that would be good. So, i'll save for those things... I can probably buy those in a few months. :)

I think that's it for now...

Here are the pictures!

Okay... it's been a while again since i've left a thoughtful message in my blog. There have been many things that happened since then... Hehehe... i opened a baby journal in my pregnancy weekly site. It's kinda cool as I can monitor every new thing that Cayleigh does.

Take note... my life right now is centered on the baby. She's a real pride after all. Not only is she cute, but she's also very smart. And just to show her to you... here you go!

Okay it looks like a hodge podge of pictures up there, but honestly i don't know how putting pictures in this blogger works. But there you go! Hope you like them... Actually there's more, however this blogger has limite capacity for pictures... Isn't she just soooo cute?! Okay, later! I think i'll write about other stuff again. :)

So many things...

Okay... it's been a long time since my last post... why? motherhood is not easy... it's fun and it has a lot of happy things involved in it, however, it is not easy and it's a lot of work... I've been working as well... i haven't been as active as i was when i was single, but God has given me lots of opportunities and i am very thankful... i haven't been writing for hamtaro for quite some time and i'm not inclined to do so for a while... honestly, i really don't know why... it would give extra income, but I'm not interested in writing for hamtaro yet... Gosh let me think why... well, i actually wrote 108 episodes of those rodents so right now... i'm laying low. :)

But hamtaro is quite good. It's our life blood right now... it's just exhausting to write. I want to write for other anime so I'm picking my projects. If you will notice, my husband is very chronological with his blog and the writing of events that have happened in his life... me... i prefer to write them out... i can't remember all of the things happened chronologically. Heheheheh...

Well, i don't write for hamtaro as i got 2 writers for me... so they're the ones taking care of the rodents for me. hehehe... i do write for other projects... because writing scripts really pays a lot... so i write for new and other non-rodenty projects. hehehehe...

And i've gotten a baby journal where i put all cayleigh's breakthroughs. You'll just have to read it from there... wait... i don't know if i can share it... i'll see and i'll post it here.

Next... we got a nanny for cayleigh coz i needed help and mama needs help as well.

Oh and we got married in the church last June 25, 2006... really funky wedding. We've got pictures but it'll take a while before i can post any of them. We'll just see. heheheheh...

So that's it for now... will try to write again in a few days.

WE ARE NOT HELPING OUR CHILDREN!

For crying out loud! I've had so much respect for the Surf commercial because it had quality. It gave us a glimpse of how some Filipino families with good values live in the Philippines. Take note of the word "some". I don't hold filipinos in high regard with regard to family lifestyle. Only a few of us would actually be honest with regard to how we're supposed to live... i mean with regard to our lifestyle and all.

Besides... they have an ongoing story. I mean i saw those children grow up for chrissakes and they're with us every freaking special ocassion! I mean the Christmas surf commercial is good and the pine smelling detergent! Come on! They're already part of our yearly local tv life. But come on, I think they should have done better with their latest commercial.

The song was good and the idea of greeting mom for mother's day is cool with me too. But please, please, please, please! People! "Ur D best 'nay!" is not a good example for our children who are watching TV when the damn commercial comes out! What are we teaching them? How to write in "phone text" format? Are we insane? Are we deliberately trying to make our children stupid? Sorry, are we deliberately trying to make all filipinos stupid? No wonder we're so behind other asian countries!

It's not right to do that. Trying to be "in" is out of the question when you're doing something wrong. So quit it! Text messaging is for texting only. People we need to re-educate ourselves with regard to making ourselves a "quality" people once again... not just be a bunch of half-baked wannabies.