baby shower number 4 (Discovery Suites)

my organizer.



my family and friends. this was also an advance birthday celebration for me. :)



my special request - mango torte.



our dearest friends.







the games.

















pressies!







we opened the rest of the gifts after all the guests left. haaay had to put my feet up already!



thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us. we love baby showers (and birthdays)! :)

eco-friendly

two thumbs up for jollibee who has switched from plastic bags to paper bags for their takeaways (i'm not sure for in-store transactions) just recently. kahit humingi ka ng plastic bag di ka bibigyan. the food is also put in paper containers instead of styro. :)

my third baby shower (MBA6)

during today's lunch break, our MBA batch 6 family had a lunch shower for me and g.



yep, 2 kami ni g from the same MBA batch. :)







thanks, dear mba friends! it was a lovely baby shower! tumigas na naman tiyan ko sa kakatawa. :D



baby kr (and mom, of course!) feels so loved! :)

Mothercare Baby and Me Club event

last saturday, i joined the first mothercare baby and me club event at greenbelt 5. there were 2 main speakers, one from medela moms inc. (maricel cua, if i am not mistaken), who was all about breastfeeding:



and phoebe tsai-te, chief operating officer of the philippine representative office of stemcord, who talked about cord blood banking:



i learned a lot from both speakers, especially on breastfeeding (i am now so committed more than ever to doing it for as long as i can!). re cord blood banking, i asked phoebe to send me more info as i will need to explain it to k.

of course, the branch manager of mothercare greenbelt (sorry your name skips me at the moment) also made a presentation to introduce mothercare and it's wide range of products. mothercare is a specialist retailer of products for mothers-to-be, babies and children up to the age of eight. they offer a wide range of maternity and children's clothing, furniture and home furnishings, bedding, feeding, bathing, travel equipment and toys. mothercare philippines is also the distributor of the following brands: Belly Bandit, Oshi Mat, Skip Hop, Stokke, FlexiBath, Comfi, OKBaby & Inglesina.

it was a very well-attended event, there was a raffle (i got a mothercare baby lotion) and they (stemcord) provided merienda! for referring a few of my preggo friends, i also got starbucks certificates from stemcord! :)

Mothercare in the Philippines is located in the following locations:
Greenbelt 5 (tel. 5013085)
Shangri-la Plaza Mall (tel. 6311896)
Trinoma Mall (tel. 9013097)
Abreeza Mall, Davao (soon to open)
Robinson’s Galleria (soon to open)
SM Masinag (soon to open)

The Medela House
#29 1st St., New Manila
Quezon City
725-3723, 738-6272, 0917-5614366
Maricel Cua and Beng Feliciano
http://medelamoms.multiply.com/

StemCord Philippines
Suite 601 (South) Cathedral Heights Bldg. Complex
St. Luke's Medical Center
279 E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd.
Quezon City
Trunk Lines: (632) 723 0101 ext 2601
Direct Line: (632) 723 2333
http://www.stemcord.com
Email: stemcord@pldtdsl.net

SMART Ultimate All Star Weekend

i'm sure you've heard of the NBA players coming over to play with our PBA stars last weekend, 23-24 july. the following players came and took manila by storm (list from slambuzz):

Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) *playing coach for NBA Selections
Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
Tyreke Evans (Sacramento Kings)
James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Derrick Williams (2011 No. 2 Draft Pick- Minnesota Timberwolves)
Derek Fisher (Los Angeles Lakers)
Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
Deandre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers) passport issues
Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Javale McGee (Washington Wizards)

kobe arrived just 2 weeks before for a nike event.



except for kobe, i don't know anyone else. well, maybe derrick rose, because k talks about him. and derek fisher, crush ko siya kasi magaling magshoot kahit maliit! :)

i was trying to get tickets (for k) for either events but they were sold out. it wasn't such a biggie but when we saw the live tv coverage of the PBA vs. NBA game that saturday, k was sighing, "sayang naman!" oo nga, sayang! it's not every year that you get all these NBA players in one event, not to mention kobe bryant and derrick rose together!

oh well, maybe next time (if there ever will be a next time!). the next day, sunday, we were up late (as usual). k, with eyes still closed, kept asking, "is it 1pm yet? is it 1pm yet!?" you see, the smart gilas vs. NBA game starts at 1pm, but there will be a delayed tv telecast at 5:30 pm pa. we went back to sleep and woke up again around 11:30 am for brunch. since ana had her day off, k volunteered to buy cooked food from nearby. i was waiting for him to come back when he called, and said that a friend invited him to watch the game at 1pm. imagine, it was almost 12pm. he was ecstatic! :)

everything was a blur - lunch, getting ready, flight, er, car ride. and off he went. i was contented just to stay home and watch the delayed tv telecast.

when he came back that night, he was in cloud nine. was soooo happy he got to watch the game. baby kr was very happy for daddy, too. :)

here are some photos he managed to take of the event.











and did i mention that they got really great seats (a row behind the technical committee)?? when we watched the delayed tv telecast, we could see them on screen haha! all thanks to k's generous friend! sa uulitin! :D