my first mum's day

last sunday was my first mum's day - and firsts never happen again (well for the same thing, i mean). we didn't do anything really special though. we (dax, gabriel and i) just went to tagaytay and had lunch with my mom and dad... and of course, took some pictures.




gabriel is so fond of menus (as in restaurant menus). the day before that, we had lunch at congo grille and dinner at poquito mas (we're trying to see which resto we're getting for his baptismal celebration/reception) and he was all over the menu. and it was the same joy in his eyes looking at dencio's menu in tagaytay. he is so so so funny.




now, i have another special day in my list - a day which celebrates me. my birthday and... mother's day!

almost 6 months

myGabriel is almost 6 months old, time flies. now he can do things like:

* hold his bottle - not too tight
* laugh a lot - sounding like a cat
* smile a lot - it's also extra special when you say "Good Morning, Gabriel"
* talk a lot - or should i say make a lot of sounds
* crawl (almost) - he's like an "uod"
* smile at the camera - reallllly adorable
* cry when he sees a person (men) for the first time
* eat cerelac - stage 1
* cry when you stop playing horsey
* play "tagu-tagu" - his dad wants to call it "hide-hide"
* grab the cellphone when he hears somebody talking (on loudspeaker)
* look around for the phone when he hears it ring
* wait for mom and dad to wake up - most of the time when i open my eyes in the morning, he is staring at me and when i smile at him he smiles back and starts to be on play mode

here are some new pictures of the cutest baby in the universe...

trying to hold his bottle - by the way, he loves water

he poses a lot

my babylove

that's his "lampin" around his neck - just before cerelac time

mylittleCoco with tito arnie

a very good friend of ours came back from the US after 6 long years - arnie. i know we need a lot of catching-up.. so myCoco and i invited him and his friend edz to sleep over even just for a night. we also want him to see our little Gabriel. it was so nice to see them play together. everytime arnold raises his arms, Gabriel imitates him. very funny!

we had lunch last saturday at tagaytay and he so loved the sisig. he was telling us that he didn't want to eat at a filipino resto since he already had a lot of filipino foods for the past few days. his friend edz, picked dencio's and we're glad that they enjoyed.

i hope he comes back sooner than 5 years from now (as he planned).

beard papa's & lord stow's -- yummy!

myCoco and i got to eat some of the foods that we love the most --today!

for cream puffs, try beard papa's (located at glorietta 4's food court): www.muginohousa.com

for egg tarts, try lord stow's (located at glorietta 4's food court): www.lordstow.com

super thanks to you, sherry!

mom and mms

oh how i love mms (and my mom)!

the other day, i was feeling so stressed at work and i got 3 messages from my mom. i was surprised to see that she sent me pictures of my little gabriel. too bad, her phone doesn't have 3g. i could have seen gabriel live. haha!

here goes..

the other surprise was, he was (finally) playing on his rocker. we bought it as a present for him when he was just a month old. now, he is definitely enjoying it!

more of mylittleCoco

Sleeping time with DaddyCoco

Playtime with DaddyCoco

On the phone with my Dad (his lolo Efren)

Sleeping Gabriel

Playtime

Exercising/Dancing

Daydreaming

overalls, toothless smiles and pointing fingers

everytime we get gabriel new clothes or stuffs, i would always ask myCoco to take pictures. that's why currently, my laptop HD is almost out of space (i'm exagerrating of course!).

we got him another overall the other day since he looks so cute in it at night. and.. he looks equally cute when wearing his sando w/ pampers during daytime!

lately, he's been very playful and it's also easy to make him smile (well, for dax - yes). myCoco imitates donald duck and this would give us a toothless smile from gabriel. after a few minutes though, he'll be tired of smiling and he'll look at us with big big eyes! very funny! he also has a habit of pointing at me.. and himself. he points at me when you ask him "sino ang kaaway mo?" and he points to himself when you ask him "sino cute?".. i know it's all coincidence, but it still makes us laugh.

last sunday, we went to zapote (where we used to live) to attend his 2nd cousin's 4th birthday party. we dressed him up but he slept almost the whole time. and during those times that he was up, all my tito's and tita's were playing with him - as well as my cousins. how i wish he could grow up in that environment. cavite is a bit too sad for mylittleCoco.

gabriel's semi-tagaytay trip

last january 28, we went to pink sisters in tagaytay to visit dax's lola madre. it was her 75th birthday and everyone from their family was there. we thought it was a good idea to bring our little angel so that everyone will see how cute and big he has become. true enough, everyone was so excited to see him except for one (who said they don't bring babies out at 2 1/2 months) haha. yeah i know he is too small but we just wanted his lola madre to see him. we got her blessings for gabriel though!

myCoco's brother, boogie, and sister, divina (aunt ann to gabriel) were there as well. does aunt ann look like little goobie (well, she calls gabriel that)? i saw her baby pictures once and gabriel does look a lot like her then.

gabriel's many faces

we so love to take pictures of gabriel!