♥ I Love you my 3, dearly ! ♥

One,two and now Three, I can hardly believe it's been Three years when I first saw your beautiful face.The day you where born was a  "Super Special" day, the ONLY reason why was because YOU are special. I feel blessed to be your mom and blessed to  live my life with you. May you grow up to be who you wanted to be and I promise to love you no matter who and what you want. I wuv you my 3, dearly, for the rest of my life! happy happy birthday our Superstar!!!!

I'm still dreamin' of a Church Weddin' Honey!

Who knows right? We just celebrated our 7th Civil wedding anniversary and yes, I'm still hoping and dreaming of a fairytale wedding. Who knows right? But I wanted mine with a fairy godmother's help so I won't turn into one mean bridezilla because of wedding Stress-bells, lol!  Thank goodness for technology,everything is on the tip of your fingers just like this site for Wedding supplies for Planners I found online, pretty cool huh?

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bye bye ... 7 year Itch

I don't know if it's just me wondering how we made to 7 years or maybe my man was thinking the same way too, how the heck did we make it  and still sane.Yes, July 29 was our wedding anniversary, 7 years and three beautiful little girls after. 7 years ago we vowed to loved each other for better or for worst. I remember telling him I felt like there was no "for better..only the worse" part. It's been a roller coaster ride but isn't that what makes life exciting and fun. It's challenging, the "itch" in our relationship happens after 7 months, not 7 years. We're both hoping we won't be scratching in the next years, bye bye itch, Hello Love! Oh,noticed the flowers? I wonder why they are getting smaller and smaller and smaller...hmmm??

♥ I love you my 5 ♥

My Alekzandria is now 5,Yay!!

I can still see you asleep next to me, I can still see you wearing your bib. Today baby girl, We celebrate CORRINE. We celebrate your birth and all that you have brought to our life.We celebrate the many lessons you have taught us. (Aug.5,2012) I celebrate the joy you have given to me. I love you baby! I love you forever and look forward to a lifetime of experiences with you. Thank you for all the smiles and even some of the tears.

Doniella With Sidesaddle Band & Co.

Last Wednesday night Our Doniella played with Sidesaddle band and Co. at Sam's Bar B Que. It was her first time to jam or play along with a band and It wasn't bad at all. I was actually more nervous than her,actually me and my husband were more nervous. I wasn't able to sleep the night before. She was tipped $5 dollars too,so cute! I'm so proud of my baby girl. Here is Turkey in the Straw. Here, they're playing Soldier's Joy. And Here, they're playing Riding on a Load of Hay.

Nostalgia

Nostalgia: a wistful or excessively sentimental sometimes abnormal yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition. Yes, I'm feeling nostalgic right now. I'm definitely longing for the past. I wish I could go back to where I was before, happy and innocent. " The goood old days!". But this emotion can vary from happiness to sorrow. I am happy reminiscing but I'm saddened, it's scary. Am I deppress? I have no idea,but maybe I am. And music doest it to all the time !!! Btw, I am not a huge BackSteet boys fan but this song just brings me back to where I was so happy the most...Inside my little booth playing songs. This was most requested song in 2000. I love radio and will forever love radio, I miss everyone I worked with...people and friends I met along the way. That was the happiest 7 years of my life. I miss radio so much, I wish I could do it again :(

Doniella's first Talent Show

Last week was Cake Walk Week for most Elementary Schools in our town and nearby schools. Last Friday along with the cake walk there was also a Talent Show at my daughter's Elementary School. She only had a week of preparation because It took us a little longer to convince her to join. At first she was very hesitant but a week before the school carnival,her Dad finally convinced her to participate. I think he promised her Disneyland. It was such a beautiful day that day,we are so lucky to get the breeze or else we'll be roasting. We almost missed it literally because we thought she was scheduled at 5:30 pm instead she was scheduled to perform at 4:30 pm ( next time I got to have the program lol!) My husband then just dropped us off around 4:25, good thing there was some technical difficulties that the talent show did not start on time. We had enough time to gather the whole "Dumont" gang. Yes the whole family was there and we just can't help to be proud of our little Doniella. My husband and I, I think were more nervous than our daughter, my heart felt like rolling in and out of my chest, It was so crazy I can't explain how nervous I was. This video will obviously show I was nervous coz my hands were shaking, the video was a little shaky plus I have Little Bridget sitting on my lap.Good thing Youtube videos can be enhance. Hope you like it! I made a collage of her pictures when she was very little till now ,we started her early by getting her a toy violin that can be actually be tuned .

my pretty Flower girls

We were invited to a friends Wedding last Saturday.The Bride was so beautiful and so was her groom. Perfect for each other. We had fun,the food was awesome and the girls had a blast and oh, meet the fLower girls...none other than My babyDolls! I love them so much! I ordered their dresses on line www.TBdress.com and what an awful experience it was. I wouldn't recommend the site because their costumer service sucks. These flower girls' dresses were altered by a good friend Naomi and if not because of her my girls are gonna look like $#**, or i'll end up paying a lot of money. :(

This Little Cutie thinks she is one of the flower girls too coz the groom's mom mistakenly handed her a basket of flowers and yes she cried when it taken away from her and given to the real flower girl :) Maybe next wedding sweetie, Tita Ninang Aida's wedding perhaps?

** me and the bride ** I love my dress, I ordered it from Macy's for only $19.99 yes, I love bargain!

This is how the dress came to us. Too Long, too big too stressful to look at, I could literally wear it if not of the waistline.

Horse back riding time!!!

Doniella finally did it after two years. Last Sunday we bought her less than $200 of everything she needs for Horse back riding, like her boots,hat,helmet,jeans..etc. It's something she has been asking us to do for a long time. We tried it two years ago but she was just not ready. And since she has been really good lately,especially with her studies and her violin practice we decided to reward her with a lesson in horse back riding. We went to Pleasanton last Wednesday for her lesson. And she enjoyed every minute of it.

" Food For Thoughts"

Radio Personality, Paul Harvey writes...

-- We tried so hard to make things better for our
kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren,
I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know
about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream
and leftover meatloaf sandwiches. I really would.

-- I hope you learn humility by being humiliated,
and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope
you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and
wash the car.

-- And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new
car when you are sixteen.

-- It will be good if at least one time you can see
puppies born and your dog put to sleep. I hope you
get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

-- I hope you have to share a bedroom with your
younger brother. And it's all right if you have to
draw a line down the middle of the room, but when
he wants to crawl under the covers with you because
he's scared, I hope you let him.

-- When you want to see a movie and your little
brother wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your
friends and that you live in a town where you can
do it safely.

-- On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I
hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two
blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone
as un-cool as your Mom.

-- If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches
you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope
you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When
you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn
to add and subtract in your head.

-- I hope you get teased by your friends when you
have your first crush on a girl, and when you talk
back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap
tastes like.

-- May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn
your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a
frozen flagpole. I don't care if you try a beer
once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend
offers you dope, I hope you realize he
is not your friend.

-- I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with
your Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle. May you
feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a
baseball through your neighbor's window and that she
hugs you and kisses you at Christmastime when you
give her a plaster mold of your hand.

-- These things I wish for you - tough times and hard
work, disappointment and happiness. To me, it's the
only way to appreciate life.

♥The making of MOTHER ♥

By the time the Lord made mothers, He was into the sixth day working overtime. An Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time on this one?" And the Lord answered and said, "Have you read the spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not elastic; have 200 movable parts, all replaceable; run on black coffee and leftovers; have a lap that can hold three children at one time and that disappears when she stands up; have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart; and have six pairs of hands."

The Angel was astounded at the requirements for this one. "Six pairs of hands! No way!" said the Angel.The Lord replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem. It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers must have!" "And that's on the standard model?" the Angel asked. The Lord nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she asks her children what they are doing even though she already knows. Another pair in the back of her head are to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third pair are here in the front of her head. They are for looking at an errant child and saying that she understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word." The Angel tried to stop the Lord "This is too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish." "But I can't!" The Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick AND can feed a family of six on a pound of hamburger and can get a nine year old to stand in the shower." The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, "But you have made her so soft, Lord." "She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish.""Will she be able to think?" asked the Angel. The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason, and negotiate.
"The Angel then noticed something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks like You have a leak with this model. I told You that You were trying to put too much into this one.""That's not a leak." the Lord objected. "That's a tear!" "What's the tear for?" the Angel asked. The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her disappointment, her pain, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride." The Angel was impressed. "You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything for this one. You even created the tear!"The Lord looked at the Angel and smiled and said,
"I'm afraid you are wrong again. I created the woman, but she created the tear!"
♥-Author : Unknown -♥

..♫...♫ parents just don't understand♫ ...♫ ♫

" But you don't understand mom! you don't understand anything!!! "

I expect to hear this from a 16 yr old not from a 6 year old. I can't believe my 6 yr old said these words to me. Aaarggh! It all started with the a conversation I had with her regarding one of her classmate who happens to upset her a couple of times. She told me how much she doesn't like this boy because he is not nice to her. So as a mom, it concerns me. It sure looks like it bothers her. I don't like her being bully, who does right? So I told her to tell her teacher what's going on or I would, if this boy is making her feel uncomfortable she has to let her teacher know. And guess what she said to me...? " But you don't understand mom! you don't understand anything!!! " OMG! really? What is there that I miss and don't understand? Can you imagine her at 16?

The day before that, I tried picking clothes for her like I always do in the morning,ended up hearing her say.."I hate that top Mom" Of course I asked why? it was a cute top. She said" you don't get it mom,it made me look weird!" What??? Really again...? But my love you are just 6,it doesn't matter yet..."But mom...!!!" And there you go, I gave in ,let her pick her own clothes that day.

Can time stop for a minute,she's growing up so fast and it's scary I can't stop it. My lil babydoll is growing up too fast that really, I'm scared to wake up one day that her choices in life are things I don't "GET" and that I wouldn't be able to understand her.


Found this video on Utube,not really a fan of this style of music.

Best Christmas Cards Ever!!!

What a way to start my 2012 being remembered by old friends and family back home in the Philippines. I got these cards from the mail today,I guess coming from home you expect cards to arrive late. But It does not matter when I got it, what is important is the thoughts that came with it. Best Christmas card ever! This one is from my Mom, It made me cry too much, I can't breath. I need to drink a glass of water after reading it. I miss my mom so much, I wish she she lives next door cause I could need a hug. What motherhood taught me was being thankful I still have my mom around and that I regret every bad things I did when I was young that made her cry. I love her so much, and my Dad and I miss my siblings too. Yes Mom, It'll get better in time!

This next card came as a total surprise. Shout out to my dear "Chinito Tsinelas" who was my co-anchor/road manager/friend during my radio days...love you gor and yes I was surprised! Thanks kapatid and so are the gorgeous/good looking friends who took time to write a message for me. So thoughtful of you guys!!! ♥ luvettt!!! ♥

To the gorgeous sister I have Joel, Bianca,Tootsie,Jommel and Jolenz. Thanks everyone! I cried when I got your card too. Made me miss home sooo bad! I'll see you when I see you girls!

Shout out too to all my girlfriends here in Cali who sent their Christmas Cards, lovely cards...Thank you so much! You all made my 2011 so memorable that I have too much to look forward to this year when it comes to FRIENDSHIP. Have a happy 2012 everyone! And to everyone reading this...lots of ♥♥♥ from me and my family!

♥...Our Christmas, Then and Now...♥

"Our 2010 Christmas Tree in 2010"

"The girls's Photo op with Santa in 2009."

" Bridget's First Christmas ... in 2009 "

Santa's Elf...Moi. Pasko 2010

Photo op with Santa in 2010

♥ Our 2011 Christmas tree ♥

" Photo op with my Elle-2010 "

" My little helpers - Christmas 2010 "

" Cutting our own Tree...2010 "

" Christmas Morning...2011 right after we came home from church "

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

From Our Family to you! Merry Christmas everybody!

"It's easy to get caught up in all the business of Christmas, but I'm wishing you a peaceful Christmas full of the most important things."

Not again!?!

My heart breaks when I heard the news that again my country, the Philippines has been hit by a devastating natural calamity killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands homeless. Not again!?! We have not completely recovered from the previous ones yet and here we are again. I can't help but asked WHY?

I can't stop crying when I saw this photo of a father holding his daughter on his hand. It's heart breaking! It's something that you wouldn't wish to happen to anyone even to your worst enemy.

My heart goes to the people who lost their love ones, who's lives are never going to be the same. The sad part is that knowing our government? and how slow everything works, I don't think these people are going to be helped anytime soon. The saddest part is it's Christmas, how are these people going to celebrate the holidays? It'll be so hard to move on, but knowing us Filipinos and with our strong faith to God we'll stand up again from this trial. The help may not all come from the Government (cause it's impossible) there will be a lot of private citizens and organizations that will lend a helping hand. We'll get through this.

Read this link Storms pound Philippines in the thick of night, kill at least 436 and watch this video.



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Fantasy of lights

We've been going here since 2005 but put off the last two years from some unknown reason I really can't remember . Last night we came after the rush so there will be no line waiting to get in and glad we did cause we were able to take our time. It was fun, fun for the three brats most of all I guess that is what's important. My eldest keeps screaming " This is the happiest night ever!" and my two year old was the happiest cause it's her very first time.

For $15 entrance fee I admit my expectations were a little too high. I thought there will be new lights display, but it's all the same so again I'm glad we put off the last two years so it was all totally new to the girls. Sort of. Then what bugs me the most is that the display is littered with sponsors billboard. I see more ads than lights lol! I think the revenue from the advertisement is not enough so they up the fee to $15 this year. It should be free. Aside from those and little things like, the car behind us forgot to turn his headlights off, staff forgot to hand us the 3d glasses my kids are expecting and the candy cane too in the end, we had fun. Our girls had fun, I hope!

How to thin out thick hair?

Oh how I wish that is me asking that question. How to thin out my thick hair? Cause mine is 'volume-less' and thinning. It is almost depressing. I'm just taking away my focus to my hair and look on the bright side. At first I blame it all to my three pregnancies within 6 years, they say it could be brought about by hormonal changes after pregnancy, but for the love of me, my youngest is now 2 aren't them hair supposed to grow back? Thick and luscious? Arrggh! I've been dealing with Alopecia ever since my college days ( which was ages ago btw!) yes they grow back, but every time I hear them doctors tell me I have an autoimmune disease,It scares the cr*p out of me. But it is not life threatening according to my doctorS (with an S, coz I've seen a lot) that is maybe why it's been disregarded by them and dermatologist I've seen a lot of times...:(

It's an autoimmune disease- I've had it since my late teenage years- a disease where the body attacks good parts of the body ,it is attacking its own hair follicles that is. It is not pretty, it really is not pretty. I've had steroid injections ,topical cream etc...the good thing is my hair grows back but it sure is not pretty. So how to thick out my thin hair? Minus 1 gorgeousness point for me,,Arrrghh! ... :(

Baby Talk: Bridget's Vocabulary

Additional New Words of Bridget As of 11/12/11



1. Puh-pol - Purple
2. Bul - Blue
3. Puh-puh - the Number 2, lol

as of 11/26

1. Dada hop hop- When she saw her dad limping ( dad injured his foot )
2. up - yay! she knows how to say up.
3. wan- number one
4. toh - number two

as of 11/30

1. wet - wet
2. tow - cold
3. tats - tights
4. top - blouse/shirt or top
5. pop pop - popcorn

as of 12/11

1. mama wash - when she wants to watch TV
2. wap - wipe
3. hun - hand

Her vocabulary is rapidly developing so all my previous worries are gone.

♥ Dad's B-day Surprise ♥

I've been meaning to post this pic but I keep forgetting.

Guess where these lil girls were going? To daddy's room we go!!!

They love their Dad soo much, sometimes I think they love him more than me! They really do. It's okey.