juggling

i've been putting off posting an entry for the longest time... always saying to myself that there will always be later or tomorrow morning, or an hour here and there when amori is napping. but it's the end of feb and still no sensible post, save for a few.

bad, bad, bad.

now there's a reason to be jealous of other mommies living in the philippines or asia... at least they've got yayas to help them out. LOL. a friend once told me she cannot imagine how it is to care for a baby, do house chores, and a multitude of other things around the house without a yaya. i couldn't imagine it either til i was thrown into it. LOL. i guess it's like a delicate juggling act. one day you juggle 2 things, and before you know it you can perfectly do 10 things in a minute. when amori was born, i couldn't imagine doing anything else aside from changing diapers, feeding every 3-4 hours, doing her laundry, trying to pump out my scarce breastmilk *LOL*, and sterilizing bottles. these days, everyday calls for minute by minute multi-tasking - or else nothing gets done... which is really the price i have to pay now that i have a family in an industrialized - aka do-it-yourself-or-pay-a-fortune - country. it's hard work but hey, someone's got to do it. i'm sure all this manual labor is written in super fine print somewhere in my marriage contract, amori's birth certificate, or immigration papers. LOL.

but even if i've got tons of stuff to do each and every day, i wouldn't exchange amori's stinky-because-of-solids diapers hourly giggles for the world. hehehe.



*proud mommy moment this month: amori prefers homemade baby food over the jarred stuff. yaay! not much culinary skills involved but someone has to cut, steam and puree the fruits and veggies!

i just had to post these... we had to bring amori with us to a wedding ceremony so she finally got to wear this pink dress one of my titas got her in manila... just had to put a long-sleeved onesie on her and she was good to go. i kept on staring at it in our closet, thinking that amori would outgrow it without being worn but voila! isn't she cute??? i miss shopping in greenhills for baby dresses!!!