My Oweini Life

On Vacation Mode

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:08:25 PDT

Dear Bloggers,

I’ll be on vacation in 2 days time and will be abandoning for a month blogosphere. Thanks in advance for peeping in and out during my absence, hehe! Need to pack up things for now.

Will be back with tons of photos Insha Allah (in God’s will).

Ciao!

Dream House

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:35:19 PDT

I’ve always wanted to have our house renovated. My parents built our house way back 1980’s and after that, no changes have been made. The paint outside is still the same cemented look, hehe!

All day, I was dreaming that someday Insha Allah, once I have enough savings for my parents, I will fulfill their dream house with enough rooms for all us to stay together.

The whole house will be like this or let’s say similar to this. I would like to have it in dark chocolate brown color not yellow. The roof will be black.

The first floor set up is great especially since there will be a porch. My parents are active in their church activities and they would do some meetings in our house, such as get together or just a chat with their friends as well. My dad’s old enough to go up the 2nd floor so they might as well stay on the first floor. There will be a porch at the back, very good for a nice evening chat or barbeque time.

This will be the set up of the second floor. Currently we have 3 rooms, we just need another one since our family’s getting bigger. The optional playroom can be a room I guess. I love the idea of having an attic for storage purposes and creepy stories aside, hihi! And the walk in closets that each room has is extravagant. Just like a celebrity home.

In time, Insha Allah God’s will and by his help, I can fulfill this dream house of ours. The design of the house floor plans are so awesome. Here’s the link, and start to dream.

Saddest Commercial

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:18:42 PDT

Sharing you one of the saddest ads I’ve seen in my entire life. It made me cry too much that after seeing this, I hugged and kiss my husband and baby Julia. A little creepy but who knows when our lives will end. Sigh! Tinalo ang ads ng Jollibee and McDonalds pagdating sa family.

Saw this link in one of my friends in Facebook, then I reposted it on my wall. I received 14 comments and a lot of violent reactions (good ones actually, not that bad naman) because it’s really touching. Sigh!

10 Days to Go!

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:06:07 PDT

Was looking thru my FB profile this morning. And here’s what alarmed me:

Shucks! Need to do panic buying for hubby’s family. They are not asking for anything but it’s nice if I could like prepare a little something from me and baby Julia for all their love and support all thru out our marriage.

The visas are ready, the plane tickets are printed out as well. The bags are not yet packed of course. For now, need to do a list of things we need to bring for our short vacation.

Lebanon and Syria, here we come!

Garlic Pasta

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:38:25 PDT

Was browsing last week thru mommy blogs and was able to visit ate Alpha’s food blog. She blogged on how to cook a delicious garlic pasta. So as a midnight snack, I prepared the meal for me and Hubby. It took me an hour to prepare everything because the little one keeps on bothering me, hehe! She would crawl inside the kitchen taking off my attention so it took me time to finish the pasta.

So without further adieu, presenting (courtesy of ate Alpha – thank you po!)

When to ask “Where’s her Mom?”

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:59:31 PDT

I know I don’t look my daughter at all. A lot of cases where in people would usually ask questions na feeling ko sometimes, below the belt na. Here’s an incident just last weekend when we went to buy some groceries. Tignan ko lang kung hindi ka mainis.

I was pushing the grocery cart from the frozen section of Carrefour, and I saw this promo girl ahead. I thought she was promoting bread sticks. I asked because I wanted Julia to taste some since she was on the mode of I’M-ABOUT-TO-CRY-GET-ME-OUT-OF-HERE.

So here’s the exchange conversation between me and the lad:

ME: Miss, ano po yan?

PROMO GIRL: Ay, crab sticks ‘to. (hindi man lang mag Ma’am ha!)

ME: Ahhh… okay… Kala ko bread sticks, hihi! Thank you.

PROMO GILR: Psst… saan ang nanay nyan? (Yup, she was referring to baby Julia who was in front of me sitting in the cart.)

ME: Huh?! **insert a raising eyebrow** Ako ang nanay nyan. (taray ng lola mo!)PROMO GIRL: Weeehhh… hindi nga?!

ME: %*#'@ ---- ?????

PROMO GIRL: (still in doubt) Saan ang papa nyan?

Instead of replying back, I just pointed at my husband who was 3 or 4 steps away behind looking over some chicken nuggets yung parang nag iisip kung masarap ba ‘to, hehe! And then I walked away. AS IN!

Hay naku!!!!

I don’t blame her actually. I question myself sometimes kung anak ko ba talaga si Julia. Because really, we don’t have anything in common. Julia looks a copy cat of her Dad. But my point is that, sometimes people don’t think twice on what to ask and even when is the right time to ask about some personal things.

I’m telling you that this is not the first time it happened. I’ve been thought of being a nanny to Julia several times whenever we go out. And the bad thing about it is kapwa Pinoy pa yung magtatanong sayo. And when you answer back naman, they don’t believe you pa.

Locals here in Qatar don’t even ask. They just looked at me in the eye and they would sometimes ask, why Julia’s eyes is different from mine. Because my eyes is black and Julia has Grey. Siguro naiilang din sila sometimes, or they are just too shy to ask. At least sila may hiya pa diba.

Hay naku!!!!

Baby Julia Turned 10

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:18:16 PDT

Oh men! Our little one’s getting bigger, taller and cuter everyday.

Here’s an update with our little cutie Julia:

She’s picking up things on her own.
Grabbing her toys as she wants it.
Eating solid foods.
Most of the times, she talks to herself and somehow it amazes us her parents because she can make herself busy sometimes by doing that.
She likes music – SO MUCH! Like mother, like daughter *wink, wink!
By 10 months, she can sit up straight without tumbling.
She can move along for as long as she has something on her way.
She can walk from our room to the other room without our help – which makes me more alarmed because I’m thinking that she might bump something on her way.
She can hold her bottle by her own and even knows where she can get it whenever she wants to drink “dodo” during her sleep-mode – I see to it that she can grab it just above her pillow, and it works every time. I don’t need to give it to her most of the times.
Lastly, NO TEETH yet. Yup! I can see this 2 cute white something on her gums below but I’m not sure if it’s ready to come.

Living you with this adorable face. Our taba-tina-chingching o_0

MAMA & PAPA LOVES YOU SO MUCH BABY JULIA.

I’ts Wednesday!

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:18:18 PDT

…and it’s time for another meme to share.

It’s another day out with dear friends and we’ll go bowling tonight.
Julia got a new red dress – an advance gift from Khalo Mhd [Thanks Hamude & Ninang Mojo ]
We launched the new iPhone 3Gs in our shops and hopefully we’ll have more benefits for it and it’ll do great sales for us.
22 days more and we’re off for a month vacation to see Hubby’s family – and this time, it’ll be my first to visit Lebanon. So excited!
Bought a new book to read. Haven’t started with it since I’m still organizing myself. Hopefully during vacation, I can read a chapter or 2.
It’s still the holy month of Ramadan, and I’m praying as always that our sacrifices for this month shall be rewarded fully by Allah’s (God) grace.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

** Click here for the Image credit and story how this little meme started.

New Blog Theme

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:43:31 PDT

As you can see, I changed again my blog theme. I think, this is my second, nope… ahh… third theme that I did for this year. And while I’m adding the widgets for my side bar, I noticed that in 10 days time, my blog’s celebrating it’s FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Wohoo !!!

I admit that I’ve been a bad blogger since most of the times I’ve abandoned this blog. Not so much to say kasi. I’m so addicted with other stuff that sometimes, there’s not so much to tell. Although I want to share a lot of things but sometimes, I’m no words for it, hehe! I’m still happy though that within a year of blogging, I’ve met a lot of online friends and got close to them in some other ways. Exchange a lot of thoughts and I chat with them as well. I’m a happy blogger, I may say.

I’ve been blogging since 2004. From Blogger, to Wordpress and then blogger again. Sabi nga nila, kung saan ka nagsimula, dun ka rin baballik. Hehe!

By the way, I would like to say thank you for the people behind the works of these theme. Quite Random has been so good with regards to answering most of the blogger’s questions about his works. I find other creator snobbish in some ways, you know that. Instead of them being grateful that you used their theme, it’s like the other way around for them. It’s like you owe them for using their theme. So, I thank you QUITE RANDOM for this.

On Canvas Photo Frames

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:07:31 PDT

I’m in the process of let’s say re-arranging our room. This is to give way for the surrounding of Julia to be a safe environment for her.

I’m starting off with the living room. I’ve been searching on the web for any help on designing the walls. I’m very particular on the idea of hanging photos. I tried looking for wall designs on the web and was guided to a site where unique and affordable canvas printing are being done. Read thru it and then searched for the best designs, so next stop is to ask the other half’s approval.

Hubby’s against the idea of putting canvas prints just above our sofa. This will be the first photos on canvas if we’ll push thru the order. Canvas printing are in these days, especially for those who love scrapping. I’ve seen a lot of friend online where they usually hang photos on canvas instead of the traditional frames. The images are set to be real, the borders are unique in design, 100% cotton canvas while others use polyester, good quality, and it’s very convenient to move around in any rooms you would like to place it with, not to forget mentioning the light weight it has that brings a lot of advantages for most of house hold owners to have it move around wherever they wanted it to be. And I’m so in to it right now, that I’m convincing my husband for us to order since the site that I visited for ordering are on sale up to 50% off. Nice offer! So after all the convincing and reading about canvas printing, Hubby’s off for a second thought. Kudos to me! Thanks to the easy upload and virtual preview that Bespok canvas printing offers.

I need to organize things now before it’s too late. The sale is extended up to September 30th so need to move and think fast.

Who is Gordn?

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:24:16 PDT

Just want to share a quick note to everyone that baby Julia's starting to say words which me and hubby can't understand - as in! She keeps talking to her toys, especially her stuff toys which has faces in it like Teddy, her yellow beep beep car, and of course the all time famous Ging-ging, hihihi! Probably she thinks that they are like talking and smiling back at her. She sounds so cute. Wish I could share with you a video while she utter these weird names. But she usually say things whenever she feels sleepy or sometimes whenever she plays alone by herself.

I tried taking a video of her once when she was talking to Doggie-doggie, but she saw me holding the cam and immediately took her attention turning back to me and grabbing the cam away. Ugh!

"Gordn, Gordn, Gordn... nya nya nya... bla.. blahhh.... ahhhh.... hmmm...." says Julia. I can't believe that in 2 days time, she'll be 10mos old. Sigh! Time flies so fast.

By the way, Gordn really is with an "O". I'm thinking sometimes if she's looking for Corned beef, hehe! I don't know! LMAO.

The Countdown Begins

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:04:30 PDT

30 days to go for our vacation. Wohoo!

Where was I?

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:04:18 PDT

I’m really sorry for not being able to update. I’ve been wanting to rant a lot lot as in lot of things, but it’s just that every time I’m in front of the PC, and start to browse, I’m stuck with FACEBOOK. Yah right! I’m one of those FB Game addict. Starting off with Farmtown, then checking my crops in Barnyard, feeding my workers in Roller Coaster Kingdom and lastly feeding my fishes in Fishworld. Sometimes, still playing Bejeweled Blitz – but I’m not that so gaga anymore with it since I’ve found out that there’s a cheat for the game, I quit. A waste of time and I’m not challenged anymore with the game. Who would want to play fair? I do, but they don’t.

Anyway, I will not take more of your time reading explanations – as if it explains all of the missing things. I promise I’ll be back soon with all the chikas and updates most especially about Julia’s development. A lot of you whose connected with me thru FB, I know for sure where was I, hihi!

Leaving you a holy greetings for the month of Ramadan. Happy fasting to my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. Ramadan Kareem!

On Direct TV Services

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:09:18 PDT

We cancelled our pay TV subscription a month ago, so we’re back seeing the free to air channel line up which is why I keep on asking the husband to sign up with a new pay TV dealer. But we don’t have other choices here in the middle east aside from the western channels that they have. Our old pay TV subscription is good enough, but the price is not reasonable compare to the other movies which is on free to air.

Hubby was asking me which among the channel line up I missed most with our old pay TV service. I told him that I missed most the movie line up that they have. Well, lucky for those friends of mine who has Direct TV in California as their service for TV shows. I’ve just learned that it’s one of the good choices in the US coz compare to cable TV. For instance, in cable TV when the line are down, it affect the TV broadcasting while Directv isn’t.

Direct TV also includes the best movie line up which we previously have with our cancelled pay TV service. They have like HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ and the important of all is CINEMAX. Wow! What more can you ask for for such TV line up? They have over like 250+ channel lineup! And since their service is in America, they can enjoy sports as well because they offer great promos for the sports fanatics. I can’t imagine people having Direct TV in New York. I’m sure they are now called couch potato for it especially since they offer high definition quality, haha!

I just hope that Hubby could start thinking about subscribing to a new one. Me and baby Julia’s bored watching the same old cartoons, movies on the screen, hehe!

On Games

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:53:19 PDT

In a few more months, it’s Hubby’s turn to celebrate his birthday. We are in the midst of saving a lot since we’ll be on vacation after 2 months, but we were like thinking as early as now on what we’ll share to buy for his birthday. Well, his friends have this idea on buying Xbox for his birthday. They have lots of options to choose at but they are like thinking on what other games they can purchase with it if they do buy it.

For me, I really don’t mind whether what type of game they would like purchase, for as long as it will make them all happy playing along it, it’s okay with me. I’m happy though looking at this fantastic photos online. I feel like I want one as well. But I think I’ll just hop along with the guys for the mean time and the more of us who will play, the merrier, right? I’m having second thoughts now if I will tolerate Hubby to buy it as early as now. Just looking at it makes me feel more anxious to have one, hehe!

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:26:11 PDT

My first time for this meme.

No work means more time to be with Baby Julia
Happy to see Julia jumping up and down because of Elmo’s song
Preparing for tonight’s movie date with Hubby
Happy to be able to still support my family’s financial needs even if we’re in the midst of financial problems
My DSLR’s LCD is back to normal – don’t know why but the screen is normal now.
Was able to arrange some clutter in the small room

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Words or Syllables?

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:25:15 PDT

Words or syllables? Well, it’s 4 o’clock in the morning here and Julia’s still wide awake while watching Playhouse Disney’s Mickey Mouse House Club on Disney Channel. I was surfing the net when suddenly Julia started to utter her first play-along-please-notice-me-syllables like “DA-DA”, “BA-BA”, “NA-NA” and whenever she hears Mickey Mouse singing, she’s saying “MAMMMM-MA”. Gosh! My baby’s first words. How adorable the sound of it.

Just so to not forget, here are some things Julia can do now:

She can claps her hands along whenever I sing to her “Barney’s ILOVEYOU Song”;
She looks back if somebody is calling her name;
She loves blowing kisses – I let her put her hands on her mouth and then I’ll say “Flying kiss… mwah!” – she smiles a lot when I do that;
She shouts to the highest level! I think she will be a good singer like mama (walang kokontra! hehe!);
She can roll over like 2 or worst 3 times on her back and then on her chest and then back again. It kills me to death whenever I see her doing that, I feel like she’ll fall down the bed anytime. That’s why I decided to put out her crib in the living room so that I can look over her if she wants to do something adventurous;
She plays a lot with her feet pulling it up by her hand and splitting them up… hmmm… ballerina in the making;
She still loves playing with gadgets like biting the RCU of the TV, AC and her favorite is her Papa’s Blackberry, hehe!

I’m feeding Julia mush potatoes, carrots and owl - cooked rice left overnight or also known as bahaw in the Philippines. She still loves eating her rice cereal mixed with milk. Last night we went to the doctor for her follow-up check up, Alhamdulillah Thanks God, she doesn’t have cough and cold. We also decided to stop puffing Ventolin for her. She doesn’t have as well the sound coming from her throat or dahak. Hope she’ll continue to stay healthy. Thanks again for all those people who left comments on my FB page for her to get well. A BIG THANK YOU FROM ME AND MY HUSBAND.

On Travel

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:32:07 PDT

I was browsing thru a friend’s album online and was so happy seeing her touring some of the finest spots to travel. She has been to Macau, Thailand, Hong Kong (this is on my top list to go to) and some wonders in the Philippines. I’ve always dreamed of traveling and so I asked her some major ideas on Ways To Travel around the world. There’s a lot of things that you have to consider before taking this step. You have to keen observer and at the same time to think twice on the budget that you have to shoulder for the trip. Not to forget the hotel where you’ll stay in for the mean time. A nice trip should end up in a good and cozy bed. How I wish I could do some adventurous trip like she had. With our little one included, I think this travel ideas of mine will be put on hold up until our little one is ready to travel.

PhotosGrabbedfromVS

Want to be a WHAM?

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:28:35 PDT

WHAM – Work at home Mom. Well, I wish I could and I wish I am but I can’t. Simply because I have a family back home that I’m still supporting financially. Last night, the husband and I were having a conversation thinking of the future – like what if I will stop working and will just stay home to take care of the little one? Hmmm… it was like a big question to ask and then I told him that there’s this online task on the internet sphere that I can sign up to to earn like. And since I’m into blogging, might as well try it. There’s nothing to loose, might as well try.

Well, lucky for those whose residing in US, Canada and UK coz you can earn from $100-$156 dollars each day just sitting in your home. Imagine the comfort of it without commuting, driving and getting up early as 7’o clock to get ready with your work. Real Job Opportunity Online. Make Money at Home is the best and easiest way to earn. It’s legal, and you can easily be paid thru your Google Money so there’s no doubt that the amount you’ll be paid will not be stolen or something. Just a simple instructions and everything will follow.

Man’s Bestfriend

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:10:26 PDT

A friend of mine posted a link on one of her sites stating that a man’s bestfriend is a dog. Well, we’ve all come to a point that we’ve always wanted to adapt a dog to take care off.

Back in my home country, we’re like taking into consideration that it’s a must to have an a dog in the house. They call it “Bantay” – “Guard” in Eglish. I had a dog once and I name him Sparky, but life seems too unlucky for him because my girl friend told me that he got sick and died. It took her all the guts to say it to me actually because she knows that my heart will break up hearing the news. Well, I guess separation anxiety killed him, hehe! I just now remembered, the reason why I suddenly wrote about this was because a while ago, my and Hubby were on the way home when my husband took my attention saying that there’s a dog missing. He showed me posters of a dog missing hanging on several light posts. It’s a chiwawa. It’s so unusual here in Qatar to have a dog. It’s allowed by the government to have one unlike in other Middle East countries where in it’s prohibited by their Law to have them as a pet. Cats probably are okay but dogs – it’s a no no! I then had a thought of what the owner was feeling this time. Where could his/her dog be? Was it stolen? Did someone run over him and threw it out on the bin? The thought of it makes me realized that it’s really hard to keep on of your own especially if you’re careless like the owner of this Chiwawa. Poor doggie dog.

Do You Love Animals? Becuase if you do, you can help a certain community to stop violating crimes against all animals as well. In this way you can help them all the way by contributing a little financial support. You may never know, you’re lost dog may be one of them.

Blog Theme

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:30:09 PDT

I’ve been searching in the internet for the best blog themes. I’m kinda thinking of changing my blog theme again. I’m bored with the designs. I may do some tweakings again with the current one I’m using, but I know myself – I may not be happy with the result, I guess.

I’m thinking of changing it to a 3 column blog. I noticed that I have lot of etc on my side bar, and as much as I wanted to remove one of them I simply can’t for the reason of all of them are useful for me – well not really all of them, but let’s just say 60% of it are a need on my blog.

I opting to get a cleaner whiter and more elegant theme. I’m opposite of what I said it to be but I feel like I want a change. Sigh! Guess I have to think 10 times more before deciding on it. Changing theme means saving a lot of work and it will mean a lot of time in front of my laptop which is not acceptable at the moment since I have other important things to do. Sigh! Yet again, the thought of it still exists.

Morning Sunshine!

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:08:20 PDT

It’s exactly 501am here in Qatar. Julia just slept and I find myself updating my abandoned blog once again. Not really updating, but I need something to write at least.

Aside from being addicted with Facebook, I’ve been playing along while baby sitting Julia with those online games. And I noticed that the sun is up already while getting too busy playing. Sigh! What else to do aside from being a Mom and wife? Well, might as well update something I owned right.

Guess I’ll just tuck into bed anyway. Get some sleep and pray that Julia will get well very soon in order for me to come back to work. My supervisor’s been so generous lately allowing me to take a leave until Julia feels much better. Alhamdulillah! Someone has a precious heart around here who can understand the feeling of being a MOTHER. Huh! Goodnight I mean, Good morning everyone!

Faces by mjO

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:40:14 PDT

Oh yes, my first try to do solo portraits. A friend of mine insist on using Photoshop to do tweaks on the photos but that means more time on the net. Here are some photos to share. I really appreciate these people who trust my abilities to do their photo shoots. Till next time!

First model is dear friend Adnan. He asked me if I can take a photo of him so that he’ll post it on his profiles. I said sure – but I don’t trust myself if I’ll be able to do good shots for him. Here are some photos I like and thanks God, Adnan liked it also… hehe!

And lastly, sexy sassy Jenny.

I’ve always dreamed to have super models like them. I hope that this will go far. I’m getting a lot from this hobby – enjoyment! My bestfriend told me that I was born to have eyes for photography. Partida wala pang lessons yan ha… Well, that’s what friends are for, love your own. Joke Bei!

In Sickness and in Health

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:59:29 PDT

For those of you who’s in my Facebook network, as you all know my dear Bb Julia’s sick. She’s been having this cough and cold thing for over a week now. Paranoid as ever, as guilty as a bee, not to think if her got worst because of the swim we did last week – huhu! I’m a selfish Mom! We brought her up in the emergency last Friday night coz she’s like just crying out loud without reasons. She’s having a hard time breathing in/out thru her nose. I guess because her nose is blocked and the thing is that whenever she cough, she’s so red that you feel like there’s something stuck in between her throat and you could like pull it out if you can just to make her feel okay. But anyway, we went to the Children’s Hospital – a 10 minute drive from our place to have her checked up.

The first thing the nurse in the reception asked us was “Have you been out of Doha recently?”. Yes, the AH1N1 aka Swine flu alert is in the Middle East. Most of the people inside the emergency were like there because of not that really on an emergency but barely because of worrying of this disease. Most of the babies are not really in hurt, I mean to say not that sick or something (I hope you can picture it on your mind what I’m trying to say here, hehe!) – the thing is, all parents are like in a worried state of mind. All couples were like looking blankly to each other asking “What have we done wrong?” or like “Why our baby is sick?” – these 2 questions were running thru my mind while in the waiting area. This is the first time Julia got sick for such a long time. As a first time Mom – these was the worst time ever. Wished that my Mom was still here to look on us, sigh!

Julia was like all stunned because of so many babies around her. Some were crying, some were sleeping and some were like her too – staring at some babies as well. Anyway, our number was called and the doctor checked on Julia. Good thing about her case is that she doesn’t have even a slight fever, so definitely it’s not swine – hehe! The doctor left and said that the nurse will teach me on how to use the respi-chamber. What was that for? Hubby came in with the medicines and he was holding a tube thing. So the nurse taught us both on how to use the chamber. I then realized that it’s for the Ventolin. I said to myself “Shucks! Aside from the eyebrows Julia got from me, she also inherited my Mom’s major sickness – asthma!” Huh!

We had to count 15 seconds in between the puff. We had a hard time doing it at first. Me and Hubby were like “Mama… Julia… Wait… 1..2..3…” and we have to entertain her with a music to make her stay still. Sigh!

Mommy said that sometimes this happens specially for Julia’s case since she’s still young and can’t rely spitting out, the phlegm stays behind. Though she recommends not to abuse using the Ventolin. But I told her that Julia’s sleep is much better after the puff.

Anyway, thank you for all those people who left a comment on my status the other night on FB and for dear friend Bernie and Khaty who texted me asking her situation. In times like this, I really really feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends I can rely on during emergencies. HUGS AND KISSES FROM ME AND MY FAMILY!

Pregnancy Updates

mj.oueini@gmail.com ({ Jhari }) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:59:15 PDT

Nope, I’m not pregnant but my friend is. She’s on her first trimester and I believe that she’s having twins! The got married last year. It’s a very famous day for celebrating all types of occasions. 080808 is totally in last year. They decided to set the date on that day because of course it’ll only pass one time for all time’s sake. Unless you have the time machine where you can always travel back on the date you want to – which is of course impossible to do so.

Well, I’ve given her so much links to check on with and here’s one of the links that I preferred for her to check on – or to all you pregnant women – Mothers to be, to keep an update on how your pregnancy is doing.

Pregnancy Week by Week is a great source on how to deal with your pregnancy up until 40th week. Too late I wasn’t able to use this link but then again, as I checked on it – flash back all the way up to giving birth and goose bumps as well on the feeling again the pain I had giving delivery to our baby. Well, the pain and labor of love is all worth it. Will do it again if given another chance – but of course, not NOW.