Dearest Baby Kuya,
Im back! It's been so long since i wrote to you.. You see i am having your baby brother now :) he's 5 months in my womb. Aren't you excited? It has been a not-so-easy pregnancy. I felt awful the past 4 months. Now, I'm better, so I'm back to updating you.. and I'm planning to make a blog for your little brother too...

Well, to make up for the lost time im going to begin posting here your pictures since you were in my womb, up to today :) How wlong will it take me? God knows hehe I just hope to finish it before Baby Brother arrives .. I'll start now...

The world will see how adorable and cute you are in pictures!

Love,
Mommy

So long Mommyla... Welcome Molars!

Dear Baby,

Mommyla went home already baby. she was with us here for like 2 weeks! that was her longest vacation here ever. Im sure you miss her dearly. and i so bet all your cute baby shoes she misses you like crazy... she told me that. So long Mommyla.. see you again next month?

Now, Im so happy that you are finally smiling and playing and eating normally again after almost two weeks of suffering due to teething. But today, thank God i have noticed it has finally made it through your gums. I guess it's your molar. Painful eh?

Haven't written for you last week. We've been busy with so many things. Tita Nini and Tito Undo's homecoming, Mommyla was here, we went to Bohol, blah blah blah! And now we are preparing for our trip to Bacolod! whew! Now tell me...who is the most 'laagan' baby in the whole wide world? Rujim Paul!

Spell Rujim Paul! R-U-J-I-M P-A-U-L! when i say this hi-pitched question, you would go the wall where i posted this:


and point to the letters of your name as if you already know how to spell! hehehe .. btw, look at those palm prints. the bigger one is mine and the smaller one is yours. i wished i did not use red hehe it looks horrific to me.. how about those scribbles? see that? that's yours too! i am so proud of your artworks that i post it so people who visit us will see them.. i bet you are going to be one good artist when you grow up. just like your Lolopapang, Nanay Dit2 and Tito Jong.

hey.. i got to park now. you seem to be catching my attention already. what's that very loud "PAA-PA-PAAAA-PAAA-PAAAAA" sound all about? =)

BIGLOVE,
Mommy.

random images of july

Dear Uji,

Got so many things on my to-do list today, but nevertheless, I can't miss my weekly post for you =) so I think this time, Im going to let these pictures tell you how your life has been lately...

Every Wednesday in My Playroom, I drop you (w tita Mae)
as I go about my business transactions and some me-time.

hmnnn. chikboy gyud =)

Bugoy bugoy.

Mom's having some arthritis attacks
and there's my Rujim to the rescue! ..
o daw ga reklamo haw? hehe

you first set of crayons.

trying to make friends @ playroom.

Dad's the culprit here.
And you seemed to like it so much
that you actually let me do it again the following day!

seldom shot. you just hate cameras :(

your early i23's .. caught you counting the clothepins

see video version HERE

i just love being your mom.

and im sure Dad never minds carrying you on his shoulders...
(@ Brownian Revival's concert. You were the youngest spectator i guess)

That's about it Baby. I have to make some scrapbooking materials now. Planning to hold a scrapbooking party here in our house anytime soon. Btw, thank you for being such a
very good boy last Saturday at Maanyag while Tito Jerry d' Barber was fixing your hair. You have to really look good coz Mommyla's coming over this weekend =) Im quite excited for you son.

Hey I got to go really.

Hugs Baby...
Mommy

super chikboy and his family

My Super Chikboy,

Have I told you already? You're the only superhero with that name. Dad and I invented it for you. During cousin Ty's birthday while cousin Ty was Dash from the Incredibles...

Super Chikboy and Dash

w/ Perez Cuzinz:our family here in cebu =)

Super Chikboy

I wish for you to see your cousins often but since that is not possible as of the moment, I cropped some pictures and Tita Mae made it into a a poster with the faces of not only your cousins but also of the rest of our big family. I let you say hi to them every day so that you'll get familiar with their faces. In fact, we really talk to them. hahaha. You think we look funny? Talking to a poster? No we look cute. This idea was suggested by your Tita Anne because she wants you to be at home with her (&them) when we go to Bacolod. Hopefully next month for your cousin Abe's birthday. You should memorize all of their faces Anak cuz they all said cuz Abe can really tell who's He's superman you know!

This is our family son. I hope and pray that you grow up with love and respect for our family for they say: "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." Our family loves us unconditionally, that's love next to what God can give. So remember, family first okey? =)

I love you,
Mommy

the dreadful basket

Dear Son,

The basket you see here has caused me tears today.

I bought it one day while we were in the mall because you loved playing with it, putting stuff inside it, feeling responsible for carrying something like grown ups do in a supermarket.

And this basket became one of your favorite toys in the house. You just love putting things inside it, carrying it around, unloading it, and putting your tiny fingers in its little holes.
Until this morning. This morning i will never forget. Your tiny fingers weren't that tiny anymore -- they got STUCK!!! Your forefinger and thumb got stuck in it and we couldn't remove them that easy. What frightened me more and caused me to cry was your very-painful-and-really-hurt-very-very-loud cry! Your lips were already trembling and your face was red. Why not? Your fingers were already purple!!!! And it began to swell!! My Goodness!I was ready to call an ambulance. But I thought. Something must be done now! I couldn't wait for another minute listening to your painful cry...

I thank the Holy Spirit for guiding me not to panic. I remember shouting "Lord! buligi kami ay ano himuon namun!!! (Lord please help us. Tell us what to do!!!) I right away remembered: soap and water! I saw that being done by some people when they couldn't remove a ring from their finger. Thanks to the dishwashing liquid and the pail of water that's already full. Thanks too for Tita Mae who shouted and cried with me. As I submerged your fingers -- I mean the basket with your fingers -- in the pail, I told you: "Baby relax lang ha.. relax lang" then I began to massage your fingers calmly -- praying all at the same time. Before we knew it, your fingers were FREE!!!

"Thank You Lord!". That's all I could say. And we both cried. Till you were calm.

Now baby, Im ordering you-- don't you dare touch that basket again. Is that clear?

traumatized-by-the-basket,
...Mommy

on escalators and trash

Hey Little Boy,

That's what you are now. No longer a baby but a small man! Im so proud seeing you step on and off the escalator with only your one hand holding on to me =) How fast you have grown Baby! ooops, I still love to call you 'baby'. And I guess that's forever.

Thank you baby for helping me pick up and put the pieces of trash in the plastic bag. I was so happy seeing you perform such responsible act even if I sure know you never understood what that meant. For you it was just play =) ... your 'proud' smile after I said 'very good' really made my day. I so wish I had a videocam with me when you did that earlier today. Never mind. It's forever recorded in my mind and heart.

Meanwhile, let's enjoy the moment that Lolo and Lola are here with us.
And let's count 60 more minutes before Dad arrives from China. We miss him so much, don't we?

a million hugs and kisses,
Mom

Letter from Tita Yang

Hi Anak!

It's Saturday.. Dad was surprised to see you climb up your toy motor ( a gift from tita Mayoy) on your own haha. I missed telling him you've been doing it for quiet some time =)

Here's the email from Tita Yang:

My dearest Rujip,

I was very happy that you get to hang out with us in our crib:-) Tita Bing could tell ,you like me more than her hahahahaha. Because you liked it when i held you...You are a very good and smart little boy. Its okay that you ate my bananas.Its nice to share food with somebody, it would be very lonely to eat alone.

Your mother and your dada could have seen you after you puked because you looked like a drunkl lil boy. You were weak and you did not much have strenght to fight with tita bing coz you just too tired and slept. You actually held her hand.

Next to your dada, your the only boy who got in our room so consider yourself lucky hahahahahh. I never thought you love hip hop and RnB as well. You know how to groove those hips..

You ate my biscuits. hahahha cute....i took a pic of us when you were asleep. Bottom line, you made us happy. Way better than drinking at Paseo:-).

I loved it when you actually wanted to sit on my lap..............and eat the lakatan........atleast........ahm nag effort ka:-)

I love you Rujip.

We dropped you off to their boarding house when Dad and I went out date. Im sure you too had a great time with them =) would you like to go there often?

love,
Mommy

flickr model

Dearest Mr Rujim Paul Rulona,

Greetings!

I would like to request the honor of your CUTE FACE to grace of my FLICKR gallery. Your talent fee includes a gift certificate to a lifetime supply of hugs, kisses and love.

Forever your fan,
Mrs. Genevive Badilla - Rulona

P.S. I noticed, parehas ta gali apelyido? ehehe

Rujim's Smile: Spot the Difference

Dearest Baby,

Last Friday night, Dad introduced us to two of her dearest friends from high school, Tita Jimnee and Tita Badet. What made that bonding so special was your showing us you are already a gentleman! When I asked you to 'bless' and you politely complied (much to my surprise, for you did it the first time!) You would normally shy away from people you don't see very often. But it made me so happy to see how cooperative you were (well, there was a little bit of resistance) during the documentation time...

Uji w/ Tita Jimnee: see mommy? i'm smiling (napugos smile)

Uji w/ Tita Badet: i'm really smiling ... (pakunswelo smile)

Uji w/ Mom: haay, finish na picture taking (secured smile)

... thank you Baby for doing your best to overcome that shyness. And thanks to your new Titas (thanks Jimnee and Badet! see you tonight here at our house... more good times!) It's really a moment to cherish when we are with friends. I pray that you'll grow up knowing how to keep and treasure friends. And i hope you will consider me as one of your best friends too =)

mwah!
Mom

bookworm at 14 months

My Dearest Rujim Paul,
While i'm typing this, you are downstairs watching Baby Einstein with Tita Juris. I write a letter for you every week in your notebook. But since we just got internet at home (Thank You Lord!), i find pleasure in blogging my weekly letters to you (will just print and paste it in your notebook for safekeeping, and for you to see when you grow big enough to read all these).
This week you love to walk and run a lot! (of course to my horror.. and to your Dad's nightmare) Your past time is opening and closing our kitchen cabinets, your fulfillment is climbing up the stairs, lately, you like to play anything i place inside the TUFF box (it's the powerful laundry detergent i'm selling) :) your lolopapang saw you playing with it to his delight (he's my boss in this tuff stuff hehe) ...
Of all the things you showed this week, your love for READINg impressed me the most! Earlier this day, you cried when Tita Mae stopped reading Your Mickey Mouse book...You just love it when i and Daddy read to you...You also like to read alone ..you can sit alone reading for a while ... as if giving me time to check my friendster update hehe, which reminds me to go now, still have to add a friend eh :) i love you my son. See you downstairs.

love,
Mommy