Holiday World 2016

I don't think I was able to blog about Holiday World last year, but we did go. It was Oct. 24 (US timezone) when we went -- I think. This year we went on Oct. 23! We didn't even know that we went there last year around the same time, until the Facebook "Memories" showed up on our Timelines. I had a video on Youtube on it, and I also uploaded a bunch of pictures on FB which you can view if you click HERE.

Holiday World is located at Santa Claus, Indiana. Yes, the town's name is Santa Claus! The amusement park used to be called "Santa Claus Land" until they've expanded so much, and added more attractions that are in Holiday themes, thus the new name! Cool concept right?

FALL FESTIVAL (October 1, 2016)

So this post is 10 days late, but that's okay right? ^^;

Fall Festivals in the U.S. are usually held on the 1st day of October (or at least that's how I understand it to be). Maybe some people hold it the first weekend of October so that the family can all be present for it. I do not remember going to one last year. Although we went to a Pumpkin Patch with a lot of activities, it was not the first weekend of October, I believe, nor was it called "Fall Festival". I rest my case.

Battle of Sacramento Blog Post (Finally!)

I've been wanting to post about the Battle whenever that weekend was up. It has been a hard 2 weeks for me to really read or write anything fun, because I've had to study, diligently I might add.

Also I have been waiting for a video and when it was uploaded, I was already in a study-mode. I've never thought I would have that mode ever. Haha.

Anyway this weekend was a weird way of letting me experience how bipolar Kentucky's weather is. Saturday was REALLY chilly, I had to wear my winter coat, and Sunday was REALLY hot, I had to just have tank top and shorts on!

Florida 2016: Part 2

Blog Part 2

Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, End of Vacation

So this is the long awaited part 2 of my blog. Haha. I don't even know if people really read my blog. Anyway, let's start with an early morning rise to ---

Day 3: Disney Princess Run and EPCOT

Disney Princess 5K

The Disney Princess 5K Run! We woke up at 4am (okay, they woke up at 4:00, and I woke up at 4:20 -- in my defense, Llyr kept me up ^^;) and we got ready to leave at about 5:20am or so. We arrived in EPCOT Cast parking (Employees in Disney are all called "casts".) My mother-in-law, and her bestie had to go through a different area which was for the runners, so my father-in-law and I have to look for a parking spot and then look for the starting line.

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We took pictures before the race while everyone was fresh and not injured, haha. No one was injured in this 5K. Moving on, we watched a lot of the runners pass by, I was on the look-out for fancy costumes, but I took no pictures really, because I wanted to just my mom-in-law and her bff as they go through the race. So we headed to the finish line and waited. They finished beautifully in 50 minutes! It was awesome!

Look at that 5k buddies' hug~

After the race and sun was fully up in the morning sky, we went back to the hotel to the surprise of everyone who did not come to see it. Haha. Well, no one expected that we would be back that early, I guess. So we had time to freshen up, and eat before going to EPCOT!! Here we go Disney!

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

We arrived at a good time, even though we had a lot of walking and confusion on how to go there, that was funny. I thought everyone I'm with already knew where to go and how to get there, so it was fun seeing them get lost too. xD

We rode a shuttle bus, and a boat to go there! Fun!

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The boat was so pretty and it was a nice ride to see the sights around. I also have this thing about taking photos of people walking. I have no clue why. Don't judge me. Haha. So I knew we were going to EPCOT and I knew it was going to be the less thrilling of all the parks, because that's what people say, and that's awesome! Because I am afraid of loop the loops of roller coasters! I was so shocked though because right as we entered, I saw my favorite fairy ever!! TINKERBELL was there!! I had to run and have my picture taken with her of course!

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Of course, the one robot I was so looking forward to meeting was Baymax! This is why I'm so glad we went to EPCOT for my first Disney experience ever. If not here, then I would not be able to hug Baymax ^^. Funny story, in the last photo on the right, my husband was already on his way to exit the photo area, but Baymax had a tight grip on my arm, and was not letting me go! xD It was so cute because he also chased after me! I have a video proof -- but you really have to watch the end closely, you'll see him pop up right behind me. Watch it here <-- click (fast forward to 0:54seconds if you do not want to watch the entire meet and hug video, but it's sooooo cute)

Llyr on the other hand, was not so happy with the Disney people he's been seeing. It's so sad that he dislikes Tinkerbell (I mean she's basically me! With blonde hair!) xD He was not so sure about Pinocchio either, look at that frown. Be sure to click the photos to see it better.

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But we did find one who he really likes! Around Christmas, we watched Lilo & Stitch, so he must have remember him from that! (I may be biased - totally - but that's just impressive)

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With Stitch, he was ever so willing to interact! He even got out of his stroller and kept waving at him. Adorable!

So the day went on, and we went to the Spaceship Earth, Journey into Imagination with Figment, Mission: Space, The Seas with Nemo and Friends, Living with the Land, Colortopia, Gran Fiesta Tour starring the Three Caballeros, The Sum of all Thrills. To know more about these rides please click here.

I would say the best one would be the Mission:Space it made me dizzy, but it was so fun! We get to have a simulation of being astronauts, you would really feel the g-force. Then there's that ride my husband took me to: The Sum of all Thrills, it was pretty interesting.

not mine (got this from Google)

You actually get to make your roller coaster / jet coaster the way you want it to, from levels 1-4. My husband of course made it crazy. I got really scared because I raised about 3inches from my seat when it had me upside down! Thank goodness it could not actually do a loop d' loop!

EPCOT is about the world, so there are different countries featured in it, and of course I had a ton of fun in Japan! I took few pictures because it was already night time when we were able to go to the countries, but hey, it's pretty cool.

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That concludes Day 3, everything ended with a bang! Here's a video clip I edited if you'd like to see.

Click here <--- watch it! ^^

I probably should end it here.

I was thinking of having my blog about the vacation in just 2 parts, but it's too much to fit in here. Haha so please look forward to the 3rd and hopefully last installment of this vacation blog!

Welcoming 2016: New Year + My Birthday

Wow. It's 2016 already! It really snuck up on me!

So many things has happened, and suddenly we're jumping to a different year!

My husband and I had a quiet New Yer's Eve (compared to all others who went to parties amd stuff), we stayed home with Mamaw (my mother-in-law's mom) and Llyr. I really didn't want to be away from my baby for New Year's so we opted to stay home. :) It was an awesome day nonetheless.

We went to Sam's Club for diapers and wipes, and then we headed to Walmart for groceries, and let's just say some holiday miracles happened. x)

My husband really got lots of pogi points this time.
He got me my 12 fruits, and bought sparklers, made traditional Filipino candies and desserts, and awesome dinner for New Year's Eve. Oh, he got me a new phone case which looks super awesome!



I'm so glad we got to celebrate with Mamaw too, and she and Llyr played and played, and we told stories and it was like a sleepover! The best part of it is that my family from the Philippines Skyped with us all through out of NYE. Love love love family.

Last day of being 26 well spent. x)
My mom even greeted me before the day ended. xD
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Then the next day~
I turned 27.

Haha, it was actually a fun and funny day! It's so funny because during Christmas, I was asked what I wanted for my birthday, and I answered 'a surprise birthday party'. And oh my gosh, they threw me one!

My day started ever so norma--wait, maybe not.

Kyle let me sleep in.. hmmm..
Llyr didn't even go to the room to wake me up like usual.. hmmm..
I got to take a loooong shower..
Mom took Llyr early and so I even got extended time for preparation..
I got to spend time on my clothes and make up..
But I thought it's just because we had time, and well, it's my day after all.

Then lots of phone calls arrived for Kyle, not a single one for me. They told us we were to go to church to take the tree down, so .. ok. Then we got there and mom called Kyle in, so I was taking my time and Kyle came back out to get me.

I asked him, 'is this my bday party?' Haha. He said, 'no.' あやし。。x)

We came inside and it was dark and we went to the left instead of the right side, and they said
'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!'

"I knew it!" I yelled.

Haha, Kyle said I've just always been good at guessing stuff for me xD that's also funny because before I got to open my big present I guessed what it was.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH ME OPEN THE GIFT
I was so excited about the gift, I just had to message my mama right away!

That wasn't the end! Because after my surprise birthday party, Travis (Kyle's uncle), and Cortney (Trav's girl), and Kyle and I had a double date at the Buffalo Wild Wings (as if we weren't full enough from late lunch, haha).  I was able to Skype with my mom a bit. B' dubs, as it's called, is popular for the chicken wings, which you can order from mild to HOT.  This is a special place for me because it's the very first place we got to eat at when we landed to the US. ^_^

After that, we went to a bookstore called Books-A-Million, where we got a huge discount for our haul!! Kyle has a new game, I have 3 new books, and Llyr has 4 new books! 

It doesn't even end there!! I got to fly my birthday lantern!!

It was the coolest way to end a super awestatic birthday! Yes, I made up a word! Because there is no other way to describe my day!



Things may try to bring us down, but I'm not going to take it.
I'm 27 and I think I'm starting it right.

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My heart is exploding!

I WANT TO WRITE!

I feel like my heart is really about to explode, and no, it's not because of caffeine. Maybe it's the sugar. 

No really I want to write.

I don't have a lot of time to write -- and that sucks. I make do with what I have. I really want to be able to regularly blog. I do -- so much, and I want to have time to sit down and write on my journal, and my newly unearthed notebook without having to worry about my baby. My husband is a good husband. I have told him that. He needs to work on his daddy skills though. (I've told him that too. Bluntly, I might add.) He's been a house husband for a while now, I know he's been getting itchy to work again, and well, not be a home stay dad. I know he LOVES to play games, and he wants time alone with that too. So it's really a give and take situation.

Early New Year's Resolution

Oh gosh, when was the last time I've blogged? I don't even remember. There's so much I had wanted to say but I haven't had the time to post.

Early New Year's Resolution:
Blog once a week.

Too much? I think it'd be good for my brain. ★(･ิ ･ิ〃)

Soooo baby update!!
Baby's almost 3months and he's now 60cm in length and 6.2kg in weight!! My Ninang Pedia said I've done a good job so far. *squeee* He was 4.9kg last month so he's gained weight well.

I now have a heavy baby boy but he's cute and healthy!!



Look at him!!!



Don't you wanna pinch those cheeks?



Bubbles!!

Thanks for reading~
See you soon!

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Testing bloggeroid

I found this new app and I just want to test is out.


In the meantime, here's a panda.

Let see if I can actually manage to have a decent looking post.



(๑・ิ-・ิ๑)

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Just 25 days more!!

My baby's coming~~~ In just 25 days, he'll be coming! I'm so excited!
I haven't updated my blog because I wasn't sure if I should already post this or not haha.
So on Saturday August 23, 2014 at 3pm I'll be having a small baby shower!
It will be only a small gathering since I'm saving most of my money for the baby's delivery and stuff.

Aside from that, I've been doing some preparations for the baby's arrival as well.
I actually went to a baby/kids bazaar. I mean the stuff were discounted but still expensive!
I knew I had to get some stuff already though since the baby's coming soon!

30.2 weeks UPDATE

Today the babies already 30 weeks and 4 days old. This update is for what happened Saturday.
I could not post anything that day because there were people who came by to clean the septic tank. ; 3;
The house was a mess, people were impatient and hungry so yeah.

Saturday is OB day. I was pushed out of the house at 8:40am, even though I wasn't planning to -- because my mama didn't want me inhaling anything bad in the house. (My bedroom floor was drilled open, cement smoke was awful, and dust, and poo, etc.)

I was at the OB clinic at 9:10am, to the assistants surprise, so I explained to them why -- and they didn't make me go away anymore. ^^; The doctor was to come at 11:00-11:30am, but with doctor stuff, she arrived at about 1:30pm. So many pregnant women were there already. We were all hungry but no one dared to get out of their seat (cause we might lose it haha).

Baby's heartbeat was normal at 127mbps, growth normal too. Too my doctor's surprise (and maybe she worried a bit) I did not gain a single pound from 3 weeks ago. I was still 128lbs. So if I gain so much it's bad, but when I don't gain in almost a month it's bad too. o3o

I told my OB about my menstrual pain-like cramps, and she told me if I experience it a lot then I have to be confined... Uhhhh no. > < So she told me to have a urinalysis done to make sure I do not have UTI -- because this can cause pre-term labor. I don't want my baby to be in the NICU. I do believe that I have no infection, but just in case, I'mma drink 1 glass of water for every hour to cleanse myself of this and get a good result. ^^ I also have to take an "Isoxsuprine" for every 12 hours for 7 days.

OH I GOT MY BABY'S COLORED PICTURES!

Look at that weirdly colored print.
Looky at this cute already chubby cheeks baby boy~ <3
I love love love him!!

Thank you Jesus! I know You are always protecting this little precious life~

Oh we've decided on a name!

(－‸ლ) It's read as /KRIS-tə-fer/ /Lih-r/ (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
(*´ ˘ `*).｡oO ( ♡ ) L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S) σ(ൈ)φ 

My baby's gender~~ ☆

The Two Faces of My Weekend

 

Image from Google

RAINY ADVENTURE!

So my cousin said that yesterday. ^^ Yes, we all decided it will be a great day! It was salary day. It was ice cream day. It was shopping day! So what really happened?

At 3PM JPN time I was already heading out with my cousin Jona and Ram. We got called back by our friends who were still having classes for the day and they said that there was this announcement today:

Worst announcement of the day ever!!!

Now click the fake link below this and find out what happened to these 3 girls who had no more money for the day. 3 girls who have not eaten lunch yet...

Big in Small

For some reason when people write about traveling, food escapades, tips and stuff like that. I have nothing to write about! Hahaha, how boring can I be? Okay that wasn't really a question so noooooooooooooo! Don't answer it. ; 3;

I helped A BIT with my friend setting up her own blog. I think she'll be mainly posting about food. She LOVES eating but her body is cheating! Okay I did not mean that to rhyme. It's just that she's so fit! No matter what she eats she does not get fat while when I eat a small piece of bread I BOOM bloat right away!

Change Your Face. XD

I found some fun editing applications for Android (maybe it's in itunes too).

TinierMe Challenge: Dress like a NEWBIE for whole WEEK [Photo Album]

As promised here are the photos~! :) Not everyone was able to to attend T^T But we had a lot of fun, and I'm really thankful for everyone who participated. Here are the previews of the pictures~ :)
Photos!!