I'm giving it a week bago ko tuluyang i-delete ito. Sana po magkita-kita tayo sa dun sa kabila. Salamat po...
XOXO,
Lhey
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Sa mundo ko bilang asawa, nanay, at isang babae. Madalas masaya. Minsan Iritable. Walang pakielaman ng mga opinyon. Bato Bato sa langit, tamaan huwag magalit.
I'm giving it a week bago ko tuluyang i-delete ito. Sana po magkita-kita tayo sa dun sa kabila. Salamat po...
XOXO,
Lhey
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XOXO,
Lhey
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Ayos... Salamat po Lord, Maraming Salamat Po.
Buhay Amerika:
Akala ng iba, pag nasa Amerika ka, panalo na! Wala ka ng mahihiling pa! Mahirap din ang buhay dito, Mapalad lang ako na di ako isa sa mga libo-libo nating kababayan na dala-dalawa o minsan tatlo-tatlo pa ang trabaho para lang makaranas ng maginhawang buhay. Marami dito na umaasa lang sa "Plastik" o Credit Card, para sa mga kababayan o kapamilya sa Pinas, mukha nga namang bigtime, aba lahat ng uso meron eh, naka-iPawn o kaya Blackberry, naka-branded na damit, atsaka ang gara ng sasakyan, panay ang post ng piktyurs sa facebook eh. Madalas puro utang sa credit card yun, again... Sad but true!
Nakaka-inis pa minsan, mga kapwa Pinoy pa ang nagyayabangan. Pang-asar talagang mentalidad yan eh. Ang daming beses ko na kasing na-experience. Titingnan ako kung anong gamit kong celphone, kung anong tatak ng purse kong karga-karga, kung anong kotse dinadrayb ko, pag di pumasa sa mataas nilang standard, parang Alien ang dating ko sa paningin nila... Asar talo eh! Haha!!!
I was blessed with a gift of music. Pasalamat ako sa Panginoon sa binigay Niang talent sa akin. I've never worked a day in my life. Although I sing for a living, hindi ko kino-consider na pagta-trabaho yun, para sa akin, I'm doing what I love most, I'm playing, having fun... But, at the same time I'm getting paid a reasonable amount of Money. My singing career in Vegas was an awesome experience! One chapter of my life na sadya naman talagang unforgettable.
Ngayon, tambay na lang ako sa bahay... Haha, pinalad na makapag-asawa ng masipag at marunong sa buhay, He worked hard all his life to be where he's at right now. Kahit recession dito sa Amerika, atleast di kami masyado apektado, napaka-blessed namin na maginhawa pa rin ang buhay para sa aming pamilya, again, "Thank you po Lord!"
So anyway, ang haba ng pasakalye ko, ang gusto ko talagang ipunto dito eh eto...
Hapon na dito sa Kansas, nagkakape nga ako dito sa labas, naiisip ko lang ang buhay sa Pinas. Simple pero rock! Kahit na nung nasa Showbiz life na ako Pag uuwi ako sa Cavite, walang showbiz showbiz kasama pamilya ko. Normal lahat... Pag gantong hapon, di na ako mapakali nitong pumuntang plaza para makapag-isaw. Hahaha!!! Nakupo dang sarap eh, sawsaw sa sukang maanghang! Di uso sakin yung hihingi ng sariling suka, mas masarap yung sa mismong bote nila, sari-saring laway at kung anu-ano pang elemento ang nandun, haha!!! Yun nga nagpapasarap yata dun eh, LOL! Pag di pa solb, kakain naman ng lugaw saka lumpiang toge, this time may sarili na akong sawsawan... La akong choice eh, bibigyan nila ako ng konti sa mangkok!
Panalo talaga... Yung mga ganun kasimple ang nami-miss ko eh... Yung kantsawan namin ng mga ate ko saka mga pamangkin ko, yung mga fishball moments namin, saka mangang hilaw w/ bagoong. Halo-Halo moments pag summer, o kaya sorbetes, pa-minsan si Mamang nagtitinda ng Ice Buko napapagawi sa amin, yung ginataang bilo-bilo sa kanto, o kaya kwek-kwek sa may sakayan ng jeep, saka fishcracker at itlog pugo sa may coastal pag inabutan kami ng one way... Pucha mapapaiyak nako. Gusto ko ng umuwi... Miss ko na sina ate, kuya, at mga pamangkin kong bugok!
Walang katumbas ang simpleng buhay namin, it made me look at things so differently, but more than anything else? PAMILYA pa rin ang the best! Walang katumbas na halaga, sa hirap at ginhawa,
At sa kahuli-hulihan?
Pamilya pa din ang babalik-balikan...
LHEY
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Pero ngayong may mga anak na ako, di na pwede ang arte ko, di na pwede yung toyo-toyo! Haha! Kasi naman, pano ka magse-set ng example sa anak mo kung ganong klase ang ipapakita mo diba? Kaya, pag dumarating ako sa ganong point, nagpapakawala lang ako ng mahabang buntong hininga...
Bakit ko ine-explain to? Kasi tinotopak ako! Bwahahahaha!!! :)
XOXO,
LHEY
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Kung nandito lang ang nanay pagagalitan
Ako nun eh.
Sasabihin nun matulog ako at magpahinga.
Eh mas inaatupag ko pa
Ang mag-picture at mag-blog
Tungkol kay Raine.
Lalo na ang titigan sya.
I still can't get over the fact
That I just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl...
Ang ganda ganda nia...
1st day...
Abangan ang mga susunod pa naming kabanata!
Kisses!
XOXO,
Lhey
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She's Here Guys!
We are proud parents of a new baby girl
Raine Bella Ralston
May 26, 2010
5:45 am
7.14lbs and 20 inches long
Everything happened so quick.
I started feeling the labor pains around 4 in the morning. I got up in bed having that intense pressure on my back, then I felt a lil gush of liquid, at first I thought it was just more of my mucus plugs because there's a lot of the mucusy stuff that came out with a lil amount of liquid. But then when the pressure didn't go away, I decided that I should really time how many minutes apart the contractions are.
I sat in my exercise ball. And tried to relax and focus, but trust me it was hard. I was like waiting for the contraction to come, my brain is sending signals to my body that I should really try to ignore.
Pain. Pain. Pain. That's a lot of ouch ouch ouch!
I asked Jason to start getting the towels and baby's receiving blankets and hat ready in the oven. Yup, we were asked that it should be warmed up for the baby. I asked him also call the midwife and let her know what's going on.
So when I got up to go to the bathroom there was more fluid that came out, I asked Jason to get the yellow strip that our midwife gave us, and the strip changed its color to purple which means that my membranes ruptured. Yup, my water broke.
Contractions were getting more intense and really painful. I was trying so hard to focus and be strong.
"I am gonna have this baby natural, I can do it!"
Brushed my teeth, put my hair up, and put my robe on! More pain... Gosh!
My midwife got in the house as soon as 20min. She asked me how I'm doing and if I timed the contractions, I told her that everything is happening so quick, now I'm getting it every 4min.
She asked me if I want to get in the water already? And of course I said yes.
The pain was so intense. Happy place? Oooh where's my happy place? I should go there and try to ignore this physical torture...
Ya know what came into my mind?
I pictured my mom in my head. That put a smile on my face and eased my worries a lil bit.
Jason got in the water with me, he was putting pressure on my back and on my knees every time contractions starts. My other midwife came shortly to assist us. When I was in the transition part of the contractions, which means I was probably 7-8cm dilated then, I could feel my whole body trembling already and was getting scared that I will not be able to focus through the next only God-Knows how long...
I felt bad coz I wasn't very nice to Jason during the contractions, he would try and kiss me just to let me know that I am doing a great job. He was so supportive, but I wasn't very loving in return! Heller? I'm having a baby?! I'm dying here! Lol!
My midwife kept asking me to change position.
Sometimes I'm on my knee, or on my back. Then she would ask me to rock back and forth.
By the time the baby's ready to come out, all I could here is myself saying
"I can't do this anymore!"
Then the 3 of them are there, with their sympathetic faces and assuring me that I was doing a great job!
The last 20minutes of the labor was the most intense.
That was the time when I felt like I couldn't do it anymore,
I cannot take take another torture. My body was just shaking...
And I felt like anytime I'm gonna lose it and faint.
My midwifes were great, Suzanne and Sarah were very helpful. My husband was the best.
When the "Ring of Fire" started. (It means that the baby's head was crowning)
I could literally feel like my private was being ripped apart, all I could here is their voices saying
"Lhey, your baby's almost here..."
Right at that moment when I felt baby Raine's head I stopped whining and crying already. it was the moment of truth, I stopped pushing and just fully let go of what my body's supposed to do to deliver the baby out. I could also feel that she is pushing herself out...
It was the longest 10 minutes since her head first crowned.
I felt the most intense pain, and most fulfilling feeling after she was born.
I was so overwhelmed when I fist held her,
her umbilical cord was still attached and they didn't wanna cut while its still beating.
They want her transition to be as smooth as possible. For her breathing and all that.
She was the most beautiful thing in the world at that moment, she didn't looked like a newborn to me,
she didn't look swollen and pale, not at all!
Me and Jason were crying like babies.
The whole experience was so special.
It is very memorable.
I will go through the same pain again, if in the end, the reward would be as beautiful as my little angel.
Natural birth is not easy...
But I am glad I went through the whole experience.
I salute all the mother's out there who gave birth naturally without any epidural.
My deepest appreciation to my friends, sisters, and my Mother. We are Superwoman indeed!