5th Monthsary, and how

I guess a fitting cap to having already been married for 5 months is getting all the deliverables from our Photo/Video Team: Vignete Photography.

I've said before that I feel a little sad about not having great group photos... because there were 3 photographers vying for everyone's attention... but that we're happy anyway because Vignette was able to capture emotions... and it tickles me pink when a stranger would view our pics and not exclaim over how great the shots are, but how they felt teary... as if they were present in my wedding.

Anyway, I also wouldn't lie. With the budget we could afford, I figured that a lot of teams can actually make us happy. And that their approaches don't really vary that much. So yeah, we mainly got Vignette because their office was near our venues, and because we fell in love with their albums.

They were even accommodating enough to adjust album sizes/pages a little to fit our budget... :) And my gosh, am I happy!


The original picture we chose for the framed pic wasn't that... but my Baby's chinky eyes was so evident in the pic we liked... so we just told Mr. Ignacio to choose from among our Church pics. I'd have preferred something a little more close-up... but since I decided to let them choose the pic, I cannot actually complain. We also chose a simple frame for the pic, figuring it will be easy to match whatever house we live in. The main album comes in a cream box, and a cream canvas bag. The baby albums had this hard plastic thingie for protection and came with the small black paper bags.




The videos all came in DVD format




The album box is this THICK duchess satin-type of cover that's cream and looks sooooo nice and bridal. Ahehe. The album also has this dust-protector thingie.



The album cover is like this white leather printed with our pic. Real nice eh? I just thought the wooden magnetic-type of albums offered by most suppliers are too cliche for us (not that there's anything wrong with them... I just preferred this one)




All pages in digital layout and protected by this photo tack (?) thingie. Notice that we preferred the horizontal layout because we didn't like the layouts cut in half and just gilded in silver (like what most Studios offer) in the middle. We felt it was a waste of layout. We also didn't cram so many pictures in our album (out of 2,500+ pics, we only chose around 120 shots?)... which is also why my arm is friggin' numb already from doing the layouts for A4 size-pages to supplement our fine, fine album.




We got 3 Baby albums, one for each set of parents and another one for us (so we won't have to whip out the main album all the time).




And this is dinner. Hubby bought them all the way from Pampanga.


Yes, I think i've gushed enough. :)

Married for almost 5 months now

... and it still feels like we're playing house.

And it's weird how we can be so thoughtful one moment, and thoughtless the next. But it's still bliss just smelling, hearing, feeling my husband next to me.

But we've turned into worse sloths... because of our DSL connection, we got so into downloading Grey's Anatomy episodes... and has taken up the habit of watching some 3 episodes a night... leading to super late nights. Heck... he didn't go to work Thursday... and I was also absent Friday :)

And so, our laundry has piled up, our home is dirty... etc. That led to a clenaing frenzy in me last night. Now my hands ache. We really should have enough to pay domestic help once we have a baby because I cannot honestly do housework all the time. Tsk.

Hubby was supportive enough to accompany me in my quest to take good pictures of streetpeople... but I really have much to learn.

(Commercial... wedding photographers like Chito Cleofas, Bern Mejias and Pilar Tuason all learned photography when they took the same course, Basic Photography, under FPPF, o devah!)

Anyway, I just want to say (because Dr. Burke put it so well)....

There is nothing my Baby can reveal that I wouldn't want to know

*~*

BTw, we're still an inducing a period before we proceed with otehr tests. Meanwhile, help me please root for Pyro.

Negative, and a little worse

Of course, worse is relative... and right now, just a little bit non-conclusive.

Preg test showed negative (bwahahaha, but we did have some fun because I stupidly used the other side and wondered and wondered why my urine wasn't getting absorbed, ahehe) and we got worried. A trans-vaginal ultrasound later would tell us that I have polycystic ovaries. It doesn't look so bad, but it's there. And am still delayed, meaning there's really a hormonal imbalance.

I was shattered last Saturday... numb with fear and pain as I contemplated all the really bad possibilities. Not being pregnant YET is disappointing, but still ok... the possibility of infertility is another thing.

Still, having just gone off the pill last Feb, my body has yet to really tell us if i'd be forever imbalanced. Am also getting my blood sugar and thyroid checked, to rule out other possible causes for the hormonal imbalance.

Thankfully, my husband is more worried about my health than us never ever having kids. He has assured me again and again since that he loves me more. We told his parents about it, since they knew we were going to the OB anyway, and they were equally loving. Calls, texts assuring me they love me, and just want me to be healthy poured in. They also told my Baby that they know we feel pressured by them but that we shouldn't even think about that anymore. Last I heard, they're also going to set me up with another OB Gyne for a second opinion.

So, although it's still a little sad... am not depressed anymore.

I even told my MIL... that maybe it's really God's plan to have Iya and Pyro both enjoy our attention some more... esply since Pyro will undergo yet another cardiovascular surgery because of a new tumor growth.

I'm still thankful and hopeful... right now, we're going to regularize my period first. And hopefully celebrate Pyro's 3rd birthday with good news.

*~*

Hubby has been very supportive of my photography clases, he even bought me a digital photography book, complete with softwares. Bad lang sya kasi he's looking to buy a more compact digicam... di sana DSLR na lang! :D

Still delayed

We were so sure that we're pregnant... after all, I never missed a period, no matter how stressed or sick I get. Thus, the pregnancy test last week. We even had the videocam going as we waited for the preggy test to work. Well, like what I said in my previous post, it was NEGATIVE (I really wonder if there's a Clearblue Digital Pregnancy Kit here, i'd love words over strips talaga, but not if the kit will be so costly naman ahehe).

A week from that and am still period-less. And I don't know if I should test again tonight or not (ok fine, am getting antsy! I jsut want to know if the weight gain is because am such a sloth and my metabolism needs boosting... or it's because there's a bouncing baby inside already). And fine, I still really want to eat tuna sashimi. And yes, there's that worry of an ecotpic pregnancy... or a possible reproductive health problem.

Hubby, on the other hand, is worried that stress has renedred his swimmers weak. Ahehe.

Good thing for us, we were too sleepy still last week when we took the test, so we weren't exactly in a frame of mind to really be disappointed. But of course we were (and I know it's weird since we've been saying we want to wait a year... but we did say we want a year without a baby, and if I am preggy, the baby will be due on January which technically means we're not eating our words).

Now, the excitement and kakulitan over my possible pregnancy has died down a little bit... we don't get inquiries every day anymore. I'm guessing they're disappointed too. Howell, I did say they were preempting what could be.

I'm not depressed about it naman. And i'm not overly worried (it just feels weird to be skipping your period). I just really hope nothing's wrong with me (because when I was having my dizzy spells, my Baby was already overly concerned).

But am still officially overweight now! Most of my clothes don't fit anymore! Grrr... but hubby has just texted that he likes me being overweight so i'd just be clothes-less at home. Mwehehe.

So, should I take a test or wait another week? :)

Or just maximixe our new dsl connection at home? :)

yeah, yeah... am just babbling here.

Happy weekend, guys.

*~*

On a serious note, some marriages can suck big time.

Wedded Bliss...

... is wedded bliss still. But it can still be hectic as we play husband and wife to each other. Good thing we had the long weekend to enjoy each other. My Baby accompanied me to the Ob for a check-up (since am still delayed but the Medic Kit said 'negative'), then we went grocery-shopping, then hubby cooked for me and the other household (it's a household again since two more cousins are staying with us), and I gave hubby a massage. Sunday found me leaving hubby to attend my Photography Class, but he fetched me later on (even if he said he wouldn't, and it was great that we saw each other near San Agustin since I also left my cell at home). I gave him a tour of Intramuros, taking him to the nooks and crannies where my friends and I used to hang out. Then we attended Mass at San Agustin and had dinner at hizon's (all this dating is justified by having just celebrated 4 months of being married to each other). We capped the evening with ice cream and a replay of our CSI favorites. Monday found us just sleeping and watching TV and sleeping again. I cooked/prepared mashed potatoes and ham and cheese omelet for dinner to go with roast chicken bought at this newly-opened store near our home. Hubby also revisited Diablo while I tinkered with digiscrapping again.

Yup, basically, we just fattened each other up. And it was sooo refreshing and de-stressing to just have wach otehr nearby for a kiss.


Instant pancit Canton garnished with chicharo; Pork chop and Shrimps in Lemon Butter Sauce


Makulit lang talaga ang asawa ko :)

True, we've only been married for four months but we've been together a long time now... here's hoping we'd be enjoying each other more for a longer time :)


Yikes! This was how we looked like over five years ago, at his parents' 25th wedding anniversary