Suppliers Review

I can tell that Peycie 's baptismal was a success!  Not to mention, baby was really cooperative during the baptismal rites and in the reception. ☺  Since I shared with you my suppliers for her baptism, let me do a recap and review.


Church: Our Lady of Fatima Parish
We were the first to reserve the date for baptism and we already expected that our baby will not be christened alone since it's Sunday. Reserving the date was easy, we paid P200 for the baptismal rites, P20 for each pair of godparents and P280 (P20 each) for the candles and missalettes.

On the day of christening, I was saddened that the baptismal rites/ceremony was not solemn.  It was like the priest just pour water on her head and that's it!  As they say "masabi lang na nabinyagan".  Oh well, maybe because there were 14 children to baptize.  Added to that, people were just chitchatting and just waiting for the ceremony to finish and have their photos taken. I was also disappointed because after the rites, the priest disappeared like a bubble. 

Venue: St. Joseph House of Serenity
We had miscommunication with the one in charge here.  They told us that they have 100 chairs that we can use and advise us to inform our caterer so they will only bring 20 pcs as we invited 120 guests.  Early morning of the baptism, Edward visited the site and found out that they don't have tables!  Imagine the rush and hassle!  Their "referral" for the tables saved the day! (Is it part of the business?)  Anyway, apart from that, everything turned out well.  They even gave us discount. ☺

Caterer:  GJ's Catering
This is the least I expect to disappoint me.  They arrived 2 hours late in the venue.  They commit to be in the venue by 6:30 a.m. but they arrived at 8:30a.m.  But then, they were able to decorate the place on time.

With regards to the food, they never fail.  Yes!  Still delicious!  But what made me mad, is there's no Roasted Chicken which is supposed to be included in the Menu!  What else? Oh the cake!  I sent Ms. Medz the design of the cake I want for our baby and unfortunately, it didn't look the way it is supposed to be.  (Not to mention, in our wedding, they say that the 3-tier cake are all edible but only to find out that only the base of the cake is edible.  I didn't even bother to complain, because I was on cloud nine that time).

I contacted Ms. Medz through call and text yet no response.  I found out in her fb that she had her vacation when I was calling.  Ok, given. So now that she's back to work, I sent her a message, informing her about the roasted chicken, still no response. I demand for a refund because the menu is written in the contract, we even still have refund for the chairs and tables (because they used the one provided by St. Joseph).  She sent her apologies through Facebook maybe a week after the baptism and told that it was her mistake.  She gave me options of adding the roasted chicken on our next event or she'll provide food which costs the same if ever we will be having another event.  Since I'm disappointed, I just demand for refund (because we will no longer avail their service) but she didn't reply.

Photographer: King Ignacio
He was really really great! We'll get him again for Peycie's first birthday! Kudos to you King!

Souvenirs:  Cherub Clay Accessories and iPrints
Transaction with them was very smooth. .  Cherub Clay even gave design options and update me all the time.  :)  

 

 Meanwhile, iPrints delivered my orders in 3 days (not including holidays) contrary to their committed production time of 7 working days. ☺

 

 

Here are some of the photos of our Peycie's baptism

                                                                  

                                                               
                                                             

                                                               
                                                            
                                                                
                                                       
                                                          

 

Planning for Peycie's baptism

I am not OC in other things, but when it comes to preparing an event, I want everything organized.  Here are some of the details of our little angel's christening:

Date: January 25, 2015

Church
Our Lady of Fatima Parish - Meralco Village, Lias, Marilao Bulacan
This is where my husband baptized.  We opted to have our little one christened here because the priest who blessed me that I'll conceive soon is the parish priest of this church.  It's just sad that he only does baptism during ordinary day :'(

Venue
St. Joseph House of Serenity - Malhacan, Meycauayan, Bulacan
We decided to have the reception done here since it is near the church and the facility is huge and pleasant.

Caterer
GJ's Catering
They were our caterer in our wedding and I can say that the taste of their food was impressive.  So why not avail their service the second time around? ☺

Photographer
King Ignacio
King is my husband's friend who lives nearby our house.  He did some shots during our wedding in Dec 2013 and I can tell that he was great!
 
Souvenirs
Cherub Clay Accessories
Looking for a souvenir is kinda difficult. I need to scout different blogs, however I didn't see any.  Eager I am to find something cute, I ended up having a polymer clay fridge magnet as giveaways for guests.

iPrints
Since I wanted a personalized souvenir for the sponsors, I got the cute notepads for Ninongs and Ninangs from them.  Cute, personalized and affordable!

Dress
I got her baptismal dress from Landmark while the reception dress is from Periwinkle. :)

Baby Shower Studio Experience

I've been a photo addict since the day I knew about camera. *LOL*  Kidding aside, husband and I decided to have our baby's photo shoot at Baby Shower Studio in Timog for her baptism.  Way back when I was still pregnant, I kept on viewing their work and I can say, it is superb! Sharing some of our baby's shots:

 

 

Baby's skin was dry and forgot to put lotion on her.  Those white thingy on her eyebrows are her dry skin but can't still get over her cuteness, though!


The studio's staff/photographers were accommodating and really great in capturing different baby's expressions.  Thumbs up for their service.  We will definitely go back and have our baby's pictures taken when she turns 6 months. ☺

First Time Mom

I'm sooo addicted to my Baby Peycie and didn't have a chance to blog.  Being a first time mom is not easy.  I thank my mom and mother-in-law in assisting me and teaching me on how to take care of a newborn child.  :)  I enjoy being a hands-on mom, to the point that I don't wanna go back to work!  I personally give her a bath, feed her (I failed in breastfeeding, I breastfed her only for 2 weeks and after that she doesn't want to latch anymore *sad*, I tried to pump however I can only produce less than 2 oz, which did not satisfy her every feed). 

The day comes that I have to get back to work.  This is really a big adjustment.  Peycie started to change her sleeping time on her way to 2nd month.  "Seriously anak, kung kailan na papasok si mommy?"  She usually sleep between 4:00a.m. to 6:00a.m.  and we need to leave the house by 6:30a.m. 

Our daily routine (when I got back to work)

7:00 a.m. - Leave the house
8:30a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Office
8:00 p.m. - Arrive home
10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. - Hubby will take care of Peycie, while I will sleep for my 1:00 a.m. shift. *LOL*
1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. - Hele and crying time for baby.
4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. - Her sleeping time
6:00 a.m. - Wash and sterilize her bottles, fix ourselves for work

Recently, my dad-in-law wakes up at 3:30 a.m. and if Peycie is still up, he will voluntarily get her from me so I can still sleep.  I can't thank him enough for sacrificing his sleep!

I admit, I miss our lifestyle back then when we were only two, but I couldn't be more happier seeing and having our cute little baby with us!  Yes, it is kinda tiring and exhausting but these are worth it! ☺

Labor and Birth Story

I never thought that I'll blog about my labor and birth story as early as this.  If you follow my blog you probably read that I am due to give birth to our little angel on 29th of November.

However, Peyton was in a rush to come out and our bundle of joy is now with us.  The feeling of being mother is such a fulfillment.  Today, I'll share my labor story.

November 11, 2014
2:30 am - Being pregnant, I usually pee during this hour.  This one is different, my undies was wet and never in my pregnancy I peed in my undies.  I changed it and got back to sleep.  The moment I laid my back, I felt uncomfortable because there was something wrong. I continuously got wet.  I get up and put a sanitary napkin.  I told myself that if this didn't stop and my napkin got full, I am already leaking.

4:00 am - From the time I put a sanitary napkin, I felt uneasy and thinking that I might be leaking because it really didn't stop. I get up from bed, turned on the light and there was it, my water leaked (even I'm wearing a napkin) with blood.  I woke up my husband and told him that we need to go to the hospital and I'm giving birth within the day. We prepared ourselves, and good thing that I was completely done packing our things a night before! Woman's instinct.😄

5:30am -We arrived at the UST Hospital and headed to the delivery room and it was confirmed that my bag of water already broke.  They checked if I'm in labor but I am 1cm dilated only. By hook or by crook, I need to give birth within the day via NSD or CS.

8:00 am - Labor is not progressing and they decided to induce.

10:00 am -This is when I started to feel the labor pain. As they say, induced labor is more painful than natural labor.  I was still between 2-3cm but mind you it was already painful. I even asked the intern who was watching my labor progress if I could walk or change my position but he refused! I don't have a choice but to bear the pain and nobody can help but myself!!!!

3:00 pm - I was on 4-5cm and asked already for epidural. By the way, the resident OB said that my contractions were moderate only. I was like "Wth, are you sure that this was not strong contractions?" It was more painful because, it was my baby's head who was pushing my cervix to open unlike the natural labor that there's the water bag to push it.

4:00 pm - Anesthesiologist arrived and they sent me to delivery room to do the procedure. By the way, my OB was still in convention by that time. The residents only update her.  I find a hard time to bend my back for the epidural because of my big tummy plus the contractions.   Anesthesia already administered yet I can still feel pain in my lower right abdomen . They IE'd again and I was 6-7 dilated.  While waiting for me to fully dilate, I was praying to have a safe delivery and have a healthy baby. I don't know what was going to happen and just seek for His guidance.

5:00 pm - I am ready to give birth and still feeling the pain in my lower right abdomen. They checked and they can almost see my baby's head! OB hasn't arrived yet and they have to sedate me for a while while OB was not arriving yet. 

5:33 pm - Baby was out after 3 long push!  Our gift from ABOVE finally arrived, Welcome our dear PEYTON FLEUR DARICE!

Her heart rate at 160 above

We were scheduled for check-up yesterday with our Endocrinologist and OB-Gyne.  Endo checked my thyroid levels, FBS and CBC as well as my Urinalysis and she was happy with the result.  She was still reminding me to watch over my diet as the baby may got bigger on the later part of pregnancy.  She will be out of the country on the 19th of November to end of the month and it only means that she will not be around 'til my due date.  Yesterday was my last check-up with her and will only wait for the delivery. ☺

With my OB, she checked baby's heart rate using the Doppler.    Usually, she will only check it for a minute or less, but yesterday was different.  She checked it longer because based on her, Peyton's heart beats more than 160 per minute.  Normal heart rate for baby is 110-160.  Contrary to what she said earlier that we will have the ultrasound on my 38th week, she gave me a request for BPS to double check if our lil boo's heart rate won't change and if my AF is still normal.

After having my ultrasound, her heart was beating 153 which is pretty normal and my AF is still at 12.  We returned to our OB's clinic and show her the result.  She gave me the admitting order already in case I'll give birth anytime.  The funny thing is, actually not so funny (LOL), I cannot remember where did I put the admitting order.  Oh memory!

Breastfeeding

We are  36 weeks & 3 days and our little boo will come out soon!  As a mother, I want the best for my baby.  I strongly believe that I can produce milk and I can feed our Baby Peyton.  I even asked my OB to prescribe me a malunggay supplement, however, she did not allow me to take one unless I am already breastfeeding.  Obedient I am, I just followed what she said because she knows better. As per her explanation, the supply of breast milk depends on the demand of the baby (insert Economics subject here, LOL).  If baby will continuously latch, it will indicate the body that it has to produce more milk. I can eat food with malunggay, but "no no" for the supplement for a while. 

If I'll be lucky, I want to breastfeed her up to 6 months. Planning of breastfeeding in a long run will require me to invest a good electric breast pump, but for now I will be using my manual breast pump given by my loving sister. :)