Vierte will turn 21 months in 3 days. A whole lot has changed since we moved here (it has been 6 months) for all of us. His vocabulary has improved from the usual “Mama nanan” (asking for breastmilk) to the following: “Wow! Cake cook mama” – when he see’s the oven light turned on Holding his cup up to me saying “Put cookie please” fingers inside the cup. After eating his dinner he would hold his Dad’s hand and pull him out of his seat to declare playtime, “Play ball na Daddy” “Sowee” when he gets hurt while playing with his car he would say “Sowee car car” or spill water “Sowee ater” and the most used word is “NO” he sometimes use this word even if he means yes, he can’t say the word yet. His my little helper. When he see’s the mop or the vaccum or gets to grab a paper towel he would say “baby clean”. I do hope this would continue till he gets older. One special day he called …

Parang kahapon lang when I gave birth to him, I close my eyes and the joy I felt the first time I saw our little angel is the same joy I have every waking morning seeing Vierte sleeping by my side.Tomorrow our little man will turn 1! We’ll have a merienda party at home and a big party on the 26th. He’s now all over the place. Crawls’ a lot and would sometimes take a few step to pickUp a toy. Pretends to read pointing to pictures on his books. Love’s to eat table food especially sinigang and dinuguan. Eat’s like he’s got some teeth when he’s got not even one. Claps his hand and sways when he likes the music. Knows very well how to make lambing when he’s done something mommy doesn’t approve of. Calls out “dada” when a phone rings. When somebody says “tara labas tayo” he would raise both his arms to that person. When asked how old he is, he would signal 1 in his hand. Give’s out a handsome …