Walls' BlackBean "Munggo" Iced Drop

One good thing about being my pregnancy is that I get to enjoy food so much. I have never had a particular craving for the whole time I am pregnant and i never had a difficult time gulping down food compared to some women I know. Indeed, I was lucky! :) As what my good friend Tet always tells me whenever I say how much I love the taste of the food I eat "you love it because you are pregnant." I just really have this palette that appreciates food so much that even a normal snack would taste extra-ordinary tasty (blame the surging hormones).

A few years back, my husband and I would complain at how much we miss Selecta ice cream back home. It is one of the things we look forward to every time we have a chance to fly back to Manila. But not anymore, as Selecta has its counterpart here in Vietnam - WALLS ice cream. They have been slowly introducing different ice cream flavors to Vietnam market and I was delighted to see and taste their Blackbean iced drop which is very similar to what I am used to back home when I was growing up.

(It's very milky and tasty and morsels of blackbeans made it even more tastier)

It's a Girl! - the Baby Shower

I feel very blessed to have made few but very good friends here in Saigon. I am in my most comfortable when I am with these lovely people!:) So last November 5, they staged another baby shower for me, Paolo and the little girl! It was a great night indeed because all the people who were there are the ones i know who will shower love and care not only for me and Paolo but most especially to Gianna Lucia :)

I'll make the photos speak for what went through the whole night of fun!

(the bunting Dick, Fel, Kat and Eric painstakingly cut and prepared the night before the shower party)

(Well done to both Kat and Fel for making this diaper cake!)

(Kat and Eric hosted the shower and prepared a sumptuous dinner for all of us.)

A baby shower won't be complete without the games. And I am really amazed at how much they have thought of all the things that were done.

(Majority of the girls are preschool teachers except for Fel and Kat. And so when this game was done, all of them were very competitive as to how they want the decorate the onesies for the Gianna)

(Look at the finished products! Well done girls!)

Next game involved the couples! The wives were blindfolded and were tasked to feed the husbands with baby food. Paolo and I lost unfortunately:( but it was sheer fun to have both Eric and Dick joined the game.

This time, Dads were asked to put a diaper on a baby doll, both Dick and Eric were really good at it whilst I commend Paolo for trying his very best despite of taking the whole sticker off the nappy :)

(Gianna is indeed delighted to have all these gifts but I know she is more grateful for having so many people around her.)

It was a lovely evening full of fun and enjoyment and it was made more special with people whom we know will always be there for us as we take a journey to parenthood.

I am now just waiting for the Big Day (am now on my 37 weeks). I am getting really excited to meet our little girl and i know my family and friends are also looking forward to see that precious little bundle of joy that we have been waiting for.

I'm patient baby girl and I will wait for you when you are ready.

Mum and Dad love you very much.

Surprise!!

"Dinner at home", i was told by Tet early morning last 28th of October, it did not give me a hint since we normally invite each other over to our places. Little did I know that they were up to something, even Paolo and our nanny kept me clueless the whole time!

"What's keeping you so long?!" she asked me on the phone around 5.30pm, so without battling an eyelash, my nanny and I went over to her place even without Paolo in tow, since he was still at work finishing a deadline. And SURPRISE!!!

(I was caught off guard! They were all there, even Paolo!!!)

(Here's a photo of Tet's family who are here for a vacation.)

It was indeed a surprise baby shower for me with food, gifts and a lovely company from people very dear to Paolo and I. I know for sure that even our little girl was delighted to feel the love around from everybody even if she's still inside me :)

(The food was great! Thanks to Tet, Tita Lolit, Ate Kriz and Marj for preparing all these great food!)

And a baby shower wouldn't be complete without gifts! As early as now, I am in awe at how much clothes our little girl has already acquired, mostly as gifts from people I know and some from shopping I did back home. We know for sure that she won't be clothes-less until she is about to turn 1. Thanks everyone!

Right now, we are waiting for The Day! Our bags are already packed, Paolo and I have finished our birthing classes and I am scheduled for another check-up next when I turn full-term. I am hoping to give birth anytime soon and not reach my due date at the end of November anymore. But I am not rushing, I can and will wait for when our little girl is ready to come out and show us her beautiful smile. :)