Singing time - Tatlong Bibe

I have always been certain about making sure Gianna learns Filipino. I have always been vocal that i want them to speak the language and eventually learn to read and write as well. Her comprehension is better than her spoken language but I must commend her that she tries to respond in Filipino when she is being asked.

Just recently, a Filipino song has became viral on the internet. I can't help but to let her watch it and encourage her to learn it. The first few tries were hilarious but after listening to it over and over again Gianna managed to memorise it by heart. 

Aria's first - Toast

Today i gave Aria her first toast! I bought some multi-grain sandwich, cut them in quarters, toasted them and put them on her tray. It took perhaps 5 minutes of touching, feeling and staring at the toast before she finally put a piece in her mouth. I was kinda pleased that she liked it so will add this to her daily menu starting tomorrow.

She can now easily grip a good sized toast and was more than capable of pickig up small pieces off her tray. Well done Aria!

Sisters-bestfriends

It melts my heart seeing how Gianna adores her sister. How she plays with her, how much laughter Aria makes whenever she begins her silly antics!

I hope and pray to God that my daughters continue to love, adore and respect each other all the days of their lives. This will put me at ease knowing that when i grow old and i can no longer be around them they have each other's back.

8th months milestones

Aria is 8 montha today! Hooray! Although no tooth has come out yet, she found the niche to clap her hands😀 Gianna and i were laughing last night because she couldn't stop clapping!

Virus go away!

The girls have been battling a viral infection for the past week! It was so bad that it hit both of them at the same time. Fever got up to as high as 40.5 that Paolo rushed Gianna to the emergency last Thursday night. 

Aria on the other hand has had some rashes all over her face and body😔 and has been really fussy. I reckon teething phase is beginning and is giving her a real hard time. 

I have been off of work for the last 2 days and i need to catch up with loads of paper work leading to report writing deadline at the end of the month.

I hope my girls get better soon because it's really hard to see them weak like this.

Oh well, happy mother's day to all the mums out there! We're all doing a great job. 

When 2 kids are sick....

Both girls are sick today! Both are running a fever and Gianna's been coughing a lot too.

This is Aria's first time to run a fever, i don't know whether this one is related to the onset of teething or it's something else. But i hope it won't linger so she's back to her usual self.

We're back to work tomorrow after a long weekend so this would mean that the girls will be left with the nanny alone. 

It's so hard to have 2 sick kids at the same time.😞

Family visit

We are very lucky that Vietnam sits close to the Philippines that we can always have our friends and families visit us. Last Christmas, my mum and my aunt came here to spend the holidays with us and to finally meet Aria for the first time.

Last week, my brother came here to have his much needed rest and relaxation! And we couldn't be happier spending time with him especially for the girls to see him.