May 2022

So, we are on month 2! 

Camilla has returned to school, been doing really great as well. Sometimes she would be transferred to the Kindergarten class along with a few of her other 5-year old classmates. She said that she has been liking and enjoying Ms. Amanda's class, which is really great! Ate has been really sweet and caring to Mateo. Most of the time may gigil over her little brother. It's been harder to get her to mellow down around her little brother and be more cautious. We just need to be extra more careful, because kids will be kids. I catch myself saying "don't" a lot, and when I do, I just try to rephrase it so she knows why we're being cautious. There have been a few times where patience have been lost...it's just how it is I guess. 

Mateo has been very well, too. His 2-month appointment, showed nothing but great and healthy results. Weight wise, he was at 13 lbs and 7.3 ounces. Height was 24 inches, and BMI was at 55 percentile. It's been a challenge lifting him for burps! 

The past month, we had our trip back to Leavenworth. 

             

After this trip, however, a few of us caught some bug. I had major diarrhea episodes. 25 toilet visits in a 12 hour period O EM GEE. I had to isolate myself from the kids so I could get better ASAP because a day after that was Mateo's Baptism. It went away the day before so glad it did. 

It's spring time and here in Washington, it still rains a lot. So whenever we have sunny days especially on weekends (and we all feel like it lol) we go out to get some fresher air, vitamin d, and just have a nice day out for the kids to play. 

Most days I am alright, most days I am tired, sometimes I don't feel fine at all. I definitely feel all the joy warmth, happiness and contentment especially when I remind myself to just look at my kids and just experience and be with them 100%. But there are times when I feel so alone and helpless. I just want consistency when it comes to the two kids--even just with the kids. I mean we all get tired, right? 

We are 2 months in, I will be back to work after June 25th. Time is going by fast, I could say I am slowly doing some cleaning and arranging done, but I am accepting the fact that I won't be able to finish cleaning all these and that is okay. I am hoping that there'd be more sunny days, so that we could enjoy the outside more, before I officially go back to work. 

Note: There's a formula shortage nationwide, because of the Similac contamination issue. They have addressed that the production could start again in 2 weeks, and that formula would be available in the market in 6-8 months. Cross fingers that we could still have enough until then.