Mommy Moments - Most Memorable Mommy Moment in 2010

Most Memorable Mommy Moment in 2010 is the theme for this week mommy moments. It's a perfect time to share favorite mommy moment in 2010 before we bid vavush to 2010 and say halu to 2011. Without further a do, here are my 2010 MM faves:
The Newborn Days is one of my faves theme.

JAKE

JUSTINE
They are the reason why I became a mother. They completed me as a woman and they give meaning to my life. I always look at their newborn photo and still couldn't believed how fast they grow up. Imagine that from being tiny newborn baby to monkey dragon whoahahaha.

I love my Jake and Justine to death even if they will flip the house over or rock my chaos world. I wouldn't trade them for the world. Other 2010 MM theme that I love are the following - Welcoming New Siblings, Something New, Light Camera Pose, Park Day, Motherhood, Mother's Day, Father's Day the colors, sizes, shape, cars, toy and more theme. Okay, before I collapse going through my archives I would admit that I love all the mommy moments theme and all of them are memorable to me. In fact it's the category that has most numbers compared to other memes I participated.

Mommy Moments is one of my favorite meme every Friday because I get to meet other mothers from all walks of life. I also learned different parenting tips and things about motherhood. So, if you're a mom and would like to share your moments then, click the badge and join in.

Thanks for the Greetings My friends

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends back home, my virtual friends and family who greeted me a Happy Birthday on facebook, blogs and YM. Thank you so much guys, I truly appreciate the thought and you definitely made my day. A million thanks also to Dhemz, Lulu, Rose, David Funk and Sir Mel Alarilla for taking some of their golden time to make a birthday post for me even if they are all busy for Christmas. Thank you so much guys


These are the birthday scrap made by talented Dhemz and David Funk. I stole it from your post guys, hope you don't mind it hehehe.

Merry Christmas Everyone

I am done with my Fruit salad just few hours ago.

Then, Babger read the book The Night Before Christmas to Jake and Justine before we put them to bed.


Joe and I had wonderful childhood memories about Christmas and we want Jake and Justine to have memorable Christmas as they grow. We want them to believe in Christmas and the reason we celebrate it. Right now they still don't understand the whole meaning of Christmas that is why we decorate the whole place so that they see the difference with Christmas season and other ordinary days.

Merry Christmas to my family and friends back home and may the spirit of Christmas stay in our hearts not just today but all through out the year and years to come!

Things you can do this holiday

The Christmas tree is up, holiday shopping is done, Christmas cards are finished and gift wrapping is checked off the list! Opps, not me. I'm not done with my gift wrapping yet. I'll do it later. These are the common things we usually do during Christmas holiday. There are lots of things we can do to enjoy the holiday such as skiing, sled riding, visit the family and more. If you are fond of hockey game then, go to a Pittsburgh Penguin game. But if you just prefer to stay home and be in front of your computer then, playing poker games is also a fun things to do. You can check out Poker Junkie.com to find the best online poker sites, largest bonus deals and best-value tournaments. Poker Junkie provides your daily poker fix. You can also find great poker strategy and be good at it, read blogs or discuss the game with fellow junkies. So, if you are a poker junkie then, this site is for you. Visit now!

However, if you want to escape from the cold and snowing winter then, take a vacation trip to Hawaii or other tropical place. Oh! I would love to do this but I don't have money to buy four tickets. More things you can do this holiday is sing Christmas carols, attend Christmas mass or just stay home and watch different Christmas movies. There are plenty of fun and exciting things you can do to enjoy your holiday. The most important thing is you will have the wonderful holiday and that's all that matters.

ABC Wednesday - W is ...

W is for Wonder Kids, Wonderful babies and Water
You can also sing the Wonder Pets theme song that goes like this wonder pets pets we're on our way... i don't know the rest Ha! ha! This is my W for this week ABC Wednesday.

This past weeks I've always posted late entry for ABC Wednesday. This is not a miracle folks i just feel like posting my entry early because Christmas is approaching. Lot's of miracle happens on Christmas wahahaha. Btw, Thanks to the ABC team for hosting this meme.

Ruby Tuesday - Red Wine

Thanks to my BIL for this bottle of Red Wine. Joe and I had been drinking it and it's almost out hehehe. It's not Christmas or New Year yet and the wine I think won't make it to that date. Cheers!

Save On Store Brand Formula

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PBM Products. All opinions are 100% mine.

Are you looking for ways to save on baby's formula?  Well then, consider the option of buying store brand formula as it has the same nutritional value equivalent to Name Brand formula.  I know that because both my kids have tried store brand and they both doing great.  Switching to store brand is not a problem in making the right decision because obviously not just you give the same nutritional value to your baby's development, you also save money with store brand formula.  Basically, the reason that store brand formula is cheaper than name brand because they are not heavily marketed or advertised and are not given away to hospitals for free like some of the name brand companies do.  So, that cost savings is passed along to the consumer instead to any advertising company.  Store brand formulas are sold in retailers like Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, CVS, Kroger, Walgreens, and Babies R Us which makes it easier to find that brand name formula.  

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Butt Paste to the Rescue

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Picasa is Awesome

From In Pursuit of Success☆

I finally got the time to explore Picasa and tried their photo editing features. Guess what? I'm loving it♥♥♥!!!. I can put text, edit the color, and pick the size I want, get the code of the photo and more. I don't have to keep downloading the same photo as it already have a copy in my album. Awesome!

Mommy Moments - Give Love on Christmas Day

Jake and Justine already received couple of gifts from husband's colleagues. They got winter coat and toys. I put the toys underneath the tree. I haven't done wrapping their gifts yet. For Jake we got him a Robot as it was his favorite toy this past few days. We bought dolls for Justine. Give love on Christmas day is this week theme for Mommy Moments. What kind of gift would you give to your kids on Christmas?

Share your kids gift ideas at mommy moments!

Give People What They Really Want

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TiVo. All opinions are 100% mine.

It is exciting when Christmas time gets near.  The weather is cold, that beautiful snow is on the ground, and like most other people, we are trying to get all of our shopping done as soon as we can.  Every year it is a struggle for us.  We simply don't know what to get everybody.  Well, I still might not be too sure of what to get people, but I know what I would like somebody to get for me.  I wish that I could have TiVo Premiere.  Right now, you can get TiVo Premiere for your spouse or friend for $99 when you sign up for a one year service plan that is only $19.99 per month.  TiVo has come a long way over the years.  Now you can hook your TiVo up to your cable and internet, and then you will never miss your favorite programs.  You can also get instant streaming from Netflix and downloads from Amazon Video On Demand and YouTube.  Plus,  all of this is accomplished with one HD interface, so you aren't slowed down with a bunch of extra remotes and other devices.  If you like great entertainment, or if you are buying a gift for somebody who likes great entertainment, then you should consider TiVo Premiere right away.

ABC Wednesday - V

Time for ABC Wednesday.

V is for Vaccine

This is my little lamb chop when she has her first vaccine shots. Both legs had bo-bo from the shots. Vaccination is very important to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and prevents outbreaks thus it protects yourself as well from infection or illness.

It's Snowing...let's play

He was so excited to go outside and play with the snow so when I asked him to say cheese, he obliged willingly.



They went on separate ways and did they own stuff as soon as they got out of our door. My sister was already left going home when we decided to go out and play with the snow. She swapped her cellphone with my tiny, and useless phone because she is planning to buy a new one. Thanks bru!

2010 Christmas Tree and Family Photo

Our Christmas tree is finally up.


Our Christmas tree last year was bigger that this year. We just bought the tree at Lowe's for 30 bucks where as last year Joe got the tree from a tree farm and paid 80 bucks. We finished decorating the tree and the porch with some light today. We took photo of Jake and Justine. Another Joe's colleague gave J&J their wrapped Christmas gifts yesterday so I placed it under the tree. The family photo as usual don't look good because Justine was scared with Joe's clean shave. She doesn't like the clean shave and doesn't want to look at him.

Earnings, Sisterz New Blogs & Moms-Hosting

I have earned good amount of moolah from blogging in social spark since May 2009. And now the old social spark from IZEA innovation had come to an end. It was couple of days ago when the IZEA team blogged about SocialSpark v1 had officially been retired and replaced by the newer, cleaner SocialSpark v2. So goodbye to the old SocialSpark v1 and hope the new SocialSpark v2 will bring more moolah to our paypal account. That would be great! Anyway, if you have pending balance over at socialspark v1, you can read the izea blog post so you can withdraw your money.

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Wicked Fresh from Tom's of Maine

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Mommy Moments - Christmas Tree

Husband and I are supposed to go to Lowe's today to buy fir tree for our Christmas tree. But it was freezing outside and snowing. I also got up late and doesn't feel good because of the stiff neck. That's the reason aside from my procrastination of course why my entry is late again hehehe. Anyhow, husband prefers a real tree instead of the fake one. So, we will wait Sunday I guess to buy a tree because he still have class tomorrow. For the meantime, our old Christmas tree from 2008 and 2009 would be my entry for this week MM theme.