Ready To Date Again

Jayson and I performing some magic trick (will make the tokwa't baboy disappear) last summer of 2009 at Choco-Late De Batirol in Baguio. Those were the times.....

I miss dating. I love Yllac but I miss the romance, the surprise, the fun, the undivided attention. Hello eating alone while husband chase Yllac in between coffee tables and sometimes in between dating young couples, or me, diaper changing and feeding a constantly hungry baby. We miss just the two of us. I mean, I never thought that marriage can be a lot of work after having a baby. I thought it will be just the same. Don't get me wrong, It's fun having Yllac and he's the most beautiful result of our relationship, our love, our marriage. But having a little one takes all your focus on the baby. And sometimes you tend to forget that the person you married would like to have some special time alone - with YOU. And that person would like to go on a real date. And I think dating this time around would be so much easy, no pressure. Why? 

Because.....

...the person I am going to date doesn't care how much i spend (or not spend) or how well i dress. He's used to me and loves me anyway.

...has seen me at my very worst and loves me anyway. (especially in the morning)

...he doesn't need to be impressed because he loves me already.

...he already knows am smart but doesn't know a lot really, but loves me anyway.

....he knows that I don't order food I can't read and if i can't read what's on the menu of a fancy spaghetti restaurant, he knows Ill just order Spaghetti with meatballs, lots of cheese, extra garlic bread and big glass of coke. And ice cream at the end of the meal would be great, aaaaand loves me anyway.

...he already knows that I am sort of witty, interesting, talkative, accommodating, well-balanced, well maybe not all at the same time but loves me anyway.

...he already knows that I am a mother. That I have a kid. With him. Of course. c",) aaaand loves me anyway.

I mean, wow! who wouldn't want to date this guy? This guy is my husband, my mate for life. This guy that spoke a tear-jerking marriage vow to me years ago (April 25, 2008) and i believe he still wants to keep them. This guy has lived with me through ups and downs, through job success and loss, through joy and sorrows, through thin and thick (physically) and for the last two years, through my grumpy pregnancy mood, through diapers and sleepless nights. This guy knows me inside out. This guy loves me. 

So we've been making plans since Yllac turned one last December. I know it will be hard on our first date alone and miss Yllac on the first five minutes of it, but we have to do this. Our dates needs tuning-up. And we need to find a good sitter pronto.

Over The Weekend

Last week, our weekend fell on a Sunday and Monday. Instead of staying home and catch up on sleep (it won't happen anyway) we took the boys out for a walk and made it a coffee date for me and Jayson as well. Aside from that Yllac only walks in circles now, he also happen to do this squishy-duck-face a lot these days. Which isn't bad at all. He cracks me up. Imagine a face like that from morning to night. Imagine the joy i felt each time i see a face like that. Such a treat am a tell you.

Yllac hates his shirt that day. He was screaming from the time we left our home, but soon as his foot touched the ground everything's forgotten. 

Well well well, what do we have here? Koffy sporting the headless look. Cute ei?

The following day, husband took us to the beach and bought me ice cream and by look on my face Id win the ugliest face in ice cream eating contest. Yes?

and here is Yllac looking at the water like it's milk.

we took a lot of photos that day and took home a lot of sand in our shoes too. Thanks Yllac!

These two..... am jealous. Yllac likes Daddy more than Mommy these days. Please tell me it's just a phase...

And now it's time for my outfit shot. Bet you already know it didn't happen, but you know what, I love that I was joined by a waving girl in the background and Yllac playing peekaboo with my dress. 

........ c",)

I love my life now more than ever.

Heartsssssssss

Sure! Nothing says Happy Valentines Day than hearts. Lots of hearts. I got a little possessed by these colorful papers and scissors the other day. oooopsss.

and this my date. I think he likes me. And also i think he's so cool and brave for wearing red on Valentines Day.

After feeling romantic all day we decided to go out and do some age-appropriate-public-displays-of-affection. But then everyone's thinking the same way. All restaurants were full and coffee shops were dizzy with young sweethearts so we ended up inside the car and shared a very very very cold ice coffee and pretended it's just the two of us since Yllac was asleep the whole time. You know what???? It's our best Valentines day ever.

Hi everyone! Hope you all enjoyed your Valentines too.

Weekender

 

This is Koffy's favorite coffee shop. As you can see It has a huge lawn - an open space where he can walk/run, play and sniff around. No wonder he likes it here. And right now this is where we always wanted to go, just sit, talk about anything, and basically just relax.

Anyway, notice anything with the photos? We're using a different kind of lens since my last post. We swapped our 18-105mm zoom lens with our friend's 35mm af-s prime lens for about a month. Am loving the bokeh. Thank you Darwin. 

Oh my my! My Sunday is good. We're going out again a little later. I love days like this. 

So how's your weekend? Hope you're all doing wonderful.