sweetpink

Congrats! There's no such greater joy than to be reunited with the one you love. Best wishes for both of u

Happy Birthday Baby Shen! Time flies so fast. I Can still remember those days when you are asking some tips from "All pregnant mommy" thread. Had my second baby already. She is almost 4 months old. Any plan for the next one?

Evelyn Congrats! no wonder u were so quiet these past few months. now u have a baby girl Can we see her pictures one of these days? How's your son doing? he's already 2 right?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDO! hope u had a blast on this special day!!!

Way to go! Congrats on the first step. Has your husband let you wreck drive the family car yet? These are the times that try men's souls.

cross fingers I won't drive onto our neighbors mailboxes...

nice photos. you look great together

Good Luck for the second part.... driving...

I'm not sure if by state or what.... but I suggest that you learn all kinds of parking...

Took me forever to parallel park as well as to get out of parallel park...

you said same thing as my husband did. I'll take your words..thanks

Was it too hard? How many hours/minutes took you completing the test?

not sure if it's the same in every State, but it was 20 questions for Road Rules and 20 for Road Signs and you must not miss more than 5 of each to pass. It wasn't hard at all, you just have to focus and you have all the time in the world so just take your time. I wasn't time pressured but I guess it took me 15-20 good mins. to finish everything.

took my learner's permit to drive today and I PASSED! I was always reluctant to take the test for only one reason, I was sooo scared to fail. Since I'm on vacation from work this week, I took a 1 whole day of just sitting down and read the driving handbook online.

I swore I won't forgive myself for wasting $48 fee if I happened not to pass the test.

For many, the internet has replaced the bar girl scene. It's cheaper and you're less likely to get an STD from computer keyboard.

before I was even here in the US my husband almost got into a fight. He went to a furniture store and along his conversation with the sales person my husband (who was then still my fiance) said that his fiancee is from Philippines, the sales lady made a comment and referred me as "mail order bride", luckily my husband was with his friend and told him to keep his cool and walked him outside the store.

BTW,our story goes like this..

My hubby used to be in Navy and has been stationed to Philippines twice. When he first told me this, I did my calculation. His first trip I was only 9 and the second one I was only 12 (he's 10 years older than me ) well of course we haven't met yet then. It was 2004 that my co-teachers taught me how to use chat rooms (out of boredom after long day from work). Sept. 2004 that we first said hi hello in AsianEuro public chat room, exchanged yahoo ID and was chatting for 2 wks. without looking each other on camera. To make the story short...April 2006 he came to visit me in Cebu, Philippines and to find out of whether things will work between us...June 05, 2007 came to America and had our Wedding August 15, 2007....Our son Ethan was born July 13, 2009 (2 days before my birthday)...he'll be 2 yrs. old nxt month and it's gonna be our 4th Wedding Anniversary this year...Very Happy and Inlove.

It's because of the attitude of...

"Dapat ako lang sa Tate, bakit ka din andito?!" Hmp!

Hellooo... ???? Is there any pregnant mommies left here in VJ that I can talk to, or all of you already had the baby ?

that or any mommies here who are pregnant for the 2nd time? my Ethan's turning 2 nxt month..me and hubby is trying for another one

Yeh, my wife doesnt "yell". She doesnt throw a tantrum either. She doesnt throw things. She can get mad though. But when she gets mad she gets mad without yelling. And when she doesnt talk, it is just her way... cultural maybe? It is an expression of her feelings, her anger, sadness, hurt, frustration. And when that happens, it usually is really my fault...... Well, always my fault. I mean, weeks later she might get real quiet, and it is because she is going back through things in her thinking, I have learned, from weeks before. But if I can sort of guess what is bothering her, I might as well not ask, because she wont say. She keeps it all inside. But the frustrating thing is when she gets quiet and I dont know what it is. She will say there isnt anything wrong...that she is just tired. But I know there is something, usually, and it is frustrating to not talk about it. I will ask "What's wrong?" and she will say "Nothing is wrong! ....I'm just really tired." That may be the case, but I always know there is more to it than just that.

She has a part time job across the street. She is working a double shift today. I walked the baby in the stroller over to her because she wanted me to bring her the toothbrush. I left a note in the bag saying "Mahal Kita Jopay! XOXO" and brought her some ice water too in a water bottle. She was happy to see Shen, our son, and picked him up to hug him a lot. We are going through a hard time right now financially because I lost my job, but she is still there for me, and our love is strong, and secure. We have been through some struggles, but our marriage has stood the stress of some upheavals. We have both grown since she came here. And I thank God for my wife and son.

Brian in Tennessee

your son is so cute take care and have fun with him..

Best advice given to me at my wedding was that if you are mad at each other, get naked. It will be hard to stay mad after that.

my hubby use this trick but it doesn't work on my end. I am too emotional that when I'm angry I don't want to be touch or anything at all. I used to do silent treatment but I'm more vocal now. They also said that when you have misunderstanding never let the day end without settling it but for me I would rather cool down a bit before saying something or else I would burst my anger out and may say something that I will regret at the end.

I have to report my marriage for me to amend my passport, is this right? I noticed that one link above doesn't give a birth certificate requirement for reporting marriage?

thanks

Aside from the stress of waiting for our NOA2 and the fact that we don't know if it'll be approve or not sucks. (although yeah I know I have to wait more since I am just a weeks old lol)

What hurts more is that we keep missing our loved ones so much that everyday its getting harder and harder. I know all of us here are all away with our beloved. That if only there's this magic pill which we can take and make us sleep for 4-6 months straight then I'd rather take it and just woke up with the visa on hand and our beloved right there waiting for us to pick us up at the airport. lol

I miss him a lot, I do, so much. We stay in touch by phone and email daily as much as possible. That helps tremendously, just being able to hear his voice, or hear him laugh...to be able to envision his face and the flash in his eyes because I hear the smile in his voice. Although there's still a part of me that ache cos I keep longing for his hugs and kisses and I just miss every single thing about him. Its driving me crazy I swear, but I have to be strong. I can deal with this though and I know this distance will only make our bond and love more stronger than ever. Just gotta have to keep that love alive always, the trust, the respect and above all, the faith.

How about you? How do you cope up missing your loved one 6,000 miles away?

sadly there's no easy way to ease the torturous process of being away with someone you love. I feel for you, most of us who are here been in your shoe once or still is..a day seems to be a week, a month, a year...feels like eternity of waiting but just tighten your grip and keep the communication ALWAYS OPEN...there's a great prize for those who wait

Good job Ethan! Keep on hammering the stove drawer.

Sweetpink, meron na kayong karpintero sa kusina.

oo nga pero parang instead of fixing it sisira-in pa yata

Hello mga Sis, back to work na ako bukas. Nakakaiyak naman at iiwan ko ang 8 week old baby ko sa babysitter. Nakakainis at ang hirap ng sitwasyon na i-compare ang setting dito and sa Pilipinas. Dito kasi ay parehas kaming working ni hubby.. pinapapunta ko sana dito ang nanay ko for a tourist visa, kaso denied sya, 3x na. Hay, nakaka-miss sa Pilipinas na mahilig ang mga relatives, kaibigan, and kapitbahay natin sa bata. isang iyak lang at puntahan kaagad sila para patahanin ang bata sa pag-iyak. Dito ay ikaw talaga lahat. Mabuti na lang at nag-survive ako ng first 8 weeks with my baby.

Anyway, if may choice talaga ako ay sana ay alagaan ko muna ang bata ng first 3 years.. then pasok na sya sa kindergarten. Kaso ang hirap na ng buhay dito at kailangang parehas kami ng husband ko na mag-trabaho.

Baka meron sainyo na taga-New Orleans na makakatulong sa amin.

I feel for you ***hugs*** I was 3 weeks after having a baby and had to go back to work. I was in the car to work crying and could not wait for the day to be over to go home and kiss my baby.

sya nga pala 19 month old na si Ethan and he can now identify the parts of his body and does shapes, colors and can now say few words...

try this website you might love their recipes...

http://www.lifepinoystyle.com/

VIVA SENYOR SANTO NINO! PIT SENYOR! MISS CEBU SO MUCH CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY TO VISIT MY HOME TOWN..

MALIGAYANG PASKO PO SA LAHAT NANG MGA PINOY!

Mardy here in Port St. Lucie, FL

Merry Christmas po mga mommies and mommies to be. Bilis talaga nang panahon magbabagong taon na naman. Kamusta na po kayong lahat? Siguro ang lalaki na rin nang mga babies nyo Si Ethan ko 17 1/2 months na rin at gusto palaging hinahabol at favorite game nya ay hide and seek at gusto palaging ginugulo 'yung bahay . I'm wishing everyone a good health, more blessings and happiness in life.

MAAYONG PASKO KANINYONG TANAN!

@ chinese_mutt: baby mo ay kagaya din ni Ethan nung baby pa sya, he used to drink from his baby bottle until he fell asleep kasi ayaw rin nya sa pacifier. I also read some articles saying na masama daw 'yun sa teeth nang baby pero talagang nasanay si Ethan kaya minsan before pinapagod namin sya sa paglalaro para makatulog..hehehe. Pero 'nung nag 1 year old na sya I switched to sippy cup medyo it took 4 straight days without baby bottle bago sya nasanay. Wala namang problema sa teeth nya ngayon kasi nung nag start syang magkangipin eh I bought a tooth brush and toothpaste for baby.

@SomedaySomehow: salamat po sa compliment! ayaw na nyang magpasubo ngayon gusto nya palagi self-feeding. Most of the time talagang messy pero ok lang kasi dyan natututo si baby to be independent.

ang laki na ng baby mo...and pogi na rin. nagulat naman ako sa pagsawsaw nya sa sauce baon na baon talaga sa cup hehehehe.

oo nga malaki na pwede nang sundan hehehe. plano namin nang asawa ko pag 2 years old na si Ethan pwede nang magka baby ulit.

gusto ko lang mag share nang current video ni Ethan kasi nakakatuwa na sya ngayon kahit na ano kinakain hindi pihikan di kagaya nang daddy nya.

On this video he was eating calzone and garlic knot with marinara sauce...hehehe