Wednesday, August 29, 2007

a new day


Lord, please give me a new day tomorrow. A new day with more hope than desperation, with more smiles than tears, with more faith than disappointment. I badly need a new day, Lord.

Please remind me that having You is greater than having everyone in this world, and that Your love alone can heal any pain.

I'm tired of fighting, but I know that You are here to fight my battles for me. I am exhausted, but I trust that in You I will find a place to rest and breathe again.

Thank You for giving me a reason to BE, Lord. I love You.

Lora

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Baby Fever!!!

Okay. Something's very wrong here! Last I checked, we were just a group of nenes wondering how our lives would end up "when we grow up"! And now my some of my bestest friends are popping up BABIES! Living, breathing, adorably bite-able cutie pies!

Meet Danielle Beatriz Estorco Fernandez, a.k.a., Danie:


Actually, late na nga ito as she a year and a half already, but I still can't believe she came from Ging! When she's older I'll tell her the story of how ako pa ang bumili ni pregnancy test kit sa Watson's for her mom, at halos mapaiyak ang daddy niya because I saw "her" first because I was with Ging when she had her first ever ultrasound.

And now we have a newcomer, Ava Clarice Mariano Severance (sosyal noh?):



How cute is this little munchkin? So tisay! I was telling Camille that the big difference between giving birth to a full-bred, all-Pinoy kid and a half-American one is that the latter is more exciting just because you get to ask more questions than just "Is it a girl or a boy?" Diba? Paglabas ng baby mo, you get to ask the doctor,"Is she blonde?" "Blue ba ang mata?" "Nakuha ba ilong ng tatay niya?" Bwahahaha. Pag Pinoy din kasi ang tatay alam mo nang dark-haired and dark-eyed ang anak mo at all costs.

It's amusing in a very weird way how, back in 2005, the three of us would hang out with no inkling that a couple of years later, life would change dramatically for both of them. The funnier thing is, of us three, I was the one they expected to produce a kid first--but only for the reason that nung time na yun, 5 years na kami ni Lar and chronologically speaking, as in the "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a carriage" sense, assumption na lang na ako ang mauuna. I guess fate trumped time in this case, but I don't mind one bit because these girls just gave me two more reasons why my world is just wonderful!

Congratulations Camille! Can't wait to give Ava a big hug!
Ging: bring Dan to our next get-together naman para maexperience ko ang kamalditahan niya first-hand. Hehehe. :)

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