How Time Flies

Oh my! Have I been away this long?

It's been months since I wrote last. But seems to me like ages. Too many things happened, some good, some otherwise. But I'm glad I've come back here.

Here's the list of significant goings on:

1. Baby brother. Ezekiel was born August 28. He is now six months old and very active and mobile. He smiles easily, grabs things eagerly, and babbles constantly (just like Laila). He started solids two weeks ago. This weekend, he will have his first taste of real veggies.

2. New house. We moved to the condo summer last year. Laila enjoys the pool and her new friends terribly.

3. Ondoy. The typhoon submerged the house and drove me to near post partum depression. Ezekiel was barely a month old when he hit. We evacuated the house for two weeks. Five months later, the house still looks like a disaster area. Books, toys and an assortment of stuff are strewn all over the place. Oh wait, it was like that even before the Flood.

4. Weight loss. I'm now back to my pre-pregnancy weight, maybe a bit smaller. (Clapping) Thank you! Thank you! (Bow)

5. New job for Daddy Cat. He's left Shangri-la after 7 years and is now connected with a law firm. He's won his first court case. He also continues to receive pro bono cases from friends. The payment he gets are clothing items and shoes for me.

6. Laila. She's all set for Grade One next year. She's not too excited though. She says she doesn't want to grow old and die. Familiar worries.

But best of all is Laila's grown so much in the past months. She's a very responsible and loving Big Sister to Ezekiel. It's almost impossible to distract her from whatever it is she's busy with, but she is always ready to help when Ezekiel take care of Ezekiel, whether it's fetching his bottle or his bib.

She looks for Ezekiel first thing in the morning and is always disappointed when she realizes that I've sent him downstairs so he wouldn't wake her up. Ezekiel wakes up really early, like 5 am or 530 am.

It's been a challenging past couple of months. I have a good feeling about the coming year.