Kingston's 1st birthday!

I can't believe a year went by so fast. We went up to the bay to celebrate to be close to everyone but next year....Y'all are driving down. Hahaha!

We were blessed with beautiful weather. My sister booked a great spot for his birthday. It was so nice to see everyone come out and show our son love.

Being that we're a Samoan&Filipino family we had to get the Lechon (roasted pig) 

I remember taking every single picture that's in that collage. 

Si Yu'us Må'åse' & Ådios Esta

We left Guam about 3 months ago. I miss it so much at times.

Guam will always have a special place in my heart. It's where my husband and I started our family. Starting with our fur baby Opie, Then with our Son Kingston. I am so grateful for all the friends I made. When I first got to the island I was excited and nervous. Excited to be on our own and nervous because I knew no one there.



Our neighbors were AMAZING. The area we stayed in was mostly military. We had a good experience on island, which I am very happy to have. Not everyone is able to say the same.

                                                                          AAFB

I miss having the beach right next to you. I definitely took that for granted. I did however jumped off that cement thing in Gab Gab. I miss the sunsets. They were gorgeous. People were a lot nicer. HAHAH!





Si Yu'us Må'åse' & Ådios Esta

March, 21st & he's perfect!

Towards the end of my pregnancy I was told I was going to be induced, and I was worried I was going to stall at the end and end up having a C-section. I have nothing against C-sections it just wasn't apart of my birth plan. 

I was in a Storks Nest BC there was a storm going on and it's been proven to make pregnant woman go into labor. BC I was high risk I had to come in and stay overnight or until the storm passed. One of the pregnant ladies was telling me her friend jumped on a trampoline and went into labor that way. Being that I don't have access to a trampoline and I'm sure my hubby wouldn't let one one. I choose the next best thing, a Yoga ball. I was looking up ways to dilate (go into labor) as much as I could BC I didn't want to go in and not be dilated at all. I think I tried almost everything. One of my appointments I was already dilated to 2 cm and prior to that I was just going for walks. afterwards I upped my walks, I was walking up these inclines by my house every night if not that then walking downtown. So, anyway back to the yoga ball. I was bouncing on it, rolling my hips I even started to do squats. That was a bad idea, HAHAH! 

Around 12:00-12:30 AM I was eating a snack and I felt something weird. I thought I pee'd on myself but it happened again. I'm over walking like a creep shuffling to go up stairs and my hubby walks in, I tell him my water broke and His face was priceless. We rush upstairs and I go over whats in my bag. We're over here laughing the whole time, BC that's what I do when I feel awkward. I was so excited. On the way to the hospital we're calling people, still laughing at each other. Side note, no one tells you that once your water breaks it keeps on coming out. FYI ladies.

We get admitted and it was just a waiting game. HOURS go by and I dilated to a 3 then a 4....5...6.

GAME CHANGER. They were not playing. My birth plan was to go natural and I was doing good till 6 cam along and I was asking for it. I had my hubby count how long I was contracting for and he had messed up the count, I went off on him. HAHAH! SMH. I was asking politely for the epidural. The reason I asked for it was BC I didn't know how long it was going to be when I hit 10. In my mind if it took me this long to get to 6 cm how much longer will it take me to get to 10 cm? Girl, bye. Once I got the epidural I was chill. The nurse kept asking me if I was feeling any of my contractions BC on the monitor they were 1 to 2 minutes apart. But once I did asked for the epidural I felt bad. I was set on not getting an epidural. My hubby was supportive and kept reassuring my that it was fine and to not beat myself up over it. 

About two hours later, it was time to push. I couldn't tell if I was pushing correctly due to the epidural. Took my 9 pushes it was so fast. I loved my nurses they were the sweetest. My hubby was cheering me on, made me love him even more. 

We had our son March, 21st <3 & he's perfect!

8 MORE WEEKS!

8 more weeks till our son Kingston gets here. I am beyond excited. Although I'm visioning having a healthy pregnancy and fast forward to his first and second birthday, HAHAH! I'm totally skipping the the delivery. I just don't know what to expect, I mean I think about it and how I'd want it to go.

I'm planning to go natural, I honestly think I can do it. I've been thinking if I get stuck at 7 cm for x-amount of hours, I wonder if they'll give me pitocin to keep me progressing. I should ask next time I go in. Can't wait for the next ultrasound so we can see our little man and hopefully he's not too big, cause mama needs to push him out. I really wanted to do a water birth but maybe I'll try it with our next baby. Look at me already talking about baby number 2, haahha!

I love seeing my little man move around and making my bump look crazy. He's been getting down to the music I play for him And it always puts a smile on my face. I've been lagging on making a playlist for him to listen to in the womb. Maybe he'll recognize it once he's here. He's recently started moving for daddy, which is a blessing because he would stop immediately once he would put his hand on my bump and I would feel bad. I love being able to share that with him. Hubby always says his movements are soft, to me they're big. Lately his kicks/ movements have been hurting. I'm over here thinking he's mad, but I start to laugh and encourage him.

I can't wait to meet him, but I will because if he came out now it'd be a little too soon.

Cravings

These third trimester craving are no joke. Yesterday I was craving some Schawarma from Dr. Kabob's and some McChickens. I'm looking forward to getting my McChickens right, only to find out that they ran out. HOW DO YOU RUN OUT OF MCCHICKENS, HOW?! I was about to cry. It has to be these pregnancy craving cause I don't ever cry for food. I could really go for some Thai food down the street their Thai Iced Tea is FIRE!

Baby Shower - Lion King

Hubby and I went back home to celebrate our firstborn's baby shower. My sister and Best Friend threw it for us, with the help of our loved ones. I was so happy I got to spend my family. The theme was Lion King It's one of our favorite movies growing up. My husband's Brothers came and surprised us from Idaho. We've missed em so much and with everyone's lives going in different directions its always nice seeing everyone. We really thought they weren't going to be able to make because they just had started school.

I'm so thankful for my sister's and everyone's help with the baby shower. We loved it and enjoyed everyone's company.

Army of Simba's

Our family!

Our Perentals

I loved eating all the food I missed. Examples: In&Out, Chipotle, Starbucks and most importantly PHO!!!!!! You have no idea how much I missed eating my Pho. I can't find a spot like it out here in Guam. The soup alone was amazing! I'm coming back for you Pho when I go back home. I got a cupcake from Cakos I want the tiramisu  one but I forgot I couldn't have it :( so I got the Samoa, shout to my husband! HAHAH! Stopped over in Honolulu and I had to get me Starbucks. I've been craving egg sausage and a Passion tea Lemonade since we got on the plane to Honolulu. I used to get it every Sunday when I would open.

#45 <3

Kinda bumped that I didn't get to spend time with everyone. Hopefully I get to see everyone next time. Love you guys!

BIG NEWS!

Hubby and I are expecting our first child. Our baby love is due at the end of March, but who knows our baby might be an Aprils fools baby. Poor thing is gunna have so many jokes played on em. The beginning was rough. I thought I had food poisoning. After two to three days we ended going to the E.R and I peed in a cup by the end of my visit the doctor told me I was pregnant. I started laughing/ giggling. Hubby was in the waiting room the whole time, "I told everything is fine, it's just food poisoning." Mind you hes been waiting for an hour by this point. So when I told him he was gunna be a daddy, his facial expression was too funny. So many emotions flashed. I wanted to do something special for him but I was too impatient and spilled the beans. I was 4 weeks then.

Now we're twenty weeks and we find out the sex of the baby this Friday. We are too excited. I've been asked how am I carrying and I really don't know. hahah! I mean i think I carry high because of this fatty bump I've always had so when I push it in I look like I'm carrying in the middle. No help there. So who knows. hahah! I hope our baby won't be shy. I heard there's a bet going on back home on the gender. I'm thinking about not saying anything and making them wait. That or tell each person something different. Shady, I know.

Hubby wants a boy of course, but thinks we're having a girl. At first I wanted a girl because I don't know how to dress boys. Funny Right? Also because Disney is coming out with a Polynesian Princess in a couple of years and by then my best and I can take our kids to the movies. One of our friends said we're gunna have a boy but he's gunna be bad. Lawd he better not or else he's gunna get sasa. One of my friends mom had a dream of a boy but I'm really thinking if she dreamed of my as a baby because Beng and I looked like boys because our hair looked like faux hawks. Most importantly is that our baby love is healthy. I honestly don't care what sex the bay is. Either way our baby love will be spoiled this is my family s first grandchild. I want my kids to learn Visayan from my parents and Samoan. Lawd, if we have a girl its gunna be KRAMA.

We're so excited for the baby shower, I have such an amazing group of ladies who are planning it for me, I know it's going to look so cute. Once, we know the sex we can start looking at themes. I hope I'll be showing nicely by the time the baby shower is here. I want to look pregnant not fat. hahah!