Toy as Radio

Happiness is seeing Pio playing with his toy as a "radio". He received a bazillion gifts on his baptism and birthday and I'm slowly introducing them to him one by one. There's this toy (I hope to upload a pic later) with 2 rows of buttons and plays music. At first, he just kept pounding on the buttons repeatedly and created a ruckus. This morning, he was in his crib with it and another toy. Then I noticed that he would press on one button, then it would play a song, then he plays with the other toy. When the song is done, he'd press the button again to play the next song, and then go back to the other toy. He did this several times. I investigated the toy and discovered that only that particular button plays the songs. So he was like treating it as a radio! Haha, so cute! :)

First Steps!

Happiness is Pio walking! Well, taking his first few un-assisted steps tonight, February 8. We were hanging out at his cousin's house and he was with his daddy when he turned around and walked three steps towards me. We were surprised! Then we made him do it again for the video! Haha.

He's not totally totally walking though. As soon as we make him stand, he rushes forward so he loses his balance. Hay, baby, don't rush things!

OSJ: Nap

* Happiness is a restful nap.

One-Sentence Journal

I really really really want to blog but I can't, i.e., no time, too tired, crappy Internet connection. In the meantime, I will try doing the One-Sentence Journal here. I'll try to sum up what made me happy in one sentence, or two, or three.

Let's start with:

* Happiness (and fatness) is a tub of Potato Corner cheese fries.

* Happiness is coming home to a still-awake Pio and playing with him before bedtime.

Happy List 1

To "rest" my addled brain in between two corporate cases (really, my brain can only take so much), and since I like making up lists, here's a list of stuff that made me happy the past few days:

(1) Meeting up with law school friends. There was a time that we met up, and drank, every week even after passing the Bar. Somehow, work got in the way. I can't quite remember what we were laughing about at one point, but I remember that it was the first time in weeks that my belly hurt from laughing.

(2) Hubby cleaning the house while I slept. I've been feeling so sleep-deprived lately. I don't know if I have insomnia but I try to be in bed by 10PM but I usually fall asleep at around 12MN or 1AM. Last Saturday, I got up at 9AM to make breakfast, ate, then took a nap which stretched until 3PM. Gah. Then I woke up to a clean house weee!

(3) Blue almost-cloudless sky. Love seeing this while walking to work.

(4) Hearing the buzzing in the trees. On the way to work, I pass through a path lined with trees. The past couple of mornings, I've been hearing cicadas, or what I believe are cicadas, buzzing. Reminds me of growing up in the province.

(5) New glasses and having them adjusted. When I picked up my new glasses, I did not try them on immediately. When I got home, I realized that they kept slipping down my nose, which is especially annoying while cooking. I was afraid they won't be adjusted because they're made of plastic, but after a trip to the optical shop, no more slipping yay!

(6) A seat in the LRT and on the shuttle. If you commute, you know why this is a happy thing.

(7) My nephew-in-law saying "Tata" and hugging me. I love kids! I love baby hugs! I'm trying to teach him to say "Tita" but what he says is "Tata".

(8) The SC Canteen dinuguan. I used to not eat diniuguan until I tried their version.

(9) Restful sleep. As earlier mentioned, I'm having trouble sleeping. Yet last Tuesday, I fell asleep quickly. Maybe because I was unable to take the usual hour-long nap on the shuttle as I was tuned in to the Coronavela on radio haha.

(10) Fresh bedsheets!