Audrie's 2nd Birthday

I couldn't even begin to tell you how tired my legs and feet were on Monday! On October 1st, my Audrie Jocelle officially turned two. Another year of life is another blessing. I honestly can't believe how fast time goes by, especially with a growing child. There isn't a day where Audrie doesn't learn something new. Whether it be a word, a gesture, a new sound, a new animal.. There is always something she picks up, and I couldn't be more amazed.
Audrie is such an intelligent little girl, with so much character, and so much charisma. I still can't believe it's been two years. She's grown up right before my eyes. Didn't even let me enjoy her infant months too much, because she started walking at an early age, she was potty trained at an early age.. She's talking, having conversations with us. Telling us what she wants and how she wants it. Some words may still be gibberish, but being a mom means understanding every word that she says.
I love my Audrie Jocelle with all my heart. Two years have gone by just like that, so I'll make sure to cherish every day, every moment, every laugh, and every "I love you" that we share.
May God bless you with good health and a long prosperous life, my little angel.

Mommy loves you.

Mommy Blog #7

Just a quick blog.. We're in SoCal! Well, we've been since Friday night and we're actually leaving tonight. Had some time with Tupes' family and his friends for their birthdays.

Speaking of birthdays! Audrie's is like, a month and a week away! Gahh! We've got MOST of the planning done and the ordering, but not really. Kind of hard to get orders done when we live 5 hours away from the party location. I still can't wait though!

Here are some pictures!

Mommy Blog #8

So I ordered from Zara for the first time last week, for Audrie, and I gotta tell you, they have SUCH a cute collection for toddlers, I'm in love! I just picked out some bottoms for her, some shoes and a top, that came out to be about 200 buckeroos! Pretty pricey if you ask me, but if you can afford it, why not right?

I'm in love with the oxfords I ordered from the toddler boys selection. I didn't care if it was for boys, it doesn't look like it, just looks like some great flats! And then I got these shorts for her! O M G, they are thee cutest! I can't get over em, aha.

Audrie wasn't the only one that got a package today though, I got one as well! Basically, daddy decided to give us both early birthday presents, hehe. Our bdays are about a month away! Anyway, my package is awesome. I LOVE everything I ordered and everything fit perfectly too! Which is the first for me, because usually, something is wrong with one of the items.. But this time, I got the sizing just right.

I ordered this little black dress, and it makes me want to go out and just party and have fun. I feel good in it, which is rare kus I barely wear dresses. I showed tupes when he got home and he liked it too ;)

Well, anyway.. Here's what we got!

Mommy Blog #6.5

Just realized, we've got 2mons to plan and prep for Audrie's big 2 and my 24th. Eeks, I'm getting so excited for the party! I'm hoping everything falls into place and plans follow through!

Mommy Blog #6

Spent some time with my besties these past couple of days, in Frisco, to chill, have a couple of drinks, relax and meet some new people. Tupes watched Audrie while I was out with May and Abi on Saturday. Abi took May and I to Hot Cookie in Castro, just so May can buy a penis cookie before we hit the bar, ha! We also shared a Tupac creme brûlée from the creme brûlée cart. First time tasting this delicious desert, and I'm in love! We met Abi's co-workers at the bar and they were all so chill and funny. After we drank, we had some Lucky Chances Filipino brekkies; which totally gave us food coma, so we all fell asleep in the car and left Abi hanging as she drove us all home. Poor Abi.

Sunday, Audrie and I washed my brother's car. Nice and spiffy, glossy and flossy. Had some Viet food after- always satisfied after having some.

Monday, Audrie and I went with May back to Frisco to visit Abi for the day. Walked around Union Square, took pictures with the infamous SF Hearts and walked around the mall. Abi bought Audrie a cute little Hello Kitty sweater with little kitty ears on the hood; Audrie tried it on today and she looked so adorable! Anyway, after the mall, we had dinner at Palomino and it was delish! Great spot right next to the Bay Bridge on Embarcadero. Great view, great food, great company.

I love when my sisters are in town. Brings back all childhood memories growing up and growing old with them.

Here are some pictures, enjoy!

Mommy Blog #5

Audrie is 22mons today! Time sure does fly when you have the most energetic and fun baby! I've been planning her 2nd birthday party for a while now, and I'm going to need to get things organized already. Two months is not as long as other people may think.

I'm not going to spill any deets about her party, but I have a feeling it's going to be so much fun! Her daddy's side is all in LA, and since none of them made it last year, we're celebrating it down there with them this year! That means, more kids and more friends! Most of her godparents live down there also, so we can't wait!

I'll update on her party planning every time I'll blog, but til then.. Enjoy these pictures of Audrie over the past week

Mommy Blog #4

Not much has happened since the last blog. Still potty training and it's still going very well. Tomorrow (today, it's 1:06am) will be two weeks into the training and Audrie's really got the hang of it. She now let's me know when she needs to do either numbers, but she does mix it up a little, lol. Her "poopoo" mean pee and her "peepee" means poo. Overall, she gets the idea.

Here are a couple of cute pictures of Audrie over the couple of days

Mommy Blog #3

Oh the joys of being a parent! Weekends are usually for cleaning and errands, and family stuff. So that's exactly what we did today. The weather has been scorching hot and it definitely doesn't make cleaning and being out running errands fun.

We grabbed some ice cream to cool us off a little, then we grilled up some burgers and carne asada for some tacos. Folded the laundry, changed our sheets, and now, we're finally relaxing in our room where it's nice and cool.

So about two days ago, we bought Audrie more pull-ups.. And let me tell you, the designs on them are too adorable! We bought her the Minnie/Cinderella combo and we just absolutely love em! See the designs for yourself! We love anything and everything Disney.

As for potty training, it's been what, a week now? And Audrie's been really consistent with staying dry and letting us know when she needs to go. I didn't think we would actually commit to the training, but I'm glad we did because Audrie's come so far already and we're very happy about it.

Oh and yesterday, Audrie said "mommy, shower!" So I let her shower by herself, with my supervision of course, just to see how and what she would do. She's this tiny little toddler that knows how everything works and what she needs to do. She stood there, in the shower, washed herself off, I gave her shampoo.. She rubbed it on her head. I gave her soap, she rubs and washes her body! She just, amazes me.

She's growing up way too fast.

Mommy Blog #2

Today was a little rough. Aside from Audrie being such a brat, the weather wasn't so great either. It was extremely hot and humid, and both Audrie and I hated it.

Anyway, last night was Audrie's second night without a diaper, and again, stayed dry the whole night. She's got the hang of things and goes potty in her little potty, but the only thing that's sort of setting us back is going #2. Sometimes we'll get lucky and she'll let us know when she has to go, but other times she'll just run away and goes without telling us. It's a little frustrating, but we just started, so I shouldn't be too upset.. Right?

Btw, I've just downloaded the Blogger app! I'm on it now, and I'm going to try to blog every night about how our days go, what we do.. Things like that. Recap and post pictures of Audrie, kus we all know I take pictures of her every day, ha.

The Start of The Mommy Blog

My goodness, have things changed around here. My most recent blog was July 26, 2010 and I was very much pregnant with my beautiful Audrie Jocelle. Well, since I have never posted pictures of Audrie on here, I think it's time to take this blogging on a new route and begin a mommy blog to post pictures of Audrie (and occasionally, myself) to show you all just how fast children grow.

To start off this Mommy Blog, I'm going to take you on a little retrospect of how much my little monster has grown..

AUDRIE JOCELLE PURUGGANAN-RAYMUNDO

Born October 1, 2010 at 2:35pm

7 lbs. 4.8oz & 20.5 in. tall

She is the most fun, the most cooky, the most interesting baby. She is a perfect combination of Tupes and I, and I wouldn't have it any other way. She is now 21 months, but definitely acts older.

We just recently started potty training, and let me tell you, it's going really well for us. It's been a couple of days now and we've only had two "accidents". Last night was her first night sleeping without a diaper, which was totally unplanned, and she remained dry the whole night! Woke up in the morning, and used her potty like a big kid would. I am so proud of my baby girl and all of her accomplishments.

I think I'm going to enjoy blogging much more, now that I will be talking and posting about Audrie. I hope you guys enjoy too! Unfortunately, this concludes my first mommy blog post because duty calls!

Have a great night everyone!