Thursday, May 19, 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Mom Gets Vaccinated...

I saw my doctor this morning and had myself vaccinated for DPT. At last, I am now thru with all the immunizations.

Before I got married, I completed my HPV Anti-Cervical Cancer Vaccine, but unfortunately, I couldn't get the DPT immunization next coz we were planning to have a baby after 5 months, and from what I've read, there are certain vaccines that need an extra time allowance before the mom decides to conceive, or else, there would be unlikely side effects with the baby. I wouldn't risk that so I chose to get vaccinated after I had Ching.

My arm is still throbbing from the shot... As they say, no pain, no gain. =) I hope this will get better tomorrow....

Sunday, May 8, 2011

New Mom Celebrates Mother's Day



First time for a new mom to celebrate Mother's Day.

Today, Mommy & I were treated to a fancy steak dinner at Fire Lake Grill in Tagaytay City by my husband, Leih. We left home at around 5pm, not knowing where Leih was taking us. I then learned that he made reservations a few weeks before today, together with 2 beautiful bouquets of flowers, one for me and one for Mommy...

'twas my first time at Fire Lake and I loved the food. We had fresh salad of assorted greens with raspberry vinaigrette, I had penne pasta with philly cheese steak, broccoli & cream cheese sauce. Mommy enjoyed her grilled Norweigan salmon fillet with butter-glazed vegetables, warm couscous salad & Dalandan butter sauce, while Leih enjoyed his pepper-rubbed rib-eye steak with duck liver butter & mashed potato. What I loved most was the dessert.... It was a heavenly serving of pineapple carpaccio with Malibu rum and pink peppercorn, candied citrus peel and coconut ice cream in a brandy snap basket. Leih, being such a choco addict, opted for the flourless chocolate cake with peanut butter-white chocolate filling and fresh fruit compote. Just writing down all these makes my stomach growl again. (LOL)

We brought the baby with us and as we enjoyed our dinner, she slept soundly in her carrier/stroller. After dinner, we headed to Starbucks for a quick coffee fix before going home... If we didn't have a baby with us, we would have stayed a bit longer, but we all needed a good night's sleep so we decided to head home early...

The cold climate in Tagaytay was definitely a breath of fresh air for us, I was even considering getting a hotel room for us if not only for our 2 dogs left at home... Maybe next time. =)

It had been a great first Mother's Day for me, definitely....