The Sweet Potato

My dear friend Kathy emailed me today. Thanks Mare! I really appreciate your concern.

She suggested me this prayer.

I printed this and will pray later before going to bed and when I woke up tomorrow. I wanted this prayer to be my everyday prayer until this baby comes out. I know that we will be fine. I am being positive.

Prayer for Expectant Mothers #2

O Good Saint Anne,
who had the incomparable privilege of bringing into the
world
Her who was to become the Mother of God,
I come to place myself
under your special care.
I confide myself to you,
together with the child I am carrying.
Thousands of children owe you,
Glorious Mother of Mary,
the life of the body and the grace of baptism.
Hence I wish, in my turn,
to place my whole confidence in you.
Make me keep in mind the precautions I need to take
so as not to endanger in any way the health,
good qualities or the eternal salvation
of the child whose very existence
God has placed in my care.
Obtain for me
the virtues you did teach Her who was to be the Mother of
God,
so that I may afterwards
instil and develop them
in the heart of my child.
O Good Saint Anne,
protect me today and forever.
I know that you will not refuse your intercession
to a mother who invokes you with confidence.
Amen

Please continue praying for us.

Thank You!

We are going to my OB today.

I am so bothered about the impression on my ultrasound so we need to consult our doctor about it. The radiologist said I am low normal on my amniotic fluid. I researched about it and read a lot of not so good stuff. I am worried. I guess it is better to go to my OB and hear her advice. I cried about this a few days ago and hubby just can’t take it seeing me so worried so we opted to go to the OB today. I just hope that me and our baby will be fine. I cannot handle another trauma on this one.

Please pray for me and the baby. We badly need it.

Thanks!

We have pork in the freezer and I was thinking on how to cook it today. I don’t want another crispy adobo for lunch so I went online and searched for a pork recipe. I found this Pork Adobo with Pineapple and thank God I have all the ingredients. I followed the procedure on how to cook it. After a few minutes my Pork Adobo with Pineapple is ready. I called hubby for lunch and we ate. Thank God it tastes good. It’s yummy said the husband. I am now a happy wife! My cooking is a success! Another recipe added to my box.

1/2 kilo pork, cut in large cube
1/2 fresh pineapple, skin/shell on
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 head garlic, crushed, chopped
1 thumb size ginger, sliced
2 small size onion, quartered
1 medium size bell pepper, cut into large squares
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. peppercorns
2-3 pieces bay leaf

Using a small knife and a spoon curve and scoop out the meat from the pineapple, discard the core and cut meat into large cubes, keep aside. Cut/chop flat the bottom of the pineapple shell/bowl to keep it from rolling, keep aside. In a sauce pan place the pork, garlic, ginger, peppercorns, bay leaf, vinegar, soy sauce, pineapple juice and 1/2 cup of water bring to a boil and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Now stir in the sugar, onions, pineapple and bell pepper, cook for another 5-10 minutes or until almost dry. Remove from pan and pour the adobo in the pineapple shell/bowl. Serve with a lot of rice.

I got the recipe here: http://overseaspinoycooking.blogspot.com/2010/02/pork-adobo-with-pineapple.html

Today is my first ultrasound check up. And we are so excited as we really wanted to know the gender of our baby.

And look!!!! We’re having a baby GIRL!!!!

Hubby and I are full of joy today. We can’t wait to meet this little girl of ours!

The baby is normal according to the ultrasound. I am now on my 26th week and 2 days.

I watched the Miss Universe 2010 at Star World this morning. I was so excited and rooting for my kababayan Miss Philippines Venus Raj. She made me proud just by being a Bicolano. But I was sad she didn’t bagged the winning title.

Here are the rankings:

Miss Universe – Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete

1st Runner-up – Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps

2ndRunner-up – Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell

3rd Runner-up – Miss Ukraine Anna Poslavska

4th Runner-up – Miss Philippines Venus Raj

Still, Congratulations Venus for making it to the Top 5!!!

We are so proud of you!

I was tinkering my iphone yesterday when I visited my parents and installed the bookshelf app that my friends suggested on twitter. I was having a hard time installing it as I really don’t know how. But thank God for the step by step I searched online I was finally able to make it work. And the final verdict? I super duper over LOVE it!!!! You should use this amazing application too if you have an iphone and you love to read e-books.

Now I can load my iphone with lots of e-books and read while I am on bed or waiting for my turn during OB check ups! Yay!!!! I won’t get bored now. =D

Btw, here’s some information about BOOKSHELF app I got from their website.

BookShelf is an easy to use electronic book reader for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Available through the AppStore, BookShelf installs easily on your mobile device.

Features

Some of BookShelf’s other features include:

• Add named bookmarks to any document type.
• Access the Table of Contents in formats which support one (Plucker, Mobi, ePub).
• Download books from Atom-based catalog feeds
• Support for large files — no upper limit on size, and files as large as 10MB open in seconds.
• Easy interface to download books from your desktop OR from online book stores
• Completely off-line usage. Once downloaded to the device, books can be read without an Internet connection, even in airplane mode.

Supported File Formats

BookShelf currently supports many book formats with more on the way. For full information on formats, please see BookShelf Supported Formats.

• Plain Text [.txt]
• HTML with images [.html]
• FictionBook2 with images [.fb2]
• ePub archives (see ePub notes)
• PalmDoc / AportisDoc [.pdb]
• MobiPocket with images (unencrypted, not HuffDict compression) [.pdb, .prc, .mobi]
• Plucker with images [.pdb]
• Compiled HTML with images [.chm]
• MIME HTML with images [.mht]
• Rich Text (currently with limited characterset support) [.rtf]
• Word DOC – only Word 97+, not DOCX, translated to plain-text (formatting is lost)
• ZIP Archives – internal folder structure is flattened, but supported files can be extracted

Weee!!! Finally I now have my own laptop table!

I can now use my laptop in bed! Woot! I bought this online at The Digi King. My friend Kaje and Zanne recommended this site to me. Kaje also purchased a laptop table a few weeks ago and she loved it. So I decided to buy one too. I also got a keyboard protector film along with this table. The online store is super recommended. They ship fast and has a good customer service. I will surely buy from them again.

*Zanne buy yours na!!!! LOL!

I went to my OB yesterday and performed a laboratory test for my blood glucose. I was given a 240ml Orange drink. I drank it and waited an hour for it to take effect. Then the medical technician got some blood samples from me. And I kept on praying and praying while waiting for the result. When she handed me the paper I went straight to my OB and ask her to read the result. I felt sad when she told me that I am POSSIBLE for Gestational Diabetes. =( As she was explaining what that was to me and my husband, a lot of things are running through my head. I was thinking if I had that also during my pregnancy with my first born Huey. Maybe that was one of the reason why he was a special child? And I was also blaming myself for not watching what I eat. I gained a lot on my first pregnancy and I didn’t even remember my OB (different from my current) ask me to perform those tests. Hmp!

I wanted all the best to make this baby healthy. And I will do everything to make him/her normal when he/she comes out. And who cares if my foods are tasteless? And my milk tastes like fresh milk? Or my after meal dessert will be skipped. WHO CARES!!! I can do this! AJA!

Please pray for me.

Thanks in advance!

Right now all I can say is that I am so blessed.

Here are the 10 things I am grateful for this month:

1. With a loving and caring husband that is always there for me. Helping me in getting up in the morning as it is so hard to get up with a heavy tummy. And checking up on me every now and then if I already drink my vitamins or taken my lunch and snack.
2. This baby inside my tummy who constantly reminds me (by kicking =D) that there is still hope in life. That in 3 months time we will finally see each other. I am so excited!
3. The work I’ve been receiving and will be receiving.
4. To the money I get from working which I can use to buy stuffs that I want. Weeee!!! Shopping time!!!
5. To my family who makes me happy every time I pay them a visit. We will see each other again on weekends.♥♥♥
6. Staying at home and working at the same time. Yes I can work even in my pajamas. Super thankful!
7. To my hobby which is scrapbooking who brings out the creativity in me. And keeps me stress free whenever I am making a LO.
8. To my online friends whom I interact with almost every day. Thanks girls! I love all of you! ♥♥
9. To the food I (and baby’s too) eat everyday.
10. For the internet. Because without it my life will be boring.

Thank God for all of these things that I am thankful for. Thank You for always giving me blessings everyday. Thank You for this life you gave me. Thank You!