First Party Day

Summer was invited to her first birthday party. The celebrant was Omar's niece from his cousin, Monica who is turning 7years old. Her theme was fairy. So my baby, at 3months old, dressed like a fairy attended the ball.

Crawling and hair falling

My baby is starting to discover the joy of crawling. She loves playing with her rubber ducky.

But her hair is thinning out! Oh no!

Beach Day

It was our company outing at Zambales on June 8, 2005 and it was Summer's first time to go out of town. Omar cannot join us since he has to go to work. We stayed the whole time inside our room since it was storming. We just went out to eat and have our picture taking by the shore - a perfect time to show off Summer's first bikini.

Here are Summer's first FHM photo shoot:

Streeeeettttccccchhhh!

See my baby stretch! She can already lift her head on her first month! She loves to stretch.

She looks like a turtle hehehe.

Baptismal Day

If I could have her baptized before I first bring her to our home, I would definitely have it. But chances are, it's not that easy.


April 10, 2004 - Summer was baptized. She had her baptism at the historical church of Barasoain, lead by no other than Mons Flint. She wore the same dress her cousin, Jenjen, wore on her baptismal.



Her godparents are: Ninong Dojoe, Ninong Olejoe, Ninong Orland, Ninong Jerry, Ninong Nato, and Ninong Terence; Ninang Jenny, Ninang Onnie, Ninang Anna, Ninang Kathy, Ninang Lenlen, and Ninang Adrienne.

The baptismal reception was held at the roof deck of DJ Paradise Hotel. My mom, who celebrated her birthday 2 days before Summer's baptismal, provided the sumptuous lunch. We had lechon baka and Orland prepared Paella. Tito Boy provided the entertainment by doing close-up magic to our adult guests. Ninang Jenny provided Summer's first AVP.



She slept the entire time - from baptismal to the reception. She woke up when we were about to go down the elevator after the reception to go home.

Welcome to the Christian world, Sophia Jade S. Reantaso!

First Days of Summer

On Summer's third day, we went home to Bulacan on a motorcade. Well, not really but more of like it. Almost all of my in-laws went to the hospital to bring home my baby. We were 3 cars convoy from the hospital to our home in Bulacan. We had our fist family photo from the hospital.
At home, we were welcomed warmly. My sister prepared a welcome banner for my baby and we had lots of photo session once again.





Summer's first Sunday was an Easter Sunday. We were supposed to ask the priest to bless her after the mass, to our surprise, they always give blessings during the Easter mass so Summer got her first blessing.

And since she had her blessing already, Summer toured the town. She was barely 1week old when she first went to Rockwell to visit Omar's aunt at her condo who was bound to go back to Chicago. She was 1week old when she had her first dinner at Paseo Uno to celebrate my Dad's birthday. Summer was 2weeks old when she had her next tour of the hotel at Makati Shangri-la for a birthday dinner for my mom at Circles.

Barely a month old but been to many places. Watch out where she's been before she turned 1.

Birth Day

It's so much easier to give birth than to be pregnant.


I was trying to give birth on March 28, my Dad's birthday, so I could get the cash prize of Php 100,000.00. But my baby was so excited to go out.

It was my birthmonth already and yet I still do not know the feeling of contractions.


Saturday evening, I noticed a very slight light pink spot from my undies. I texted my ob and was instructed to go to the delivery room if I had contractions in 10minute intervals.


Monday morning, I was not asked to report for work anymore. I can already feel some tingling pain at my lower back so I called my OB. I was given the same instruction.


Omar and I went to bed at 9:46pm. Yes, I can still remember since that was when I started looking at the time. I had a very light sleep. I woke up every 7minutes since I can feel the pain from my lower back, not thinking that I am undergoing labor already, since I'm expecting something from my tummy and not from my back. At 2am, I started praying for the sign. 2:30am, I went to the bathroom to pee, and there was the sign! I had spots already so I took a bath (I told my husband weeks ago that if I took a bath in the middle of the night, IT's time already). So when I went out of the bathroom, he asked me if it's time already since I took a bath. I told him to go back to sleep and I was trying to feel if it's time already. I woke him up at 3am and left for the hospital. I even asked him not to call anyone yet and not to get mad at me if it's false alarm.


We were driving at 80kph at 3am in the morning, we were so relaxed. We arrived at St. Lukes at 3:30am. I waited for Omar at the lobby while he went to park the car. We walked our way to the second floor to the delivery room. I was IEd then - wala ka bang nararamdaman? 6cm ka na ha! - ngee so that was contraction! Now I know hehehhe!! I did not see my husband anymore and he was alone to process my admission and to inform his' and my family. I was asked a lot of questions about my medical history. They were surprised to see me still smiling at them while answering my questions.


They injected something really thick at my dextrose and I fell groggy, slightly sleepy. I can even remember smiling to my ob when I saw her come in. Then I felt like going to the restroom so I asked the nurse to bring me to the restroom, they said that was it! They instructed me to push, so I pushed! They told me to push without sound, so I pushed without sound! Then I felt asleep.



I woke up when they were trying to transfer me to a different bed. I thought that they were finally going to bring me to the delivery room. I was surprised when I saw them wheeling me along the hallway with another small crib being wheeled at the same time beside me. I was a mother already.


Sophia Jade Santiago Reantaso was born at 6:47am on March 22, 2005 weighing 7.7lbs 47cm at St. Lukes Medical Center.


http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jrs404 and view Summer's album for more photos.