.....Pamilya Catubay

Sssshhhh!!!! The Cookie Monster is sleeping!

2012-01-24T21:51:00.000-08:00

We were just done shopping food from Sams Club and heading home but stopped by at the gas station. I guess Chanelle was just so tired even while eating her cookie....I love to take videos of my kids.....

Chanelle's First Dental Appointment

2012-01-24T21:32:00.000-08:00

Well, this is Chanelle's very first time to go to the dentist and she just loved it! I guess more on watching the show they have on their tv, so it was hard to get her look at me for the picture.

Challyze also had her teeth cleaned and we're happy to report that the girls have very nice and clean teeth, no cavities. The mom, on the other hand have a little cavity that needs to be filled. I guess since I tried to limit the girls' chocolates, I ended up having the cavity for getting their chocolates. Oh well....

All Chase

2012-01-23T17:29:00.000-08:00

I would always run for my camera every time this little boy do something so cute and unusual!

Here he is playing with his race car....sitting on it.

He would stare the tv watching football or any sports daddy watches.

And finally here he is squeezing himself out to get out of the gate that we made.

Chase is 9 months!

2012-01-18T13:37:00.000-08:00

Our little boy is 3 months closer to his One Year Birthday! Chase is just growing so fast!

He eats real food every now and then, and loves it more than baby foods.
He sleeps from 8 pm to 5 am.
He can clap and wave good bye
He can stand up by himself for a longer period.
He loves playing with his big sisters
Here are his 9 months check up stats:

Weight - 15.98 lbs (1%)
Length - 26.57 in (5%)
Head Circumference - 16.3 in (0%)

Chase is just so tiny in comparison with other boys but as long as he's growing, the doctor said he's good.

The girls also had their Well Doctor Visits today. And glad to report that they're healthy. Here they are!

What Pinterest did to me....

2012-01-13T13:23:00.000-08:00

If you don't have one I think you should coz I really got a ton of ideas with hair, house, food and everything! So Challyze got interested in having hair done and so far, she asks me to have her hair done, she's like, "mom! what kind of hair do am I going to have today?" So we just get the link from pinterest and she just choose what she likes. She calls this do as something like having a crown. She usually complains when I do her hair but when I do these, she just stop whining! Go to pinterest.com to sign up.

Very very late Christmas Dresses 2011

2012-01-08T12:43:00.000-08:00

So for Christmas 2011 Christmas Dresses, I thought the girls could go on Silver Theme. I actually got them some dresses from Target already but then I saw these cute ones online. Well, I took a risk and ordered it December 9th, and they say its between 10 to 14 business days, hoping it will come on the 10th day before Christmas or 14th day before the New Years which is still fine with me. However, these dresses came yesterday, January 7th. So it was really really late. I actually ordered one size bigger than the girls' ages size 4 and 6, but I guess its supposed to be a short dress, so the plan on just using for this year's Christmas is out. And hubby just told me to just let them wear it. Oh well, so here is it, Christmas 2011 Dresses. Chase is just matching with the girls with their Silver Theme but he had his Christmas Sunday clothes as this.

My little man

Christmas 2010 Dresses Gold

Christmas 2009 Dresses Red

Year 2012

2012-01-01T14:41:00.000-08:00

Welcome 2012! Year 2011 has been a great year for us and as we meet the year 2012, a lot of things will definitely happen. Chase will be turning 1 year old and will start going to Nursery Class at Church pretty much at the end of the year (its still weird for me, he's just a baby!). Chanelle is going to Sunbeam Class at Church and she's excited to be in big kids' class and she will start Preschool as well. Challyze will finish Kindergarten and starts 1st Grade (can't believe it!). However, something next to major changes will happen for our family this year so we'll see....We look forward for a good new year! Cheers to Year 2012!

New Year's Eve

2011-12-31T13:17:00.001-08:00

For New Year's Eve we always go to Grandma and Grandpa Watt and they have a traditional way of celebrating New Year's Eve dinner, we had Fondue dinner.

Here's the raw meat for deep fry!

There's some cooked food as well.

Grandpa giving instructions to avoid accidents with burning hot oil!

This is hot!

Then we played board games or cards and waited for the clock to strike 12 am.

Happy New Year with my love!

2011 Year End Review

2011-12-30T16:10:00.000-08:00

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2011 has been a great year for us! We have been blessed for a lot of things. Here are some review on each of us.

Challyze

She turned 5 years old this year and had a Build-a-Bear Birthday Party. She started Kindergarten and loves every minute of it. She has improved a lot since she started school. She can read really good and is improving with her Math skills. We get surprised every day on the things that she learns. She still goes to ballet class and still loving it. She gave a couple of talks in her Primary class in Church and every time we get compliment from other teachers because she reads her talk by herself with no help from us nor the teachers. She goes to swimming class for the summer and is swimming really good. She loves having playdate with friends after school. Her favorite food are Ursula (sautéed squid) (we call it Ursula who is the villain from Little Mermaid movie), Filipino sausage (longganisa), Pasta (pasta penne in Alfredo Sauce), and Mash Cereals (Lucky Charms cereals) for breakfast. This year she was done with Rapunzel princess and likes Ariel now.

Chanelle

Has just turned 3 years old a couple of months ago. She had a Tinkerbell Birthday Party with family and friends. She started ballet class this year and she loves going to class and asks to go everyday. She had her first dance performance during their Christmas Party and she did a very good job aside from making faces while dancing. She knows some letters and numbers now. We were surprised that she can draw a face on a paper now and she can even color inside the lines. I'm not planning to do preschool with her until next year, so no pressure yet for me....She loves going to her Nursery class in church and everytime she goes in her classroom, she would hug her teachers. She still speaks to herself as a third person. And lately she puts "y" sound at the end of her words like Ricey, soupy, DSy, and milky. She still pronounces letter F as "sh" sound. Sometimes when we correct her, she would say the right sound. The poor girl doesn't go on play dates yet but when Challyze's friends come over, that's the only time she get to play with other kids. She is a fan of Daddy's cooking. She would eat almost everything that Daddy cooks which is mostly Filipino Foods. Chanelle loves eggs, eats broccoli like candy and noodles with soup (Ramen). She can totally live with these foods alone and milk. She still loves Tinkerbell and Hello Kitty.

Chase

Out little boy came into our family just this year in the month of April. We have been blessed every minute to have him around us. His big sisters always like to hold him and hug him and play with him. He is now on his 8 months and doing pretty good. He crawls, he stands, he eats, he burps, he spits up, he climbs the stairs, the giggles, he talks, he cries, he eats, he plays, he sleeps, he screams and he eats. He such a great addition to our family and we love him!

Mommy
As always, wakes up in the morning feeding the kids, trying to clean the house and all of those motherly duties as best as I could. At Church, I was called as a Chorister. This year I started making cake pops and so far plans on making them on special occasion. I enjoy planning Birthday Parties and I say thinking about it 2 months even 6 months before the day. I also celebrated my 30th birthday with families and friends at Cheesecake Factory.

Daddy
still happy working for the family. We are still lucky to have him when he works at home twice a week....So I have the car and can get out, lol! He loves playing with the kids right when he get back home from work. They would even go to the park right when he gets back from work so i can relax without the kids. He puts the girls to bed every night ant they would just hang out after prayer and reading book and just talk about how their day went. He celebrated 30th birthday with families as well at our favorite Chinese Restaurant, Hoho. He still enjoys reading fantasy books and playing video games right when the kids are asleep. We are grateful to have him as a husband and a father!

Winter time Swimming

2011-12-30T15:10:00.000-08:00

Jayson had a week off from work and so we have to think of activities for the kids so we can still keep our sanity.....The other day we decided to go to a Recreation Center close to us for an indoor swimming. Since its 44 degrees F outside and yet no snow to play with, we are grateful enough that they have indoor swimming pool in some areas in our place.

Day 25: Merry Christmas!

2011-12-26T10:00:00.001-08:00

Well, for the Christmas Morning, we were up by 7 am. Challyze actually insisted on giving Santa something like cookie but we didn't have one ready so she said to give him something healthy, an apple and the the carrot for the reindeer. So after seeing this, she was wondering why is it just one bite....we have to explain that he is already full from other houses.

As the girls are heading down the stairs, Chanelle was actually crying coz she wants to open birthday present as well...After a few minutes of trying to stop the crying, we started with opening presents.

Here is before the chaos.

Everyone was happy with their presents! Jayson doesn't really want a present for himself, even if it have to be a secret. He always say that its enough that he can see his kids happy. And he always say that he can get anything he wants anytime anyway. But he doesn't really want to spend much for himself so I'm the one who always insisted on asking him what he wants. And this time he gave in and its time to change his shaver after 10 years. So that's what we got him. And for me I want something useful and what I really really like. I've been into making cake pops lately and its much easier to have a Chocolate melter rather than using a microwave in melting chocolate coz it hardens fast especially this cold season. I also got a Coach brand bracelet, and I love it!

The kids got a lot of their basic needs, clothes, books, and socks. They also get a big present from Santa, these kids are spoiled! We got Chase lots of boys toys, coz everyday you would see him munching on a barbie doll, so cars are overloaded in the house for him.

The girls fight over their dad's work iPad, so we got them their own electronic games.

The aftermath of opening presents...disaster!

After opening presents, we went to Church and then off to Grandma and Grandpa Watt for more presents.

These kids are just lucky!

But let's not forget the real reason of the season, the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! Merry Christmas to Everyone!

Day 24: Family Noche Buena

2011-12-24T21:12:00.001-08:00

As part of the tradition, the girls get to open their Christmas Pajama on Christmas Eve. Challyze's face is like this since she already wore her pajama for 3 Christmas Parties.

Chanelle's loves that she gets the same thing with Challyze

We also had the girls get presents for each of us. And Challyze gave us a present that she made from school. So sweet!

Noche Buena Food! Yum

Day 23: Kindergarten Christmas Party

2011-12-23T21:47:00.000-08:00

So for Challyze's Kindergarten Christmas Party, I get to volunteer to help out. The kids had so much fun with the games and food. Here are the kids playing the relay.

This is so cute! Snacks are mostly Snowman parts. Challyze had a great time

Day 22: Santa's Message for the girls!

2011-12-22T19:40:00.000-08:00

So I found this website from Pinterest that you can make a Santa Message for your kids and here are the ones I made for Challyze and Chanelle, the link below the video is the message itself for you to check out and make your own as well.

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/g936AYGJYU-aoB7J_gWG_yw

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/gQ4C8sO2rp-DLn_HkemlxTA?utm_campaign=share-video&utm_medium=share&utm_source=copy-paste

Day 21: Challyze's Ballet Class Christmas Party

2011-12-22T19:06:00.001-08:00

It's Challyze's turn with her Ballet Class Christmas Party

Day 20: Chanelle's Ballet Class Christmas Pyjama Party

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Here's the happy girl with all of her candies

The girls had a Christmas Presentation for us. Chanelle did a good job!

Day 19: Christmas Treats

2011-12-20T18:27:00.000-08:00

Since I made some cake pops for our Family Christmas Party last Saturday, I also set aside some for family friends.

But then I didn't have enough and making them takes so much time.....I decided to just buy these to give instead. Its still good. Merry Christmas!

Day 18: Christmas Greetings!

2011-12-18T21:34:00.001-08:00

Chase is 8 months old!

2011-12-17T22:26:00.001-08:00

This little boy is growing up so fast!

He can crawl so fast that you have to run after him
He loves climbing on things
He takes every opportunity to stand up
He will put whatever he can pick up with his hands to his mouth
He can climb the stairs up to the top
He will scream his heart out until you hear him

He will melt your heart with his giggles and laughs! We love this little boy!

Day 17: Family Christmas Party

2011-12-17T18:04:00.000-08:00

We spent this day with my Sis-in-laws' husband's family for a Christmas Party. Every year for the holidays, they have included us in their family and we are really thankful. For the activity, they had the kids do the nativity as you can see it is quite hard to control them. Challyze was in fact promoted from being an Angel last year to being Mary this year. Chanelle also participated being a shepherd.

Then the kids made snowman.

We had a white elephant gift exchange. It was unfortunate though that the toy Challyze is holding on in the picture was taken by someone else....

Then the grown ups also played some games, Ticket to Ride and Crowns.

We went home with a Christmas Candy Countdown from Grandma and Grandpa Watt.

Day 16: Ward Christmas Party

2011-12-16T22:57:00.000-08:00

We attended our Ward Christmas Party and we sure had a blast. The food was absolutely great. It was catered by Rodizio Grill which is one of our favorite restaurant....

So we had some of these.....It was awesome! We also had a great entertainment. The auxiliary prepared some skits for us. We really had a fun time!

Our 7th Year Anniversary

2011-12-16T09:17:00.000-08:00

7 years ago today, I married my admirer, biology classmate, one and only boyfriend, pen pal, my best friend and my eternal companion, Jayson Catubay. Thank you for giving me everything especially 3 beautiful kids. I love you mahal!

After 7 years

Day 15: Early Anniversary Date

2011-12-15T20:49:00.000-08:00

Our 7th year Anniversary is not until tomorrow but we decided to celebrate it early and went to Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse for dinner. The food was great and we really had a great Tepanyaki experience.

Here's a video of Jayson catching the shrimp. I didn't catch the first one but got lucky on the second one.

Sorry the video was blurry at first....

Day 14: Christmas Spirit

2011-12-14T15:32:00.000-08:00

Just want to share this video by LDS Church about the true meaning of Christmas

A young girl with true Christmas spirit quietly teaches her preoccupied family the true meaning of Christmas. President Thomas S. Monson, Prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ, shares his testimony of how to put Christ back into Christmas. http://www.lds.org/topic/christmas

Day 13: First Snow in December

2011-12-13T10:21:00.000-08:00

The weather has been great lately with the sun out. However, it was a little bit weird being so cold but no snow at all! And today feels more like White Christmas in December...

Day 12: Hot Chocolate over by the Fireplace...

2011-12-13T10:15:00.000-08:00

So after our FHE, we had hot chocolate.....

And then I found out about this fireplace movie with Christmas songs background from netflix, and so it feels like we have a real fireplace by the Christmas Tree. But it was just for a few seconds since my techie husband says that the TV will get broken with a still show on it.....oh well....doesn't it look great on the picture?

Day 11: Letter to Santa and Family Time

2011-12-11T17:10:00.001-08:00

I just want to share this letter to Santa that Challyze made. It read, " Thank you for the toys. I want a Arele (Ariel) haredo (hair do)." Its so great to see on how she expresses herself, especially thanking Santa first before asking for something. Take note that the Ariel Hair do is a life size Ariel Doll face that you can fix the hair with different hair dos. It was funny coz when I was trying to take a picture of this letter, she told me to not sell her Santa Letter. Lately I've been taking pictures of some stuff in our house, trying to sell them online. So taking a picture of her letter made her think that I will sell her Santa letter. Hubby and I just laughed about it.

We also spent the dinner time with my sister in law today. And so I took a video of Chase and his cousin Keane, who is just one year older than him, crawling and racing. It was so cute!

Day 10: Christmas Parties!

2011-12-11T16:23:00.001-08:00

Challyze went to her Primary Christmas Pyjama Party and she really had a great time!

In the evening, we had some of our friends come over for a Christmas Party. After eating dinner, we played Kinect, Jenga, and sang for some Karaoke. We also had White Elephant Gift Exchange. We had great time spending with wonderful friends!

Day 9: Christmas Movie

2011-12-11T16:21:00.001-08:00

The girls watched this movie for Friday Movie Night

Day 8: Relief Society Christmas Party

2011-12-08T19:28:00.001-08:00

Our Relief Society Christmas Party this year was a Hawaiian Theme. The presidency did an awesome job with the food and the decorations. It was just great to hang out with other sisters and talk. Its also good to remember Hawaii since I spent my Christmas there when I was a student. I really had a great time.

Day 7: Read Christmas Book

2011-12-08T19:23:00.001-08:00

We love this Christmas Book. It has a lot of flaps to open and the girls just have fun doing it though sometimes it takes time to go to another page coz they want to open all the flap before we move on. Anyways, Challyze read this book for us and Im just proud of how she is better in reading now. Check the video of just a part of it below.

Day 6: Gingerbread House

2011-12-06T17:34:00.001-08:00

So for Day 6, we decided to build the Gingerbread House. Challyze came home from Kindergarten learning about the Gingerbread man running away from their class so she went home wanting to build the Gingerbread House. I put the house together and the girls decorated it. The girls had so much fun but its still a lot of work.

Here's the result of their creation!

Day 5: Sending the rest of the Christmas Cards out

2011-12-06T10:13:00.001-08:00

4th Day of December: LDS First Presidency Christmas Message

2011-12-04T21:47:00.001-08:00

So far, I've been posting the things that we do everyday before Christmas. And Challyze is just excited and every time she asks, "so mom!, what are we going to do today?" So as far as I can think of something....even just a simple thing to do for Christmas, I'll try and share it. But I guess, you're welcome not to visit everyday since Im not even sure if I'll be able to post some....

So for today we watch the Christmas Message from our Church Leaders. It was great to always be reminded of the real meaning of Christmas. They also showed a clip of Jesus Christ's birth. For the full message, go to www.lds.org I love how Challyze gets excited about everything and asks questions. She commented that Mary is beautiful in the movie. It was just peaceful listening to the Prophet of the Lord with Christmas Tree lights overflowing the room....and of course kids around me jumping around. It was perfect.

3rd Day at Temple Square

2011-12-03T21:52:00.001-08:00

Today we went to Temple Square to see the lights and it was great. It always feels great to see Christmas Lights as part of our Family Tradition especially to go back to my mission.

We also saw the birth of Christ statue and mini pageant. Challyze has also started asking a lot of questions about it so it was great explaining to her about Jesus Christ.

There were a lot of people there and it was surprising to see Challyze's playmate, Adelyn. These girls love each other!

Awesome Cold Night!

2nd Day of December

2011-12-02T21:28:00.001-08:00

Went to our Community's Christmas Lighting and the girls with the cousin, Kahanu, went Ice Skating and met with Santa Clause. It was a cold night but a fun one!

It's December!

2011-12-01T08:45:00.001-08:00

Our countdown and Christmas Tree is up!

And the rest of the decorations! I love this time of the year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Chase on the Go!

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Chanelle's Tinkerbell and Pirates Party

2011-11-20T14:39:00.001-08:00

So for Chanelle's Birthday Party, we decided to have a Tinkerbell and Pirates Theme. She loves tinker bell and we also want the boys not to be left out so we included Pirates Theme. The preparation took weeks to do but it was worth it that I got lot of compliment. So here are the pictures.

The Decorations

The Dessert Table

Cake and Cupcakes by Walmart, Cake Pops by yours truly!

My 2nd time making cake pops and it was a success and yummy, too!

The Dinner

The Event

I asked my niece to dress up as Tinkerbell to greet the kids and help out. We hand out Tinkerbell headbands for the little girls and Pirate hat and eye patch for the boys.

Aaaarh!

We had temporary tattoos

Build-a-buddy sticker for the balloons

And Piñata

Singing Happy Birthday and Blowing her Cake!

Presents Time

Favors

Thank you friends for Coming!

Chase is 7 months

2011-11-17T13:16:00.001-08:00

This month has been great for our Chasy boy!

Chase is moving and crawling almost everywhere!
He can lift himself up to stand up
He grabs whatever he can and put it in his mouth
He loves eating his Mum Mum
Eating more fruits and vegetables with rice cereals
He made his first step at the stairs but just for one step...
He gets excited when he sees his Grandma Lety.

We love him and gets excited as he continues to grow up!

Chanelle is 3 yrs. old! (My 300th blog post)

2011-11-15T19:28:00.001-08:00

My little cupcake is 3 yrs old today! Time really does fly so fast! She has been wonderful sister in the family! She makes us laugh everyday and brightens our day. She talks a lot now but still pronounces letter F, or th sound as Sh sound such as food (shood), math (mash), and so on. She refers herself as a 3rd person. i.e. "Chanelle not like this." She loves Tinkerbell and Hello Kitty stuff. She knows her numbers 1-10 now and knows a few letters now. She knows all of her colors. Im so proud of her and am really surprised she knows a lot of stuff. She always copy her big sister. Her favorite song is "Do as Im doing, Shollow (Follow), Shollow Me."

So for her birthday, she had a breakfast in bed and also she opened her presents. She's a happy birthday girl!

2 weeks earlier, we celebrated her birthday at Disneyland and she blowed her candles on that day.

My 30th Birthday!

2011-11-15T16:00:00.001-08:00

I can't believe it! I am 30! no more 20's! So to celebrate, I invited my closests friends as well as my family. I'm so happy for this wonderful people around me. Im so lucky to have them. But most of all, Im grateful for my loving husband and beautiful 3 kids!

2011 Family Photos

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Poor Chase

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Chase having a hard time and Mom is just enjoying it......so cute!

Back from our Disneyland Vacation!

2011-11-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

Just want to share our trip, start from the older post, Disneyland Day 1 for the right sequence, Enjoy! WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD

Sta. Monica Beach Day

2011-11-05T19:12:00.000-07:00

Before traveling back to the Winter Weather in Utah, we spent our last day first at Sta. Monica Beach. The water is a little bit cold to swim so we let the girls enjoy the water and the sand on their feet.

We travelled back to Utah the next day, but we didn't drive 12 hours. We had to have overnight at St. George and was home the day before Halloween. We had a great vacation and on top of that, our fender flair in our car was ripped off coz Jayson avoided the dead deer too late. And Jayson also got a $90 speeding ticket! Oh well....we had a great time...now maybe a staycation would be good for me after all this fun and stress.....

Disney Day 3

2011-11-05T19:05:00.001-07:00

Well, its our 3rd Day and the Final day of Disneyland, we decided to wear Mickey and Minnie Mouse shirt for the day. Chanelle is much feeling better and just enjoyed every minute of it. We also took family pictures on the important areas. Good thing they have their Disney Photographer around. Since Challyze was born, so far we have been going to Disneyland almost every year except for one year. Challyze is now 5 and we have visited Disney for the 4th time now. During those 3 times we always go in the summer time, but this time it was so good to visit in the Fall/Halloween time to see their fun decorations. It was great! Maybe next time we'll come back during Christmas time....

Little Chase is having fun though he may not remember it.....

Visited Minnie Mouse House

Here's our trip along Minnie's House

For the Finale, we watched the World of Colors! It was awesome and we had a good spot to see it all. It was a wonderful night to end our Disneyland Trip!

Of course, we're not going to miss our friends, George, Leizel, and Mhar before heading back to Utah in a few days. We had a wonderful dinner with them at Rainforest Cafe.

Disney Day 2

2011-11-04T21:31:00.000-07:00

So for the second day, we were very early around 7 am we are already in Disney since we have the Magic Morning Ticket. We took advantage while there's not a lot of people yet. We first went to the Disney City Hall to get Chanelle's Brithday badge. Here she is getting a Birthday song from Goofy over the phone.

The first ride we went was Matterhorn since there's usually a long line for this ride on normal hours. Challyze and Chanelle was able to take the ride. Chanelle loved it while Challyze didn't.

Saw Pooh Bear as well.

For lunch, we made a reservation at Ariel's Grotto which is a Character Dining. Mostly princesses, get to stop by and say hi while we eat lunch. It was a very expensive lunch but it was worth it.

A video with a Princess

Foods we had

We celebrated Chanelle's birthday 2 weeks early and she blew her Princess cake.

Here they are waiting for the Mickey Soundsational Parade

We had a great 2nd day but at the end, Chanelle was so tired and wasn't feeling good when we got home at 8 pm. Challyze though, enjoyed every minute and every ride that she can go to. Off to the next day....

Disneyland Rest Day

2011-11-03T21:27:00.000-07:00

Our Disney 1st day was a very long one which is from 10 am to 11 pm. So the next day we just sleep in and relax. We went for lunch at Jollibee Aneheim and it was awesome. After lunch we just walked around Downtown Disney and sleep early for the Early Magic Morning that we have for Disney the next day.

We brought a tripod with us so we have family picture!

Disneyland 2011 Day 1

2011-11-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is! This will be a very long post with lots of pictures and some stories that I may remember so you're welcome to skip it. Its basically for my journal entry for our family vacation. We travelled by car from Utah to California for only one day. We get to stop by in Las Vegas for Brunch and some shopping before we head on to Cali. So its from 3 am Utah and was in Cali at 4pm. It was a long road trip but we're still excited for the vacation so it wasn't too bad.

Here's the girls so excited with their Lola (Grandma), Jayson's Mom with us as well.

So we have a 3 day ticket for Disneyland and we started right away. It was on a weekend so there's a lot of people. The weather was great and we parked at our Hotel at 9 am though we can't check in until 2 pm so we left the car with all of our stuff and went on to Disney.

Minnie is the first character we saw but she was just done taking pictures so we weren't able to get one with her.

Disney 1st day is Princess Day. The girls are wearing their Princess and Fairy Costumes. We planned everything just for the girls. So we tried looking for every Princess that we can find. Here are the pictures with the Princesses.

First Princess to find, Cinderella

Getting in line at the Princess Fantasy Faire to meet more Princesses

Chanelle found a friend who has the same Ear Hat as hers

After meeting the Princesses, they have some program for the girls and it was fun!

Here's a video of the event

We are not going to miss Tinkerbell, Chanelle's favorite character. Look at her showing off her costume.

We also visited Rapunzel and Flynn Rider!

The girls with their Ear Hats

Ended the night with the Fireworks

And Fantasmic, which was my favorite of the day!

Halloween 2011

2011-11-01T12:57:00.000-07:00

It's Chase's very first Halloween and it was great! He joined his big sisters!

Challyze, The Little Mermaid Ariel

Chanelle the Tinker Bell

Chase, The Magic Dragon

Yay! for Halloween! Yay for Candies!

Challyze's First Science Fair

2011-10-19T21:46:00.000-07:00

It's Challyze's very first Science Fair and it went really great. At first, it was overwhelming for me coz I didn't realize Kindergarten does Science Project so early. On the other hand, it was a great experience for Challyze to start thinking as a Scientist. So for her project, their teacher asked it to be just a simple project. and for weeks it gave me a headache of what project she should do. But one day, Challyze asked her dad the question about the stars not showing a lot on a full moon, so that gave us the idea on what her Science project should be. It was really simple and usual question of a Kindergartner. Challyze did great!

Half way there!

2011-10-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

Well, Chase is 6 months now and is half way to his First Birthday! Time goes by really fast. But I love this time of his age. Here are some things he can do.

Eats lots of rice cereal and some fruits
Can sit up by himself
Can crawl now and is pretty good at it
still sleeps through the night
loves it when his sisters play with him
mumbles, laughs and giggles a lot

Challyze's First Progress Report

2011-10-14T20:07:00.000-07:00

We had our first ever Parents Teacher Conference today. We met with Challyze's teacher and she is just fond of Challyze. She said that Challyze is doing a great job. Below is her first Progress Report and she just did a very good job. At the beginning of the term, she is already reading a D Level, C Level is usually the high grade at the end of School Year and she is just ahead. So from D she went up to F level which is really good. She brings home books to read from school everyday and they are very long story books. She is just doing a great job reading as well as with everything else. We are such proud parents.

Fall 2011

2011-10-08T14:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Gardner's Village today to see all the witches displayed. But the girls still get scared with them. We also took advantage of the nice views to take a picture so here it is...

But aside from taking pictures, we also let the girls ride pony and get a treat from the candy store. It was an awesome Saturday Family Fun.

Tickle Me Chase

2011-10-06T18:49:00.000-07:00

Just like the toy "Tickle Me Elmo"

Here is Chase when tickled

2011 Filipino Fireside

2011-10-02T20:55:00.000-07:00

We actually haven't gone for a while now to the semi-annual Filipino Fireside, which usually happens after the general Conference. But since we had some friends that came to visit, we want to see them as well.

The Baisa Family - I served a mission with the wife.

BYU-Hawaii Filipino Alumni, our generation

More Crawling

2011-10-01T11:27:00.001-07:00

Chase crawling at 5 Months

2011-09-27T19:10:00.000-07:00

This boy just beat his sisters out! Challyze crawled at maybe 8 months and Chanelle 7 months. Well, its been weeks now that he can go far from where I put him down just by rolling over. But lately, I've noticed that he uses his knees every now and then to move. We just get surprised on how far he can go. He maybe dragging himself most of the time but I'll still count it as crawling. Im so proud if this little boy!

Sleepy Chanelle

2011-09-18T18:55:00.000-07:00

5 Months Old Chase

2011-09-18T17:04:00.000-07:00

As of Yesterday, Chase is officially 5 Months old and here are the things he could do

started eating solids
holds his milk bottle by himself
sits up by himself for quite a while
sleeps through the night until 5 am
rolling over expert
can go far just by rolling over, we'll see if he crawls this month
loves jumping up and down
loves his big sis's to play with him

80's Party

2011-09-15T22:19:00.000-07:00

We attended a birthday party of a friend and they have an 80's theme Party. It was a lot of fun especially that the girls get to dressed up and they are so cute! They had fun just dancing around and having to get candies and balloons.

A wedding

2011-09-11T21:29:00.000-07:00

We attended a wedding of a friend, he was actually my sister's bro-in-law. He just got here in the United States and basically doesn't know anyone except for his bride. I actually don't know him as well and we just met on FB. Since his family and friends aren't around, we were glad to be invited to see his wonderful wedding. And since we're in a nice place, we took advantage of taking pictures. However, the kids are not really participating so these are the best pictures I can get.

Chanelle's Debut to the Ballet World!

2011-09-07T19:30:00.000-07:00

Well, the day has finally come and Chanelle has been looking forward for this day. It is her first day of Ballet Class, combo with Tumbling and Jazz classes. She was just excited for this day and she did a great job for her first day. Here's a glimpse of her first day and even the videos.

It was Challyze's first day of Ballet Class for the year but its her 3rd year this time!

Chase's First Solid

2011-09-03T22:53:00.000-07:00

Today marks the first day of Chase eating solid. He is 18 weeks old and drinks a lot of formula so I thought maybe let's try solids now. He actually did great with the first few bites. I thought he's going to finish the whole thing but I was mistaken. So we'll see in the next few days....

Lea Salonga Concert

2011-09-03T22:36:00.000-07:00

We had a great opportunity to see Miss Lea Salonga for her Concert in BYU Provo. She is a Singer/Actress from the Philippines. We were grateful that she gets to have one of her Concert tour here in Utah. A lot of people may not know her if they're not from the Philippines but she has actually performed in some international events that others may be familiar of. She is the singer for Disney's Aladdin Movie "A Whole New World" song as well as Disney's Mulan "Reflection" song. She also had the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon.

She is just amazing and she surprised us with a few of the songs that she performed. We really had a wonderful time!

Chanelle Lately

2011-08-25T13:57:00.001-07:00

Now that her big sister is in school, she gets to take a nap now....

4 Months Stats!

2011-08-24T21:15:00.000-07:00

Today was Chase's 4 months appointment and here are his stats!

Weight 12.35 lbs 5 %

Length 24.8 in 40%

Head Circumference 15.6 in 2%

The doctor said that even though that he's in a low percentile, he is proportional and healthy. The good news is that according to his doctor, he is advanced with regards to what he can do. He can lift his head pretty good and even stretch his legs out standing. He is doing great with rolling over and can sit up with assistance. We are just happy for his progress. I guess the sad part is having taken 3 shots and fever reaction afterwards....poor boy.

Challyze's First Day in Kindergarten

2011-08-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well, it's finally here! The day Challyze has been waiting for. It's her first day in Kindergarten and it's just an overwhelming feeling especially for me. I feel like I'm the one who's going to school. To be honest I got choked a little bit, and I was trying so hard not to cry when we dropped her off. She was just so excited and nervous at the same time. Here are some pictures of the milestone. We had a little bit of photo shoot before we left.

Here's Chanelle saying goodbyes.

Taken at the School.

There she goes!

A Talk and A Reunion

2011-08-21T22:04:00.000-07:00

So I have to post it here since its a milestone for my firstborn, Challyze. She is now in CTR 4 Class in the Primary Class in our Church. In their Sharing Time, Challyze was asked to give a talk. This was actually her second time. The very first time was probably last year, but she was just so shy that she didn't talk at all and just sat down. But this time she is so ready though she's been saying that she's nervous. Her topic is about our Body as a Temple of God. I prepared her talk and really made it short maybe around 50 words. Anyways I wrote it in a paper and I gave it to her so she can read it in front. I also have a copy so if she gets nervous or couldn't read the words, I planned to help her. But when it was her turn, I didn't even have to sit beside her to help her, I was all the way at the back of the room just listening to her. She really did a great job just reading her talk, I am so proud of her!

We also met with an old friend and her kids, most of BYUH students in our time was there and it was so great to catch up with things now that we have our family of our own. Here's the pictures of our kids having fun.

Chase is 4 months old today!

2011-08-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

Things he can do at 4 months:

he can rollover
loves tummy time
smiles and laughs at us
sleeps through the night
eats for about 30 to 35 oz of milk a day
makes lots of baby sounds
enjoys his play gym most of the time
still wants to be hold on most of the time especially that Grandma's around to hold him.
plays by himself in his bassinet in the morning (it's also time to move him to a crib)
he can definitely recognize his mommy!

We're excited for his 4 months appointment next week, hopefully he has gained enough weight.

Kindergarten Interview

2011-08-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Challyze was interviewed by her Kindergarten Teacher just to know what Challyze knows and where she's at before starting school. And I am just so proud of my little girl. She pretty much accomplished the task with good scores. The First Grade Word List is the only low score but its the First Grade Words. I really felt good coz the Home School was paid off.

So even though her class doesn't start until next week Tuesday, her teacher already gave her books to read at home. Challyze is just so excited to go to school and meet new friends. Let the countdown begins!

Challyze's Interview

2011-08-14T17:56:00.000-07:00

What is your favorite book: Rapunzel

What is your favorite animal and why? A Giraffe because I like their blue tongue and they have a long neck to reach out for the leaves.

What is your favorite thing to eat? "Pasta and my favorite sausage and noodles with soup."

What is your favorite movie: "mmmm. let me see...Ariel!"

What is your favorite season and why? "Winter and Summer because I like to make snow angels with the snow and snowman and on Summer because I like to go to the Pool. "

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? "Disneyland to see all the princesses!"

Tell me a favorite birthday memory: "at Build a Bear"

Where would you like to go on vacation? "Philippines because I want to see Lola Lets and Sofia"

What is your favorite thing about summer? "going swimming!"

What is your favorite sport? "Soccer and Basketball"

What is your pet peeve / something that bothers you? "When Chanelle breaks one of my toys"

What do you like best about your home? "My family"

What makes you sad? "When Chanelle punch me!"

Tell me a joke: "Knock Knock Who's there? pillow who! Pillow cockadoodle doo!" (followed by giggling)

What age would you like to be? "18 no 9 no 8, because I like to get baptize"

What are the names of the Seven Dwarfs? "Grumpy and Bashful and Dopey and Doc and Sneezy"

Tell me something you like about your dad: "He tickles me and we play fun games and play outside."

Who is your best friend? "Hanu and Daddy and Chanelle too!"

What is your favorite scripture story? "Noah because I like it"

What would you like to be when you grow up: "Artist, Painter"

When is your birthday? "July 5th"

What do you want for Christmas? "Video Games and a pet Rabbit"

What is your favorite color? "Rainbow"

What did you do that was good today? "I cleared up the table"

What is your favorite hobby? "have a playdate"

What is your favorite song? "I love to see the Temple!" (singing it already)

What is your favorite dessert? "Ice Cream with Marshmallows and Nuts with Chocolate!"

What is something good about you? "Sometimes I share my flute with Chanelle"

What is your favorite childhood memory? "When we go to Disneyland"

Cowabunga Dude!

2011-07-22T16:19:00.000-07:00

Jayson took a day off today and so we decided to go to Cowabunga Bay which is close to our area. The girls had a great time and they even tried the longer slides. They also liked the lazy river and get excited every time we passed by the sprinkler. The part that they didn't like was the big bucket throwing water on them. Our ticket is good for 4 hours but we only spent 3 hours which I think is good enough.

3 Months Old Chase

2011-07-17T19:08:00.000-07:00

Well, he's 3 months now! And he just amazes us everyday! Here are some things he can do!

loves tummy time in the morning
sleeps through the night
smiles and laughs a lot especially when we talk to him and play with him
eats 4 oz. for 5-7 times a day
always wants to be cuddled
can pull his head up most of the time

We love him a lot!

The UP House

2011-07-16T18:20:00.000-07:00

If you've seen this movie, well for me like many times since the girls watch it like everyday, you'll be fascinated to see this real life size house of Mr. Fredrickson. It is actually located close to our house and so when we found out about it, we were excited for the girls to see it. Too bad we can't go inside.

A Build-A-Bear Party!

2011-07-09T09:14:00.000-07:00

In celebration of Challyze's birthday, she had a Build-A-Bear Party with her friends. Early in the day, Challyze was actually sick. At first she just wants to be carried by her Dad but once the party started, she eventually came back to normal.

Here are the girls picking their bear, stuffing them, taking them for a bath and getting them dressed.
Here's the group!

Blowing her candle!

Thank you for the gifts!

Tummy Time

2011-07-07T19:36:00.000-07:00

Chanelle can count

2011-07-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't want to forget this big moment but my 2 yr. old Chanelle was able to count up to 12 today. I didn't realize coz I usually help her count 1 to 10 everytime my girls play hide and seek and since she don't know the numbers yet, Challyze would ask me to help Chanelle count while she hides. And then today Chanelle was just counting with her fingers. Here's a proof and I was even surprised that she knows numbers 11 and 12 and she skipped number 6 but its ok.

Challyze turns 5!

2011-07-05T14:55:00.001-07:00

My little girl is now 5 years old! I just can't believe how she have grown! She has been the best thing that happened to our life and that changed everything! She brought happiness in our home. We love her so dearly! Here's her picture the day she change our world.
Here's some things about her:

She loves being a big sister
She always gives us a kiss and say " I love you."
She's always beaten up by her little sister, Chanelle (poor thing)
She loves kissing her baby brother, Chase.
She always compliments every person she sees and would say that she loves their hair or their dress or shoes.
Her favorite breakfast is cinnamon rolls on occasion, but loves Lucky Charms cereals every day.
loves Penne Pasta with alfredo sauce and shrimp
favorite color is still pink and she still loves Rapunzel
She can read an entire story book now and loves Math.
She is excited to go to school this year since she's only home schooled, maybe tired of me lol!
And most of all she is just a lovely and very sweet girl whom we love the best!

For her special day, I decorated their room door that I'm hoping to start as a Birthday tradition.

We gave her a Royal treatment with a Breakfast in Bed!

Of course, Chanelle wants Breakfast in Bed as well and claims that its her Birthday, too. And they decided to just eat on their table at the playroom.
And she got her presents from Mom and Dad!
She had a great birthday every girl could dream of!

4th of July Activity

2011-07-04T14:10:00.001-07:00

Our 4th of July started with a breakfast and a parade with Grandma and Grandpa Watt's Ward

They had a firetruck there that kids can get in and check it out.
In the evening, we get to celebrate it with family and friends.
Getting ready to see the fireworks.

Oh yeah! they're ready!

Happy 4th of July!

Time for Chanelle

2011-06-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

Well, its noticeable that I'm blogging a lot about our new baby and all the details about him. And since Challyze is very active with her Ballet dance and swimming class, she too has been covered in most of the topics here. So not a lot about my little middle child, Chanelle. Chanelle just keeps us happy everyday. She loves dancing like her ate (big sis in Tagalog). She always tease Challyze and would have a smile on her face when she sees her ate crying. She talks a lot and we still need our translator, Challyze, to tell us what is she talking about. Her letter F sounds like Sh. So when she say, "that's shunny", she's saying that's funny, and shaster, faster, and when she's saying and talking about her feet, she says....you know... not a good word. Anyways, its so funny that when she refers to the Princess Rapunzel, she would say the whole statement, "Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair!". And when she wants to get her night light (a Tinkerbell night light), she says, "kakabell and....rescue", she just have to say the entire title of the movie, Tinkerbell and the great Fairy Rescue. She just makes us laugh everyday.

She loves kokimik (chocolate milk) to drink like every 2 hours. And loves Mac and Cheese.

We will be registering her for Ballet Class this year so we are very excited for her.

Here she is knocked out on a playdate, as in all of her playmates are still around playing and she just laid down and out! We just love her!

My little swimmer

2011-06-24T14:23:00.000-07:00

Challyze is really doing a great job with her swimming class. She might have forgotten what she learned last year but she have more courage to swim now compared to last year. She can do freestyle for 10 seconds and just a few seconds long for her backstroke. We're really proud of her and she is just enjoying every minute of it.

Here's a proof of her improvement.

2 Months Stats

2011-06-21T16:50:00.000-07:00

Well, my little guy is just tiny in comparison to the American Percentile but he is still growing so its good. Here are his stats:

Weight 9.7 lbs 8 percentile

Height 22.05 in 14 percentile

Head Circumference 14.6 in 3 percentile

Happy Father's Day!

2011-06-19T10:02:00.001-07:00

To my love, Jayson. He is just the best Daddy to my kids! He is their best friend. He plays with the girls every time he gets off from work. He loves reading to them. And mostly having one on one date with each of the girls. We love you Daddy! So the girls made cards for him and a breakfast in bed, Cinnamon rolls.

And of course to my Daddy, I love you so much! We miss you!

2 Months Old Chase

2011-06-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

Out little baby boy is 2 months old now and he is growing everyday. He smiles a lot now. He loves to be held most of the time. He sleeps for 6 hours straight on good nights, which is yay! for me. Unfortunately, he might be done with breastfeeding, its either I already ran out since he's my third, or Im just getting lazy now, or all he want is just formula. But he likes to eat a lot. He doesn't want to do anything with his bouncer, swing and even his carseat unless he has his milk on his mouth. He cries a lot but he calms down easily when his sisters play with him. We are just so in love with him. We'll find out how much he have grown next week for his 2 months appointment.

Little Red Riding Hood

2011-06-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

Its Challyze's 2011 Spring Dance Recital. It will also be the last one in Axis Dance School since they will be closing for business which is so sad. Anyways, she really had a great 2 years with them and hoping to find a good new school. She really loves dancing and so I think we will continue on putting her to dance school as well as Chanelle who is excited to go by Fall. Busy times for me but I just loved it and see how they grow and love doing things.

After the Recital we went to Cold Stone for treat since she did a very good job!

Siblings

2011-06-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

Just for fun, here are my kids' blessing pictures to see how they are alike or not....

Challyze Aleka

Chanelle Allyson

Chase Alfred

Swimming Class 2011

2011-06-07T21:01:00.001-07:00

Summer time is officially here and Challyze's swimming class started once again. Well she forgot some of the things that she have learned from last year but she definitely has confidence to go under water. We just want her to enjoy and have fun learning.

Chase's Blessing Day

2011-06-05T18:56:00.001-07:00

Our baby boy was blessed today and it was great! He wore the traditional Filipino shirt called Barong Tagalog that was sent by my parents so it was really special and to match with the motif, Jayson also wore Barong Tagalog and the girls and I had white dresses on. It was wonderful!

We are grateful for family and friends who joined us celebrate his special day.

What's coming...

2011-06-02T20:22:00.000-07:00

Chase will be wearing a Traditional Philippines Shirt for men called Barong Tagalog.

6 weeks old Chase

2011-06-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

Chase is growing every minute and I just love it. Though sleeping time is not there yet, he is really doing great. We just love him and wants to cuddle with him everyday even the girls.

Girls Lately

2011-05-29T10:05:00.000-07:00

Its pretty silent this past few days, but here's some of the gils video that I really like to share.

Here's Challyze and Chanelle acting like Rapunzel and Mother Gothel.

Chanelle knows how to say her complete name now...

And here's Chanelle's ballet dance

Picnic by the Lake

2011-05-21T10:01:00.000-07:00

After many days of rain, the sun finally decided to come out and we took advantage of it. We had a brunch picnic by the lake. The girls enjoyed running after the ducks and riding their bikes as well. It was great family day.

Recital Preview

2011-05-18T18:28:00.001-07:00

For Challyze's Spring Recital, their dance is about Little Red Riding Hood and it was just so cute. We get to see their dance before the recital and they did great. Its just sad to hear that after only 3 yrs, her Dance School is closing for financial reason. I really like her school and Im so excited to have Chanelle go there as well this coming Fall but I guess we can't do anything about it. Well, we just have to look for another Dance School coz my girls really loves to dance.

Well here's a So you think you can dance version of Challyze. I'll post the dance on her recital so its a surprise.

My little boy is 1 month old!

2011-05-15T20:21:00.001-07:00

Days really go by so fast! Our little baby is now 1 month and he is growing so fast. He is eating really good. So far he still wakes up almost every 3 hours at night. He loves to be cuddled a lot. Sometimes he's okay on his bouncer but still want to be held. He went to Church for the first time today and he is just so cute on his Church clothes even though its eating him up coz he's still tiny. His sisters just love him so dearly.

Santa Cruzan in Utah

2011-05-15T20:20:00.000-07:00

We were invited to a Santa Cruzan parade by my sis in law since her girls participated in the parade. These kinds of parade are part of Catholic traditions back in the Philippines. I never thought there's a lot of filipinos here in Utah to be able to have one of these event. Well, though I'm not Catholic, I grew up going to most of these since I was in the Drum and Lyre Band in my elementary school that is part of the parade. It was just great to witness it once again since we haven't been home in the Philippines for many years.

Here are my beautiful nieces.

Chase have grown!

2011-05-06T20:52:00.000-07:00

Chase had his 2 weeks appointment and he has really grown. Here are his stats:

Birth Stats 2 weeks

5.15 lbs 7 lbs

18 1/2 inches 19 inches

He is just eating good and keeping me up every 2 hours each night.

Happy 30th Birthday to my love!

2011-05-03T19:27:00.000-07:00

It's Jayson's 30th birthday and for me it's a pretty big deal. I thought of giving him a big party with family and friends but he's not into it. So I gave him what he wants. We celebrated it just with family and that's all he wants. He also got his Oakley sunglasses for his present and he was happy with that. Here are the girls greeting him. Its so cute how Chanelle repeated it pretty much the whole day! We love you Dad! Happy Birthday!