i feel extremely lucky to be blessed...

with a child such as supergirl. everytime i open my mouth to speak of her normally it's like i'm bragging. but i don't know how to be any other way, or i'd be lying! luckily for me, and this is why i truly feel blessed, everyone's comment to her, about her, to each other, sounds like they are bragging too or in awe of her. whether it's from relatives, a stranger, friends, colleagues-- anyone that's met her, they cannot help but 'coo' about her. and it's not just because she's a baby or all baby or toddler's are cute. i'm constantly being told how great she is compared to other babies. in looks, charm, personality, smarts, etc etc. that's not saying she's better than other babies. i believe that there are other parents who have babies like her and they feel the way i do, superman does, and everyone supergirl has met before. but that's what i mean by blessed. i'm blessed with all these nice positive reations to surpergirl constantly. i know to be humble, but it's okay to let it spill all over here on my blog. she's amazing. love her so much.

comes with age, experience, family of my own?

read my profile to left. it's usually just myself, superman, and supergirl. and we are fine. superman and his family have issues. my family have issues. i'm leaving this 'broad.' although we wish for more 'relatives' to be in our lives, they are not around or close enough to be. but we've always thought-- well even if they lived close enough, maybe we'd still prefer to be just us 3, maybe? it's nice to enjoy the warmth of too many relatives around, but only for a 'limited' length of time, right?

but our 2 weeks abroad, up and down, north to south, we visited many many relatives, most who haven't even met supergirl until now. WE HAD A GOOD TIME. and now i miss them all alot. i've never felt this way before. it was nice i suppose for a change to have 'nosy' people popping in when you wish they wouldn't. or a day that is so packed with activities, you don't have time to 'think' and wish people would leave you alone instead. and you end up having fun. having lots of dinners out. lots of activities.

towards the last 2 days our us imposing upon certain relatives, we can feel the hospitality wavering a bit and everyone was getting bored, less activities ensued, and things just slowed down. we are not so exciting or fresh to them anymore. and then we left and returned home!!

i thought 2 weeks, with 1 1/2 days spent in an airplane up in the air-- would be 'too' short of a visit. especially such a rare occasion to travel abroad and visit!!! BUT IT WAS PERFECT. just long enough to feel welcomed and loved, and short enough not to wear out our welcome, and maybe to be missed.

just didn't realize i'll be (here's hoping they are missing us too) missing them. i do. supergirl had such a fabulous time with her cousins, aunties, uncles, gramps, etc etc. it was def a most memorable trip. unforgettable.

cold...

supergirl and i both have a cold. right upon our return from our vacation! the only bright side is that we're sick at home, vs while we were abroad! my symptoms are all one day behind supergirl's- so it's safe to assume she got it first! (most likely from her auntie!!) my sister picked us up from the airport, the next day she calls to tell me she has a fever! surely enough 3 days later, supergirl started having a running nose and fever. by friday i had a fever. it's been 6 days, and we both seem to be feeling better. but her auntie insists it 'could not' have been her that got us sick. well ok. maybe a slim chance it wasn't. superman is fine though. and auntie was 'all over' supergirl- like showering her with kisses the night before she got a fever. go figure!

the strangest thing is, i'm also nearing my period, so between feeling absolutely awful with a cold, jetlag, and my pending period- my APPETITE IS GI-NORMOUS. i eat so much, non-stop and i binge; even with a sore throat!!! i look like i'm at least 3 months pregnant right now. it's due to my overeating, and some bloating. i eat till i'm so stuffed and my stomach feels like it's gonna to be overstretched, but i can't stop!! goodness!!!

yay~ received my first ALL YOU Magazine today

finally is all i can say! flipped thru it quickly and saw tons of great coupons. =)
can't wait till i get some quiet alone time(supergirl's naptime) to read it.

what is going on?! watering down...... of toilet paper?

i've never ever look at the total length of tissue rolls before, it's just too complex and too much numbers usually!

what happened was---
i was about to buy the 16 big rolls = 32 regular rolls from CVS for $10, since it was on sale. just as i was planning to head to CVS, I see a Kmart ad for the exact same item size for $8.99. what the heck, i went to Kmart.

then i saw target's new ad for this week target has the 18 big rolls = 36 regular rolls for $8.99. i was there and just picked it up, figure it's cheap and might as well stock up.

i'm not sure if most of you know this, but the Charmin ULTRASTRONG has two versions. one is the big diamond print and one is small diamond print within squigly lines. in the past, i only buy the smaller more expensive packs and it's always the big diamond print. it's thick and strong. once a while back, i bought a huge 'special' pack at a discount and it was the latter. feels completely different and it's thinner.

the pack from kmart and target is the smaller diamond print (not the one i like.) but superman says 'whatever'- it'll do since its such a good deal... (i have my pet peeves)

im already disappointed in that it's the small print thinner version, but as i was stowing the packs away, for some reason 'this time' i took the time to look at the bottom #s info. perhaps i was contemplateing returning them just because of the print!! =/ the 16 big roll pack fr kmart has 4 more sq ft than the 18 big roll pack from target. i thought i'd mistaken. i double checked. ok, the 16 roll each has 200 two play sheets per roll. the 18 roll each has 176 2 ply sheets per roll! it just doesn't add up and how can both be called a 'regular roll'? is there a range for a regular roll? so sometimes the big prints on the packages are very misleading! =/

go figure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

first the bad prints and thinner quality for the BIGGER packs of Charmin UltraStrong - but now this?!!!

Charmin UltraStrong has been my fave for the longest time... tsk tsk tsk.

lil supergirl is now big supergirl!

my how fast supergirl is growing and she really is our pride and joy. everywhere we take her, she just makes everyone around us happy and even strangers gravitate twds her!

she is still co-sleeping with us, yes, still at 21 months. but we would not have it any other way!!!!!!! superman and i just love havng her close by and in arm's reach. she sleeps on her own crib, 3 sides up, and is pushed against our bed. she's still very attach to me when it's time to sleep and i enjoy every second of her snuggling up with me. i know this will all end sooner than i wish!

and she knows how to unlock my iphone! it's amazing watching her. she just slides the 'unlock' across the screen.

we're still hearing from a lot of people how advanced she is. we are happy to hear of course. she's very intuitive, she actually knows right from wrong and when we are upset. it's amazing to watch her comprehend our reactions to different situations and she takes it all in stride. we are very careful not to let her see us argue or raise our voices. so far we're doing good!- she's a very very happy toddler.

she's stringing words together. and making short sentences. and i love it when she just 'out of nowhere' reach over to hug me, pat me on the back, or bestow me with a kiss! such an affectionate child!~

she's finally eating cheese! she still won't each meat, but her chicken nuggets and fish sticks. but all in due time, we let her control her own taste and pace. still no veggies, except squash, but she we make sure she drinks naked juice green machine everyday.

we all just got our flu shots (mist for superman and i) last week. which is good, since we will be traveling shortly.

xoxo.

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Saw this in passing, but it's a pretty fabulous deal.

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