during our germany trip, i was grateful for:
-baby sleeping on mr t's crib when he was a baby.it was a wooden, simple crib re-painted yellow and red.i fell in love with it right away.it gave me shivers to think that he was sleeping there probably until he was a toddler, and now it was our li'l sweet pea's turn to use it
-baby behaving well onboard on the way to munich.so cute.the plane was full of kids and mr t remarked it looked like a kindergarten.it was another story though on our way back to abu dhabi.baby was behaving strangely on the plane, like she was on a sugar trip.haha.
-baby sleeping remarkably well.probably the cool breeze did her well.the weather was so nice.it was sunny and cool.when mr t was busy fixing stuff, we were hanging out in oma and opa's (lolo and lola/grandma and grandpa) garden.
-baby loving the bath tub.in dubai, we would bath her in a baby tub. since we could not take it with us, we bathed her in the big people's tub.she was screaming and kicking happily in the water
-baby using all kinds of transportation - planes, trains, trams, buses
-baby meeting other kids, from babies of her own age to pre-schoolers.she met one baby boy and she laughed at him in a mocking way.we found it so cute.we have never seen her laughing at another baby before.the poor baby boy looked bewildered as why this li'l baby girl was laughing at him.i hope he won't hold a grudge against her!
-a family photo shoot! i always complain that mr t and i don't have lots of photos together.of course, for pinays, we can never have enough of photos.so off we went to a professional photographer to get nice family photos done.and they turned out remarkably well!
-sale!sale!sale!i think the entire world is having massive sales.dubai is having its summer sale now, and munich shops were also blasting sale signs all over.arg.arg.we went to nearby villages and they were also on sale.h&m, c&a.i went bonkers on behalf of baby.hehe
-baby listening to deutsch.mr t's friends and parents were actually telling him to speak to baby in deutsch.back in dubai, we usually speak with her in english.nanny spoke with her in english, and sometimes in arabic.yep, nanny used to work before with an arabic family and she caught some useful words.so apart from german and english, baby would probably be fluent in arabic and ilonggo as well (nanny is from iloilo and she hangs out with other ilongga nannies as well).funny.
-nanny being with us for a week.mr t and i were able to go out at night or hang out with his friends.we would not be able to do this without nanny.
-baby drinking her milk well with little assistance.she was holding on to the bottle really well, and she was trying to put it in her mouth already.
-baby adjusting nicely to different timezones, climate, milk, beds...
-mr t's parents who accommodated us for almost a week.thank god they were able to preserve mr t's baby stuff.all over their house, you would see mr t's stuff when he was little.his drawings, his wooden toys, his books.i wish my parents were able to do this.sadly, our place is prone to typhoon and flooding so i don't really have a lot of my stuff saved and tucked somewhere.
-a high chair!since we were planning to put baby baby on solid food once we are back in dubai, we decided to take with us mr t's high chair when he was a baby! yep, it was nicely preserved, all in its yellow-painted wooden glory.oh i was in high chair heaven.i love it.
sorry for the lack of photos.i will post them soon.
