The Diary Of A Young Wondrous Family: The Aquino-Lazaro

March 19, 2014

Moments in our Month: FEBRUARY 2014

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Final weeks of February until around the first two weeks of March were busy weeks...

I haven't blogged in over a month, and it has been a strange one.
I have to take a little time off of blogging
for reasons I will soon put into words...
For now these are just general overview of somethings going on round those parts!

February 12, 2014

Happy February! See you in a while!

For now, I'll take a little time off from blogging.

I'll be back soon!

I have to devote myself for some important tasks I needed to finish soon.

It's going to be something awesome!

January 08, 2014

Moments in our Months: December 2013 (Part II) - January 2014!

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Heyyoooowwwwhhh!!! How was your Christmas last year?
It's January 8th already! (Yeah, forgive me for posting so-so late!)

Where did my first week of 2014 go?
All I’ve done so far was to clean up my computer and files,
transfered personals files,photos from phones to my computer, tutorials with Ora, errands , etc. It’s crazy!

The past weeks have been a complete whirlwind.

We started our Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve,

after we got all caught up from other tasks mostly when we took Quad early morning to the hospital.

Then of course celebrated with family on Christmas day,

and the day after Christmas.

Honestly, I almost feel like we skipped the whole Christmas season & New Year because I didn't have much time to enjoy it.

However, it was certainly an unforgettable holiday spent with people we care for, and that's something to be grateful.

New Year came, I started worrying about my 2014 and the next storms coming our way.

My 2013 was full of extremes but I am glad that now it had left. Beyond that, my noteworthy 2013 offered me so much! This realization makes me even more grateful for the people who chose to stay in my life. They are my greatest blessings!

The people who have entered my life (even if they left, good or bad) have made their impact. They were there for a reason. Whether it was to teach me something, make me smile, make me cry, piss me off, BUT MOST OF ALL THESE PEOPLE MADE ME GROW! They had their own purpose for being part of my 2013.

I remembered the message at new year’s eve Mass, although it wasn't an absolutely clear statement from the priest as we were so far from the chapel.

"That we're still not in control, no matter how we plan everything in our life." That there is reason why there's both joys and sorrows life brings. That there is no other security in life, but the security of knowing exactly who you can come home to and always rely on. We just have to live through everything with gratitude.

This picture I took Ora last Christmas in Oscar's hometown, where she's running and running and she is so sure! She isn't overthinking anything, even trying to map out her journey. She's just... going... and going...in this very unstoppable way! Like a wave and how all you can do is ride along.

Nobody can stop her.

Nothing can tell her which way to go.

Where is she going?

She doesn't know.

She just moves with faith and spirit, with freedom and assurance and fearlessness because for her falling isn't a sign to stop.

It's a mark to keep going!

Someone once told me that the way you spend your New Years is the way you will spend the rest of the year. Partly true few years ago. But this year, I don't have a plan. NO thesis statement, NO theme! I don't know what is gonna happen this year. It would be nice to wake up feeling inspired every morning, lived up by the magic that surrounds us. But that isn't where I am at the moment and that's okay, too.

Sometimes there is magic and sometimes there is not. Sometimes there are signs to point us in the right direction and sometimes we just have to go with the flow!

Sometimes we wake up in a new year with all of the answers and sometimes, they come later...

I hope you all have a wonderful New year!

Enjoy the current season of your life!
Thank you for dropping by.

December 29, 2013

Moments in our Month: DECEMBER 2013

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It’s a quiet Christmas Eve. Also, it has been a silly little Christmas season, for us. Short, busy, a little bit of the same and some changes thrown in too. Quad was sick but still he was our little trooper that night. At the hospital, Quad sleeps against me and I am happy to hold him in my arms. He is beautiful beyond anything I could have ever imagined and I watch his face closely, knowing it will change. It already has.

Despite what I have been said, it was still a great Christmas!

Here are some little snapshots of our little Christmas, a complete mixture of
blurry and BlackBerry/Samsung-nography!

Oscar’s Hometown welcomes us back with open arms, but it doesn’t feel quite the same as our last trip, Christmas of 2012. When our family is together life seems easy. But this year it’s us three in symbiosis -Ora and I and Oscar. It just feels so good to see the joy Ora brings to others, especially there where people need the optimism.

I hope that you have a merry little Christmas year too, wherever you are and whomever you are with. Whatever your Christmas wishes for under your Christmas tree, whether it’s something new, bright and shiny, I hope that more than that, more than those things, that you get to spend some time with the ones you love.

Life may have taken over 4 billion years of evolution to create us and here we are on a planet floating in the Milky Way, embraced by billions of stars and other galaxies and taking chances each day. And this is it, the very moment I type these words, the very moment you read them, this is us being alive!!! The thing that is extremely priceless and profound than anything else, so fleeting it is only a flash in the lifetime of the universe.

For 2013, I am thankful to my God for He had never given up on us. I thank God for protecting my children, for a wonderful partner. Thank You, for the healing, forgiveness, Your miracles, Thank you that You shine on us every day and for the faith that You give freely. God is just so good, and he’s good all the time.

So, let’s again roll the dice for another year and end 2013 on a happy note!

Welcome 2014!

Enjoy the current season of your life!

Thank you for dropping by.

December 18, 2013

Meno - Meno Christmas/ Year-End Party 2013

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Well, it’s that time of year again, folks.

The time where we all dump a gazillion of pictures from Christmas onto our Facebook.

For now, here’s a few pictures from our Christmas Party!

It's again a Meno-Meno Christmas and indeed everyone made the party memorable and extra special not to mention the new range of a spectacular entertainment that sets a comical and beautiful mood the whole night which left everyone to wanting more!!!

December 16th rolled around
and was definitely pretty wild and amazing!

All shows were totally hilarious, highly entertaining from start to finish!

Congratulations to our ever "gahuuut!!!" Office Staff!

For your abilities to organize and motivate your gorgeous team is a REAL ASSET to the company. LOL!

Your innovation to come up with that stunningly beautiful, awesome costumes,

and for your persistence (for all those sleepless nights!),

made all the difference in making that achievement possible.

Thank you for your continued efforts for giving us the best Live Show ever!