Happy Mama's Day!

What a great weekend it's been! Yesterday was Merilee's baby shower and we had lots of fun. It was great to see old friends from Hayward 1st ward and it made me even more excited for when our baby girls get to meet! I can't believe little Ashilene will be here in a couple weeks (more or less...we'll see!) I am so excited for Rojohn and Merilee...they are going to be awesome parents and that little girl will be so spoiled! Hehehe. After Merilee's baby shower we hung out at my mom's house to celebrate Mother's day. I hope my mom knows how much I love her and how grateful I am that she's my mom. She has done so much for our family and is a very strong woman through everything that has happened especially with my dad's cancer and she means the world to me! Her and grandma looked really happy to have us there and we're always happy to spend time with them! The boys had gone to my house for the duration of the baby shower so they wouldn't be bored while all of the girly stuff was going on and brought back the video games. Lol. Rigo, Rojohn & T.J. were going at it with Fight Night and Guitar Hero, and afterwards we sang some karaoke (typical Filipinos, huh!). It was nice to have some quality time with my family. We decided to watch Wolverine that night and I loved it! Wolverine has always been my favorite X-Men character and that movie was awesome...it makes his character make so much more sense and it had tons of action, which I love! I heard it portrays the story fairly accurately from the comics also. The next movie we're excited to see is Night at the Museum 2! The first one was hilarious and the previews for the second one are looking pretty good too!

Earlier this week was Merilee's birthday and we had the opportunity to celebrate at Olive Garden! Yay for Merilee being born gives us an excuse to eat! Hahaha...I'm grateful that Rojohn found such a wonderful person to marry...I remember when I saw his phone ring and it said "Sunshine" with Merilee's smiling face, I thought How PERFECT! Hehehe...she truly does bring that sunshine with her positive and optimistic attitude. I could not ask for a better sister-in-law and better wife for my brother. I know she is going to be such a great mother too! We love you Merilee!

So today being Mother's Day...what a great day to honor the wonderful women in our lives. At church there were a few people who greeted me with "unofficially," and others who said you don't get any more of a mother when that baby's kicking in your womb! I was looking down at my tummy during Relief Society and Sacrament meeting and I was watching my belly move thinking if the sisters beside me were saying look at how much her shirt is moving....hehehe. The cool thing is that this baby girl has been kicking ALL DAY...Rigo says she knows it's her mommy's special day and she's being a sweetheart and trying to tell me how much she loves me. Hehehe. I love it! She has such a personality already...I know she loves music! She always kicks during hymns at church and when the radio is on in the car. It's funny because I'll turn on the radio and she'll start kicking, and if I turn it off, she'll stop. On...kicking again. Love this girl! She is such a big blessing this little miracle growing inside me and I could never express how grateful I am to have the opportunity to be a mother...I have dreamed of being a mother since I can remember. My two biggest dreams: #1: Get married in the temple - Check! #2: Be a Mommy! YES! I could not be happier and I know we will have challenges with our growing family but as we strive to live worthily and righteously everything will work out. My heart is full and I am just grateful for the many blessings our family has received and am so excited to see what is in store for our little girl. Can't wait to meet her!


Rigo and I have been setting up the baby room, which was recently our office/storage area. We still have the desk and file/storage cabinet in there but it is slowly being de-cluttered. Rigo set up the glider/ottoman in the baby room today and it is a wonderful Mother's Day gift...my hands and feet were swollen today (it was a gorgeous day today) and it is so good to put my feet up on the ottoman and relax. Thank you hunny! I could barely get my wedding ring off and when I took my shoes off I could see all the strap lines embedded in my feet. Oh boy, and summer hasn't even begun yet! I want to take pictures of the baby room but it's not ready yet so I guess I'll have to post later. I do have one of my sweet husband in front of the baby crib as we were setting it up. I am so blessed to have such a great guy in my life who takes care of me and I am happy to be stuck with him for eternity! (I taught the Young Women about temple marriage today and talked about our Prince Charmings....hehe) He is going to be such a great daddy!





Look at how happy he is! We think about how it will be to watch our baby girl sleeping in there all the time.





Oh and my growing 6 month belly!

I love this pic...our lil baby girl who already has our hearts...