Kalli's Online Album

So I've sort of started Kalli's online baby album. It only has 3 pictures for now, and all sonograms of course, but I'm sure we'll be able to buff it up pretty quickly, hehehe.

Anyhoo, here it is: http://iyaleo.zoto.com/galleries/kalli

Enjoy!

Home

For these past couple of weeks we've been staying at my parents' house. Again. And as usual, it's because of my doctor's ordered bedrest. This time it's 30 days. Well, no. Actually, what she said was, "Let's try 30 days for now". Meaning it could be longer. Or even until I give birth! What a bummer if that will be the case.

Anyhoo... So we're here at my parents' house. I guess being here is really less stressful for me. I don't have to worry about food or laundry or cleaning the house. I get to really rest in bed - or the sofa. Mom's always cooking my favorite food. And I also have company during daytime, which I don't have in Eastwood - at least not all the time. My parents are really great for having us here.

But you know what? Lately I find myself missing our small condo home. For one thing, our room there is much bigger than my old room in Lagro. Obviously my old bed is smaller since it was meant for only 1 person. And there's something to be said about living in our own place, specially this early stage in our marriage. It makes me feel more like a wife and less like a daughter. I believe it bonds Leo and me tighter together, sharing the joys and difficulties of starting up our home. Pretty soon Kalli will be born and now is the only time that it'll just be the two of us. So yeah, I miss living in our home. It really sucks that we're paying the rent there but don't get to live there. I miss cooking for my husband and preparing his breakfast and packing him lunch. Of course I can't really do much right now because of this pregnancy and bedrest thing. Haaay... why am I such a weakling? :(

Oh well... Time will tell if we'll be going back to eastwood or not. Home is where the two of us are anyway, right? What's important is that we're together, wherever that may be.

Meet Kalli

Kiara Cagalli Conti Lim

23 Weeks - Are We Ready?

I'm now on my 23rd-24th week. 6 months. Wow, time really flies! In 3 months more we will be welcoming our little angel into this world. Imagine that! Are we even ready yet? I don't know. Financially, I'm not even sure how much we would need for the birthing. I have a friend who is also giving birth this September and we have the same hospital. She said she already computed the cost and it will be around 100k-150k. That much?? For a normal delivery??? I don't think I want to believe that, hehehe. I thought it would fall more around the figures 60k-80k, even less. Am I being naïve in thinking that? Granted that Medical City is a little more expensive than other hospitals. But still. Heck, I knew of someone who gave birth for only 500 pesos in Makati!

Anyhoo, taking out the financial aspect, are we ready? Well, emotionally I feel really excited to be a mommy. And I know Leo is excited to be a dad too. But does that mean we are ready to be parents? I mean who could really say for sure? To be honest, I still think of myself as a kid sometimes. But then my own mom often acts like a kid too, and that doesn't stop her from being the perfect mom that she is. Infact I think it's a necessity that you learn to be a kid when you're a parent.

Now, having said I'm excited to be a mom, I feel a whole different emotion when it comes to the birthing. I'm actually starting to feel terrified the closer November gets. I know it's going to be painful, everybody's saying that. Just how painful is it exactly? I guess it differs for every mother. It doesn't help that I'm not having an easy time with my pregnancy. Even now I'm on bedrest again! Almost 3rd trimester and I'm still bedresting :( I just hope it's not a reflection of how the birthing's gonna be.

Anyhoo, ready or not, we want to do good for our little angel -- and I think that's what's important. Doesn't matter if we don't know how yet. We'll probably fumble through some decisions and situations, but help is all around anyway. We're grateful for that. And we've got faith.