What we did to celebrate Abi’s half birthday ;)

A.K.A. Pig-out day on July 30 :)

 

Warning: Long and long-overdue Post

 

It was Abi’s first ever long-drive and her first time to ride in her car seat. I was both excited and worried but she enjoyed the ride. So much so that we haven’t reached EDSA yet, she was already asleep, LOL! I forgot to take a picture, though. Sigh.

 

We left the house around 6am. We dropped Gi off at Ayala MRT station where Ane was apprehended for stepping on the yellow lane. Apparently, private vehicles must let passengers alight on the THIRD lane (middle lane) which sounds st upid and unsafe (mind you, we often drop G off at Santolan and Boni and it is perfectly okay to get on the yellow lane!) . Of course blood started to boil but we decided to just get the ticket and pay at the bank rather than argue with BF’s boys. There’s no reasoning out to someone who tells us that there is a surveillance camera and that we should pull-over a few feet away, and talk about the violation. That cost us P500.

 

Anyway, we met with my parents (coming from different locations!) at McDonalds Sta. Rosa at 8am and we all had breakfast. Funny thing, when Mom entered McDo, there was this lingering smell that tickled my nostrils right away. Guess what it was? Durian! Mom’s Sec took the chance to hitch going to Manila with her loots, hahaha. After some animated stories were told, we were off to the official business somewhere in the area :)

We were done before 930am. Mom’s next meeting was not until 1pm in San Pablo so we decided to stay together and stroll in Paseo de Sta. Rosa. This is where I saw this pair of shoes that I so wanted to buy for Abi but didn’t. There was no plan to go shopping so we decided to eat, again! LOL! This time we had some light merienda at Razon’s. Afterwards, we separated from the group and headed to Tagaytay.

It was drizzling when we left Sta. Rosa. I was hoping for some sunshine when we reach Tagaytay so we’ll have nice photos. By this time, we still didn’t know what to have for lunch. Brother Ry didn’t want the “customary” Bulalo and I thought eating in a restaurant that can also be found in Manila is boring, so we cruised Tagaytay hoping to get an inspiration. I was texting online friends while cruising, asking whether Bag of Beans serve lunch. We planned to have coffee and dessert there anyway. But before I got concrete answers we were already driving by the restaurant so we stopped, checked and decided to stay. While waiting for our food, we had a mini photoshoot. Oh how I wish we brought Sissy along because Abi was such in a good mood for pictures!

 

         

Here is the post I wrote about our bag of Beans experience :)

 

After our coffee, we were rushing to leave because my other bro was already texting. We were to pick him up from school, he was done at noon and we were still in Tagaytay at 2pm! But we could not resist a customary picture overlooking Taal Lake so we stopped by The Cliffhouse briefly.

Then we stopped by Mushroom burger to get some, as pasalubong to Gi and for my dinner. Yum! When we were approaching Sta. Rosa again, we saw tarpaulins saying that Conti’s Nuvali is already open. Thinking that we still didn’t have a cake for Abi’s sixth month, I thought maybe we should get our cake there (and spare me the effort of leaving the house again later on). I was so glad Ane and Ry agreed. I got a mini Mango Tart and Mini Tiramisu.

 

We  were about 20 minutes away from home when Abi started to get cranky. We got slowed down in Alabang and traffic was bad coming from Gi’s school. Can’t blame Abi, she was sitting in her car seat far too long, fell asleep, woke up, had milk, fell asleep again and was still strapped when she woke up!

 

We all got to nap before dinner, relaxed a bit. We weren’t able to buy food to be cooked from the grocery so we decided to just have Lechon Manok for dinner (Mushroom burger for me, too!) And then it was time to blow the candle and slice the cake for dessert! Yum!

And that ends this post :) Finally, LOL!