it's not how old you are but how you are old

mark and i celebrated our birthdays together for the second time. we decided to have a "small" party at the last minute and sent out evites to the usual suspects. got a few declines and maybes and only a few said yes so we both thought, ok, it's gonna small and intimate -- yeah right! our party started at 1:30, well, people started showing up as early as 1:30 even if the evite said 3 pm...because they wanted to see us and say hi before they go on to their previous engagements. rebecca, dan, and their cute baby girl arianna were the first to show up, then steve and rosalee stopped by, and lia and ryan came after. i forgot to take pics of the early comers =( oh wait, no, our friend paul came all the way from the bay area the night before, and gary spent the night so technically, they're the early birds...and angel too. anyway, i'm too lazy to write, so i'll do a bullet point of the things i remember...

- the boys checking out my pregnancy mags and their eyes growing bigger by the minute as they turn the pages
- the girls pretending that they're pregnant too and taking "spot-the-real-preggy" pics (much to their boyfriend's dismay)
- tep did a quasi photoshoot of my pregnant belly (official ones by lia in my 8th or 9th month coming soon)
- our filmmaker neighbor steve dropping by to join the party (and of course the boys were asking him what kind of filmmaker he is, when he said he doesn't do porn, they lost interest right away hahaha!)
- us loving the sepia tones from tep's cam, thus most of the pics taken were in sepia tones
- paul, raj, and jackie driving all the way from the bay area to come to our party! (well, paul drove down to see angel but that's another story hahaha!)
- everybody trippin out on my belly and saying how i'm gonna pop soon!
- everybody showing off their belly because now there's somebody who's got a bigger belly and they're not so embarassed by their beer bellies anymore (men! <--- roll eyeballs here)
- somebody put icing on my face and mark's...so we have this pic with icing on our cheeks which looks like? tsk tsk...so so wrong!
- the "take a pic with the pregnant lady" session, it's funny how guys are also really fascinated with the pregnancy process...i thought they couldn't care less!

that's all i remember so far...everybody was all giggly and happy, and had a great time. of course i was the only sober person in the room which sucked but oh well, i got to point and laugh at the drunk ones hahahah! the party ended around 2 but mark and i turned in early and left the guests to their own devices -- so we take no responsibility on what happened afterwards! here are some pics for everybody's entertainment (click on link below...warning: there's a lot of preggy pics in there, so if you are aversed to pregnant women in any way, don't open the link!=P ). till next!

Mark and Teresa's Birthday Shindig Photos

will you...?

yes i am now a proud wearer of "the rock" =) my ring looks exactly like this picture with the marquise diamond setting. Mark asked me to marry him last May 28th. i didn't mention it in my previous entry because our friends were supposed to do this major proposal production in an exotic locale with flowers and candles, the works! and we thought -- in true teray and mark fashion, we'd punk them and i could practice my acting skills (specifically, crying on cue)! hahaha! but i can't resist wearing the ring and he can't resist telling everybody that he's already asked...so we just dropped the bomb =) sorry isang, tep, ron, gary, lia, ollie, and everybody else who was in on it. mark can't keep a secret from me so he ruined your surprise hehehe. i really didn't mind but thanks to everyone for keeping it quite and letting him do the talking, that meant a lot to me.
on other news, today we went to do a 4D ultrasound of baby Vaughn ...btw for those who don't know, we're planning to name him Vaughn Arthur Endraca. it's the only name mark and i can agree on so nobody is allowed to complain ;-) anyway, below are some pics from the ultrasound (click on the pics to enlarge). we also got a video and a couple of black and white pics, isn't technology amazing [4D is done for vanity reasons only and not covered by insurance so we had to shell out some bucks but it was well worth it!]. Vaughn slept through the whole thing and buried himself deep into my placenta but we still got some pretty good images. right now he's in a breech position -- kinda like a u shape, his head is on my left side and his butt at the bottom of my abdomen and his legs are both raised up to his head. talk about chillaxing in mommy's tummy!


he's currently 3 lbs, and will get bigger as each week passes. i'm so excited to meet him!

it's 3 am i must be lonely...

hahaha -- nah, not really. just can't sleep. too hot in the valley tonight, 100 degrees. i feel icky! this is the only downside of summer. so i got up and paid bills, then browsed my friend's websites just to be nosy...and found this http://www.dierockersdie.com/ hahaha! can't believe i was a dierockersdie bandaid before =) check out the images link in 2003 and click on the pics to view them. i was a skinny fox back then, damn! now i feel like a house with no ankles, sometimes the idea of writing a blog entitled "the case of the disappearing ankles" fancies me. but then i'd have a great title but nothing else to say except pregnancy can cause disappearing ankles. tsk, tsk, so much for imagination. memorial day weekend was a blast...i spent the night at my sister kate's house friday nite since my mom was leaving for the philippines (again) on saturday. saturday was spent running around the park with my nephew and niece and daniel, feeding the ducks, and dodging frisbee golfs. i also took my sister suzy and mom for some last minute pasalubong shopping. sunday we went to rosalynne's pool party, didn't get to dip in the water since i will most likely sink and we didn't end up going there till 5 pm...too lazy to go into detail but let's just say brian got his ass whooped from their UFC (ultimate fighting championship) simulation with mark and gary ---> roll eyes here. hay men! they do weird things when they're bored! here are some pics from tep's pbase...ron promised me he'll email me more pics so i'll post them soon. monday we just lazed around and did absolutely nothing! overall it was a mellow weekend which i really needed =) k i think i should hit the sack...i still have to go to a training class tomorrow. i'm out!

can't get this song out of my head

Crazy
by: Gnarls Barkley

I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that phase.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space

And when you're out there
Without care,
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

Does that make me crazy
Probably

And I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice, that's my only advice
Come on now who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy
Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them
Ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done

Maybe I'm crazy
Maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy
Probably

p.s. RON VALIENTE IS THE BOMB! heeheee, salamat ron for helping me fix my blog!

ahhh vacations

del mar beach was a blast! everybody arrived friday night and there was a frenzy of unpacking and getting settled. the kids were all hyped up and running around like crazy. after settling in, a few conked out but the rest of us still had adrenaline pumping in our veins...so we decided to play poker. mark and i lost (we both suck at texas hold'em) and the big winners were jun and dad. saturday we woke up early. the skies were overcast but we made the best out of it -- flew kites, walked around the beach, and took the kids to the playground (which was really close to our cottage). the sun came out later that day so we all changed to our suits and went swimming. the water was freezing cold! but it didn't stop any of us from getting our feet wet. i'm a wuss so i just got my feet wet...hehehe, mark and the rest of the gang actually took a plunge. my niece ling enjoyed the water so much she didn't wanna do anything else. we also built sand castles, the guys went to the casino nearby -- except mark, we took a nap then bought some firewood for our bonfire. saturday night we sat around the fire while my dad played his guitar, the kids made smores, and when the fire died down, we played texas hold'em again and stayed up till 3 am! everybody decided to leave sunday afternoon so we had our last bbq lunch and back to LA we went. it was a real good time and everybody in the family agreed that we should definitely do more family get togethers. next year we're planning to go up the mountains and let the kids experience some snow =) definitely lookin forward to that! oh before i forget, here are some pics from the outing:

del mar beach pics