settling in

this is our 3rd weekend at the new house.  and this is the 1st weekend that i fully enjoyed sleeping in on a saturday, without having to worry about any social obligations. 

we moved in on may 16, and it was amie & padate's wedding the following day.  aside from driving back and forth from fairview to diliman, i had to squeeze in some shopping time for a "pormal at matimpiin na kasuotan" because i fully realized i had to be properly dressed if i were to be a proper hostess at the reception program.  well i found a dress (and it was on sale at the black shop! yahooo!!!) and i think i pulled off the hosting stint with just a few blunders, so it was a pretty good weekend.

then last weekend, dwan celebrated her 26th with a big party at home on saturday night.  it was fun. i'm sure the pictures speak for themselves. hahaha.  when we woke up around noon after the party, tita bella & tito rick were there, and it was only then when i found out that daddy & mommy had planned to hold our own intimate blessing of the new house.  there we were, all groggy with eyebags, during the house blessing.  oh yes, the wild party came before that.  (i think it would have been funnier if the blessing was immediately followed by the party, don't you think? smirk.)

and this weekend... this has been mine. mine and rauf's. a little down time spent playing, sleeping in, eating & cuddling. the weather calls for major cuddling, and who better to do it with than rauf? (as if i have any other choice. haaay.)  i finished reading "the last lecture" by randy pausch, and i am inspired in a way that gives you a tingly feeling when you know that the life you've led so far has been nothing else but right. 

i still have a few bags and boxes to clear, and i have to transfer some of my books which my mom decided to shelve on her own, but aside from that, everything's pretty much in their own place now.  and rauf has stopped looking around with curious, questioning eyes, wondering where the old peach walls and cream cabinets of the old fairview house are. 

and oh.  he has discovered that climbing stairs is waaay better than just walking around his bed and crib.  i guess someone has really found his new playground in the republic, just like his mom.

:)