New Template from Template Mama

Lookie!!! Mi Mundo del Amor has a new template. I love it. I decided to change it tonight before sleeping. Got this one from Template-Mama. I so love all her creations. I really admire such talented individuals who are never tired of designing and giving them as freebies. The credit goes to her.

The tweaking has been hassle-free at all as almost all my widgets loaded just the way it is. Template-Mama is really a wiz..

Now, presenting Mi Mundo del Amor's new look. Hope you like it.

52 Weeks Challenge: 2/52

I am participating in a year long challenge hosted by Carin at Forever In Blue Jeans. The goal is to be one picture a week of us moms with our children for 52 weeks. Mostly we moms have always the joy of taking photos of our children leaving us behind, now our goal is to have a picture with them even once a week. I think it would be a real fun. If you want to play along click here and join in on the fun!

2/52

And so I called my daughter last night when I remembered it's 52 Challenge tomorrow.I have to have a photo with her. So here I am with messy hair, looking so fat nearing my due date for our coming baby. Alikah has her hair cut and lookie it's short now. She said she wanted it short like mine. She has a funny look in here. LOL

Couple's Corner: Meet Zel and Mie

Rodliz has launched a new meme. The ball starts rolling today in fact. The meme is officially called, " Couple's Corner" It is all about couples and everything directly related with being partners for life in sickness and in Health. As a start, today's theme would be: "Meet Mr. and Mrs. ______________" . In this topic , we have to introduce ourselves and our partners , where we are from, race and our personalities. Can't wait to start.. So here we go...

Meet Zel and Mie

I am Shelomi and my brother husband is Eucel. We are a couple for the Lord and our home is for the Lord. Zel is the nickname I call my husband and Mie is the nickname he gave to me right from the time we first know each other. Actually, in my entire life no one else calls me "mie" as my popular nickname is really "shelo". My family calls me that. But he addresses me uniquely.

We are originally from Mindanao, particularly in Misamis Occidental. Zel is from Ozamis City while I am from Aloran , another locality of Mis. Occ. Due to work and living, we are here presently in Metro Manila building our own family. Now, know a little about us...

I am a graduate of BA Political Science in the University of the Philippines. I have never met my husband if you would believe when I was in high school nor in college though we came from the same province and have the same faith. I only met him after the dark days of my life. I will tell you more about this next week maybe. Zel graduated at MIT (Ozamis City) of BS Marine Transportation. Now we are both working here in Metro Manila. I am connected with a Worldwide Relocation Company and work as a Move Manager, having the task of move management. Hubby in other hand is connected with SM.

It is always my prayer to have a husband who would love the Lord too and the Lord never failed me. I believed that a marriage is always ordained by the Lord. That from the beginning He has taken a woman out of a man's ribs and that at the end the woman will find that man , the one who could make her complete and be home at last. Thank you Lord for this man. We are married for 6 years already and have officially one daughter and another one coming (though my kids are already 3 at present and will be officially 4 this coming December, do you get what I mean?)

In a marriage life, it can never be avoided that between partners there are flaws that one will notice while being together. Zel has a lot of that. But I still say amen for that. His flaws are blessings to make me more strong in the Lord and to lead me to examine myself in how I am to him too. He is the head of the family and it is always God's will for us wife to submit to our husbands as our husbands would also submit to the Lord as head.

Anyway, our love story is quite one of a kind. After what I have been through, I myself have never deemed that I would finally be complete with the man who would love me for who I am and not questioning my ability to be a wife and a mother of our children.

Know more on Couple's Corner about how we meet next week!!

Tuesday eManna: 1 Timothy 6:10

I have random posts every Tuesday, posting only what comes into mind. However, after the reflections on the happenings of our today's environment, I decided that I would post my reflections on the word of the Lord every Tuesday of the Week. To make this a double digest, I decided to make this a meme and would call it , "Tuesday eManna". To know what is Manna , know it here.

Word for Today:

For the love of money is a root of all evils, because of which some, aspiring after money , have been led away from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains.
1Tim 6:10

Paul does emphasize the fact that none of the believers should be under the bondage of wealth. We should not be bound by riches in any way. Rather, the slavery of riches must be nullified. We are not for riches; riches are for us. We must be free from our material possessions and use our riches for the fulfillment of God's purpose.

Of course, as human beings, we need money in order to live. But we never should be enslaved to money. Money should not be our master. Rather, money should be under our management and should be used for God's purpose. If money is not under our control and if it is not used for God's purpose, then we shall be enslaved to it. As a result, we shall not be able to enter into the kingdom of God.

May we be impressed with the truth that the best way to handle our married life is to take Christ as our replacement and to experience His death and resurrection. Likewise, the best way to keep ourselves new, fresh, and young is to take Christ through His death and resurrection. Furthermore, the best way to handle our money is Christ with His death and resurrection. The only way to handle these things properly is to be replaced by Christ through His all-inclusive death and His wonderful resurrection.

If you are joining don't forget to sign on the Mr. Mcklinky below with the link of your own post so I would be able to visit your posts and enjoy the Lord's words. You can also put the Mcklinky in your own post, just follow the instructions so you can get the code. Thanks for sharing along.

Happy Birthday Zel!

Once you've love, there's a part of your heart that simply belongs to that person.
It can't be sold nor rented- as it is theirs, you give it to them, they live on it, claiming their space all the time..
To you Zel, my husband.. I'll love you forever..

Happy Birthday to you..

Perfect Christmas Presents: Laundry bags and Backpacks

Two months or less from now, Christmas is coming!! I can even feel the spirit in the air. I am so excited not only for the season but also on the thought that my baby will likely come out on Christmas Day!!! It doubles the celebration if it would be the case. Can't wait for it anymore..

Anyway, since tis' a season for giving, by this month I am already starting to collect items to giveaway during Christmas. I have browsed again at posylane.com for great giveaways. I have eyed on the cool mint laundry bag that this online store got. A cool laundry bag would be perfect for them. At $16 dollar each, I have already my gifts for my favorite student friends. Of course I would want it to go with the bags matching towel to make it a great Christmas present set.

Who would think a laundry bag could be as cool as this? It has a shoulder strap for easier way of carrying it around.

For my nieces and nephews and toddler cousins, I have found the ideal presents for them. Posylane's stephen Joseph quilted backpack is so adorable and great for toddlers. I have been in love from first sight of them. These are made from 100% cotton and are washable and durable. Of course I have ordered ahead for my little girl. Look at the photo below and see how cute it is, no kidding.

so cute.. isn't it?

Of course I wouldn't forget the older kids. If I'll get the cute stephen joseph backpacks for the toddlers, I also decided on the personalized kids backpack for them. This would be ideal for kids going to school as it could accomodate notebooks and books as these have enough spaces. I am thinking of putting their names on the backpacks as it is easy to personalized it to have a personal touch. Look at the sample below..

See? It could have their names on it..

I have my presents ready.. But of course, I'll still look around for more.. Do you have yours ready too? Why not check on posylane for the perfect Christmas gifts.

Lord's Day Memory Verse: Colossians 4:6

Every Lord's day of the week my post would be a memory verse. Sharing the word of the Lord strengthens us and refreshes our spirit..

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Colossians 4:6

Amen. Praise the Lord. Let Every word proceeding out of our mouth must be with Christ and must be the uttering of Christ, who is grace. As salt makes food agreeable and pleasant to the taste, speech seasoned with salt keeps us at peace with one another...

Oh My It's a Girl!!!

Praise the Lord for His mercies ever new. I had some recent worries regarding my blood sugar level as when I had my 50mg oral glucose test, my result was high. My Ob-gyne required me to undergo 100mg OGTT because of that. I had it yesterday and was leave from work. I stayed at the laboratory from 8am until 12noon past to have series of test on my blood and urine sugar. I was truly happy as the result was okay. My blood sugar level is normal and my urine sugar is negative. Thank you Lord for keeping me safe from gestational diabetes.



While having OGTT , I had ultrasound scan too for fetal biometry and gender. Guess what, the sonologist said, " It's a GIRL!!!".. Oh My!!! We always thought and assumed my baby to be a baby boy. In fact , Alikah (bebay) named and called the baby always as "Baby Jepjep". She always wanted a baby brother as she said her kuyas are not with us. But still thank you Lord for our baby. No matter what the gender be, our baby is a gift from Him and truly a blessing. I said to bebay, don't worry we will still call her Baby Jepjep. What I thought now is just find a name that would still go for that nickname. But, really I can't find a suitable name that rhymes with it. he he. Do you have any suggestion?

When I was on my first trimester, I was already preparing for a baby boy's name that would fit for the nickname my daughter calls the baby. I was thinking of Lael Joseph as I want to have "LJ" as initials. Now, that our coming baby is a girl, I am thinking still of LJ initial and think that " Lishan Jeshaiah" would be great..

Meaning and Origin of the name " Lishan Jeshaiah"
pronounced as: "Lee-shan Je-sha-ya"

Lishan is an Afrikaan baby name and it's meaning is an award or medal, or an honor..
Jeshaiah is Hebrew in origin and it's meaning is salvation of Jehovah or Jehovah has saved..
So whole baby name would mean: Those who are saved by Jehovah brings Honor and reward ..

So what do you think? Does it sound okay? If you have a better suggestion for a name that goes with Jepjep it would be appreciated. But anyway, though the name would not have the same ending sound, we would still call the baby Jepjep..

Mommy Moments: Special Trips

Happy Friday everyone!! It's time for us mommies to share wonderful stories and milestones of our kids. This weeks theme is " Special Trips". And for this theme, I would like to share to you my daughter's first school field trip as this just happened recently.

The trip happened sometime in the last week of August. Too bad as I was not able to accompany her, though how much she wanted me to be with her, due to my pregnancy condition. Her daddy was the polite replacement of course. They enjoyed the trip a lot but came home very tired and dizzy. But she did enjoy it as she was bubbling a lot about it the day after. Look at the some of the photographs below.

Daddy and her on their bus...

They at Clark Museum- one of the place they visited

At Nature's Spring Plant..
The Kalesa at Clark Expo

Bamboos.....


The pouting lips and the ricefield behind..

According to her, "It's a volcano mama"

I love this pic...

up , up she went at Mabalacat Fun park...

She loved the drive..

I would love to see your Children's special trips too. Join us here at Mommy Moments.

Friday Photo Flashback No. 10

Praise the Lord for another Friday! Time to showcase our old pre-digital photos which brings a lot memories. Glad that Alicia is hosting again. Got many of them? Why not hit the scanner and share it with us by playing along.

INITAO CAVING YEAR 2002

When my children were only two back then and I was younger, I enjoyed a lot of outdoor activities with friends. I remembered in the year 2002, we went to Initao Cave, a cave located in one of the regions of Mindanao specifically, Initao, Misamis Oriental. Unusual species of bats with cauliflower-like noses can be found in this cave. This is the only region in the country where you can find these animals and perhaps unique in the whole world, are found here.

I enjoyed the trip a lot as I remembered a lot of crawling for us to get through the small passages of the dark, cold and wet cave. I was even scared that I couldn't get out.. But of course I did!! LOL.. The experience was great and I miss doing it now that I have an additional girl and one coming this December.... Besides I am now a busy working mother doing work and at the same time taking care of my family. That's why these pictures are priceless for Me!!!

There's me coming out from the small hole. Good that I have fitted.. LOL

Though it was dark I still managed to get a pose, great that the flash was working!

These were my great friends.. I miss them a lot..

Wish I could do it again one of these days!!!