Today is Mother’s Day. Although I am here in Kuwait, and mother’s day here is celebrated every March of the year, I also celebrate it but just a bit, not unlike when it’s May, the month of Mother’s Day celebration in my home country. I just realized how lucky and blessed I am to be a mother of my toddler, and an expectant mom of my 2nd baby.

This morning, my two-year old amazed me and her daddy. [We don't speak pure English at home, unless we talk to our baby. But sometimes, we forgot to speak in English most of the time so our baby would hear our native language, Filipino, and our dialects. Too bad. Glad she isn't that confused; in fact, she could understand anything that we say. What a sponge-like mind!] At two years old, we can talk to our child like an adult – no baby talk. She’s simply amazing. She could answer us in straight English. There are times though that she lacks the right word to say, but, in the end, we could understand her context.

I was also amazed when she discovered that her bookshelf got new educational materials! We just love to buy her lots of educational stuffs every now and then. She loves to read, write, watch Dora the Explorer, Barney, and some movies! This morning, she asked me to read about Pinocchio, and whenever she has new book/s, she’d ask me to read it/them to her over and over again until she gets tired of hearing. I wonder if she does get tired of hearing stories. She also loves to play with our Iphones, listen to the audio books for children there, study/play with the alphabet apps, and more. Buying the 2 Iphones at higher prices then than today was worth it. Iphone4 (16GB) is currently on sale in City Centre at KD188. I bought my Iphone at KD270 just last March, and my husband’s Iphone at KD329 last December. Ahhhhhhh….But, anyway, the lesson gained by my baby is more important than the opportunity cost of delaying the buying of phone just because of PRICE issues.

What a nice smile she brought to my face when I saw my baby wearing my new sandals I bought last night! If I am not a work-at-home-mom, I wouldn’t discover the simple things that she does on a daily basis.

Such a long introduction about my real topic in this post…tehee. Anyway…

Last night, while trying to fall asleep, my husband and I were talking about the development of our toddler, and how he appreciated me for giving up my corporate stint to be a full-time mommy. If there’s anything in my life that I could say I made the perfect decision — career-wise, it’s in becoming a Work-At-Home-Mom!

BEING A WORK-AT-HOME-MOM ROCKS!

Is there any other way of telling that being a WAHM rocks except the way I described my toddler in the introduction? I could cite more and more examples of just how my toddler behaves and thinks, but, this post would be too long. My letters to my 1st baby (in this blog) speaks almost everything that my baby has become over the past two years. SHE’S SIMPLY AMAZING. My hubby would tell me that the credit goes to me. Thank you, daddy, for your appreciation. Thank you for being there and for providing for our family so I could go on a full-time motherhood as I learn the ropes of being a mompreneur.

It’s Mother’s Day, and this is another tribute to myself, and to all working moms out there – from home or elsewhere. We simply rock!

I saw this picture while browsing the Web, and this just summarizes what I am currently doing.

…except that I don’t have a job. I have a WAHM career, something that gives me a lifestyle of freedom – while taking good care of my 1st born, and while waiting for my new baby.

I still care for a title.

I want to be called a millionaire MOM, a work-from-home-mom.

We were set on celebrating our baby’s 2nd birthday at TGIFriday’s, but, last week, someone called re: our baby’s birthday. That meant changing the venue to accommodate other visitors.

Since we don’t have much friends with kids, we opted to celebrate the party at home although it’s smallish. Our old flat here overseas was much bigger than our current flat. I cannot imagine how we can accommodate everyone should they come all together at one time.

We bought balloons and party decors from Mubarakiya. We still need to buy some more decors, and the disposable cups and spoons. As for the food, we’d be looking for a caterer; it’s too tasking to cook.

Two nights ago, we bought sound system and guitar from AlDawhiya, Hawally. We thought of buying the mixer and microphone, but, preferred not to. There won’t be any program, I guess, or maybe there will just be greetings for my baby. I am thinking of having games for the guests, but, the space is so small it would be cumbersome to conduct such. There won’t be any entertainment as we don’t have TV cable, and, we don’t have Mediacom yet. This is something that we should consider buying in the future, if parties would be held at home.

We have been surprised with our baby’s developmental milestones a week before my baby’s 2nd year birthday. She could recognize almost all of the pictures of anything in her books. And she pronounces the words well. Last night, she even surprised us when she recited the letters from the word ‘moo’ as M-O-O! Wow! Would she be reading soon? I was really surprised that she was able to identify the letters. She’s too lazy to be taught of when it comes to the alphabet. But she does like to read. There isn’t a day or night when she tinkers her books. And when she wants to read or let us read the books, she wants to read everything on her bookshelf – even at 2a.m. when she’s suddenly awakened from a deep sleep.

We bought her a lot of toys last weekend, and I opted to buy more balls for her because she loves balls a lot. Daddy said that I really know our baby because she played more with the balls than the other toys.

Both my baby and hubby are musically inclined; in fact, they are gifted in music. When we bought the toy guitar for baby, we also bought a real guitar, as I mentioned earlier. Both the daddy and baby were trying their guitars and they were singing together – much to my envy because I am musically-challenged, instrumentally speaking. I was just contented in getting their video. The next morning, my baby asked me to strum the real guitar, as she strums her toy guitar. She asked me then if we could perform a song. My goodness, it was a horror to refuse her, but, it would be more horrible, if I had tried to play or strum the guitar. I wish…I wish…that someday my fingers would learn the chords.

My baby has been exposed to an environment that fosters creativity, learning, and self-confidence. Her daily activities are varied from doodling in her notebook with her crayons, to playing with building blocks, to reading books with Walter, to playing the guitar, to watching Dora and Barney, to watching Your Baby Can Read videos, to playing with her dolls (although not much), to playing with her balls, to watching Justine Bieber, Charice, Miley Cyrus, Glee cast at Youtube, to dancing, singing, counting numbers, and more…She amazes me everyday.

I am now thinking – if I haven’t been a WAHM, I wouldn’t have witnessed her developmental milestones. I wonder, too, how she may have been in terms of her total development as an infant and toddler.

This is a bit private part of my life, but, I’d allow you to have a sneak preview of what’s in a WAHM’s bag.

I can't wait to use Mac. It's recently shipped to hubby via Aramex. I hope to sell my Dell XPS although I am having second thoughts because it's one of my childbirth gifts from hubby. During my delivery of our 1st baby, I received a notebook (which my 23-month old baby is using; and this Dell XPS.

This is my gold mini notebook where I write important notes, accounts. I bought this for KD 1.650 from The Sultan Center. The mini ballpen costs KD0.600. I so love these items!

Ballpen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - a souvenir I bought during our SouthEast Asia tour in 2010

I always bring this anywhere. My family loves to eat outside home. It's a must to sanitize before we put something in our mouth!

I lurve my Iphone4!

I was planning to upload the individual photos of the contents of my WAHM bag, but, it’s kinda tasking. I have yet to prepare — hubby and I will have my SIM card converted to microsim, and buy veggies in Kuwait City. So, I am uploading here the overall picture of my WAHM bag: what’s lacking in the photo — my Iphone headset and USB cable, my comb, my lip liner. I don’t wear make up when I go out; just a shimmer of lip gloss and a little touch of eye liner.

what's lacking in the photo -- my Iphone headset and USB cable, my comb, my lip liner...

This is all for now. The content of my WAHM bag varies every now and then, depending on my mood, on what I want to read, and on what I want to bring. But basically, the stuffs above are common in my WAHM bag. Usually, I prefer to work (outside home) on malls with free WIFI since my ‘work’ is ONLINE. But, there are cases wherein no WIFI is offered. I have yet to activate the Zain USB WIFI. Photo to be added soon.