iñigo’s first journal

Mom and I went to Plaridel, Bulacan today together with my Bautista folks to celebrate the town fiesta at my Lola Nene’s house. This was my chance again to get to know my relatives I don’t see everyday.

This was last 18 April 2009 during mom’s company outing. Training the next “Eric Buhain” is Ninang Filma

This picture was taken this morning by my mom! I am 9 months old today! A few more months and I’ll be one year old! How exciting!

Mom’s company held a Family Day at Momarco Resort in Tanay, Rizal today. I had lots of fun especially since I got to do some swimming with Ninang Filma and Tita Sarah. We missed Dada here, but I enjoyed nevertheless!

My family and I climbed up to Antipolo City this evening! We visited our Antipolo house! The house has been empty for a while, since Mom and I are staying in Bulacan lately. Nice to be home!

This is my own bedroom, but I haven’t slept here, not even once
 

I slept on my parent’s bed instead

It’s my first Holy Week. Mom is having a long off, and coincidentally, so is Dad in the UAE. Today, Mom and I had a chat with Dada through the internet. Hay tek!

This is Yumi and Choknat. They were with us when we went to Baguio last Feb!

Dada wants to share this story:

I was in a Filipino restaurant today around lunchtime, waiting for the take-out order I made earlier. The big TV in one corner was showing Karen Davila’s show “Wondermom” on The Filipino Channel. What hooked me to watching was their feature on a baby named Raphael Iñigo, a namesake of my baby.

Raphael Iñigo was a “blue baby” when he was born. That means he has a congenital heart problem. On his eighth day of life, he had to be operated on his heart. At the end of the operation, Raphael Iñigo started bleeding from everywhere - from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Two liters of blood came out. The surgeon have then decided to tell the parents that the baby had enough of the surgery, that prognosis was very poor.

But Raphael Iñigo survived the operation. And today, he is about 2 or 3 years old ( I am not sure coz it was not mentioned on tv). But as I saw him, he looked very well like an ordinary toddler. He was laughing and playing around, and he does not look like he had that much ordeal when he was born.

According to host Karen Davila, his name’s meaning actually defines his character. Raphael means “God-healed” and Iñigo means “strong-willed.”

When we chose Iñigo as our baby’s name, we didn’t know that this was one of the its meaning. I think we chose the right name. Iñigos are the brave ones.

Allow me to repost this youtube video that Dad made for me. I copied this from his blog digital catharsis. I hope you enjoy this video!