Our little one turns two

A few days before our little one’s (LO) 2nd birthday, I found myself cramming and thinking how to celebrate it. Unlike her 1st birthday, I didn’t make any plans for it. Dining out is already a given (and, admittedly, it is more for us, the parents, than for her. But hey, it’s our birthday as well, we are celebrating our 2nd year as parents). I also felt that simply dining out wouldn’t suffice because we don’t even have either of our immediate families to join us.

Touring Taal, Ortigas, and Intramuros

We have a cousin (together with her husband) who we met for the very first time when they visited the Philippines last November (you can read about it here). We toured them around but it seemed that we ourselves were the tourists. We took more pictures than they did. Haha! 🙂

Meeting a twin cousin for the first time

Who would imagine that we would be meeting each other face-to-face? We were pen pals when we were kids, back in the 80s when there was no Internet yet. We sent each other letters and stickers. But it was only for a time. When Facebook came along, we re-connected. But didn’t really get in touch regularly. She and her husband traveled around the world, and I was just too excited when they said that they’re dropping by Manila.