yes, i'm still alive

after 2 years and 2 months, i have successfully reclaimed my blog. i have no idea what happened, one day i just could not log in. anyway, since i missed all the blog-worthy posts during my 'sabbatical,' i'll just recount the more important events...

2007
hmmm...2007. got engaged in june of 2007. the mr.king and i spent our long weekend in Cebu. the 'proposal dinner' was in Shangri-la Mactan's Cowrie Cove: very, very romantic. i can't say i didn't expect the proposal, though, but it's always a fun little story to recount. i might just write about it when i have the free time.

so after every engagement comes the hectic wedding planning. and i guess that's how the rest of the year came to pass. i was my very own wedding planner and my OC-ness had never been put to the test until that phase in my life. :)

2008
got married on my birthday (February 15) so that forgetting the anniversary will hopefully never be an issue. haha. of course, that's not the real reason. but if you ask me what is, i probably won't be able to give a straight answer. i think i just like my birthday very much. haha.

the wedding was, to us, as solemn and as intimate as we had wanted it to be. the reception was very simple and the food was overflowing! the only downside, personally, was that i got my period a few minutes before i had to wear my wedding gown. can you believe that? haaaay...i guess that's better than getting it as you step out of the bridal car. hehe. :)

so after the wedding, we headed to Bangkok, Thailand for some much needed R&R. a month and a half later, we headed of to the US for a longer vacay. we went to LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Dallas, Portland, and Seattle. and apparently, i was already pregnant at the time, i just didn't know it! we were in Dallas when i finally took the pregnancy test, and the day after, as my luck would have it, i got dapa in the brick roads of Texas. tsk, tsk, tsk...

so now, i'm 6 months pregnant and i sometimes can't believe that soon there'll be a little one in the house. i mean, i've always been fond of kids and i've always been fascinated with pregnant women. in fact, when i was younger, i'd be caught stuffing my shirt with a pillow just so i can imagine myself being pregnant. and now i don't have to pretend anymore! there's definitely a linebacker inside my tummy!

2008 is really a year of good life changes for me. i got married, got pregnant, got to travel for a much longer time frame than the usual...ahhh...the life. never mind if i had to be on bedrest for 3 weeks with no DSL and no helper (that episode deserves a separate post). things really do turn out well in the end. and who knows, maybe i just might give birth in 2008 (forget the Jan 2 due date).

and in 2009, when February 15 comes, i'll be celebrating my birthday and my husband and i will be celebrating our anniversary. hmmm...we might just have the little one baptized on February 15, too. :)