Month: December 2009
Our little angel is finally home! She was confined in the nursery for a few days initially for observation, but later for antibiotics treatment due to infection cause by meconium inhalation. We were told she’ll be discharged Tuesday but we were glad when her pediatrician told us that she can be discharged by Monday. And so this afternoon, after final check-ups, a lot of paperwork, and bills, we boarded the car for the long drive home.
I had bought an infant car seat in anticipation of this exact moment. We put her in it but she was there only a few minutes and then she started crying for food. We hadn’t prepared a milk bottle had no choice but to unstrap her and breastfeed her. Unfortunately, she takes a long time to nurse, usually a few hours, so we decided to continue on while she’s feeding.
Naturally, I was rather concerned during the whole drive. I have this tendency to be risk-averse and to go for safety equipment. Be it extra camping and diving gear, mask and padded vest for airsoft, seat belts for driving, infant car seats for babies., I usually have it. They’re all easily available but a lot of people don’t use them. The general mindset seems to be that they’re too much of a bother or not necessary. My opinion on this is that sure it’s not comfortable or may be a hassle, but definitely it’s more comfortable than even a minor injury. And it quickly becomes necessary when something untoward happens.
Fortunately, nothing did and after the slow trudge through traffic, we were finally home. Jeanne is finally home! Welcome home baby!
This afternoon, I was driving back to the hospital after buying some stuff. I was almost at the hospital when I got an SMS from Michelle to buy a can of baby milk. We’re on a breastfeeding regimen but we needed something to supplement for when we were at home. I doubled back to the nearest Mercury to buy one. When I got to the hospital, the nurse told me I got the wrong milk. It was supposed to be S-26 Gold, not the S-26 that I had bought (what’s the difference?). So off I went back to Mercury to swap it with the real stuff. It wasn’t too far but the traffic always make drives longer. Wish I had the Midas touch.
Tales of Music of Bojo Luzentales provides music from duo, trio, quartet to full band set up for any event. They have top rated pianists, violinists, percussionist, guitarists, flutists and singers. In fact, during the reception, we found out that one of the guys performs with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.
We called them up and turned out that Bojo is very easy to deal with. We went and listened to them perform (the undying Canon in D, what else?), reviewed their repertoire, and selected songs. They have a pretty comprehensive repertoire and they were willing to practice songs not on the list. In no time at all, we closed the deal.
On the wedding day, they arrived on time and in neat barongs that matched the requested attire. Most importantly they were able to play all the songs we requested very well. And what’s more, they were even able to do excellent vocals for a surprise song.
I have just one very minor issue: I requested for a string quartet and they agreed. But on the wedding day, they arrived with a keyboard :P Still, the music ended up very nice. Like I said, it was a very minor issue.
Cost: P13,000 for a quartet plus P3,000 out of town fee
Rating: 5/5