Maxwell Yuri Goes to Baguio (Day One)

We recently visited the City of Pines last February 8 to 10. This makes our first out-of-town trip as a family.
Needless to say, we had lots of fun. Here goes some of the pictures we took:

 Maxwell Yuri enjoying his seat at the bus.

Naturally, our first stop when we arrived was SM City Baguio. 

We had to grab some food and so we tried out Kimbob's! 

I liked it, except for the spicy thing. Joy didn't like it at all haha!

Pahabol sa Chinese New Year hehehe.. After leaving our stuff at the baggage counter, off we went straight to Mines View (to take more pics, of course haha!)

... and in rented Igorot costumes, no less! :D

I forgot the dog's name but I heard he's just 1 year and 9 months old :)

Yuri's new-found lola at Mines View hehe..

Check out the smirk!

 After Mines View, next stop was The Mansion and Wright Park:

My two inspirations!

At this point, baby wasn't too interested with the horses anymore. I'm guessing all he wants is to get a little rest.

We then headed back to SM  and used our gift certificates haha! 

Like a boss!

Maxwell Yuri's New Ride

 

Courtesy of good friends Myke and Robin. Thanks a lot!!!

its been a year and its been awesome!

Today, we celebrate our first wedding anniversary. Looking forward to spending many, many more years with my wife and Maxwell Yuri! :)

Meet Maxwell Yuri

The baby has officially arrived! Ourdear blog readers, please meet our cute little boy, baby Maxwell Yuri Gungon Rosario! Born July 26, 2012 with a weight of 4.6 lbs.

a pair of socks for the little guy :)

Preparations

YES! We are excited :)

Mozart for Babies

Last night, our baby was going wild while we were playing this song... Super kulit! As in he/she would respond to every tap haha!

Twice

I tapped my wife's tummy twice and our baby responded in the same pattern. We were ecstatic about it! 

Kulet ng baby namin eheheh!

Anyway, that was really a fun and sacred experience for me and Joy :)

Chronicling The Journey Through Comic Strips

This entry originally appeared in the Buhay Indie Komiks blog.

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Journal Entry #17

14 March 2012

Greetings, earthlings!

More than 2 months after the wedding, me and my wife were thrilled to discover that she is pregnant with our first child. Since then, we had lots of weird and funny experiences together and I enjoyed sharing them with some of our closest friends. Along the way, I suddenly had this wild idea of turning them into comic strips so we could share our tale with more people.

With my wife’s motivations, I did just that. Writing and drawing My Wife Is Pregnant is really a great learning experience for me. My wife is both my #1 fan and #1 critic. That’s definitely a good thing for a first-timer like me. With a little help from my friends (Teardrop Cordez at StephFaith Bautista – yey!), I got to finish a few strips. Actually, my wife even assisted me in inking a few panels because I am terribly bad at using rulers hahaha! I then posted the comics on my Facebook and made a Tumblr account for it just for fun.

Currently, I already have 11 pages of thumbnails (plus a cover concept) on my sketchbook. I’m hoping to work on them one step at a time. The goal is to complete at least 20 finished pages (I have 3 – 17 more to go!) and then eventually release them as a compiled comic book on one of the upcoming conventions. I believe this year’s November Komikon (or Summer Komikon 2013, at least) should be a good target. Besides, I think our baby’s birth should be the book’s main highlight. I want that to happen first and I want the experience captured on the strips as well.

Mark Rosario

Writer, Illustrator for My Wife Is Pregnant

PlanetMarkus

Comic Strip

Practicing for my first comic strip. It will be about Joy's pregnancy.. Hoping to finish it soon :)

Monthly Checkups

We had the chance to visit Dra. Caras last week for Joy's monthly check-up. She showed us our baby thru the ultrasound machine and we found out he/she already has arms and legs.. I stood in silence, completely awed by the sight of our future child.. Plus the doctor said our baby is "malikot" and "active" already :)

Confirmed

She's been asking for weird food lately (halo halo in the evening, Snow Bear candies in the morning, etc) and she's a bit cranky haha..

Today, she woke me up with this surprise:

An awesome early Christmas gift for the both of us :)