Last October (Friday the) 13th, CAEHL ANDRE EUAN turned one year old.

I was supposed to go on leave (complete with signed Leave Form submitted to HR) but my boss scheduled two meetings (one in the morning and another in the afternoon). It was "alanganin" and I thought I could still squeeze in my license renewal somewhere in between but oh well, I just decided to report to work so I won't be harrassed. Alex texted me in the afternoon and asked me to wait for him because he wanted to drop by the supermarket. Ok, I said. It was almost half past 7, where was he? I already toured the entire Festival Mall and my legs were already giving up. Turned out he was stuck in traffic. Poor Caehl, I said. I could have spent the rest of the afternoon with him had I gone ahead. I ran to Shopwise to pick up a small cake and a half-gallon of ice-cream. Earlier I requested my sister Pinky to whip up sotanghon guisado. When I came home, there was my niece Meg and a little while, my folks arrived. My sister Lea (who was also a traffic victim) also dropped by.

The next day, we were getting ready for his 9am birthday party at Jollibee Pacita. As always, Alex took his time in the bathroom and Cae and I were like, "Daaad, we're gonna be late!". Jollibee was our choice because of the Sponge Bob party package. Initially, we were eyeing McDonald's but for the love of Patrick Star, we settled for the former, inviting (and trying hard to trim it down to) around 50 guests.

We were the first one to arrive. The venue was spacious enough and I liked the set-up.  The cake (a gift from my sister Lea who also led the Invocation), an 8"x12" Sponge Bob mocha, was still for pick-up at 10am because we just ordered it from a Goldilocks outlet. One by one, the guests started arriving. As usual, my family was in full force. Alex's relatives also made it. Plus a few officemates and friends. Around twenty kids were present, not bad at all.

Somewhere during the parlor games, Caehl fell asleep. He wasn't able to see Jollibee (the Mascot) as he slept until the party ended. It was ok, I guess, because if not, he would end up bawling every now and then which would spoil everyone's mood. He woke up just when we were leaving. In the afternoon, we went to the mall to continue the fun and had our family photo taken at the studio.

Here's the link to the complete photo album of the fun party.

Happy Birthday to our Big Boy!

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