Adulting

For my birthday, I was researching on a getaway near Metro Manila that was baby-friendly. One of the searches recommend this family-run farm called “Hulo Leisure Farm” so I decided to take my family to a weekend getaway. Located in Bataan, I loved how it was just a 2-hr drive away from Makati – a smooth drive too! I hope you find this blog post helpful and pls share with me your fave weekend getaways near the Metro.

When I was pregnant with Luca, the pregnant women express lane made is soooo easy and hassle-free for me to update my IDs to my marital name which you can read about here. During that time, I surprisingly received countless feedback saying the best time to update my passport is after Luca is born because I will hit 2 birds with 1 stone: a new passport for Luca and an updated one for me with my married name (even if my existing one was far from expiring.) Alas – they are correct! Basically I “rode on” Luca’s DFA Courtesy Lane appointment as a minor. Today, Luca and I applied for our passports today and I’ll be sharing my experience hoping it will be helpful for first-time moms like me! Here are my tips and Requirements for getting a passport for your newborn in DFA Aseana via Courtesy Lane

First, I need to start this post to let you know that you are absolutely not required or obliged to change your last name when you get married. You can totally keep your maiden name, I have a lot of friends who never changed and its normal. So why am I doing it? And most importantly – WHERE do I even begin!? Read away!