She Looks Like Her Daddy

This is the first time we see a close up photo of Paloma since we found her on Facebook two years ago. I so wanted to add her up so that we could see pictures of her but she declined the request. She even told us that she'll wait until 18 before she makes any further communication with her dad as  it is her mom's wishes to introduce her and her sister Sofia to their daddy in person (shall we believe that? we doubt that...).

I think that is very unfair. There is a father here that has been longing to see, hug and feel the love of his kids but then when we found the kids on the internet that was she had to say. Anyhow, we will wait for that very day when Paloma and Sofia would just come see their dad on their own... someday when the time is right... 

Looking at the picture, you could see how Paloma really got the look of her daddy. The nose, the divided chin and the lips you can see those are all Sandy's. Even I, when I first saw this photo of hers, I couldn't believe how this girl look exactly the same as my husband. Too bad though they have not seen each other for over a decade.... 

4 Generations

Before I flew to the Philippines from Texas I planned of taking a picture or two of the hands of my family that shows 4 generations in total which came in to reality when we went to Davao. These pictures show the hand of four people each from the oldest to the youngest generation. These are of my grandmother Adi's hand who is 84 years old now, my father's 52 years old, my little sister, 10 years old and lastly Jadyn's (my grandmother's great grandkid) hand who is turning 3.

 I can compare them to a tree that is almost a hundred years old. My grandmother is like their root, father as the trunk, Alexia the little sister to be the fruit and Jadyn is the bud or the flower. Cool, isn't it? How many of you guys have the chance to take a picture of your family before they were gone in this world? I guess this only happens rarely so I took advantage of the great opportunity while grandmother is still with us.