Dear Baby,
Here is a letter from your very contemporary Lola PI. She is the only grandma I know who keeps a blog and we are very proud of her!
Love,
Daddy
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[01-02 June 2008 on board Northwest Flight 01 from San Francisco to Tokyo]
Hi Gavin,
I hope you like the stroller Lola brought for you from the US. Lolo Bong and I spent several days going to many stores selecting from different models, before buying one. At that time, we didn’t know yet whether you will be a baby boy or a baby girl, but we chose a color that was good for both – mainly brown on the outside with some green on the inside. Nothing but the best for our “apo”. We thought that our apo would be comfortable sleeping and being carried around in it. So both Lolo Bong and I took the box home and we were happy. The big box was in the living room all the time and I would imagine how your Mommy and Daddy would be pushing you in the stroller when they go to the grocery or to the mall. (Your Mommy loves to go shopping in the mall!)
On May 26 Veteran’s day, Lola Riza, Lola Lilia’s sister, visited us. When she saw the huge box, she suggested that I check the airlines on the charges for oversized luggage……
And here the story goes…..
From the Northwest website, I got all the information I needed for the size of the box – 20x20x32 – the extra charge was $320.00!! And a note at the bottom says “for travel to the Philippines extra charges apply”. I said “too impractical”. (Your Lola PI is very practical – I learned to be one from your Great Grandma).
But Lolo Bong was very positive. He said he can resize the box into a smaller one by packing the wheels and other isolated parts in a separate box. So we unpacked the whole system and Lolo Bong spent the entire day trying to figure out how he will do it. The car seat was a big problem, because it is very bulky.
By this time, I sent an email to your Mom and Dad and your Mom texted me that it would be all right to send the whole set by door to door which will arrive in 45 days. But Lolo Bong’s mathematical computations to reduce the size to a standard box were unsuccessful….
I had a few more days left in the US, and you know over there, it is so easy to return a merchandise to the store where you bought it.
And so this is the second part of the story……
Your Lola PI decided to exchange the stroller to a model that doesn’t have the car seat…..I know this was going to disappoint your Mommy and especially your Dad, because I know he would like you to be with him when he picks up your Mommy from the hospital, but….. no choice. By this time your Mommy had texted me that you were Gavin, her little baby boy, and so I thought that it would be easier to pick the color.
Friday, May 30, Lolo Bong and I went back to “Babies R Us” where we bought the first stroller. We easily found a new stroller model for you – almost the same color as the first one – but without the car seat. Lolo Bong had a tape measure with him, because we wanted to make sure we have the right size – and YEHEY, the box was 11x19x32 = 62 and this is the maximum allowance dimension for the check-in luggage! As if God really showed us the way to solve our predicament!! Lolo Bong and I really had a good laugh, because he confessed that he was about to put my name on the box – which would have been disastrous, because the store may not accept it as return merchandise!
So dear Gavin, that’s the story of your stroller. And by the way, it was Lolo Bong who paid for it, so make sure you hug and thank him for his thoughtfulness. Since the 2nd stroller is cheaper than the first, he also bought 2 boxes of Huggies which your Mommy also wanted me to bring for you.
So happy strolling along Gavin! (By the way, if you will have a baby sister, the color will still be OK. I think it is your Dad’ s favorite color).
Lovingly,
Lola PI
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