Dear Jaco,

We let you drink orange juice for the first time. Something different, huh? Figures. Just look at your face right after.
When you've grown, I hope you won't be afraid to try new things. And I pray you choose those "new things" wisely. I could always help you. Though I've never been the adventurous type ( I order the same flavor ice cream for chrissakes), I know there's a lot of learning in taking risks.
But please, please be careful. Nanay will go crazy if something bad happens to you (that's if I'm not crazy enough when you reach adolescence..).

Dear Jaco

We brought you to our band practice. I think you enjoyed it. Especially musical instruments lying around Tito Alay's house. Here you are playing with the djembe, or at least trying to.

Did you really enjoy watching Tatay and Nanay play music? I hope you did. And I hope you still do when you grow up (that is if we still play). You see, Nanay and Tatay were bandmates before you came, and it's through this music setting that we fell for each other. He's a really good bandmate, your father--talented, passionate, and dependable. Just like how he is now, and he will always be, in our family.
Our other bandmates, I'm sure you'll still know them when you've grown, were really good friends as well. We're family.
If you ever get to be in a band, I hope you find friends in your bandmates. Or bandmates in your friends. Either way, it's easier, more natural to create music with people you love and are happy with.