hello purple!!
did u provide an employment letter with proper letterhead and seal with it when u file for an appeal?
am sure the ECO is educated about how life is in the Philippines(everything can be repair,fix and can be fake)..thats why birth cert.marriage license, annulment ,recognition of divorce now shld be in NSO paper.
Anyway,appeal processing can take ages ,..why not process a new visit visa after 6months?? if u really want to meet the family the soonest time before your hubby settles in the philippines with u