Breastfeeding Break

Yesterday I took a breastfeeding break. I've been whining so much about it. Little Miss nurses every 2 hours or less during the day. She receives bottled breastmilk at night so I pump and then I feed her when she wakes up in the middle of the night. I'm so over it. Yesterday I spontaneously…

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Sew Crafty

Before there was a baby, there was sewing (overly dramatical, I know). There have been times when it was the first thing I thought of when I woke up and the last thing on my mind at night. I've been really "fiending" to cut into some fabric and hear my sewing machine roar. It's n…

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The Vacation in My Mind

The winter months are hard on me. I do not like cold weather and can spend days in the house with the heat cranked or with many layers depending on what the energy bills look like for the month. I spend a lot of time looking a vacation photos and imagining the day I return to the coast of Kenya. I …

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More Wordless Wednesday - Baby Love

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Wordless Wednesday - Fine Dining

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Nail Polish Love

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Who Am I?

When I was pregnant, I overheard a mother talking to her toddler son and she was super-overly-dramatical (new word) about some project he did in school. I thought to myself, how am I ever going to be able to get that excited over some scribbles on a piece of paper? I just knew she had be faking tha…

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Nail Polish Love

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Flashback Friday - The Party Girl

In my former life I was never tardy for the party. I like  love to party! Not in an a$$ out drunk as a skunk kind of way, just being out and about having night life experiences. Getting dressed up. Eating sushi. Drinking pink colored sugary sweet barbie juice. Listening to live music. Doing a bit of…

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Baby Sign Language - New Word

Because we say it several times a day while Little Miss is in the Jumperoo. Jump/Ruka Very poor quality of Jumperoo in action.

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The Sleep Chronicles - Thank You, Mr. Ferber

Is my week up? Can I resume baby sleep talk? This will be my last one for awhile. Last week my hold on Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber came in. I read/skimmed through it all week. I've had good results so far. She's back to sleeping through the night (at least 5 hour…

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Wordless Wednesday - Playtime

Her friends

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The Confessional

The truth shall set you free...... . . . . I'm breastfeeding in a lot of the photos I take of myself. I once sent a secret admirer email to a co-worker. 90% of the time, I walk around the house with at least 1 boob exposed. I'm tired of breastfeeding. I'm tired of pumping. The weight on my driver…

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I Dig Pretty Polish

Doing my nails is just one of the ways I de-stress and feel pretty. When I'm wearing ugly sweats and a milk-stained nursing top, I just take a gander at my nails (on the hand not holding the wine glass) and all feels right in the world. What do you do to make it all better?

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Flashback Friday - The Prom

I do believe those sleeves made an experience in 2010. Balmain stole my idea! This dress had everything I loved in one dress! Purple color, big bows, heart shapes, puffy sleeves. I'm a hot mess. I've shown you mine now you show me yours. Show me your "fly at the time" outfit. I dare…

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The Sleep Chronicles...there's more

I know the horse is dead but I just can't help giving it another beating. Wednesday morning Little Miss woke up at 1:30 and refused to go back to sleep. He spent the next hour rocking and sssshhhhhing her. After that I went in and fed her. She dozed off. I put her in the crib and did some more …

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Wordless Wednesday - Ready For A Close-up

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Communications Launch

The signing has begun. We've started with 5 signs and will speak the swahili word (His home language) to her. I'm using the  My First Signs  book and Baby Sign Language Basics - book and dvd . Mama - Mama Daddy - Baba Milk - Maziwa Bath - Oga Bed/Sleep - Lala I feel kind of silly signing to her but I…

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The Sleep Chronicles

Sleep has been all over the place for the past few weeks. I know she's a baby. I know her sleep will be erratic. I know about the growth spurts and teething. I understand all that but right now I...don't....care. I want to sleep. I'm selfish like that. Her sleep has plummeted. It's…

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20 weeks

Her likes: fake laughing having the drool wiped from her mouth panting staying up late talking grabbing baths spit bubbles pulling my hair scratching everything to hear what it sounds like nibbling on her toes hanging upside down Still enjoys: kisses hanging out in Jumperoo trying to stand and standing sleeping in …

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Flashback Friday - The Twenties

20 seconds ago I started the coffee. 20 minutes ago I fed Little Miss breakfast in bed. 20 weeks ago my water broke and I was still excited about being in labor. 20 months ago I had a drunken conversation with him about whether or not we were going to have kids. We agreed on yes. 20 years ago I was swe…

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Wordless Wednesday - NYE 2010 - Photo Booth

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We Need to Communicate

Little Miss had her first play date(s) today. We finally had the opportunity to check out a neighborhood meetup. There were 3 other babies there. One that is 4 months old just like Little Miss. She looked a little confused when we entered but quickly warmed up.  She's such a Chatty Cathy. She do…

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Get It Together, Mama

Taking care of Spirit is on my " Get It Together " list and after 4 weeks of saying I'm going to visit this one church in particular, I finally made it there! However, I'm not sure this is the church for us. I really liked the it is non-denominational. I also chose it because the ch…

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