Transitioning...Not exactly FUN!!!

When you have children you have to learn to transition your child or children to different stages as they get older...well as a lot of you know I have a 2yr old little boy and we were lucky because I got to bypass the whole pacifier stage, he just wouldn't take one, thank the Lord, so he had a bottle up until he was one year old, as soon as he turned 1 I took the bottle and he used a cup, that was easy. Then he was in an infant seat from the time he was born up until he was about 10 1/2-11 months old then I transitioned him into an infant/ toddler seat, where it looks like a regular carseat only the baby still has to sit facing the rear until they're 1 year old AND 20 lbs or more so when Cristian was 1 we turned his seat around to facing forward and he was much happier because now he could see everything that was going on-so that was easy too. Now, Cristian is 2 years old and we are trying to potty train, not so easy, I bought him lil boys underwear with Elmo on them (he loves Elmo) so I figured he'd want to wear them and he hates to be messy or wet so I also figured if he peed on himself enough times that he get the idea that he needed to tell someone, NO not exactly he'd pee on my carpet then tell someone he peed on the carpet and I bought him a training potty and I put his name on it with stickers and some Elmo stickers again I figured he'd like it, which he does he just doesn't understand the concept yet but we're working on it...NOT SO EASY! Another thing, yesterday we turned his crib into a toddler bed. He figured out how to climb out his crib about a month ago, so I had my dad lower his mattress and I thought we were good to go, NO, Cristian figured out how to get out that way too, plus he's been sleeping in my bed for about a month now, every night because I can't get him to stay in his bed. So yesterday we took the front rail off and put on the guardrail, so now he has big boy bed, but of course he doesn't care...ARGGGHHHHHHHH! So again NOT SO EASY! So I'll keep you updated on our progress but if anybody has any suggestions on how to help us with these particular transitions, I'd really appreciate it!!!

Until next time...

Birthday FUN!

So this past weekend was Cristian's 2nd birthday. It was FANTASTIC, we had a big birthday party at my house for him. We had a few finger foods, made hot dogs on the grill and of course had cake and ice cream. The cake was Elmo or as Cristian would say "MELMO"...lol! Alot people showed up, friends and family and we got a big blow up thing for the kids to run through and jump in, they had a blast. And it was beautiful day, the kids got a little sun, so we had to break out the sunblock. We opened presents outside in the gazebo. It just turned out really nice! I am definietly glad birthdays only happen once a year, by the time it was all over I was eghausted.John stayed with us that night and we were all worn out even into Sunday. we got up and Me, John and Cristian met Jackie at Shoney's for breakfast, got home about 12:30 and we all laid down and didn't wake up until 4:30 even Cristian slept that long too, I was really surprised! Of course now I think I 'm coming down with something, I had a little bit of a fever yesterday and still even today my throat is scratchy, hoepfully it doesn't get any worse than this and hopefully Cristian doesn't catch!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Yesterday was my 24th birthday, it was fricken awesome! We all went to Plaza for dinner and had a great time, had a few drinks, mingled with my friends and family, and John bought me some yellow tulips in a vase (they're my fave) and wrote me a poem for my birthday, it was genuine sweet! You can always tell who your REAL friends are when your birthday rolls around. You may not speak to them on a regular basis but they always show up or call for important events. But it was a fun night!!!

Cristian got his cast off yesterday, thank God! I wish and never hope anyone's children ever has to have a cast and I feel for those of who have had children who's had a cast. It is absolute torture especially when it comes to taking a bath. Cristian screamed bloody murder the whole time, never again! Now he's happy as clam, just nobody can touch his boo-boo...lol!

Until next time...

My poor little baby boy!

So my sweet boy had the second surgery on his other big toe for ingrown toenails this past Thursday. He had the first surgery February 5th, and that one healed just fine, but last time he kept pulling the bandages off so this time the doctor put a cast on his leg all the way up to his knee. He didn't handle the waking up after the surgery as well as he did last time. So we just ket him nap for as long as he wanted afterwards and then once he got up and the knumbing blocker wore off, I tried to get him to walk and he wanted nothing to do with that at the time but by the end of the night he was walking just fine and then by Friday he was trying to run and let me tell you it was the funniest thing. Now he's just fine, walking, running, playing outside in the dirt and everything. He'll get the cast cut off this Thursday and hopefully his toe will have healed a little bit. The worst part about this surgery this time around other than the cast being put on, is giving him a bath, OMGosh it was absolutely horrible and heartbreaking. We had to wrap his leg in 3 plastic bags and could not put any water in the tub, he had to lay in an empty tub with just the faucet running, he was cold and very pissed off. So yea I have to put him thru that atleast til Thursday.

This weekend was fricken AWESOME! We got Busch and Water Country season passes already and me and my aunt took Cristian to Busch on Friday and he had a blast, the new Sesame Street part of the park had just opened so we spent majority the whole time in there, rode some baby rides and watched Elmo and friends sing and dance, it was GREAT! Cristian absolutely loved it. It's great because he'll be 2 on the 18th and now he's old enough that he can actually enjoy those kind of things. Last year he was old enough for Water Country and we took him almost every Saturday that was good. Now we can do both parks and actually get my moneys worth! This will definetly be a great summer!

Until next time...XOXO

Just a lil laugh!!!

If you love something set it free. If it comes back, it was always yours. If it doesn’t comeback it was never yours to begin with.

But, if it sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats you food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and doesn’t appear to realize that you had set it free……You either married it or gave birth to it!

Just a lil something for you to think about and laugh about!

Until next time...XOXO

Just today...

Happy 1st Birthday Madi!

It's so funny because majority of us went to high school together and most of us met in the 9th grade and now some of us are getting married, already married and or having kids! It's just weird how time flies and how fast. We were all just hanging out, having a great time in high school and now we're watching each others' children grow up!

St Patrick's Day, my mom turned the big 4-0, so this weekend we are throwing a BIG birthday party for her at my house. It was suppose to be a SURPRISE but we just ended up telling her about it, that way she's better prepared. So I'll let you know how things end up!

Don't have very much to say, so I guess until time...

What GREAT weather...!

This past weekend the weather was freakin awesome...of course we didn't do anything outside. But I did have a little pamper day for me Saturday afternoon, I got my nails done and my haircut, it was great. Then we just went over and hung out at my aunt's house and then John and I went to the movies that night and saw The Watchmen. It was a good movie but if you have young children don't let them watch it, it is a very graphic movie with private parts showing and a sex scene or two, but it was good movie not as good as I thought it was going to be but it was worth watching. I did sleep a lot this weekend and that is very unlike me, so I don't know if I was just trying to catch up from last week. But it felt like every chance I got to lay my head for a few minutes it turned into an hour or 2, yesterday was like 4.

Work is great but at the same time it sucks. My boss is a full on complete drama queen. Whenever she's in a bad mood or somebody makes her upset, she makes the rest of us miserable. And God forbid you don't acknowledge her, the whole world falls apart. She complains if you're late, she complains if you're early...pretty much there's just no making her happy no matter what you do! I love my job and what I do and the people I work with, I just can't stand the person I work for. And she has control issues she has to feel like she's in control of something/ everything.

Anyways Cristian's good, he's growing up so much right before my very eyes, he talks up a storm, that he gets from his daddy. But it's cool and interesting to watch. And I am so excited for his 2nd birthday party, the theme is Cars.

Until next time...

Something to think about...

When two love each other, really love each; but just can't seem to get it together, when do they get to the point when enough is enough...NEVER!

If and when this is true for two people, this is when you know you have true love and that you guys can get through pretty much any and everything that comes your way!

Just BLAH...!!!

There comes a time when you feel you have to do something you don't necessarily want to do but know you have to do it in order to get someone else to understand the seriousness of a situation and it sucks to actually have to make that decision.

Anywho, I've been lacking something lately and I've come to realize I am "sister-sick", you know like when you're home sick, you just want to go home, well I miss my sisters and my neices and nephew and I want to see them, I was trying to go last weekend but I didn't want to drive by myself well my mom said that she's going this Saturday and coming home Sunday and that news just totally brightened my day, I was so happy for the rest of the day. So we're going with her and I'm so EXCITED!!! I haven't seen Stephie and Kayleigh since Kayleigh turned 1 this past November and I haven't seen Christy, Sean and Amaya since the beginning of December when they came to visit for Christmas, so I'm ready for a visit even though it's just a short visit.

Work is absolutely great! Nothing really going on, just day to day stuff.

I'm trying to start my diet back this week. I was eating BK almost everyday for lunch; I'm a vegetarian, so I always get the veggie burger meal, which is actually healthier than eating an actual burger but still the same with all the extras. So I'm going to try to eat a lot healthier and maybe do a little exercise, so I'll let you know how that works out for me.

Until next time...

Confused & Conflicted...!!!

Have you ever just been so confused with life that you have no idea what to do next??? Well I'm at that point right now, I'm just stumped pretty much. I do the same routine everyday, which is good for Cristian, but I kind of feel like I'm going crazy just a little bit. The worst part is I can't even explain what's going on. It seems like the more and longer this goes on with me, the more John and I fight and argue and I think that just makes things worse. I think I just miss hanging out with my friends and I haven't seen my sisters and neices and nephew since before Christmas, so I think maybe I'm just like having withdraws or soemthing like that. And I want to go visit them in North Carolina so bad but my mom doesn't want to go this weekend and I don't know if it's a very good idea for me to drive by myself with Cristian almost 3 1/2 hours away, but I've done it before so I think I'd be okay if I decided to to do or just try to talk my mom into going with me. Then with everything going on with me, I'm trying to plan my mom's surprise birthday party and then Cristian's 2nd birthday party in April. The invitations for my mom's party are going out tomorrow and then Cristian's will go out March 30th, I think.

Aside from everything , Cristian's been sick since last Thursday annd I've used up all my vacation, leaving work early and taking off work, to take him to the doctor and we ended up in the ER one morning and he hasn't been able to go to daycare, then we had a FU for his toe that he had surgery on 2 wks ago and thankfully that's healing like it's suppose to, so we'll have another FU in 3wks and if it's still healing right and the nail grows like it's suppose then we'll schedule surgery for the other toe and go through everything all over again!!!

Well until next time...

Update...

I almost forgot...Cristian's surgery went absolutely beautiful. He had and ingrown toenail removed from his right big toe this past Thursday...it's healing perfect from what I can see, well from what he'll let me see. He has to keep his socks on, no one is allowed to look at it or touch it and if they do or try to, he goes absolutely bananas, but he's walking just fine. He has a 2wk follow up next Thursday and hopefully then we can talk about having the left big toe done soon because he has the same problem with that toe and that way all this can be over and done with before his 2nd birthday party and before summer rolls in. Until next time...

Oh so much FUN!!!

We went to Alyssa's birthday party this past weekend and it was great! Kid's birthday party's are so much fun, I love to be around friends and family and celebrate good times. We have so many birthdays to celebrate before summer even starts; let's see, Madi's is the 19th next month but her party will be on the 14th,my mom turns 40 St Patrick's Day then Hillery and Cassidy are coming home the end of March and her party will be March 28th but her actual birthday is April 6th and she'll be 2, then my birthday is April 9th, Cristian's is April 18th and he turns 2 and this year he gets to have his party on his actual birthday; I'm so excited! Then my dad's birthday is May 12th and Cristian's new friend, Allie, she turns 2 the end of May and then John's is June 12th and he'll be 27, damn he's getting old...LOL! So yea we have a lot of birthdays and parties to occupy our time for the rest of our lives...LOL! Other than birthdays going on everything is pretty plain and boring.

Work is good, great actually. I work at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, the one in Newport News not Norfolk. I love the atmosphere and the kids that come here are absolutely great. My boss sucks ass though! Other than that life is great.

Cristian's Having Surgery

Yes, so my sweet little boy is having surgery on his toe, next Thursday, Feb 5. My little one has ingrown toenails on both feet, but we're trying the surgery on one foot for now to make sure it works and helps him, then maybe will do the other foot. Other than that things are great, life is good. John and I are talking about moving in together, we found a 2 bedroom/ 1 1/2 bath for a really good price and it's right down the street from where I'm living now. So we'll see how that goes. Nothing much really going on "In the Life of Me", so until next time...

Getting Started...

So I just started this whole blogging thing, still having a little trouble working out the kinks, but it's coming along.

Some would say I bottle up my feelings and never let them out until the bottle's too full and then I explode on the wrong person or just burst out into a crying spell for no reason; usually it's the exploding on the wrong person and not the crying spells that happens. So I figured I would just write things down and let it all come out this way.

I have a beautiful baby boy named Cristian Alexander and he is most definitely the love of my life. He will be 2 years old in April. He is growing up so fast and has his own little personality; very energetic and always has a smile on his face. Of course looks just like his daddy; he used to look like me but the older he gets the more and more he looks like John and acts just like him, it's crazy!!! John and I are together and things are great. He's great with Cristian. Cristian absolutely adores him. We've talked about getting married but I think we've both decided it will be best to wait, plus I just don't think either one us is quite ready for something that big, so right now we're just enjoying being together and raising Cristian together!!!

So 2008 was pretty much a bad year for me, actually one of the worst. At the end of February, my biological dad, who lived in Texas, past away. He was in a motorcycle accident with 3 other people and he was the only one who died. I met and spent time with him a total of 3 times in my entire life. We didn't have the best relationship and in our case it wasn't him it was me...he adored me and loved me very much and wanted to have a relationship with me but for me for some reason because we weren't that close I didnt have that drive to want to have a relationship with him because the only dad I ever knew is the man my mom is married to and has been married to forever, my stepdad, Tom, but to me he is my dad. So I didn't really know how to handle the whole thing. Believe me, now looking back I would have handled it so much better and so differently. Then in March, we had to put my dog, Jordan, to sleep. She was old and miserable so it was a good thing. Also around March or so I ended a 5 year relationship but it just never seemed to really end and now it's definitely over and done with and a lot of stress was lifted from me. Then around July or so, John and I actually got together. I met him August 2006 and we actually hit it off really well, but at the time things didn't last between us for different reasons, but then in July 2008, we got back together and been together since and things are good between us. He's a very loving and affectionate person and he loves Cristian and I very much and I love him very much.

So we'll see what 2009 holds in store for us!!!

"That Someone"

If you thought about someone that made you happy, who would they be, what would they look likem or even what would they smell like?

The thing is, you don't really truly and honestly know the answers to those questions until you actually meet "that person." You could say "what" makes you happy but in the same sense it's not the same as "who" makes you happy.

When it's about "who," it's about how someone makes you feel when they look at you or smile at you or even when they make you mad, you're still never really mad at them. It's the feeling you get when "that someone" touches your face softly as they kiss you. It's the butterfly feeling you get in you stomach right before you see them.