Nanaw

I just want to say we love you Nanaw....You will always be in our hearts...

Dinner

Soooo Happy after Thanksgiving to everyone! We have been busy with the in laws visiting and Black Friday shopping. Maya is doing awesome! she is pulling herself up. We took a few photos of her the other day and I wanted to share...




My little sleepy bear.
































She loves Bob the builder!~

and of course our view at dawn( I think lol )..
















I also wanted to add a little more to the story.....

The night of our date I heard a knock at the door and I couldn't wait to open it. I was over the top nervous. My hands were sweaty, I couldn't stop trying to make sure my hair and make up looked good...I took a deep breathe and could see her silhouette through the glass front door. She looked like she had broad shoulders and short hair, she looked a lot taller than I thought. I took one more deep breathe and opened the door.

There stood an absolutely adorable teddy bear, I could wait to hug her. She smiled sooo big when I opened the door. She looked like she was relieved to meet me and have me look kind of like my pics. She seemed really surprised at how short I was and just kept staring at me smiling. She looked better than her pics I thought.... I guess I wouldnt need the fake call from my roomate to rescue to me during the date haha.

We hugged and talked for a few minutes and then we were off on our date! When I saw her truck I thought OMG lets PUHHLEASE take my car because Im wearing high heeled boots and there is NO WAY I CAN GET IN THAT TRUCK. hahha We did take my car and we talked the entire time in the car. I remember that night was FREEZING cold...I really did not bring a big enough jacket and she offered me hers several times.

We made it to Bucca and the wait was super long. We had to squeeze in really close by the front door to keep warm. I was glad because that helped break the ice. I had never been to Bucca and I was mesmerized by the place. Its definately a chaotic place to be. I was really.....realllllyyyy nervous. I was so trying to be non chalent about everything and not seem nervous. Little did I know that she ended up thinking that I didnt like her because I played it off too well! haha.

While we were eating a few waitresses kept coming up and saying they were happy to see us again...I was like um this is my first time..they kept thinking they knew Dru..Although she used to play for a certain womens professional football team so maybe they knew her from there?? Or maybe she had another date there recently ( thats what I was thinking haha ). They came up and said they had to move us to make room for a big party. They were so sorry and paid for part of our dinner and gave us a huge dessert for free. Dru just seemed to be rolling with the punches, she just played it cool and was really fun to talk to. I kept thinking I wonder where these people know her from? They swore they had met her before. It was really funny and at one point we just played along with it. Funny thing is this happens all the time to us now, even living in a different city!

Ok the baby is crying and Dru is ready for bed....I will write more later!!!!!!!!!!

MeMe

Stolen from CIW at http://me-n-she.blogspot.com/


Outside my window are some beautiful mountains and lots of really cold rain.

I am thinking about my milk supply. Today is Maya's 9 month birthday and my supply has dipped so low I cant keep up.

I am thankful for my beautiful little family and breastfeeding for 9 long months.

I am wearing bright green flannel pants with reindeer on them, trouser socks leftover from work and a Grey long sleeve thin shirt.

I am remembering the days before we had a crying baby. I dont miss them.

I am reading ohhh embarrassing, I dont read much but I got Ed Begleys book Living Like Ed from the library. Im checking it out...

On my mind I wish Maya would stop crying because of separation anxiety.


Pondering these words eat more oatmeal and dark beer, it helps your milk supply.

From the kitchen Its dirty I cant even imagine my kitchen right now.

Around the house its cramped but finally looks like something that resembles the both of us.

Email, Talk, Shop

Now where did I leave off? Oh yea right here....

So I sent that message to Dru, known then as Ton.ka. The very next day to my surprise she wrote me back. Her email was long and descriptive. She explained to me that there was a bunch of stuff to do around there and gave me names of places to see. I was delighted that she took the time to write me back and to be thorough. Hmmm I thought what a NICE girl. lol.

Her email made me laugh, it made me laugh so much I wrote her back with the hopes of making HER laugh too. We went back and forth for days on myspace email but didn't know much else about each other in the real world. One day I noticed her top friend changed to some girl and it said she was in a relationship.....I didn't let that bug me too much and I just kept writing. I was so happy to be engaging in fun conversation with someone, even though it was online. I had moved to this distant ( 700 miles away ) city where I knew only a couple of people. Chit chatting with Ton.ka was great. I thought wow finally A FRIEND.

So fast forward a month and I look at Ton.ka's myspace page and lo and behold I am her top friend and that girl is erased from her page. I thought whoa I made TOP FRIEND status. LOL. I realize now how silly that was. At this point we were still emailing back and forth and she asked for my phone number....I gladly gave it to her and we went on to have many long late night conversations that blew my mind. I loved staying up late and talking to her even though I had to be at work at 6:30am the next day. I didnt mind one bit!

One day she called and asked if I wanted to meet in person. MEET IN PERSON I thought, oh god I am way too fat and nerdy I cant do that! I told my friend Matt about Ton.ka and he said and I quote "Girl, you need to live a little, have fun and most of all do what makes YOU happy." So I took his advice and we agreed on a date! I told Matt about the upcoming date and we went out shopping for a new outfit to wear on my very first DATE. YES it was really my FIRST date. In the past I just became peoples girl friend and we never really went out...there was no date.

So Matt and I went to the mall where I tried on umpteen million pairs of jeans, boots and shirts. It was the middle of winter, how does a girl look super cute in bulky winter clothes?? I choose a $120.00 pair of black boots, some black vintage jeans and a black low cut sweater. That was the most I had ever spent on clothes. I was sooo nervous. We decided to have her meet me at my house ( I had a male roommate so I felt safe doing that ) and we would go out to Bucca Di Beppo's. She told me she had a big ole Black Dodge Ram Truck that was lifted and probably too tall for me to get into without help. I thought oh my god what did I get myself into! ha ha

Ok enough for now, more to come =o)

Time goes by....

Ah father time, where did you go...every time I look for you I realize how fast you leave me and I get so sad! haha

I've been trying to muster up the strength to write up our story. I had originally planned to blog 90 days of our life.....We had NO plans, NO money, NO idea what we were doing when I came up with that concept.

I thought it would have been fun to go through the creative process of reinventing our lives. It all happened way too fast and well all I can do now if tell you the story of how we ended up here.

First I will start off with how I got to Carolina. I work in IT and had a great job in my hometown ( although not the only place I've lived ) Ft Lauderdale. It was fine and dandy until one day a few years ago our company got bought out. They handed me an offer to move to Charlotte and without much question I went with it. I signed the offer letter on my birthday. I did a little research on Charlotte and from afar it seemed cool. I visited the area ONCE.. ( FIRST MISTAKE ). I was moving with a few coworkers, my two male best friends being part of the move, so I was content. At this point I was single and thought hey what do I have to lose! My new company wanted me to move days before Xmas. I should have realized that was a sign. None of my family could come up with me except my cousin who could only spend a few days. I was sooooo very lonely.

One cold ( VERY cold for a Floridian ) night I turned on my Powerbook and decided to look on Myspace. I check out every lesbian within 50 miles of Charlotte and one caught my eye....she was dressed in a football uniform and her profile was so outgoing. The total and complete opposite of me! I am introverted, shy and do a lot of thinking inward. SO I decide to write this girl and ask her what cool things I should explore. At this point I was just looking for SOMETHING to do, I was bored, lost, lonely and just trying to meet friends. Ya it didnt hurt she was really hot. This was before I went on facebook so myspace wasnt a cliche yet. It seemed reasonably normal at that point!

Ok thats just a start but I hope to keep this story going......

Two views.

Just wanted to share two things..

one is this awesome website for working moms who are breastfeeding. I am struggling with keeping up but determined to keep going!

http://www.workandpump.com/

and

this view...

School days...

We just got the paperwork to enroll maya in a 5 star child care center here in town. There are huge waiting lists all around town and we are very very lucky to get a spot.

Our little girl is going off to school starting next week! Its bittersweet, she needs the social interactions and to be around other babies her age. The ratio is 3:8 which is awesome and the teachers have degrees in child development. What a hard thing to do and I have dreaded it but were lucky to get such a great center.

Ok on to the fun stuff. Check these out!

Runny nose better go catch it!

Our whole house woke up with runny noses and just feeling S I C K. Poor Mema ( Maya's nickname) has just been upset and pouring boogers out of her face. Technically this isnt the first time she had a cold, she had one when she was 3 months old and we went to the beach for a vacation. All three of us got sick then but this time it seems that baba and mema are feeling this worse than I am. I hate seeing my little one not feeling good nothing sooths her except boob.

That leads me to my next though...

Maya is 8 months old now! She just passed her 8 month birthday! how awesome is that!!!!! She is crawling FAST now and standing up, its ADORABLE. She has a second tooth coming in now too!

Oh and that means I have been boob feeding for 8 months too. PAT PAT on my back if I do say so myself.....We have no plans on stopping anytime soon!

OK back to the not feeling so good thing. This morning we went into the bathroom and blasted the water and just sat in the warm steam. Its freezing out so it wasn't too hot just nice and warm and helped clear our sinuses. We may have to do that again tonight Maya just got up from an impromptu nap and her nose is just leaking. Any tips?

Hope you are having a great night!

and here is some art work from our new town....just another reason why we love it here!

Earthfare parking lot.

Baby wearing is one of my favorite things!

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