Pear Festival

I called my dad last night. I cried, I miss him. He says the house is really empty and quiet without everyone there. He asked how I was doing, I said 'ok' just is going to take some getting used to, and I dont know my neighbors yet.....the one we have talked too, we first met him while he was siphoning GAS from his car....he told me to watch out for him. UH big yeah. lol.

The area is pretty quiet! There is a long sidewalk that leads to the river, and the path is outside our door. Day #2 of our stay here I decided to take a walk with my baby. I saw a girl in the grass doing what I thought was "stretches" turns out she was having sex with some guy (WOW) I saw them, they saw me, they jumped up booty butt naked, got dressed and took off. OMG. I tell James I am still bothered by seeing that! First it was 8:30 in the morning! and they were doing it in the OPEN and in someone's backyard. retards.


Yesterday we met up with some of James's friends who have a daughter who is 2 weeks older then Sora (they are also pregnant again LOL) and we went to the Pear Festival. The town was really small and the houses were even smaller. It was like something you'd see on TV (a small town parade) people were sitting outside, in chairs drinking beers people watching! OH and the drive in, at their "supermarket" the cholos were outside and a police officer was sitting in a chair on the other side. ANYWHOO, there werent many 'pear' items. All I really saw were a 'pear' sauage booth, pear flavored drinks, and pear fritters. We had the fritters, the pear was hard, the the deep fried dough with caramel sauce and powdered sugar. yum yum-yummy! Also offered was deep friend coke and a Oreo funnel cake and fried everything else. I wanted to buy fried zucchini.....but didn't want to get constipated later.. lol....'fried' food does not 'travel' well when you are pregnant. My feet hurt, and my back.

The Sunday paper here cost $2, I think that's lame.

James is going to go to Reno this weekend, all of his friends are going to Santa Barbara. I gave him the green light to go because with the new baby coming and all, who knows when he will see anyone again....maybe I'll get a new flat iron & blow dryer hehehe

7948 Pocket Rd #27 Sacramento, Ca 95831

This is our new address.
Our transition went pretty smoothly, everything just came together all at once and was quick and painless. Sora, so far, has adjusted well. She's been keeping busy meeting lots of people, playing in our closets, opening new drawers, hanging out with Nana.

I shot a wedding in SF which was OK. The bridal party decided to go to BevMo shoot photos there.....and then take Muni to City call....then Muni again...I really hope to do more wedding photos in the future, im just SO LIMITED on what I can do now being 6 1/2 months PREG. I'm ready for this baby to pop out so I can stop being pregnant!! my feet are starting to swell :(

James and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary...we just went to the movies because there was a dinner at his aunts for his grandmothers birthday.

Anthony cam from NY to visit too

(all this in a week. crazy huh?)

There are two pinkberrys here. 2 nearby supermarkets called "Nugget" & "Bel Air," I told the bagger at Nugget I just moved here and after I finished paying he walked my cart to my car, loaded it up AND opened my driver door for me!! Everyone here has been really really nice

Our new place is big, I think because we dont have any furniture yet..... but its coming! We ordered a couch...its being made...we should get it in August sometime...and its the one -we- wanted. We didn't buy the rug I wanted but we got 2 of these lamps from Crate & Barrel...I feel like we STOLE them at $19.99 (reg. $59.99)

new plates and new silverware too! and cups!

Currently....

We are only a few hours away from finding out if we move to Sacramento. James has been laid off since the first of July, and even though secretly inside I was happy because we would be spending family time together, we haven't done anything relaxing vacation style since his lay off date! LOL

We spent the 4th at a friends last min BBQ, we've been swimming a handful of times, went to Sac for him to take a medical/psychological test....and unexpectedly ended up staying longer then we thought we'd needed to. Lots of sleeping in other peoples' bed, or couch.....and not bringing enough clothes for a 5 day stay, or diapers, wipes....or under ware.

We looked at house rentals, and apartments. We found a nice 2 bedroom house with a mini backyard (no grass and super steep inside steps) and WALKING James's mom. Rent was $1200, for an ENTIRE house! crazy huh. We found 2 more spacious apartments. 2 bedrooms 2 baths ranging from $899 to $1150. One was more newer then the other...we decided on the $899 place. The kitchen is a little dated, but we dont know how much James's checks will be after taxes etc. Paying lower rent will allow us to save on a down payment on a home, furnish our place with nice extras to make us comfy....basically we don't want to struggle!

Sacramento area seems to not be as overpriced as the Bay Area

This is the rug I want from Anthropologie, and this is the couch we want from Pottery Barn, print from 20x200



...... we both agree and are OK with the idea that babies = mess....and stuff will be broken. meh, what can you do? just dont buy the $300 lamp :)

june 2011

Three more months and my baby is a year and a half! Three more months and my new baby will be here! We think she is going through some kind of growth spur, because everytime she wakes up, she's either leaner or taller. Her baby fat is quickly melting away, and clothes that were fitting too snug (cuz her her big ol belly) are now loose!

I bought her some new clothes at H&M, I was really excited about them because they are light, summer and playground flexible.....but they aren't the right size, so now I have to go exchange them. It's so easy to get carried away with baby clothes. Especially when pants are $3.95!! James continues to think I have a problem :(

The other night I read her "The Velveteen Rabbit" while it took her a while to sit still, she ended up falling asleep! I felt like I won! Some babies use a toy to fall asleep, but with her I lay down with her until she's breathing heavy then either fall asleep myself or watch some tv. Hopefully reading to her will put her to sleep in the next few months. As my belly gets bigger putting her to bed will be a challenge since I'll be the only one actually putting her down.

June

My baby has a mouth full of teeth! Last night she cried in the shower and I saw this piranha mouth wide as can be. Which reminds me, one day we were all eating cheese-steaks, and she must have picked up a piece that fell out of my sandwich and started to choke on it. I very calmly removed it from her mouth and saw it was chewed pretty well, it was just too big to swallow. I guess it may sound funny, but babies don't have teeth and have to learn to eat...so seeing bite marks... its like an accomplishment!

I think she's starting to get picky on the kind of milk she'll drink. She hasn't been drinking the cheapy brand we currently have. Guess she's used to Organic milk, the company also makes a milk box with vanilla flavoring which she gobbles up...well more like INHALES. She goes crazy for it!

Actually, she eats a lot of organic food, lol. She loves James's organic banana maple flax seed oatmeal, her organic honey graham cracker stix, her Plum fruit pouches (only made with fruit, nothing else, seriously NOTHING else.

When we first started feeding her baby food, we tried Gerber products and WOW did her poop smell like a death cloud when you opened up her diaper. We tried the organic stuff, totally different, she seemed to have an easier time digesting plus her diaper wasn't so offensive!

anyhoot, enough about poop!

She's has to be going thru some kinda spurt right now, James had her yesterday and she ate like a homeless person! First her fancy butt had my chicken leftovers from my birthday dinner at a French restaurant, then she ate a bowl of oatmeal, then a fruit pouch! Plus she slept the whole day....

of course she sleeps the whole day with him, and never with me! :)

This afternoon I took Sora to the neighborhood park, and ended up chatting with a Lady from Boise. She had three kids, 2 girls one boy Sora's age. Because her girls were sooo close in age, I asked how her experience was for having them back to back. She actually made me feel better.

I have been feeling kinda sad because I don't want Sora to be jealous of the new baby, or feel that I dont love her as much, or she doesn't have my full attention....etc.

Mrs Boise said she's happy her kids are close in age, that now they always have someone to play with. Hearing that from another mom who recently went through those growing pains let me let go of some of the worries I have.

In other news, James's interviews have been going really well. Berkeley and Folsom are moving forward with his hiring process. We'll have to go to Folsom over the next two weeks for testing and a background check. The hiring person said he is aiming for a July 1st hire date, which is the day San Jose with lay him off.

Moving over there will be nice, I'll get to be around family and have people to spend the holidays with, which will be really nice because holidays alone are kinda sad and lonely. If I didn't have a baby, I wouldn't care

*sigh* we just have so much going on, we don't get any time for ourselves or we can't take a trip because stuff pops up all the time. Even when James had actual vacation time, 'we' didn't do anything together.

My birthday is next Friday, we have a sitter, and we are going to a French place (its not REAL French food) having dinner and hopefully the most amazing apple pie as a dessert :)

The other night I wanted a apple pie from there....at 9:30 at night, didn't get it, but he bought me 2 for $1 McDonald's apple pies! Hey it worked for me :) This babe likes cinnamon!

So far, the baby likes beans & cinnamon (not together gross!) lol

14 month baby!

Yesterday Sora and I were watching "Eat, Prey, Love" she turned around and said 'milk' to me AWWWW! Shes doing all kinds of cute thing lately, batting her eyelashes, making a sour/shutter face on command, KISSES! and HUGS! she gives great strong hugs! and open-mouth drooly kisses, its great! She'll lean in with her mouth open to your cheek, or she HAS to kiss your lips. She feeds herself breakfast in the mornings, and isn't really eating baby food outta the jar. I think she thinks shes too grown up! She also has a big girl dinner of whatever we are eating :)

Last night we went to a BBQ and she ate a whole hot dog plus other meat....and had bad gas :( her daddy did too...*sigh* but not me. lol. Baby #2 does not like RANCH DRESSING! or basil or onions! Sora is quite the social butterfly. She goes up to everyone, smiles, tries to talk to them, she loooooves people. It just makes me really happy....cuz now I don't have to watch over her like a hawk, she can run around and play by herself... oh and shes really good at 'sharing' with babies and adults... like her food or water bottle haha.

I guess with the 'good' comes the 'bad' growing pains.... like Sora's temperamental attitude when shes tired and you take her away from something she wants to be doing. She throws herself backwards and tries to bang her head... it crappy. She hasn't  done it in front of anyone but us, and we typically take her home when she starts to get cranky.