:)

Sometimes I know James comes home and wonders why I am so tired. Why the place looks like a toys r us exploded, why the counter is messy, but there are clean dishes at least...its just all starting to get tough for me.

If I take Sora to the park BEFORE 10am (why 10? because the park that's walking distance has a bus that drops off a group of special kids for lunch! one day there were 2 groups...little miss personality LOVES going up to people to say 'hi' and get a 'high five' totally cute? yes! totally safe? pfft) she gets to run around in some sun and it drains her a little bit. Then we come back, have a snack, watch Sesame Street (the whole time I feel guilty for the babysitter TV) then maybe take a nap, or a bath. That's a good day. I'm not including if I cook myself something to eat she'll come into the kitchen, hang on my legs or try to pull me into the other room, or if I have to distract her from turning the knobs on the stove... I could really go on and on and on....

a HARD day, like today, even with James around, involves her yelling or screaming. kicking. biting. slamming cupboards, trying to throw a fit while grocery shopping, not taking a nap til 4:30, dumping her food out onto the floor. While at the store I could see it in his face that he was getting frustrated with her....then I kinda saw my reflection in his from across the room...then went to go look for mayo. Its stressful.

I just want to lay in bed with a heating pad, a hot bowl of miso soup and relax. But I can't. I want to relax now, but its too hot to and the stomp-a-saurse that lives upstairs makes too much noise. i know he's a fat ass.. i haven't seen him, but i know his lead foot ass is hefty. One night he either fell out of bed at 1 am or came home stumbling drunk, he woke me up. I call him the dinosaur...and I think he smokes

so we went to a grocery store called "Sprouts" I'd say its kind of like Whole Foods, gluten free etc...but they have better sounding items. Actually we went there because I thought today there was a Farmers market by my mother in laws place, turns out it was more downtown by the Capital building, which meant no available parking. So we ended up going to "Sprouts" because its labeled a "Farmers Market" but all the veggies are shipped in from different parts of the world and some local...so its more like a produce market. We were happy with what we found, I would totally go back

Tomorrow our Directv gets hooked up. At first I was against cable because its EXPENSIVE (I think the internet is also overpriced) but doing the math it was cheaper from before and James gets his NFL ticket for FREE and I want to see the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I caved. Plus I had been watching "Weeds" on Netflix and its getting kind of boring and all the drama shows I like aren't on Netflix....and we watched "Skyline" and it was the STUPIDEST MOVIE EVER, but we watched a doc called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and it was great! James wants to buy a juicer now, I looked it up, the freaking machine is $500! (before the end of the movie the main guy loses 80+ lbs on a juice only diet..........and I'll have 30lbs of baby weight to lose......so maybe)

Speaking of...... This is the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning.

ps. our couch should be here soon! If not Friday, the Tuesday at the very latest. 

Sora strung a sentence together this morning, I didn't hear it but this is how James tells it. He went out to the car with her and a man was walking his dog, Sora says "Dog...dog" and as they walk away Sora says "Dog bye" awe. She also is saying "poo poo" and"Mama" more clearly. Shes a better dancer and is trying to jump.

We were invited to a friend's work, they were having a kids day with face painting, cupcake decorating, balloon making and "Music Mike" I know Sora really enjoyed the dancing. She had me cracking up. She also kept going up to people, lifting her arms up and would say "up" for them to pick her up. =/  its cute and all, but boundaries girl!

I got to go out and have dinner with friends this weekend without her! I wore HEELS for the 1st time in a long time. I was all jazzed about that, but my legs hurt so bad it kept me up during the night so I didn't get that much sleep.

Im ready for this baby to come out, just 69 more days... im a human trampoline :(

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! :)