Happy Easter

Happy Easter! Thanks to Taylor, I can share Alexa's three month old pictures! Thanks for scanning it for me! I can't share the big canvas one because it's just too big to scan. Sorry! Maybe I will take a picture of it and try and post it, but I'm not too sure how it will look. I'll give it a try later.

Drawing a Blank

It seems like there is nothing for me to blog about these days. No exciting stories to tell, no funny jokes to share. My birthday went well. My husband took me to our favorite restaurant. It's a seafood restaurant and they have the best sushi! It never fails, but every time we go out to eat, Alexa cries. Either one of us is trying to console her or taking her outside because her cries get louder and louder.

We just got pictures back from Olan Mills. We got a huge canvas one where the background is a blown up picture of her (very faint) and then there is a sharp picture of her in a box on the left side of the canvas. She's naked in both of them, and the one in the box has a pink blanket over her. It looks really good. We are going to hang that one over the mantle.

As for my diet, I haven't lost a pound. I've been going to the gym a lot these past couple of days, but I cannot seem to say no to the foods I love. What's the point of working out if afterwards I'm going to eat a meal from McDonald's? I really need to focus and really devote myself to eating right and working out so that I can look good by September. Jeremy's cousin and my friend back home are both getting married in September, so I want to look good for that. That is my target.

Anyway, glad I am getting a three day weekend! Everyone have a great Easter!

It's My Birthday...

And I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry if I want to...you would cry to if it happened to you! I'm now living the next quarter of my life...boo hoo!

Halfway There

In 6 days, I will be turning 26. I cannot believe a quarter of my life has passed. I am halfway to being over the top. Where has the time gone? What did I do these past 25 years?! It has gone by way too fast. Next thing you know, these next 25 years will past and I won't remember a damn thing about the last 50 years. All those years I wanted to grow up and be a grown up and life was just passing by too slow and here it is....26 years old. I know I know...people are probably reading this thinking what is she crazy?! She's not that old! But admit it...turning a year older does make you reminisce about the past and how young you used to be.

Alexa is doing much better now that I've changed her formula. She is hardly spitting up and is not crying like she used to. She has an appointment with a specialist at the end of April, so I'm hoping he will prescribe me the liquid Prevacid because the Prevacid she is on now does not dissolve very well in the water and therefore is not as effective.

Nothing else is going on in my life. Alexa and I will be taking a trip to CT to see my parents at the end of July and my dad just informed me that him, my mom and my sister will be coming down in December for Christmas and Alexa's 1 year birthday and my mom is going to stay for two weeks....I am so excited about that.

Bubba's Bling

Last night was one of the most memorable nights of my life. It all started out with Taylor and I taking our daughters to the mall to get their Easter pictures taken together. Now mind you, I thought this was going to take a few minutes because I mean, how hard can it be to take pictures of a 3 month old (who is always sleeping) and a 1 year old (who loves getting her pictures taken). Well all I can say is I've learned something last night...I WAS TOTALLY WRONG!

It started out with Taylor and I eating dinner at the food court. Alexa fell asleep in the stroller and I was praising the Lord above that she was passed out and will be through her pictures. Well I must have spoken a little louder than I should have because here is Alexa, MAD because I woke her up. Boy she sure has an attitude! So to let me know I pissed her off, she starts WAILING! Mind you people are all around me and I feel my cheeks growing red...LOL.

So we cruise around the mall thinking that the movement will calm her down. Wrong again. So we stop by Spencer's to buy her a paci. I didn't know they sold pacis, but apparently they do. And thank the Lord above again that these pacis are rated G. So after paying $10 for a paci (I almost fainted at the counter mind you when the girl told me the total), we headed to Penneys to get their pictures taken. This is what I get for not having a paci on hand...$10 and this...


Trying to get a perfect picture was a nightmare and afterwards, Taylor convinces me to go to Claire's to get Alexa's ears pierced. Now, I've always heard that a mother can feel a daughter's pain, but never really understood it until last night. Even though I really wanted to get Alexa's ears pierced, I was making up every excuse in the world not to because I personally couldn't handle it. I was even about to leave Claire's, but wanted to be there for my daughter if she needed me. So to sum up what happened last night at Claire's, here are a couple of pictures that will speak for themselves.

This is me biting Alexa's dress trying to calm my nerves.

This is Alexa screaming because the lady was dotting her ears. She kept on dotting the left ear crooked, so I took it upon myself to take the marker and dot it myself. I think I did a pretty good job at it too!

And finally...

So what did I learn last night? Let's recap...

1. Always have that paci even if I have to be sucking on it myself to have it on hand...

2. Note to self...spencer's sells pacis if desperate...

3. Thank the Lord above for the little things because I sure was praising him a lot last night...

4. Never assume...last night did not go as how I pictured it in my mind!

5. And lastly...never piss Alexa off!

The Same Old Me

So here we are at the end of March and I have made no changes to my eating habits or made an effort to hit the gym on a regular basis which is resulting in me going nowhere. I really need to stop making excuses and stop procrastinating and get my butt into a habit of eating healthy and working out. I have two weddings to attend in September and I intend to look good damn it. September is only six months away!

So an update on Alexa. She has acid reflux. She is just crying non-stop and spitting up her formula. The pediatrician prescribed Prevacid, but I don't think it's helping. A friend of mine has a child who had acid reflux the first year of his life and she had to take him to a specialist and get liquid Prevacid and change his formula, so we have an appointment with a specialist the end of April. It's so far away, but that was the earliest appointment he had. My friend said Alexa will be a totally different baby once we get the right formula and the liquid Prevacid. I sure hope so.

Alexa has just recently started to look at us and smile. Not a lot, but you can catch her at just the right moment looking at you and smiling. I sure hope she does it more often sometime soon because she looks so cute when she smiles.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday and have a great week!

Dr. Ju

So it seems as if this whole household needs to see a doctor. I took Alexa to the pediatrician today to make sure she is not cranky because she is hurting. The pediatrician concluded that her crankiness is due to colic. So she prescribed prevacid. Let's pray it works! My husband is not feeling too hot himself. He has a sore throat, cough and a headache. So it seems as if I must play doctor to the both of them.

Here are some pictures of Alexa.

And my favorite...it seems as if she is singing, but it's really her trying to suck on her hand.

Quick Note

This is just a quick note saying I am still here. It seems has if I am not posting often, but I just cannot find the time. Working, going to school and taking care of a now 3 month old is really taking its toll.

How does everyone like my new template? I figure now that almost all of my entries are about Alexa, I thought I would come up with a different title and template. Taylor actually came up with the name and did the template for me, so kudos to Taylor!

Alexa has been soooo cranky lately. I am beginning to think she has colic or something. She just cries and cries all day long. However, last night she did extremely well and slept through the night. I will post pictures as soon as I can find the time.

Where Are You?

So this Thursday will be 11 weeks since I've had Alexa and I've yet to have a menstrual cycle. Is that weird or what? Last week I took a pregnancy test and thankfully it came back negative. I just don't know why I haven't had my cycle yet. Will it ever come back?

Man I need to get back on my dieting and exercising routine. I always do this. I get so pumped up when I first start, and then I backslide. I don't know why I always do that. I want to lose this weight before summer comes so that we can take Alexa do the beach. I don't want to miss out on things because I don't want to get into a bathing suit.

There's nothing else that is going on my with life right now. I have school tomorrow...YUCK. I want a major makeover on my blog. Maybe SOMEBODY (you know who) can help me with that. Have a great week!

MIA

WOW! I can't believe I have been away for a whole month. I sure miss blogging and reading everyone else's. So why the long absence? Well, my laptop decided to burn out. Jeremy said having it on my lap just heats it up and does not let the fan that is underneath circulate air, so he said one night it was smoking and he had to take it apart and get the hard drive out so that we don't lose anything. As for Jeremy's computer, he had a virus on it and was not working for a long time, so he finally got his friend Steve to help him fix it. So now we have internet!!! I can finally live...LOL.

Well a lot has changed since the last time I posted. I got a new job, so I am back at work. Alexa has been going to Taylor's and it has been hard parting from him for so long, but at least I know she is in good hands. School has started this week, but I have not attended due to a death in the family. It is going to be hard next week going to school after working all day.

Alexa is getting so big. I can't believe how much she has grown. Last Friday we had naked pictures done of her, and I cannot wait to see them. She can lift her head up like a champ and she is just getting so big. Her 2 month checkup appointment leaves her at 9 lbs. 11 oz. and 20.5 inches long. She is just growing up too fast. Here are some latest pictures of her.