I don’t remember ever loving fall as much as I do right now. It must be the whole parent “seeing things through my child’s eyes” thing. The joy Jackson gets out of picking up every leaf that passes him by, looking at weeds with such amazement or finding the right twig to add to his “treasures” is enough for me to stop and enjoy the moment that we are in. To take a break from all the stress and worry of everyday life, not to worry about how clean the house is or what to make for dinner. You know, all the annoying stuff that comes with being an adult.

Jackson’s not saying words yet but he is “talking”. And yelling. When we go to the playground he yells at the leaves. And the kids. Aye. Just part of learning and growing, for him and me. (more…)

Lil camo Vans!
Baby shoes are a close second to baby socks when it come to my new addiction. Everything is so much cuter when it’s mini. That may explain the 5 chihuahua’s we have at home…yikes!

xoxo

mama jewels

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away….

xoxo

mommy <3

I’m kinda in love with socks. The funkyer the better. White socks are so boring and once they get dirty you kinda look homeless.  So it’s no surprise that I’m obsessed with baby socks. They are my new vice. Jackson must have 50 pairs of socks already and I can’t stop buying them…I might need an intervention.

Here are some of my faves:

Hank and JoJo Baby Tube Socks
http://www.hankandjojo.com

Blindmice Mismatched Socks
3 or 5 Pack

http://www.blindmicesocks.com/

Trumpette Baby Socks
I love these not only because they’re cute but because they stay on Jacksons feet. You mom’s know what I’m talking about…

http://www.trumpette.com/

Robeez Organic Socks

http://www.robeez.com

Tell me your favorite socks you put on your little ones…I’m always on the lookout =)

xoxo

j”sock it to me”ewels

Hello peeps…long time no chat. Please forgive me for being MIA but I have a good reason, and his name is Jackson:

Yup. that’s my boy. He’s 6weeks old and the love of my life.

Mr. Action Jackson came 3 weeks early. He was born on Aug. 26 at 1:45pm weighing 7lbs 6oz and was 19in long.

I was at home all alone eating my pizza and watching Martha Stewart when I got up to put my plate in the sink when BAM…I thought I peed on myself, nope…that was my water breaking. I paged my doctor 2x before he called back, that was after I called my obgyn office, my mom, the BD and took a shower (had to shave..of course) . At this time my contractions were coming so fast that I couldn’t keep track of how long they lasted and how often they were coming. This was nothing like how they described it in my parenting class…usually first time births last an average of 8-12 hrs and the contractions start off slow and not so painful. Yeah OK,..that wasn’t what was going down for me.  By the time my mom came to get me I could barely walk I was in so much pain.

When we finally got to the hospital, I was ready for my epidural. I wanted the pain to go away so bad but no. First I had to fill out some papers that I couldn’t see because my eyes were closed most of the time. Then I went into some room where they strap monitors on you and check your dilation. At this point I was 4cm and ready for some drugs…

I don’t remember how I got into the wheelchair or into the birthing room or onto the bed but before I knew it they were putting an IV into my hand and the nurse was telling me they called my Doc and I was going to get my epidural real soon…I couldn’t wait.  About 10 minutes after I got my IV I felt like I had to use the bathroom. I felt like if I went to the bathroom the pain would get better  and let me tell you, when you’re in that much pain you do not care who sees you naked, what you look like, if you crap, pee or barf all over the place, you just want the pain to go away…at least that’s how I was.

Now I’m yelling that I have to use the bathroom and the nurses are telling my just to go. As soon as I opened my legs to “go” I hear the nurse say  push. PUSH???! WTF do you mean push? I haven’t gotten my drugs and my doctor isn’t even here!!

I remember everyone telling me to breath and hold my legs, because for most of my labor I had a death grip on the bed rails, and in about 4 pushes my bean was here.

Most of it was a daze because it all happened so fast. They put him on top of me and took him away just as fast because he was breathing funny and it turned out he had some fluid in his lungs. I barely got to hold him but I was thankful he was here and was going to be OK.

I can’t believe it’s been 6 weeks, time truly does fly by. I’m loving being a mom. Yes, I’m crazy tired and my life isn’t just mine anymore but I wouldn’t ask for it to be any other way…

Ok, maybe just some more sleep, other then that I wouldn’t ask for anything more =)

xoxo

jewels

Yay to Lesportsac for adding diaper bag’s to their collection! I’ve always been a big fan of Lesportsac, they’re light weight, easy to clean and the prints are fun.

The prices range from $128-$138 for the diaper bag’s and $18-$38 for the accessories.

Check them out HERE =)

Wow, I can’t believe how fast time is flying. Before I know it, I’ll be at the hospital cursing out the BD and screaming ” You did this to me!!!”. Ahhh, something to look forward to =)

So far everything is going ok, at my last doctor’s visit my blood pressure was kinda high but I blame it on being in the waiting room for 2hrs having to pee and being super hungry. That and I hate going to the doctor. I’m self diagnosed with having “white coat” syndrome. I don’t know what it is but I get the worst anxiety whenever I have to go to the doctor. I need to learn how to relax my mind and think good thoughts. We’ll see how that goes for the next visit.

As you can see , the belly is getting bigger and I’m super excited to be out of that ” is she pregnant or fat?” stage. I feel much bolder now that I’m showing. You get this feeling of empowerment when you’re pregnant, like you walk around thinking “yeah, I got a human growing inside of me…no big deal” and you wanna wear all the stuff you probably wouldn’t wear when you’re worried about that extra 10lbs you gained during Christmas. Like they say, if you got it flaunt it. But don’t worry, you wont be catching me 7 months preggo in dasiy dukes up in a club. Cause that’s not cute.

Being almost 6 months pregnant , for me, is WAY better then being 3 months. They call the 2nd trimester the “honeymoon” stage of pregnancy. I don’t have ALL DAY sickness, my super sense of smell has calmed down, I finally LOOK pregnant and food is awesome again. Those are all the plus sides. But with the good must come the bad…well, not that bad. You have to stay super hydrated at all times so that means peeing every 5 minutes which means getting over you phobia of public bathrooms (ewwww), sleeping is getting harder…they say the best way to sleep is on your left side , and that takes some getting used to when you’re used to sleeping on your stomach, shaving is now considered an exercise being I need a nap after I’m done, thank god for full length mirrors or I wouldn’t know what the hell is going on with my crotch, yeah..say goodbye to your lady parts cause you won’t be seeing much of it for a while, people will start rubbing your belly like you’re a budda or will grant them 3 wishes if they rub long enough…which is ok if I know you or you ask but I have a thing about random people touching me..back up son!! Then there’s the thing’s that follow you all the way through till the end: the back pain, your feet swelling at times, the stuffy nose, gums bleeding, and sleepyness…not too bad, nothing that I can’t handle =)

Knock on wood, I’m feeling pretty good these days and I’m grateful to be having this experience. The beginning was kinda rough and I’ve heard the ending isn’t a walk in the park but I take each day as it comes and I know it could be worse.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I’m getting all the sleep I can now because I know as soon as the little bean is here it’s no longer my world, I will try to update and chat as much as I can.

As always, thanks for sticking around and I’ll ttusoon <3

xoxo

j “moms are cool” ewels

It’s a BOY!!!!

And a mighty fine boy at that, it took the sono tech 5 seconds to see what my little man was working with. It was a moment I will never ever forget. I am so happy =) I have to say that it hadn’t hit me until today that I’m going to be a mom, a mom to a son…it’s so surreal. I was never the type of girl who grew up thinking about marriage and how many kids I wanted. I always thought I would be the last of my friends to have a kid and now that it’s happening to me it’s still a little unreal. I’m going to be a mom. Wow. And I’m half way there. Holy crap. Time really does fly by.

Now it’s time to choose a name, which I think is going to be one of the hardest things for me because I am so indecisive =/ It has to be something awesome yet sound normal when I’m yelling at the kid to clean his room…

Any suggestions??

xoxo

j “the kid IS my son” ewels

Here we go! The baby window shopping has begun and I’m super excited. I love homemade things so of course I’ve been stalking Etsy for cute baby stuff and I came across these awesome hats. I know I have a looong way to go before I can even think of buying one but omg…how freaking cute!!?? And the baby…ADORBS!!!

The store is Nurika’s Shop and there’s everything from Mickey Mouse to little owls. The hat’s go for about $30.00 bucks, which when you think about all the time that goes into making one it’s totally worth it.

It’s been a long time my pretty pony’s but I’m back. And I got a whole lotta shizz going on.

In my last post I said that I was kinda over sharing my life online because of certain people who were once on my team but alas, are no longer on it. But then I really thought about it and came to realize that I was doing myself a disservice. My blog is like my therpist. When I need to get something off my chest I can come here and get all kinds of feedback which keeps me open minded and for the most part, sane.

So yeah, I’m going to be a mom!

After what happened last year I was afraid of it happening again so this time around I waited 3 months to tell people. I am now 20 weeks and it has been a rollacoster, to say the least.

The first three months were rough. I don’t know why they call it ” morning sickness” because you can feel sick ANY time of day. For me it was ALL DAY EVERYDAY. It was the worst. It’s like having a hangover but without the fun partying the night before. I didn’t think I was going to make it. I hate throwing up but at certain points you get desperate just to feel a little bit better. Oh and forget about eating your favorite foods, pizza was my worst enemy. Have you ever barfed up pizza?? Yeah, it sucks hardcore. All I ate for the first trimester was bread and water. Oh and rice. Woo-hoo. The trick is to eat every two hours but when the THOUGHT of food makes you sick it’s kinda hard.

Then there’s the pain. Oh yes, there is pain. You would think that because you don’t get your lady friend every month that you will be cramp free for the next 40 weeks. Sike! Of course you get cramps…you have a person growing inside of you stretching your uterus like it’s their job, which it is, but still, it hurts. I won’t even get into the back pain.

For me, the worst part is the fear in the back of my mind of having another miscarriage. I didn’t realize how much it messed me up until I saw those two little lines. Even now that I am 5 months the fear is still there. I just keep praying that everything will be ok. It sucks. My heart is always pounding when I go to the doctor, thinking that I will get bad news. But knock on wood, so far so good.

There’s a bunch of other stuff that happens but I don’t want to scare anyone out of getting pregnant…lol. I will say the good outweighs the bad. When you see the heart beat, when you get to hear the heartbeat, your first sonogram print out, the little kicks, it’s all awesome. Oh, I also forgot the people being really nice to you and the boobs. Those are a big plus.

Being pregnant has made me appreciate my mom so much more. Along with all moms. Just to know what they went through to have us, it’s crazy. The pain, the stress, the moodiness, the swelling, the scars, the sickness, the bills…everything, and that’s BEFORE the little bean is born. Forget about the whole “raising” thing. Geeze…

Tomorrow is the big sono day. The day we find out if we’re having a boy or a girl! Most people think it’s a girl, but I’m going with boy. Whatever it turns out to be, as long as they are healthy, I will be happy =)

So, I want to hear from all my mom’s out there…Boy’s vs. Girl’s-What do I have to look forward to????

Thanks for sticking with me and sharing my ride =)

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!!

j”mom dukes”ewels