And the man of my dreams....

Hi honey!!!!!!

Our Trip to Inner Harbor....

Was more fun than I could have ever imagined.

The pool was by far her favorite, but she enjoyed the entire experience.

She jumped, she splashed and she even put her face under. She said "fishhhhh" "BIGGGGG SHARK" and she wouldn't let her nonna put her down in the aquarium.

She was an angel of a sleeper. The perfect child. She was our sweet little Lyla loo loo!

Playing, Loving and Daydreaming. A girl after my own heart!

Gift store are the Aquarium. Reading, Reading and more reading.

A teething baby; you would have never known.

Oh sweet Spring....

Wordless Wednesdays...

Y3W: Still in Hell

Only it's gotten so much worse because now I'm sick on top of it.

I really hope there is an end in site soon.

Lyla was up screaming at 4:03 this morning and I couldn't get her back to sleep in her crib, or in bed with me, or anywhere...unless I was holding her and rocking her.

She fell asleep on the way to daycare

Slept the whole way in to daycare. Slept while I put her down in daycare. So I left. I left her sleeping in the corner against the wall with her blanket.....

I just want her to get better. This ear infection is on week 4! 4th antibiotic. It just won't go away and give me my baby back.

I'm exhausted, now I"m sick...J is working 12 hour days and on night shift.

I just want my baby back you stupid dumb ear infection!

Wordless Wednesdays

We are still working on getting Miss L better after those 3 weeks of hell. She isn't 100% yet, but getting there.

Going back to the doctor at 5:00 today find out if its her teeth or still her ear that is making her dislike me so much.

A picture before the plague hit our house:

OHMYGODLYLA!

comes out of my mouth more often than not......

I was only gone from the room for about a minute or two, I realized it was way too quite and so I went to peak in on my little sweetheart who was playing ever so peacefully with her toys.

OHMYGOD. She is covered in blood. OHMYGOD. What did you cut yourself with? OHMYGOD.

It's my lipstick. My red lipstick.

OHMYGOD. She took a bite of it. OHMYGOD run to bathroom and get a washcloth. OHMYGOD. Get it off her, J is going to be home soon and he'll kill me.

OHMYGOD. It's all off. phew.

OHMYGOD. IT isn't....and now I need my camera.

and snap snap snap.

OHMYGOD. Where did my baby go and who is this toddler?

11 things

And it has trickled down to me. Lonely old me. I have nobody to tag though, so sorry. LOL.

Thanks Sara for tagging me.

There are 5 rules:
1. post these rules.
2. post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.
3. answer the questions set for you in the original post.
4. create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them.
5. go to their blog/twitter and tell them that you've tagged them.

1. My husband and I are going out to a party downtown this Saturday. We hired a babysitter! It is the first time in 2 months we are doing anything together and will probably be the longest time we have seen each other awake in that same amount of time.

2. My husband works swing shifts. In the last 5 weeks he worked 4 weeks of 12 hour night shift,  and only one week of daylight 12 hour shift. We rarely see each other.

3. I have a friend I met on the Internet who lives in Arizona who I talk to everysingleday. Her son is only a few weeks younger than Lyla.

4. My bridal party had 5 of my best friends ever. There are only 3 left. And one is my sister in law...so I didn't have a choice. Oh. crap. I mean. My sister in law is the best. ::waves to Stormdog::

5. I absolutely love to design and would do just about anything imaginable to go back to school to learn web.

6. My mom is my best friend in the entire world. I hope one day I can be as selfless, loving, caring and cool as she is. We talk everyday - usually multiple times a day. She's my biggest fan.

7. I met my husband at a bar, while out with my then boyfriend (who loved Star Wars, so that never would have worked anyway)

8. I lost a baby September 1st, 2009 - yes...your math is correct. I got pregnant with Lyla my next cycle!

9. I love love love photos. They mean the world to me.

10. My dog attempted to puke at 3:30 this morning. While gagging, he woke my husband up who did a round-off; back hand spring; front hand spring tuck out of bed and landed on his feet, grabbed the dog and got him off the bed and carpet all in one swift ninja like move. I think he may have mentally throat punched the dog and kicked the puke back in, because the dog never did throw up. All of that with NO glasses on! Then we both had to pee. I needed a drink. All of that woke up Lyla, who had no interest in going back to sleep, ever.

11. I think I know what hell would be like - a world with no Bubble Guppies or Sesame Street.

 

1. If you could love in a different time period, which would you choose and why?

60's-70's. Love the music, clothes, lifestyle, the simplicity and complexity of it. And there was no cell phone bill, Directv bill, iphone 5 and 5 gs and 5 gsx2.67940. I daydream about that time at least 50% of my day.

2. What is your favorite color? Is it also your favorite color to wear?
To design with - black and white. If it looks good in black and white, it will look amazing in color.

To wear - black.

...I see a trend

for my house - neutrals with bright splashes of color.

in general - blue

3. What inspires you?
The Internet. you can learn the basics of anything you want on it and find tons of inspiration.

The beach. My mind just goes wild there, mostly because I'm drinking the whole time.

Anything around can inspire a design, colors on a billboard, 2 cars together at a red light may inspire my next color combo.....anything. I started using the notepad on my iphone to jot ideas down and I have seen an improvement in my designs.

4. Who is the first person you want to call to share good news?
MY MOM. ALWAYS. even if it's like "Lyla took a HUGE poop and I just can't believe something that big came out of something that little. is this normal mom?" and then I send her a picture.

She loves me. a lot.

5. What is the one sense that you couldn't live without?

Smell. I smell everything. I can smelly a shitty diaper from the basement. Imagine how many times I would have gotten things dirty during a diaper change had I not went in fully prepared.

6. What's your favorite children's book?
The Grover book "There's a monster at the end of this book" weird. I know. I know. There was another one too. It had illustrations that I can still see in my head....but I have no clue what the name of it was.

7. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Here. In  my cubicle. Lyla in school. OHMYFLIPPINGLORD. Lyla in school in 5 years? oh god.

Hopefully sleeping again.

Another kid? or not. leaning towards not right now. Things have been rough.

And in our current house, but with a new kitchen...and will my master bathroom ever be completed?

8. How did you get your current job?

I interned for 6 months. $10 an hour and NO benefits. I walked out of a job at Pepsi making a ton more but not designing. It paid off. I'm here no making more than $10 an hour, the best benefits in the state of PA and tons of time off.

9. Why do you blog?

I don't want to EVER forget this journey. and I'm pretty damn forgetful. And apparently have a pretty good potty mouth going on today.

10. When did you first think of yourself as an "adult"?

I still haven't. Can you baleed that?

11. If you had three wishes, what would they be?

I wish that Lyla would sleep all night until 7 tomorrow morning.

I wish I could see my husband more and have him be more a part of our life.

I wish for warm weather and no snow, ever.

I have nobody to tag, so......how about some Lyla pics?

I just went to upload some and? I have none. Seeee. proof of how exhausted I really am.

Hurry home mama. This mama needs you...BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD!