One Lucky Girl
smart baby….
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My baby is so smart. Today, for some reason, she has been waking up almost every hour. Hungry baby? That’s what I thought. Or maybe I am not producing enough milk for her little tummy. So tonight, I decided to try to give her a serving of formula. Usually, my husband has been the one feeding her formula (in rare occasions!). So….. I mixed the powder and the water, put it in the bottle….. Time to give it to her… I put the bottle nipple on her lips, she tried to suck it in and the second she did, she realized it wasn’t mommy’s milk! what did she do? She spit everything up. I tried to give it to her again. Nope. Not working. Reject!!! She kept on spitting it up and she made faces telling it wasn’t good. So in the end I ended up giving her breastmilk. She drank it like there was no tomorrow.
my little darling Audrey…
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Today we took Audrey to her 2-week check up. Everything was good. She gained back her birth weight and plus 2 more oz! Way to go little Audrey! She is due to be back in another 6 weeks or when she turns 2 months old.
My baby is getting cuter and cuter everyday. I love her so much. I never knew I could love someone this much in my life. I know Audrey will grow up one day to be an adult but I think as long as I live I am going to remember her as my little darling.
Happy 2-week Birthday Audrey!!
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Where do I begin. I feel so lazy today.
My vintage shop is online again. I listed several items today so I hope I sell something. I took pictures of some vintage I have wanted to sell. They will be listed tomorrow.
My other shops need new items listed. I am so lazy. How am I going to get ahead if I am this lazy? Sigh. I need to start making a list of things to do for each shop again–like what I used to do. Whatever happened to the good ol days when I was so disciplined? I am thinking I should convert a small area of the family room into something where I can do portion of my crafts in there.
My baby is turning 2 weeks old today. Where did the time go? She is 2 weeks old already! I cannot believe it. I still remember today 2 weeks ago….. The contractions… The pains…. The excitements…. and today…. here she is 2 weeks old. Today she decided she doesn’t like her pacifier anymore. She is sleeping about 3 hour stretch now. Yay.
Happy 2-week birthday Audrey! mommy and daddy love you.
ramblings…….
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Where did the day go? The baby woke me up — as always—about 3 times last night and this morning she woke me up at 7. I was soooo tired so I decided to sleep in. Around 9AM she woke me up again and I was still feeling tired so I went back to sleep— I know, I know. Sheesh it’s Sunday alright. So anyways. I woke up around 11-ish AM.
My husband left for his 2nd job at 5PM. He’ll be home around10.30 tonight. Short night he said. So quiet in the house without him and the baby is sleeping now. Even the dogs are sleeping.
I read someone’s blog writing about shrimp and grits and now I am craving for shrimp and grits. But I don’t fee like cooking. I don’t even think I have some shrimps in my fridge. Sigh. Oy.
Before my husband left for work tonight I asked if he wanted to go to Savannah for a weekend. You know like a 2-night getaway with the baby. We’re thinking of going during the president’s day weekend. We could leave Saturday morning and back on Monday afternoon. I am excited. I’ve always wanted to take the baby to Savannah. Both my husband and I love Savannah. It’s the most charming city in the South. And we’re lucky we live not too far from it. I wish I could move there. I’d do it in a heartbeat if I could. Maybe I should find a job there.
Anyways. Oh yeah, my boss called me on Friday to let me know my bonus. He’s giving me the 100%. But with the down economy, everyone is only getting 2/3 of what we’re supposed to get. So.. my portion is only going to be 7000 (minus tax). So about 5000. I am not complaining. At least I am getting something. Last year was nice. I got around 13 or 14,000. Well, I hope our bonus last year is much better. I told my husband we could use the bonus money to pay off our Jeep. It happens that we only have around 5000 left to pay.
Another good news, my mom called on Saturday evening and she told me that she’d send us some money. I am not in any position to decline any money gifts right now so I will take every penny. I am thinking we could use the money from her to pay off some of our other small debts. So far our saving is 12,000 something. I am not going to touch that money for anything but true emergencies. Our goal is to grow that saving to 20,000 by the end of the year and I think that is a doable goal. We have the kitchen we need to fix but I think we’re doing that as-we-go. I wonder how long it’s going to take us to save 50,000. If, we saved the 5000 bonus, we’d have 17,000 in saving right now. And if we saved another 8000 by the end of the year, that’d make our saving to 25,000. Half way there! Wow. I’d be comfortable with 25,000. When it comes to money, how much is enough? I don’t think people will ever have enough money. We always want more. It’s human nature I guess. I don’t know. Now I am torn between keeping the bonus or using it to pay off the car. Darn. Why can’t my bonus be more than just 5000? Stinking economy.
I hope I won’t lose anymore money on my retirement acct. I lost a bunch a year or so ago. Now I only have 50,000 something in there. 53 or 55K. Something like that. Anyways.
Baby is going to wake up in another 30 minutes. I better get ready.
Audrey’s day…
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Audrey’s umbilical cord fell off tonight. My husband is at work so he wasn’t around when the cord fell off. I called to tell him and he asked me to save it. Oh Audrey… now we can give her a real bath! I love my baby so much. She is the best thing that ever happened to me. I am going to love her until the day I die. She is so precious. I cannot wait until she starts to understand things so I can take her places and tell her stories.
Yesterday, I told her stories about the rainforests in my home country. She just listened and looked at me with her prety big eyes. Today I told her stories about old palaces in my home country where the old kings and queens used to live. Two days ago I told her stories about the big backyard we used to have in my parent’s home. I know she doesn’t understand everything now but I like to tell her stories. And I love how she’d just look at me as if she understood everything.
Tonight also, my mom called. She asked how Audrey was doing. I miss my mom. She is a good grandmother. I wish she was here when the baby was born. She lives thousand miles away from us but I know she loves my daughter already. I hope to bring Audrey to visit my families back home one day. Perhaps when she is 2 years old.
I am sleepy. Been a long day with the baby.
Audrey is turning a week old tonight…
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My baby Audrey is turning a week old tonight…..
My husband is working at his part-time job right now so he won’t be able to celebrate. He asked me to take a picture of the baby at 23.49; the time she was born last week ^_^
Audrey is a joy. She smiles a lot, whether intentional or not. She loves to hear my voice. She smirks like my husband. Sometimes she gives me a serious look when I talk to her.
I never thought I could ever give love this much but she is the love of my life. She is my ray of sunshine. I cannot wait to share our worlds together!!
I love you Audrey!!
Being a mom…
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I had my first baby daughter on the 19th at 23.49. And already I love her to death. She looks just like my husband. We named her Audrey.
Audrey has chubby cheeks, my nose, and my husband’s eyes. She is the most precious thing in my world. She loves to make an o with her lips. She is drinking her milk good. When she is awake, she’d look around her nursery with her tiny eyes. She loves to be burped by my husband. She farts a lot. LOL.
I never thought I would ever be a mom. It’s a magical feeling. I cried last night because I was so happy. I didn’t cry when I first saw her because I was still in disbelief. Then slowly the reality sinked in. She truly is a bundle of joy. I love her so much. Whenever I hold her, I feel like I don’t want that moment to ever go away. I want to keep it forever.
new stroller set!
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Happy New Year.
I am excited to welcome the new year. I was hoping my baby would come out today or yesterday but she is too snugged in my tummy. I hope she’ll come out soon. I am so ready.
We got the stroller set already bought. They arrived yesterday. The stroller is from Peg Perego (Pliko P3). It’s the one I saw online the first time and I had been wanting to get it. And the matching car seat. The problem was, they were too expensive to buy. So, for months, I looked for others. But then about a week ago, my husband found someone on craigslist who was selling peg perego car seat +base for 100 dollars. The new one costs 275 and the base alone costs 90 dollars. The one that was selling on craigslist was the exact one I wanted. So we bought it for 100 dollars — it was a year old car seat. Then we had 100 dollars amazon money so we bought Peg’s stroller on Amazon.com (price: 361 dollars) for 261. So we spent a total of 361 dollars for a peg perego Pliko P3 stroller set (I chose the Paloma color: ivory inside and black on the outside)—and we got 2-day free shipping. Not bad considering how much we would have to spend had we bought everything new: 361 + 275 + 90. So, for 361 dollars, that was a huge saving for us. I am happy.
The stroller set is very beautiful. I purposely selected this one because it’s gender neutral, light, and looks classic. We’re having a girl and I don’t want to buy stroller that looks too too girly. I hope that I will be able to use this for my next baby as well.
For now, I need my baby to come out soon so I can push her in the new stroller ^_^
Happy Holidays!
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Christmas is here.
We’re not doing any gift exchange this year (between me and my husband). Instead, we used the money to fix the roof ($750)and build a craftroom/office for me (~$500). Plus few weeks ago, we spent $700 on our dog’s emergency surgery.
If we had leftover money, I would have bought myself a nice sewing machine. I don’t know what my husband wants but I am sure he’ll find something he likes.
But this year is different. We’re expecting a delivery of our baby in less than 3 weeks and we’re trying to get as much done as possible in our house. The kitchen still needs to be redone. I expect to spend about $3000 for the kitchen 
For my craft room, I expect to shell out about $500 – $1000 more but I plan to not spend that much or at least I want to fund everything from what I make from my etsy shops. So far I have about $300 in my paypal account from etsy shops. I hope to make more expensive things in my shop so I can earn more. I really don’t want to go back to work after the baby is born I hate my full-time job so much. Too depressing.
Ok, I think we’re going to church soon. I want to pray. I pray everyday. Morning, day, night. All the time.
Merry Christmas!!
are we moving?
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Just lately, my husband and I have been talking about moving to a small town in New York state (Albany, Amsterdam, Buffalo, Niagara Falls….somewhere). Houses are cheaper over there than here. And I figured, as long as we could sell our house here, I could take out my retirement money and buy the house in NY state with cash. I could stay at home with my (future) baby. I could sew for living; sell on Etsy; write a book or two. With no mortgage payment, I figure, our life wouldn’t be that hectic.
*sigh*
Wouldn’t that be nice? I wish we could just pack our stuff, rent a uhaul and move. I have no families living here so moving anywhere in the country isn’t a big deal.
I want a simple, happy life. I want to teach my baby everything I know. I don’t want to send her to the daycare. I want to see her grow. I don’t want to miss every moment.
I pray to God so that my dream will come true. That God will hear my prayers and answer them.
