Daddy is home!!!

and or course, we were sooooo happy about that..... We had ourselves a lovely weekend. And here is a cute little picture summary of our Beach Trip on Sunday:

I must say, Jonathan was much "braver" this time around. Wanting to play with the waves and not one little frown. (ohhhhh.... his frowns are just Soooooo cute!!!)

So after this beach trip, I actually gave in to the idea of not only going to "see the beach", walk around the sand and take pictures. I might actually put a bathing suit on, bring towels, sunblock (and all the other stuff I will probably have to bring) and do the real beach outting. One of the reasons was that I found out that supposedly once a baby eats sand for the first time, s/he wont do it again. Not sure if its true, I guess I have to see it for mysefl! Hmmm....
Plus, I have to start practicing for my July trips! PUERTO RICO & SOUTH CAROLINA, here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy & excited. Mom bought me a 1 way ticket to go to Puerto Rico in July. No, I am not staying there for good, we are just not sure how long we would wanna stay yet. Of course, the longer we stay, the happier she will be (and I am sure we are just gonna be as happy too) Although, we are going to miss Daddy so so so much - we just hope he can make a lil escape and come join us for a few days

So yes, lots of beach time for me and bubu coming up this summer!!!

Which brings me to another topic - DIETS! So, I started dieting last Monday. Nothing too drastic. But for me, to stop eating sweets & junk food, is VERY difficult. Last night was incredibly hard to watch our Sunday night shows & not run to the pantry to grab a cereal box and start eating from it (I HEART dry cereal - and the problem is, we stack up on them when they are buy one, get one free @ Publix - so we still have a few yummy cereal boxes around...) But I did it! I grabbed my bottle of water, sat in the couch and drank from it all night! And that my friends, is HUGE!!!

*** Mom, Jesly (sister) and I are doing this together - and as an incentive, mom said that for every 5 lbs we loose, she will give us $50!!! That's pretty good! ***

My other incentive: Bubu's Bday (I want to go back to pre-preg weight before his 1 yr bday) & of course, my 2 trips!
Theirs: Trip to Italy
So enough of my boring diet....

I seriously need to be a little productive today... maybe "swift vacuum" & mop the floors again? UGH! Is the dog shedding more or am I getting more and more annoyed @ every little hair I see in the floor? This OCD thing I say I have is really getting to me! :-P

oh well, gotta do what I gotta do.... on to some "productive house stuff" .... CIAO!

No longer a blog virgin....

So......

I am finally blogging!

I have been wanting to start my own blog for months and months.

Today, I decided I couldn't continue having it on my mental "To do list".
I must must MUST start it, even if its just 1 tiny little post.

I sat there looking at the screen and thinking to myself: Now What?

Where do I start?
What do I name it?
What do I say.....?

It was like staring at a white canvas, but I have to kind of paint some of my life on it instead...

Well, let me tell you, I have had quite some wonderful pictures to paint on it lately!


I start by saying:

I have changed.
The old Jenise I (and most others) knew, is no longer in existence.

I have a new meaning of life and I have truly discovered the meaning of living and loving!!!



10 months, 3 days ago it was when it all started...












Well, maybe more - but I say 10 months 3 days ago because that is when my life was changed forever.



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I layed in an operating room waiting for the most incredible sound I could ever imagine hearing. I was desperate to hear his cry. I always dreamt of that moment, but nothing, no planning or dreaming about it, no "birth story" tv show, no books or articles, NOHING would prepare me for that particular moment in time when I heard him. I remember it clearly: The doctor said "Ok, Daddy! Prepare your camera, here he comes!". My heart must've stopped beating. I could hear myself breathing waiting. It was a few seconds and there he was, Loud and Clear. It was symphonic. Perfect, loud, amazing, beautiful cry from my own baby boy! I knew then that he was to become the reason I lived.

.......................................

My life as a mother, WOW!!! wow wow and wow!

I always knew I wanted kids, 2 1/2, I would always say.



Now, I have my #1 and I can say, it's better than I ever imagined.

Jonathan Pete is his name and I am honored to be his mommy.



He lays there on his swing right now, taking his second long nap. (since he decided he didn't want to sleep much last night) as I write my first blog ever.

Daddy is in Atlanta on a business trip since Monday and I have been on my cloud 9 taking full care of him.



So he was born.

....June, July, August, Sept, Oct.....

Everyday was just WONDERFUL with my BUBU.

I have to say, as I am writing it, I am getting kind of emotional.

Where has time gone???



November was a rough month:

My wonderful, hard working husband had the "starbucks" meeting!

UGH!!!
Yes, he got laid off....
(ohhhh, the economy... Can't wait to look back at this in a few years when things have finally improved)

I can now say, I panicked.

I was scared. I really was imagining the worse! Trying to decide which parent to live with if we couldn't afford paying our rent.

How could we go from having such a good little life, to not knowing if I could even afford our bills?
It was VERY stressful, to say the least.

BUT, I have a very positive husband that pulled us through - Aaaand KUDOS to myself too, I did change my attitude and started looking at the bright side after a little bit...

***I must thank ALL my friends and family members that supported and helped us through those few hard months ***

We had all our family get together @ our home for Thanksgiving, and that was fun!


Christmas came and went pretty quickly. We had our beautiful, baby boy themed Xmas tree. ( I always also dreamed about doing that when I had babies)

Nothing about our X-mas was fancy, but it was one of the most special ones!


February was our celebration month!!!
Jodi got a JOB! and a good one!!!

THANK YOU LORD!

March & April... and here we are....


April 23rd, 2009: The day I won the powerball! HEHE!

No! not the whole powerball drawing, just the 1 powerball number: #12.

Even if it's only $3, I still get excited and celebrate!!!
(still hopeful about wining a big one!)


OK - - - - - -
I am going to stop writing right now, just because i want to learn more about this blogging world, as a current blogger! HEHE!

I follow a few blogs, specially my sweet pea ones, and I have to say, they are great!

I can only dream of having mine be so "cool" :-)

I have so much in my mind right now, so many stories I want to share...
So many questions:

Am I going to even share this with everyone? -or should I keep it more private (for me and my very close friends?)
Should I truly be open and write all the stuff I feel, or should I leave that to my "lil old" diary sitting here?

I don't know yet... I guess it will take it's own life as I continue along....



But the truth is, I am happy I have begun it!