New Baby!!!!

He's here, he's here!! He arrived today approximately at 11:12 am. He weighed 7lbs. 6 oz. and measured 21 inches. When I first saw him I immediately fell in love. He was wrapped in the little white standard hospital baby blanket with pink and blue stripes. His stripped little beanie either was too big for his head or he wiggled out of it. You could barely see his face with the exception of his closed eyes and cutesy little nose. I can't believe I'm an auntie!!!!

Physically he does doesn't remind me of my son, who's 10 months old, but he did in his actions. All of other babies in the nursery were sound asleep and my little nephew was wiggling around trying to find a comfy spot.

I've only seen him through the nursery window and already I love him so much. I can't wait to see him face to face. :-)

Blogging

I started a blog two years ago for an M.A. technology course and it was not a fun experience. I was always worried about what the professor or classmates might think; I was always worried that my topics weren't up to par with the theme of the class. It was a drag; as soon as the class ended I stopped updating my blog.

Blogging can be such a liberating experience. Now that I'm not studying or working I feel like I can write whatever comes to mind and not have to worry about what others may think in terms of the structure, topic and professionalism. I don't mind if I never ever get any followers but just the idea that someone might randomly stumble upon my incoherent mumbo jumbo of a blog and miraculously relate to any of my posts puts a smile on my face.

I think that I could get into blogging as much as I've taken an interest in make-up.
:-)

What to get???

Valentine's Day is coming up...yeah!!!!! Stores are stocking up on chocolates, teddy bears and what not. Everything is so geared towards gifts to get for your girlfriend or wife. I have no idea what to get for my husband. I could do the flowers and chocolates but, I want to be more original. I want to do something that he wouldn't expect. Last year, I got him a rose and took it to his work. This is our first Valentine's Day as a family. Last year I was pregnant During Valentine's Day so this year I want to do something incorporating my son.

What should I do??????

Today I went out with my husband and baby boy to get a gift for my soon to be born nephew. I'm looking forward to being an aunt. I see my how excited my sisters get when they see my baby boy, so I hope it's the same for me when I see Sebastian. Granted I'm pretty sure I'll never get as excited as I get when I see my son. I guess it's just a different kind of love.

I'd gotten two lipsticks from MAC last Saturday, a pinkish one-FAUX- and a reddish one-DUBONNET. I'd already gotten the chance to use FAUX, but not the red one. I thought that today would be the day to do a bold lip. I'm a stay-at-home mommy, who crashed her car 4 months ago, so I don't get out that much.

I did my face, followed it with a pinkie blush and lined my eyes with MAC carbon eyeshadow. Now to the tricky part...I lined my lips with a red liner from MAC-to avoid feathering- and then proceeded to fill in my lips. Afterward, I followed it with my red lipstick. I felt and looked awesome. The lips were a bit dramatic but, I guess that's sort of the statement I wanted to make. Years back I would never have dared to do a red lip but, now that I'm about to start up a new decade I feel like I can pull it off. I see red lips and I think bold, dramatic, sophisticated, confidence. That's precisely how I felt today...confident.

Dan's Birthday

Dan, my husband turned 27 today. Luckily, Dan had off from work today, being Martin Luther King Day and all. Besides just celebrating Dan's birthday, we also celebrated the fact that this was the first birthday that Dan and I got to spend together as a family with our beautiful, baby boy Erik.

The truth is we didn't do anything extravagant. We went to Walmart to get a couple things for Erik. Everyday things like diapers, formula, baby juice...you get the idea. Afterward we went over to Foot Locker to fit Erik for some sneakers. Erik's 9 months old and has never worn shoes. He's just now taking steps by holding on to stuff-bookcases, sofa's etc. Dan measured Erik's feet with a shoe measuring contraption- my son'a a size 5. Is that like the standard size for an almost 10 month old?

I was so excited because I really wanted to get him a pair of Converse sneaker but, it turns out that Erik's arch is to big and wide for the sneakers. That sort of bummed me out. Guess it's a sign that I shouldn't make erik wear shoes yet.

Then we went to eat to a Chinese buffet style restaurant. ( On Saturday we had a wonderful sushi dinner as a pre-curser to his birthday. ) The food was decent for the price- 12.99 p/p all you can eat- or so I thought. There was shrimp, octopus and shrimp salad, different types of red meat and chicken, rice, noodles and some other native like cuisine.

Later, we went grocery shopping and needless to say that my insides were signaling me that the some what decent Chinese buffet food did not at all agree with my stomach. My first instinct was to run to the bathroom. As quickly as I ran into the bathroom I ran out. Believe me, if you had seen the deplorable and disgusting overall conditions of the stalls you would've done the same thing.
Needless to say I held it in and as soon as I got home I hurdled to the b/r.

Hope you're not disgusted.

Like I mentioned earlier, we didn't go anywhere extravagant but we did get to spend quality time together. Something that we don't get to do much of b/c my husband works like a crazy man. Having being able to spend this extra day together was very special to me and Dan and Erik.

Sorry if I bored anyone with my writing :-( I love to write, but I haven't done it in so long that I feel as though my words aren't coming out as they should.