Eat Your Heart Out Tom Cruz!

Every now and then Groupon puts out some pretty awesome deals. I happened upon a Sky Combat Ace groupon one day back in November and couldn't help but buy it right away as a Christmas gift for Brad

Back in the day when we were just kids, we would sit under the stars and ask each other every question known to man. I asked him what his dream job was (besides being a professional golfer) and he said a fighter pilot. What a hunky job right?! LOL

So back to my story, I was so excited to give him this and let him have a taste of his dream. When he opened it he had the biggest little boy smile spread across his face. I think I also saw a little sweat bead up on his head as well. Don't get me wrong, he was over the moon excited but a little nervous at the same time. I say that because I had to practically beat him over the head for him to make the call to schedule it 6 months later!

Well the day arrived and me and the kids joined Brad at the Henderson airport where we got briefed in all the maneuvers he would be doing with his professional aerobatics flight instructor. He got informed of how to properly ditch out of the plane just in case...thank god for that parachute! He was warned about G forces, rolls, twists, puking, crying, screaming, and the camera that will be taping all of this...Hahahahahahah No pressure right?!

Before he signed away his life, I so lovingly upgraded his package for his anniversary gift. So now instead of a ride along he would now be controlling the plane into aerobatic maneuvers himself. The pilot is in the plane of course but controlled by Brad! Ah, yes I love my man Happy Anniversary hun! Have fun, see ya later, break or leg or something like that.

Kisses and hugs later, Brad AKA "Dead Eye" was up in the air on a 40 minute ride of his life! I wanted to see it so bad but had to sit back in the hanger with the girls entertaining them while Daddy was up and away. So thankful the package came with a video :) I really thought I might see puking on it! hahahahaha Okay I know I should give him some credit here because when he got back I got an earful!

Not only was I impressed but the pilot was impressed. He said Brad's a natural! He made me take a photo of the control panel that showed Brad pulled 8 G's with no problem. He told me he barrel rolled, and did twists, and all these other names I cannot remember all on his own and perfect! Now that's how you impress the ladies Brad! Atta boy! And he's all mine. Move over Tom Cruz ;) He's the new Top Gun...Well kind of, Ha!

Brad LOVED his gift and I think it made him feel very alive that day. Sometimes it takes facing a nervous or scary situation to remind yourself of how to feel alive again. Not to say that our life is dull but being in a day to day routine with the stresses of kids, jobs and bills can be taxing on anyone. There's nothing like a little bombing maneuver 15 ft. off the ground in between the mountains upside down to make you fee alive right?!

So here are the photos from the day and we will end this lovely story with his video :)

Lainey Bug

can't believe that my little Lainey Bug is already one years old! If flew by! I don't ever remember Mayley's first year going by like that. I guess having two children seems to make everything speed up.

On May 5th, 2011 I gave birth to a very calm, quiet and smiling baby girl. She was and still perfect. She slept through the night at two weeks old and still does :) Nursed like a champ, pooped on schedule, snuggled, loved, played, hit mile stones at all the right times and still does. This kid has bee completely different that my first. I always tell all my friends that my first prepared me for anything and everything...and still does! LOL I love having yin and yang around, they balance my life out. 

                                         

And yes I look like that because epidurals have no effect on me and I am forced to give birth all natural! Thank god my total labor and delivery was only three hours!

I was looking forward to Lainey's big first birthday party! (you can read about it in the previous post called CRUSHED) I was so sad that it didn't work out but at least we will get a redo soon :) It will be even more special this time since her and I will celebrate our birthdays together. 

But here is my baby having her cake and eating it too on her actual birthday.

 

We also just had our 1 year check up so here it is: She is 17.4 lbs. and 29 inches long. Apparently she is in the -5% for weight and 50% for height. The Dr. told me I need to start giving her more calories and pediasure as well. She said if she doesn't gain weight in the next month we have to blood work. Honestly, she is fine, she's just small. She eats really well! Oh well I took her advice and I am trying to feed her more and am giving her the pediasure which she likes. Other than she is super healthy. She has three bottom teeth and two on top. She says momma, da da, yeah, ugh oh, waffle, dancin, and screams! She gives high fives, waves hi and by, holds her own sippy cup, crawls up stairs (when she sneaks by me), snuggles the unwilling cat, loves cars, Violet the dog, plays peekaboo, loves music, crayons, and the magna doodle, she plays with her sissy, fights with her sissy, loves to tare paper, eats crap off the floor, loves bath time, loves to scream, enjoys swimming and spending time with her grandparents, 

and is still a snuggle bug. She loves bananas and eggos for breakfast, loves milk, bread, pasta, veggies, fruit and of course sweets. :) She still loves her binki but it doesn't bother me. I will take it away eventually. It calms her down and thats all that matters HA! Oh and she takes about 3-4 steps before she decides to crawl again. And to top it all off! I officially nursed for 1 whole year and had no problem weaning her! I still miss it sometimes but enjoy our snuggle time. 

Overall she has been such a sweetheart and joy to our family! We love her soooo much. I think we will keep her ;)

 

 

 

 

 

Crushed!

I was so looking forward to my Lainey Bugs first birthday party tomorrow. I have put so much for and planning into it and I wanted everything to be perfect. Of course as our luck would have it, we all got the stomach flu! WHY!!!??? I want to cry because I wanted her day to be perfect. Of course when you reschedule not all the people that could come before can come now. :( This was the perfect day! I know that my baby doesn't know and won't care but I do. One is a big deal...Ugh I am so crushed :( That is all...I am going to cry under a rock now.

Her Very First Steps!

It is very rare the someone actually catches their child's very first steps on camera but I managed to do it! I had my phone recording, trying to catch Lainey dancing as she does all day long and then it happened! She took three steps all on her own. :) She has taken a kind of step in between the couch and the coffee table but this was the real deal!

Her big sister Mayley took her first steps at 11 months as well and was walking on her birthday. Cinco De   Drinko, I mean Mayo, is 6 days away. I wonder if she will be full on walking by then. Anyway, we were so excited to catch this and I was totally in tears behind the phone.

On this day she also said "dancin" and got her fourth tooth (upper left) She got her first three on the bottom a while ago.

I will update soon when I take her for her one year check up :)

TRUTH

 It has come to my attention in a very big way that I offended someone with Super Size My Bra. I would like to set things straight. I did not write that blog post with anyone in mind but myself. I would never write something that was attacking someone else on purpose and on a public forum. For one, that is immature and secondly, that is not who I am. My true friends know that about me.

I wrote this piece in a tongue and cheek tune thinking it would cheer myself up after the rough day that I had. I have always been a writer and that is how I express my feelings. I also thought other women, especially women who have had children, would find humor in this and could relate to it.

With that said, I never once aimed this at anyone in particular. I even stated that it was about myself. I never once said anything bad about getting a breast augmentation. In fact I defended it. If you read this piece correctly you would have gathered that I wanted a boob job but my husband disapproved. Right now if he said go for it, I just might. Being that he said no, this was my way of coming out of a dark cloud and finding happiness and peace within myself. I made it clear that society (by way of TV, ads, music and media) has made most women feel inadequate. Therefore after having children (especially breastfeeding them) our boobs are just not what they used to be. Back in the day (I mean way back) it was fine, that was life and you went on. There was not a huge emphasis placed on chest size way back when. Today there is. Hence why I considered getting one for myself.

If you for some reason read this thinking it was about you it is not. In fact if you actually read this I do not even remotely see how you could think I was aiming this at one person.

I have many girl friends who have breast implants, have had reductions, want a boob job and are even close to getting one. Not one of those girls who read this were offended and never thought twice that I wrote this about them. They enjoyed reading it and found themselves laughing and relating to my busy and stressful day as a stay at home mom who just wants to feel good inside and out.

And lastly, when you tell someone to go read a story and they go into thinking its a negative piece singling you out (because you told them that) of course they will read it with bias and turn my words into what they want so that it ads up to what you told them about it.

I will continue to use this blog to write my feeling, stories, family moments etc. I will continue to write in my style which is often whimsical, humorous and sometimes raw. I will never use this blog or any public forum to disrespect another...especially a friend.

Super Size My Bra Please

Let's get real ladies! We live in a society (a very confused one) where we have come to think having ginormous boobs that stand up straight like they are saluting a soldier (I am sure they would appreciate that)  and having a tiny stick waste is what is beautiful. GET OVER IT!!!! I am really starting to get annoyed. Not with anyone else in particular, but myself. I guess I can say that I fell into the pressure where I started to view myself as inadequate since I have been blessed with little boobs (actually average in the real boob world). I even put it in my head that my husband didn't like what he saw. Yes, I was acting like that crazy chick who over complicates everything. Yup that's me. But here is how it happened.

Born, raised, participated in athletics from a tot, ran in high school and was very confident in my body image, ran in college and started to get a complex. It wasn't easy being around girls with beautiful muscle tone, girls who had the ability to eat super healthy and girls who were so freaking skinny. From there I worked at Hard Rock (Boob Town), drove home on the freeway everyday looking at huge in your face billboards with but of course...BOOBS! Reality shows took over with lots of boobs, magazines featured boobs, movies star boobs, boob jobs, boobs boobs boobs!!! I was being suffocated by boobs!

Let's not forget how I have had two children and breast fed. Thank you girls for wrecking my chest. xoxoxoxoxoxo

Anyway, I finally did the unthinkable. I asked my husband for a boob job. Oddly enough he said no and told me he loves me the way I am and he would never want me to go through that kind of surgery because he couldn't live without me...What a PRICK right? I mean geez! Ugh seriously I was blessed with a great man. Alright alright, after a few days of whining and realizing he was right I gave up. But here is what I did.

So I was having one of those days where I wanted to throw the kids in a cage and run away, possibly to the beach. 5:00 P.M. rolled around and Brad walked in the door as I quickly shimmied out with a quick hi by love ya! FREEDOM! Off to the mall I went. Oh what joy as I exited  my car not having to unpack the kids, the limo of a stroller and all the SHIT yes shit that goes along with us. What a breeze it was entering the mall empty handed, not getting stuck in the door while people pass by not helping. I even made it all the way to Victoria's Secret with out having to stop at the potty, or pick a Binky up that was tossed, or break up a fight! I entered hearing sweet angels singing to me and bright lights shining down at me sparkling. No really that is how Victoria's Secret is. Casually I grabbed a shopping bag and began tossing in every bra that had lace and sequins and padding and colors. It's totally like an adult candy shop only more expensive...and adds cleavage.

In the dressing room I was tugging and adjusting and just starring. Something is just not right. Was I deformed? Why do these not fit!!?? BZZZZZZZ "Can I help you?" tears begin to well up. "Yes! My kids wrecked my boobs and nothing fits!" "Sweetie, don't worry you are seriously the fourth woman today that has said the same thing, we will figure this out." Now she was an angel! Not only did I leave with three bras in had that make me look AMAZING! I didn't have to enter the world of level four padding thank god but a little super sizing in the padding department never hurts and she also made me feel very secure with myself. She promised that I am just used to seeing fake boobs everywhere and that a real D is actually smaller than you think. No I am not a D but when I think of a D I think HUGE! I guess I was wrong. Thank you messed up society and your skewed body image.

Pink bag in hand I flung open the door with a huge smile on my face. I ran to my husband and gave him a big hug and said," Guess what? I just saved you soooo much money!" "How is that babe?" "Well I decided you were right. I don't need a boob job. I just need good bras!" "So how did you save money?" "I only spent $177 at Victoria's Secret!" "I saved you like 9 grand!"

So ladies, in a world where you can super size your burger and super size your silicone do yourself a favor; super size your bra. It's a lot cheaper and healthier.



*Seriously just embrace who you are and your natural god given body. We will all be a lot happier if we just  accept who we are and not give into what society thinks is normal. And before I get attacked because that is what girls like to do. Of course if you are deformed, unhappy, have had babies and are severely deflated, etc etc. Do what makes you happy :) I am not against it at all. Just glad I found peace with a good fitting bra and a very "supportive" loving husband.

The kiddos!

I suppose I should update the world (my 27 followers) on my two precious girls.

Mayley is 3.5 now! She is growing up so fast and I miss her being my baby but I am loving watching all the new things she is doing. She is now going to "pre" pre school two days a week for three hours in the afternoon. In the meantime mommy enjoys some alone time while Lainey naps :) Since starting school Mayley loves to sing and have conversations and pee on the potty with out a potty ring! hallelujah amen! Her favorite singer is Adele. She somehow knows the words to her popular songs on the radio. I guess it shouldn't surprise me because she has an amazing memory! She loves music, ballet, swimming and now hip hop class! :) At home she is totally into her play doh, her fish "happy" and listing to music and dancing around the house. She is definitely that girl who is "dancing like no one is watching." I love it! Her hair is sooooo long and is now down to her butt. I think I need to cut it since it is about the get peed on! LOL She is still very much into Cars and loves Lighting and Mater. Mayley is also having a blast instigating screaming matches between her and Lainey to make mommy go bananas.

Lainey is 10 months old now. She is still wearing 9 month clothing. She is 17 lbs! She is so much smaller than Mayley was at this same age. She is in the 25th% for weight and 75% for height. She is such a flirt, pretends to be shy, and is on the move! She has been crawling and sitting up since 6 months and and has been pulling up and walking around furniture since 8-9 months! She has let go a few times but hasn't stood up with out assistance yet. Crawling up the stairs is now her new favorite thing and my least! Her favorite toys are her rocking horse, cars, her sissy's doll house, and well anything sissy is playing with. She is also a bit of a mommy monster but I don't mind :) She still only has two bottom teeth and nothing else, which is fine since she is till nursing about 4-5 times a day and eats like a champ! She really likes all baby food except for anything with cinnamon in it. As for table food she likes puffs, peas, bread, and she had a little taste of ice cream and loved it! LOL Lainey loves to dance, especially with her sissy. Lainey is even a great traveler! She recently went on a plane to Colorado with me to visit some friends. She slept all the way there and back :) She is such an easy, laid back baby. She has a fun and bubbly personality but has a little feistiness in her! 

 I absolutely love my two girls and am having so much fun with them. They really add so much light to our lives. We are so lucky :)