I Sing For You

Just my little blog about my journey as a performer, mother, and new wife.

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i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

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Never don’t reblog this. There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls. This can save so many lives

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I am so so terrible with this blog thing

but I wanted to introduce you all to our littlest princess!

Parker Louisa Capelli

It was a long night but she is so worth it. I’m in love all over again.

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Parker is hereeeeee!!

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Cause I’m still in love with this baby! And the crib and socks! @simplyimaginarypeople I’m also pretty certain Parkers skin came from Frankie who is a sweetie!

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So adorable congrats again Ava!

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Back at the Studio recording again!

We are officially 2 days away from Angel being an entire 2 months old! How is that even possible, it really does seem like yesterday I was waiting to meet her still, and now I can’t imagine my life without her!  I finally got to take her to the studio and show her off to everyone there, she was definitely the star of the show, and while she got spoiled, I got to work on my newest single! Can’t wait for it’s release!  It just honestly felt so good to be back out and doing what I love, and sharing it with my baby girl! I think she has inherited my love of music from me, it seems to really soothe her when she is fussy!I’ll be doing her 2 month post soon, but meanwhile just wanted to check in and share a bit of our life with everyone! 

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Oh my can’t believe I didn’t post these, just found them sitting in my drafts!  This was suppose to be Angelina’s 2 week update..and her first Thanksgiving! She’s already grown so much since these were taken! Anyways, I will have another update soon, but meanwhile enjoy these photos of my tiny princess! 

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                                       6 weeks already!

First I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas that celebrates it, and Happy Holidays to those celebrating other holidays during this season! So hard to believe Angelina has already reached her six week mile stone today! Where did the time go so fast? Every day with her is a new adventure, and slowly I feel like I’m starting to get a handle on things! Breast feeding has been a real challenge for us both, maybe because she was born a bit early, it took her a while to get the hang of it, and my inexperience probably didn’t help either!  It’s going much better now, and I’ve come to really enjoy that time between us!  She gave me her first smile yesterday, like a real smile, it was the best feeling ever to know I got her to do that, and she has started really making a lot of noises sometimes I swear she is already trying to learn to talk!   She loves to be held, and gets quite fussy if she isn’t in someone’s arms, but we make time for belly time every day, she really has started showing some interest in the toys connected to her 4moms mamaroo!  Speaking of which, I’ll be doing some product reviews soon, and that is definitely on my list, it’s about the only way I can get anything done when she is awake! Alright, just a short update, as I am off to enjoy the holiday with my baby and husband! I hope everyone out there is having as wonderful of a day as I am!

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Angelina’s first real outing (besides to the pediatrician’s for check ups) was to meet Santa, she completely charmed him of course! 

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“May I please draw your OC?”

Reblog this message if you encourage anyone that wants to draw your OC to do so.  No need to ask for permission in advance.

Go for it.  Draw my OC.  If you want, I’ll even give you reference posts.  Go to town on it.

You are welcome to draw my OC and surprise me with the result.  Seriously.  In fact, I encourage it.  I will proudly display whatever it is you submit to me regarding my OC.  There is a chance that I will squeal about it for several days.

Even if you feel you aren’t good at whatever artistic adventure it is you do, please feel free to submit it to me.  I want to see what you have done.

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Welcome Home Little Angel!

I know I am way behind, but I don’t mind admitting motherhood, has not been at all what I have expected, so the first couple of weeks, I was pretty much in a daze just trying to figure it all out.   Angel continued to do well in the hospital, was able to room in with me, didn’t even need the NICU at all! The day after her birth we had visitors. My sister Elora and her husband, Nicoli were the first to arrive to spoil the newest Capelli.  Vinnie’s daughter, Maisie showed up next to meet her new little half-sister. I think I see a slight resemblance, but maybe it’s just me?   Ava and her fiancee’ Alessandro (my uncle), came a bit later bearing some adorable onsies and lots of cuddles for our new arrival. I really loved having visitors and showing her off, but it was also extremely exhausting!  We went home Sunday evening, after two full days and nights in the hospital. She was so tiny in her car seat, but slept so well the whole way home!  (Elora and Maisee belong to and are rp’d by @onemoresim, Ava belongs to and is rp’d by @mamaava / @imsysimsy)

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4moms mamaRoo

Parents don’t vibrate like bouncy seats or swing like swings. We believe that infant seats would be better if they replicated the natural motions parents use to comfort their babies. That’s why we created the 4moms mamaRoo infant seat. We put sensor vests on parents to understand those motions and then replicated the bouncing and swaying in the mamaRoo to soothe and entertain better than traditional infant seats.

Includes 10 poses. Pictures, codes, and credits in archive.

Base is non-recolorable.

Seat is fully recolorable.

Toy balls are partially recolorable. The black+white version is not recolorable.

Mamaroo will fit babies between 60-80%. (I haven’t tested lower than 60%, but it should also fit those.)

Chubbier babies may not fit all the way up to 80%

Some poses may require you to edit slider settings to avoid clipping.

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By downloading this object you agree to the following:

-Do not edit in any way, shape, or form. This includes recolors. -Do not reupload. If a link dies, let me know and I will correct it.

Breaking TOU guarantees that I will not release anything else.

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Can’t wait to get this for Angel!

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Angelina’s first thanksgiving and she didn’t even get to taste any of the food..next year princess! Hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a wonderful day filled with family and friends and of course tons of food!

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ThanksGiving Giveaway ! You’ll be getting our family recipe for Our thanksgiving dishes! Along with our milk snob car seat cover for this chilly weather we’re into!

Rules: Must be following thehungrymarshmallow That’s it lol Reblog and like to enter 3 winners on Tumblr and I’ll be picking at 12Pm on Wednesday!

(no preview of the food I’ll do it in like an hour but it is AMAZING! Really HQ Kinda like the baby shower foood 😍and the car seat cover is as you see it (:

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Dearest Parker Louisa Capelli,

This is the first time I am putting your name out there publicly..but it feels right! We are so so excited for you, your daddy is over the moon with love for you already. Your big brother is always trying to help me get things ready for you.. and your big sister.. well your papa says she’ll come around.

We are getting your nursery ready and I had this bump shirt and your daddy goes “Too bad they don’t have a shirt like that for guys” he said this with a frown! I couldn’t believe it! So I waddled to my closet and brought back the shirt for him and oh my word he was beyond excited!! You are one lucky little girl.

We can’t wait to meet you.

XOXO,

Mama and Papa

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Angel’s Birth Story

November 5th I woke up generally not feeling well, I had been restless all day Friday and not able to get comfortable really well that night either. I started getting sick to my stomach early Saturday morning and what I had initially thought were just braxton hicks got a lot more intense and came with a lot of pressure. I messaged Vinnie and he came home and took me to the doctor’s, from there we were sent to the hospital, where we were told I was in pre-term labor. The goal was to keep her in for one more week, and initially no one really thought it was going to happen, but by Sunday the contractions were back to being irregular. Tuesday everything changed, I started contracting a bit more regularly and the nurse found I was dilated to a 4, at that point all attempts to stop labor were halted. Normally I might have been sent home to go through the early first stage of labor in the comfort of familiar surroundings, but if you aren’t aware I was shot a couple of years ago the bullet injured my spine and left me with what is called incomplete paralysis. I have regained the ability to walk short distances and stand on my own, but there are a lot of other complications that can arise from my condition, I won’t bore you with, so they felt it was best to keep me in the hospital until I gave birth at this point.  I never knew labor could last for so long, the nurse reassured us that it was all perfectly normal, but by Wednesday with no baby in sight I was getting pretty frustrated.  It was also then that the doctor came in and tried to convince me to let them deliver her c-section since it was moving so slow. I had time at this point to do some research of my own, and since she wasn’t showing stress I refused both the c-section and the push for me to let them do a drug induction. Vinnie was amazing, rubbing my back, helping to position the peanut ball (which is so awesome and helped so much, highly recommend it to anyone about to have a baby, it really did help open everything up and relieve a lot of discomfort.) Still no progress, and it continued that way until yesterday. I got to sleep quite a bit Friday night, November 10th, the contractions were mild and far apart, and I took advantage of it. Good thing I did. About 5 a.m. EST, I woke up and quickly realized the contractions had changed, they were now regular, about 10 minutes apart and felt..different, not sure how to explain it, the pressure was there and while before they had really been concentrated on my back, now they were more wrapping around me. 

Once things got started they went fast, by around 2 in the afternoon I was finally given the go ahead to push (I had a hard time not pushing through a lot of the transition stage as there was just so much pressure).  I know most women talk about how much pain there is pushing a baby out, and there is, but it was the best feeling in the world to finally have something I could do to help bring her into my arms faster. The delivery was pretty text book I guess, the hardest part was when she started crowning and once again I was told to only give little pushes. Once her head finally popped out though, the rest of her pretty much just slipped on into the doctor’s hands!

I can’t even describe how incredible I felt in that moment, or how proud, or how much in love I was in that instant as I looked down and got my first glimpse of our baby girl. Our doctor  encouraged me to reach down and take her and I didn’t even hesitate..and if you knew how appalled I am at anything slippery, bloody, or covered in bodily fluids you will understand how amazing it is that I really didn’t care she was all of the above!

Holding her in my hands for the first time, feeling her take her first breath, it was all indescribable, I understand now why new mom’s have such a hard time explaining birth!

I didn’t care that she was covered in goo, or that I was now also covered in the same..stuff..along with sweat..in fact felt in awe of feeling her umbilical cord pulsing against my belly, feeling the connection that kept her alive all those months inside me was really awe inspiring.

Vinnie opted not to cut the cord, which didn’t really surprise me, nor did it make him any less amazing of a father or support for me!  I still can’t quite put into words how much love I feel for this little baby girl, and I can’t stop staring at her, all her little faces, all her little sounds. I also am shocked that 24 hours later and I seriously can’t picture not having her. 

This is way longer then I intended and if you actually read it all wow and thank you for sharing in my miracle! 

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Labor Sucks!

I know that’s not really a newsflash to all the mom’s out there, but seriously it’s a lot harder to cope with then anything I could have imagined! Just a quick update and photo, still no baby, but I am officially in the very early first stage of labor, they have stopped trying to stop it now, and we are just waiting. Still in the hospital, normally I’d be doing this all at home I guess, but the nurse said with her still being technically premature and my condition they want us there to keep us under observation. So far our little girl is handling everything like a champ…mom..not so much! I’m exhausted and sore, and really just ready to hold my baby! 

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Labor Sucks!

I know that’s not really a newsflash to all the mom’s out there, but seriously it’s a lot harder to cope with then anything I could have imagined! Just a quick update and photo, still no baby, but I am officially in the very early first stage of labor, they have stopped trying to stop it now, and we are just waiting. Still in the hospital, normally I’d be doing this all at home I guess, but the nurse said with her still being technically premature and my condition they want us there to keep us under observation. So far our little girl is handling everything like a champ...mom..not so much! I’m exhausted and sore, and really just ready to hold my baby! 

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As you can tell by the photo, I’m in the hospital. I went into pre-term labor Friday and was admitted. The goal was to keep her in another week so she could reach early term stage, but it’s not looking like that may happen.  The contractions died down last night and I didn’t dilate any further, but they picked back up again this morning and I ended up dilating another centimeter. So this may be my last pregnancy update. The next time I post may be with photos of my new angel!  Sorry it’s a bit short this week, I’m exhausted. 

Baby’s position:

 She is head down and completely engaged, I’m dilated to a 3 as of 5 a.m. this morning. 

Ring on/off:

Off because I’m in the hospital until she is born

Sleep:

I’m only getting to nap now between contractions, my longest period of sleep last night was about 3 hours and it was heaven to sleep that long!

Baby’s Size: About the size of a honeydew!

Cravings: Cravings haven’t been very strong, fighting nausea again off and on!

Aversions: Still cheese as well as fish!

Movement: She’s really not moving nearly as much, still a lot of little movements, and her heartbeat is strong.

Challenges:  Being in early stage of pre-term labor for days, I’m so exhausted, and scared.

Best moment this week: Having Vinnie by my side through this all, and my sister got her kidney transplant! So far she seems to be doing amazing and will probably be home before me!