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Records and Adventures in the Life of a "Stay At Home" Mother and Her Two Year Old Son. Warning: There will be total gushing and "projectiling" of this mother's love for her son and methods in parenting.

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Yesterday little dude had a blast splashing around in the aftermath of a full morning of beautiful rain and ruined Errands Day. We also visited the preschool he will attend. He left literally kicking and screaming, I have NEVER seen him behave the way he did, it was an awful experience for me and totally stressful. I know it's age because he's getting "there". I will have a 3 year old in December! Yep it's time to send him away enroll him for better learning and development. On a serious note, he's bored at home, I can tell, he wants friends to play with. His 5yo cousin went to this preschool before moving, so it's gonna be great for him too! Part time job search, commence!

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Beach weekend was so great and relaxing. Honestly-- it was amazing to just be away from needy families, noisy families, work, traffic, the same ol routine and JUST enjoy time as our own little family. Little man was awesome, had a blast everywhere we went. Got to hit the beach Sat and Sun, before going home we hit the aquarium as well. And well, for animal/creature lovers it was a perfect ending to the getaway :)

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Oopsie

Been totally slacking on the parental/child growing up documenting..... sorry, kid. But u have been a total handful maybe two handfuls with all ur energy, nap fighting, and whining/"no" talking. I'm pooped, kid! You are so freaking smart. You can say everything that is on ur mind, ur speech is amazing and more developed than other kids ur age. You wake up in the middle if the night around 3 am mostly and say "mommy! I gotta go potty!" And I pick u up, pull down ur pants and Pullup diaper (for security reasons), stand you on the stool, and u point that sucker into our toilet. As drowsy as u are, u do it! I get everything back into place, including you into your bed, and I don't hear from u until ur ready to wake up and start the day, usually around 7:30-8:30. Mom's getting lots of good sleep, especially since dad is working overnights and/or sleeping on the couch so he doesn't wake us for his early shifts. You love when he gets home and takes u outside to kick the ball around before bedtime. It's pretty awesome for me too, so I can get that break. You still fight with ur two-month-younger cousin L. He's ur complete opposite, he screams, cries, and has crazy nerves when he's excited, it's become obvious that he keeps u on ur toes and u react by biting, yes, still biting. But it's only been towards him. Your other cousins (my brothers fam) are living in Florida now, and so far u have been told that they moved to a new house far away, but occasionally u ask if we can go to see them bc they used to live 5 mins away from us. It breaks my heart. You got along so well with them (5 yr old boy G, 9 yr old girl A) and they made it so easy to take care of all 3 of u. I can tell u get bored at home and being alone/without other kids. I really tried to take u out shopping, to parks, playing in our front yard, painting outside, but u really crave interaction with others. I know we are overwhelmed with being alone with only each other every day...... that said, me and daddy have decided to put u into cousin G's previous preschool, he loved it,u loved it when u came with me to pick him up from school. I know u will love it. Our appointment is next week and you might attend beginning in September. This time for real, we have waited long enough and u need it. I will most likely get a part time on top of the Jamberry work. It will be sad but we will see the fruit of your spiritual development and mental development and social activity. I'm very excited for you! Tonight is the 6 month ceremony for grandma's passing. And we will be leaving around 3 am to spend the weekend at the beach! I think we took u last year or the year before that and u loved it, I know ur especially gonna love it now! It family totally needs this mini vacay. Plus daddy is in a soccer tournament which is how we ended up going :) You're the best, you little munchkin!

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Ohhhh my 4th!

Wow we had the busiest EVER July 4th. But really short description. It pretty much consisted of going to the local town parade in AMAZING weather, then to my bros for bbq and World Cup matches for the next two days. Yep, really, that’s it!

Then Sunday was more detailed— Mommy (me) started volunteering for the Hospitality Team setup shift at church, which included getting up at 5am (really 5:15) dragging everyone out of the house by 5:30 (really 5:40) to make it to church by 6am (really 6:05, which didn’t matter because my so-called trainers/team members, a lady, her mom, and her husband, didn’t get there til 6:30). I always try to be punctual, cuz I know how annoying it is to be the one waiting for someone (yeah). The kid slept on the couch in the lobby until about 7:30. He went to his class (no issues, which is why we attend the first service because there are lesser kids). Attended the first service at 8 am, barely awake or attentive. Got brunch. Went home, let the kid be crazy and we all went to Nap around 1pm-4pm. Oh the sacrifices. I’m not really complaining, just admitting it definitely was difficult (a real sacrifice on our part), and acknowledging that we are doing it for our faith in God. That’s crazy, you say? What am I getting out of it, you ask? God’s love and closeness, cuz I know in those desperate moments of giving up and giving in is when many people “see” God, and I don’t know if I’m explaining myself the right way or speaking for Christianity correctly, but I get it. Lol. Our marriage has suffered a huge loss, which has affected our parenting and our visual future. Yep, this is where we redirect, this is how we do.Lol. and it’s working, that’s all I can say for it!

Soooooooo after our nice nap, we headed to my in laws for an awkward visit (yea, awkward, cuz I just never know what to expect, what with the sadness and mood around there, totally hard for me to be normal, it’s like I walk on eggshells there, ah, one day it’ll be ok) and pizza for dinner! Then off we went returning back home and calling it a night……. OH! Saturday night hubby planned a date out to watch Think Like A Man Too, hilarious stuff! It was nice.

That was our weekend peeps.

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Cuddling is easier

Last night, the kid went to bed fine, with light on again, anyway that’s not the point. The point is that right before we (hubby and I) were getting ready to turn off the tv and get ready for bed, the little man woke up crying (nightmares?). Hubby fell back asleep (yea he wasn’t really awake anyway) on the couch in the living room, I turned off the tv and lights, went to tend to the kid, tried to sneak out of his room thinking he fell back asleep, but he caught me. Screw it! I brought him into my bed (hubby stayed asleep on the couch) and we slept a long, comfy, sleep :) Until this morning when little man decided to push his feet into my ribs. He has this thing of having to touch me while we sleep, like for security….. or incarceration. But if I turn away and readjust him so he’s on his side of the bed and I’m on mine… Well, he quickly (maybe after a few minutes) catches on and lays his leg on top of my back, or his arm on top of my face.

Parenthood is serious, y’all.

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church care update

Kiddo has been superly amazingly great in the child care at church. We've only gone the last two weeks after getting our priorities out of whack for the month prior. Anywho.. last week we went to 8am service, requiring me to get my butt out of the bed super early (i'm not a morning person and we are talking 6:30ish) get ready, wake up Kid, get him dressed and presentable (lately he's had crazy bed head, it's cute) then off we go at 7:30am. For some odd, miraculous, maybe Touch of God moment, I submitted my email info to the Hospitality Team table (they serve coffee, tea, cookies, fruit, etc every Sunday in the lobby) and presented the idea (including questions) about serving with their Team in the mornings before the 8am service (meaning ARRIVING at 6am for setup). As for the kid, he did awesome with drop off, just walked right in, and played and got along like a normal, well, civilized, human being. I don't like normals. And so sometime this week, i received the email explaining the details of shifts for the Hospitality Team and came to the conclusion that the only "reasonable", suitable time slot for me to serve would be the 6am shift for setup so we could attend the 8am service, which entails a lesser amount of kids in the child care zone. Good for kiddo. But, me.... If i need to arrive to church at 6am, that requires always leaving 20-30 mins early, which also requires giving myself an hour to get myself and the kid ready to leave the house. Where does my husband play a part on this? Well so far just in support system for the new commitment, because being accountable for my own actions has brought me to conclude that I am sucking as a Christian, and can be way better living with a higher purpose than just my own selfish desires. But my sleep will have to be saved for the rest of the week, i mean there's 6 other nights, right? In this process I will continue praying that my husband will get his butt out of bed and be motivated (not grumpy) with me as well. As for today at church, husband stayed up (grumpy) last night putting the kid to sleep so i could catch up on the Z's. I was tired and i'll be honest, the hubby is really slacking having trouble finding a balance between work and home. I'm trying to be understanding. So that was last night. And today, we got up (me) got ready, woke up kid, gave him milk while i changed his clothing, got him hyped up for going to church (explaining ahead of time helps/prepares him for the moment of dropoff). We got there early, he had a cookie, we walked around, hung out in the kids room, he cried when i had to go, teacher carried him away to pick a dvd to watch (he was the first kid in), and i went into service. I picked him up after and teacher said he PEED with her!!! big step! that was a first he peed with someone other than family!! She didn't bring up anything else, so woo hoo great stay! Cute thing-- his friend from our weekly couples group was also in the room, i hadn't noticed his parents came in just behind me and my little dude was pointing at them and looking at his friend saying "your mommy here". AH so sweet. got a cookie and water on the way out and we left. God is so good Edit: All this "he had a cookie" talk was about my son, not my husband, he didn't get up to go with us this morning. Just to be clear....

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Hello out there!

I don't know how or why this happened.... but I have an actual group of followers. That's insane to me. I really only started this blog as an extra outlet for gushing about my son, and maybe relieving my close people's ears of it. ha, they've gotta get tired of it right? Anyway, the truth is that ever since I "lost" my camera during that stage of throwing everything in the trash/"helping mommy" that the kid went through then I just haven't been able to record the great things of his growth and life as I did his first year. We had the camera mostly for pix but it was MUCH easier to print them out and i was content with all of the shots. Now, using a crappy phone camera which I have to download somehow to the computer then upload to a website that prints them and mails them to me. Well the memory books were more full and satisfactory with those. SO much happens in the second year, developmentally. I feel like if I could catch up on the pix that I need to print, I would have 300+ prints!!! I think recording silly moments is easier for the blog. And i hope to catch them all, even though realistically I know it's not 100% possible. I cherish every single moment that happens and I never want to forget it. Some days I'll have 3 posts, other days I'll have no posts. Both could be for the reason of so many things happening, but the difference would be taking time away to actually type it all up on here. If it's something that really is amusing to the public and not just a proud mom bragging then great, enjoy! If it's something that really is too much and obnoxious, LOL, smell ya later. No probz ;) Point being, I need to record my business, no need for "likes" or "comments", there's no intention to connect/meet with people. I've already made clear there's no intent to share personal details/info. If a name slips then oops ya caught me, hehe. I'm open to give advice, my parenting was/is nothing "special" or from a book, other than plain and simple instincts. Some guidance from friends and leaders at church, and total credit to GOD for all the little details and getting me through it all. It's one thing to say that my parenting style was/is simplicity, positivity, and faith, but it's another thing to say that God totally led the way!!!!! I just find peace in Him. Parenting is NOT/ has NOT been easy, what with in-laws, extended family, finances, scheduling, "coparenting" (?) with my husband, and society. My eyes are up and my feet forward. So thanks for following, I follow for the reading and cute pix and relatable advice that you guys put up. So.... hello!

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This is my 9yo niece (bro just got here with his two youngest to visit for a bit), do u see what she's drawing? Remember learning this and thinking it was the coolest trick ever, lol I do!

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+1..... coming soon

So exciting news!!!! With this new business venture in progress, hubby and I have decided to start trying for #2 kiddo in December, Kiddo #1's bday month. I fully expect success in this new business and hubby is currently working two "good" jobs while I stay at home with Little Dude. Main goals before kiddo #2 arrival (a little over a year): make an income to replace hubby's second job, save up and move in to our own place, whether it be an apartment, town home, or house (currently we are in a basement). BTW, of course I put this on my blog to just finally get out the excitement that we have made these plans. I'm not telling family yet, which is hard because I love sharing everything with them. I'll tell them in December, most likely, because then we will be a lil more established with the process of this. I definitely want a second child now, but the only excuse has been financial struggle, and well that just sucks! So good thoughts and positivity would be appreciated, which is why we will wait before telling family (fam is skeptical of everything, whether they fully state it or just give a look,i know what they're thinking and I don't want all that) but totally being met on our part. I can't contain the nerves and excitement, so thank you tumblr for the mental release.

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cute night

Little dude was pretty good at our weekly couples group gathering (church group at a leader's home). His little friend is a Thomas fan as well and they each bring 2 trains every week to share with each other, usually my dude wants both, besflkjsdfcause lately the other kid has brought ones we don't have, so my dude gets excited to play with them and can't choose. Anyway they were leaving a little early and the dad kindly crouched down to ask for the train back and my dude handed it over to him without hesitation, it was awesome. Funny things that happened after we got home were: - Daddy was winding down with the kid while I caught up on a new work position** I started. Then I went to grab the kid to brush his teeth, go potty (oh crap, we didn't do potty part, lol but he peed just a minute before with daddy), etc. After he went to hug daddy and say "goodnight" he comes to me and says "Let's Go Gina". L to the OL. This is a reference to another post which explains that we all have nicknames from the kids show Wallykazam! it's pretty much amazing.... and so is my kid for randomly referencing it. - While brushing his teeth, as usual I gave him a chance to do it first (we got a new spinning brush, Thomas brand, of course) then I tilt his head back and brush his teeth myself. I distract him by saying "wow, let's clean the chicken, it's right there!" then start naming all the foods we ate throughout the day. Well tonight he said "and chocolate!" and i busted out laughing saying "what? who gave u chocolate?" and of course he replies "Daddy!". Hahaha, I forgot we had brownies for dessert after dinner tonight. That's what he meant. - Walking out of his room, after laying him down on his bed and the regular routine, I was closing the door (he began falling asleep with his light on again, after a few days of letting me turn it off, he requested it stay on again) and as usual saying goodnight to all his bedtime pals (tonight it was Thomas, Blu from Rio, Blankie, Bob Goblin/my kid, Cranky the Crane) and he always giggles and says "I not Bob Goblin, I _____". Then I closed the door and I heard him say "goodnight mommy, i love you". Gosh he's just the cutest!! I think that's all for now. goodnight!! ** I became an Independent Consultant for Jamberry Nails and before my official launch date, I've already gotten two buyers and booked two parties hosted by each of those buyers. Look into it and message me if you're interested or have questions. I think this is the trendiest, perfectest (yea i said typed it) product on the market for MOMMIES! I'm super excited to share this product with all my mommy friends, primarily, but also with every lady looking for a quicker, cheaper, easier, manageable way to stay cute and trendy. I love it, hopefully i find some followers on here that do too!! Anyone?

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My view right now :)

My sis brother in law is brave enough to have play doh in the house, okay, well he spoils his kid with unnecessary, cool, activity things… I think it’s an Amazon addiction, I don’t really know though.

So we get to visit and my little one benefits of the fun and I don’t need to clean up/step on little hard pieces and curse with my mouth shut, I mean, no, I don’t curse….. anyway Win-win

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World Cup issues...

Little man decided to come out of his room mid-nap to lay in my arms on the couch with 10 minutes left in the Brazil vs. Mexico game. Yes, it was precious, he fell back asleep cuddling with me on the couch, but I was so paranoid that he would hear my heart thumping and it would wake him. Anyway, 0-0 lame.

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A friendly reminder from Team Hyundai: Be very, very careful what you say around a FIFA World Cup fan.  Why? #BecauseFutbol [created by danielnyariillustrations]

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Fathers day

The kid was able to walk up to family members to say “happy fadder’s day. I love you” and hand them their gift/card with a hug and kiss.

ADORBZ!!! It was just perfection.

My dad got swim trunks, cuz he mentioned he didn’t have any and in the past years he wears some old soccer shorts that are not quite the right fit for him. Hubby’s dad got a Hawaiian type shirt, idk what material it really is, but it’s like thin, flowy, breezy, and khaki. He likes to chill in his back yard on the swing lounge chair or grill so it seemed like a good fit. Sister’s hubby got a card scribbled all over…. and I translated it lol. Oh my dad got one too. Hubby got a similar card. I got him a bracelet that hasn’t arrived yet, so we also got him a pack of new undershirts, very much needed. Hubby had a game this morning then we came home for kid’s nap time, watched the world cup game, a couple drinks, kid woke up, went to in laws to hug and chill and pretty much just show our faces, went to my parents’ for bbq food and ice cream cake, SUPER YUM! Hubby works overnight for an ad reset at his job.ugh.

Pretty much bedtime now.

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Poopy success story and night time issues

Kiddo is doing great, same routine with undies all day and diaper at night, poops have been going smoothly... figuratively. Number two's happen fine, just he pushes pretty hard and for a while and it come out in either tiny balls or a big ball made up of tiny balls. Haha. You're welcome for the image. But as for the diaper at night, I'm searching for how to let that go as well. I think when he pees at night it disturbs him. Last night he awoke at 4am crying, I sat on the chair next to his bed til he fell asleep, I got a lil shut eye too. He said "mommy?" a couple times to make sure I was still there. I just say "yes honey, go to sleep". This has happened the past few nights I guess. He awoke 1am, 3am, 4am, (each a different night of course) so it's hard to tell when he'll have to pee. The only advice I might go with is stopping all fluid intake after 5pm, and we'll see if that works. Another nighttime thing is that the past two nights he has asked to keep his light on right when I'm about to walk out of his bedroom. The lamp is pretty bright so I turn it off when I go to bed (after he's asleep)... we will probably get a night light type of deal, very dim. I would love to find those rotating ones, preferably with trains of course, but I've never seen them anywhere other than in movies. Anyway my kid is so cute hehe, duh.

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Cat or dog?

Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse this morning, and all of a sudden Pete starts rolling around playing with a ball of yarn.... I THOUGHT HE WAS A DOG THIS WHOLE TIME, I always did wonder, but after much studying of his behavior and actions I was set on the fact that he is a dog! IS HE A CAT?! He could be a playful doggy, but anyway he's huge so I just find it weird that he's a cat.....

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New undies

Ok, no shame, I totally bought unnecessary, kinda necessary, new undies for the kid! minions booty!!!!! And, uh, the kiddo was so happy about it, he loved it sooo much that... he is currently napping with the underwear pack. I tried to explain to him that I could have it washed and dried for when he wakes up so he can wear them today, but he wasn't havin it. Weirdo. I love my kid's skinny little butt.