13 posts tagged “ana”

ahh! I always forget to cross post over here. I'm so sorry...

Whenever Sofia starts to fuss and I know she's ready for a nap, I have this little routine I do with her. I hold  her against me cheek to cheek and I sing to her while I pace back and forth or rock her in place. I sing whatever comes to my head. I love to sing to her "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston. LOL! She likes it! She just listens to me in a daze and smiles in return sometimes. I wonder if she understands the words? LOL Not very age appropriate but ah well... she digs it! haha [edit] Hubby just heard me playing this song and he's like, "You playing her song?" haha! See? I sing it to her so much it's become just that. Her song. She knows Mommy sings it to her. =) [/edit]

I don't know if anybody's done this before... I always see these home beauty remedies in magazines telling you to put this and that on your face... so ONE day... a LONG LONGGGGG time ago [because I've been doing this for years], I thought, "Why not put a mask of honey on my face and steam it at the same time?" I remember when I was a little girl, I'd see my Mom hovering over the stove with a towel over her head steaming her face. Her way of giving herself a facial! So... I've done the steam thing too for EVER but I

decided to add the honey one day... and O.M.G., you guys... it WORKS! It makes your skin sooooooooo soft and it leaves it glowing. NO JOKE! Try it. What I do is I usually wait to do it AFTER I get out of the shower since my skin is still moist and damp. I fill up a small pot with water and let it come to a boil. Once it's boiling, I turn it off, transfer the hot water to a deep bowl and with my hair still wrapped in a towel, I hover my face over the hot water for 5 minutes. Oh! Forgot to add, get an EXTRA towel to trap all the hot steam and hot air close to your face! Make sense? I put that other towel over my head while I'm leaning over the hot steam... and make sure and keep any hot steam or hot air from escaping. 5 minutes is all I can take... I get impatient sitting there with a towel over my face... LOL In complete darkness! haha! But I swear, your skin will feel great! I guarantee it! *wink*

private! Or at least, only for my hood to see. I thought about it long and hard and I've decided I'll feel more comfortable

that way! =) Besides, the people that only comment on my pregnancy entries are either family or peeps in my hood. It'd be really neat if Vox would let us create our own list of filters. For example, create a list of people I only want to allow to read my pregnancy stuff... huh?! LOL Anyway... just a heads up for those stalkers. haha.
 

for maternity clothes was this weekend. And let me tell ya, my experience was AWESOME! Hubby and I decided it was time to go get me my first maternity outfit. I'm squeezing into my pants now. And now I just look fat because they dig into my belly and my waist. Lately, I live in my pj's or workout clothes. LOL Because they're stretchy ya know? But that's not cute to wear when your hubby wants to take you out to eat a nice dinner! LOL I will admit I have dressed in my workout clothes when we went out for dinner but I really had no other choice. haha! It's all good... I could care less what people think. I got a baby in the oven... =)

Anyway... we decided to go to this one store called, "Destination Maternity". We'd seen it along the freeway for a long time. Even before I WAS pregnant and I always thought, "I wonder what that is? pfffrrrrttt... I'll probably never get to shop there... " And look at me now! God blessed us and that was the place we went to shopping for maternity clothes. When we first got there, I had to go Peeeee really baddddddddd... Pregnant ladies have to pee about 100 times a day! haha. Ok, well maybe not that many times but it sure feels like it! I told my Hubby, "They HAVE to have bathrooms in there! it's a store for pregnant women! I'd be shocked if they don't!" And as soon as we walked in, this girl working there walked to the door to greet us and offered us something to drink. "Water or Juice?", she asked. LOL I was shocked! WOW. That's a first! When do you walk into a store and they ask you if you want something to drink!? haha. I kindly refused but asked if they had any restrooms there. She smiled and led me to them. *sigh* What a relief that was! I emptied my bladder and by the time I got out, hubby had a few outfits picked out for me already! hahaha. That was cute... I tried on almost all his choices. He knows me too well but a few I knew wouldn't fit right.

I ended up taking an outfit that he picked out. I love it! It's some comfy jeans which I can wear as I get farther along and I get a bigger belly and a cute summery, white tank top. He also found a little calendar type book for me to keep track of my doctor's appointment stuff, like ultrasounds, tests, etc. Very cute! We took that too. The store is like disney world for pregnant ladies. They offer free classes too to pregnant couples. We might have to look into that. They looked interesting. They have everything from maternity clothers, undergarments, sleepwear, lotions, books and even nutrition bars! All specifically made for women! I bought a nutrition bar called, "Belly Bar". Delicious! We found them online and plan to buy me a box to snack on. =)

Anyway... it was awesome shopping for  maternity clothes for the first time. I didn't realize how expensive maternity

clothes were but I also didn't realize how cute maternity clothes CAN be. They had bathing suits there too. Once out base pool opens up, I'll have to go buy me one! *hehehe*  After shopping there, we headed to the big mall to get some stuff at bath & body works... Hubby needed some new running shoes and I had run out of my favorite perfume so we stopped at Sephora to get a bottle. OMG... I love this perfume... smells just like baby... =)

I wanted to surprise my good friend, Mayra, today and I created for her HER own personalized Vox Banner. I hope she likes it or ELSE! [Ana cracks her knuckles] HAHA! Just kidding, Mayra! I'm so proud of this one, I actually was tempted to keep it! bwahahahaha... Really! I was... but no... I started it with the idea of making it for her, so this is specially made for her. I can't be an Indian giver! Think she'll like it?! *yawwwwwn* Allright peeps... I'm going to bed... I took forever on this banner! I need to go to bed because I got my doc's appt in the morning... see how the baby is doing! Night peeps!

haha! Don't they look tasty!? Ok... maybe not, but the skittles do! *tehehe* I bought a bag of skittles the day we went to watch, "300" and I had some leftover so when it was time to refill my pill box, I threw a skittle in each one! bwahahaha A skittle a day doesn't hurt! *giggles*

In case you're wondering what each pill is, let me tell ya. The little flat green pills are the estriodol pills. I have to take them twice a day to help keep my uterus nice and thick for the baby. The big FAT yellow pill is the prenatal vitamins they give me at the hospital. The red gelly pill is a new pill I'm trying out for the baby. They gave me a small box of "Expecta Lipil" by Enfamil at our OB orientation appointment last week. It's a DHA supplement that helps with the development of the baby's eyes and brain. I only got 6 pills in the box but I might just go and buy some more. They didn't make me feel sick or anything so I might continue to take them... and the colorful pills you see are none other than [Tropical flavored] Skittles! Makes it a little more fun! *hehehe* Anyway... this is what I'm taking daily... What fun, huh!? Before I got pregnant I was so bad at taking vitamins and stuff but now, I am doing it all for the baby... *wink*

Wow... I just wanted to make a special post to all of those people who left me a comment on my prior entry about our first ultrasound. I'm sorry the clarity on the ultrasound image didn't come out very good but our camera doesn't zoom in very well.You can definitely see a baby in there though! =) Thank you guys again sooooo soooooo much for the lovely comments. It really means a lot to us and we feel all 'du luv! We really do. Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU! =) 

So yesterday I had my first "morning sickness" feeling. I've been feeling nauseous for a long time now but not to the point where I was dry heaving and running to the bathroom with my  hand over my mouth! And it sucks because once I get to the bathroom, I don't throw up... it's just that NASTY feeling like I have to. Grrr... I had it a few minutes ago too... it got so bad, I had tears running down my eyes! It's not fun. But I guess that's a good sign? =/

Yesterday the hubby and I went to the store and bought me some bagels, cream cheese and some other goodies [cravings] for me to eat when I do get hungry. I had half a bagel this morning. So I'm eating better. Let's just hope it stays down and this throwing up/morning sickness skips this pregnant woman! LOL Other than that, been very tired...
*le sigh* Tomorrow's my first OB appointment... I'll let you know how that goes too. =)

I had someone PM me yesterday here on VOX. I won't say who, unless that person would like to reveal him/herself publicly. But the email said:

So many readers?

Wow. You really have a lot of readers reading your blog..Do you know them all? Are they frequent vistors to your blog or are they mostly random readers?

 

How come you get so many people reading your blog? *Astonished*

 

Nice blog, by the way.

I miss my Mom. It's been about a year now since I last saw her. I was actually in California with her and the family around this time last year. I'd been there since before Christmas. So I got to spend a few months with her. So maybe that's why I miss her so much. That, and I might be PMS'ing [that's if I'm NOT pregnant]. You know how I was bitching about having CHEETOS? What would have really made me feel better would have been a BIG LONG hug from my Mommy. I would have probably cried like a baby too... I'm trying not to let this whole wait for my pregnancy test get to me. I really am. But the more I try to think about it and the more I try to prepare myself for disappointment, the more sad I get. I think a long hug from my Mom and a rub on my back with her hand would make a lot of sadness go away....

It's funny because my Mother and I have become closer than we've ever been ever since I got married and moved out of the state. It's almost like the distance brought us closer if you will.... Make sense? Growing up, Mommy and me didn't really get along. I think that had to do with the fact that she was a VERY young Mother and single. [She was 17 years old when she had me]. She went through so much in life. We both "grew up" together you know what I mean? Little did I realize that back then though. Back then I just knew she was older than me and that was that. But now that I'm pushing 30, MY GOODNESS! I totally understand. I'm still growing and developing myself. No wonder we both clashed so much...

Anyway, now we're as close as can be. We understand each other and we display a LOT of love for each other. Something we weren't too used to doing when I was younger. It seems like I always felt like she didn't understand me and had something "against" me. But I totally understand now. Anyway... I  miss her. And I want to see her. I hope I can go visit sometime soon or towards the end of the year. *sigh* [Ana says in a baby tone: "I want my Mommy!"]
This picture was taken sometime in 2005 when she came down to visit us for a few days. We were eating downtown at Mi Tierra. =)