iron man

i got iron.... good iron combined with an insane amount of b12 that my friend brook suggested and seriously the difference is night and day. i thought i either had cancer, thyroid issues or was pregnant. i mean i was waking up every morning feeling like i had a hangover, i was tired all day to the point that i would fall asleep in the afternoon on accident (after having more than 8 hours of sleep most nights), and my hair started falling out (put my pregnancy fears to rest). gnarl. i was ready to stop on the side of the highway, jump over the barbed wire fences and bite right into a live cow. luckily now, i wont have to do that. i had decided that if these pills didnt make a significant difference in a week i would somehow bring myself to eat a steak, this did not appeal to me in any way especially while watching a grocer man handle a raw slab of beef in front of me the other day. i dont know how i would/will be able to cook raw flesh myself. hopefully it will never come to that. anyway, im sooo much better im sleeping well, i feel rested when i wake up, i didnt even take a nap yesterday! its crazy to feel like a normal person again, i had forgotten what it was like.

also i went and hung out with a new mom friend and her kids and it was super great for me. i really like her and it was adorable how much her older son and arabella liked each other.... he kept calling her 'your girl' to me. she wasn't wearing a diaper and i was afraid she would forget to tell me if she had to go because we were in a new place, she was playing and might be nervous in front of him... when he ran out onto the stairs and said 'um excuse me your girl... she's peein in my room' haha.. woooops.

then he drew some pictures with chalk outside and one was 'me, your girl and a heart'...

then she snuck into their pantry and found some scrumptious cereal and he let us know... 'excuse me, my new sister (pause for laughs from us) i mean... your girl.. she got into that cereal i love'.

it was really nice to hang out with another mom, since i haven't since i've been down here and since i like her as a person, not just a fellow mom.

i haven't written on here lately, because i've had nothing to say, except talk about how sad i've felt... and i didn't want to write about that anymore. i think the whole being excessively tired and lacking in nutrients is what has been making me so depressed and irritable... anyway the past week before the iron has been the worst so far, i was starting to feel like i couldn't and shouldn't get out of bed i dont feel that way now. things are looking up.

new

seth made me a new blog this weekend. because i was so sick of my old one i could barely breathe. so here it is!

if you cheat by reading my blog in google reader... get wild today and actually come to my blog.


also... i just have to add in some arabella crazy brain in here..

this morning while she was on the toilet seth was asking her what kind of animal different people were... here is what she said...

mama 'black sheep' um.. cool.
kevin 'dog'
jeremy 'tiger'
papa and si 'cow'
brook 'goat'
matt 'owl'
joel 'not a family man' --- i have no idea.
corinne 'lady'

beach days are my favorite.

starbucks toilet.

that's where my phone was yesterday.

i bent over to wipe ara with my purse over my shoulder and it fell out and into the toilet.

i just stood there for like a minute trying to decide if i should stick my hand in and get it or just leave it.. i knew it was broken, no question. i dont have insurance on it, and insurance would not have covered that anyway. i got it out.

so, if i know you in real life.... email me your number.

ibloomblaum@hotmail.com


i wont have a phone for the next few days... and when i do, i'll have a new number... so dont even try to call me or text me suckkkas!!!

my sweet nola.

here are some fun facts about nola...

1. she is ALWAYS cold. if its 80 outside and she's wearing anything less than long sleeves and pants she'll have cold limbs and goosebumps.

2. she has worn pajamas every day since she was born, except for christmas she wore a real outfit and i think two other times.

3. she has the best breath in the morning but when i un swaddle her, she smells gnarly... yet there's never anything in her diaper. she's a tooter.

4. she loves to bite, hates pacifiers. she gnaws on my hand like crazy.

5. shes a very good sleeper and she sleeps in very late.

6. she is mellow and sweet.

7. she's already ticklish.

8. her laugh sounds exactly like her cry.

9. she's obsessed with being swaddled very very tightly.

10. her toes are so long they can wrap half way around my pinky.



maybe its because i know i'll never have another baby, or maybe its because i know what its like to have a two year old... but i really really appreciate her baby-ness. i feel like i enjoy her being a baby a lot more than i did ara... i dont take for granted the things about her that are easy and laid back.. i just enjoy them. i'm not in a rush to see what she will be like when she's old or to hear her voice or see her walk. i like who she is right now. this morning we were all awake and she was still asleep, like every morning, and i just couldnt wait to see her precious smile. its crazy how her smile means something totally different to me than ara's because even though they're both my daughters, they are not the same. they are two totally different people that i love in their different ways.

i'm so thankful for what she means to me and how dearly i love and appreciate her. i was so afraid that i couldn't love another child, especially when i wasn't ready to have another... but i proved myself wrong. i am blown away everyday by the massiveness of my love for her. i not only love her but i just really like her baby personality, she is already so different from ara and its nice to have variety... hahaha. she is not spicy at all. she is pure sugar. im in love.

and yes those red marks are more bite marks from the big girl. sad.

i want.

this junior high boy

more

seriously its official.

she took a nap today without a diaper on.

and didnt wake up wet .


i'm just in shock. i mean didn't i write like last week about her hating the toilet!??! what the heck? i'm so happy.

also, i just asked her where she wants to go cause i wanna go out and do something and she was like 'i wanna go downtown' and i was like 'um.. we live far away from downtown now' and she said 'i wanna go in the car to downtown...'

sorry kiddo... by the time we get there... wed have to come right back!