Week in Pictures: Christmas/Moving/23rd Birthday

Ahh!! There is so much I have to write about this week! WARNING LONG POST AHEAD!!  I've been stuck to my camera like white on rice this week. (Haha oh god ) Waymon got me a Canon Rebel for Christmas and I've been attached to it, attempting to take pictures of everything and anything. He wanted me to have something I could use for the blog so that I wouldn't have to use my phone all the time. I freaked out when I opened it. I couldn't believe I was getting a camera so nice!! BEST PRESENT EVER!! 

We opened our presents up early because of our move. I can't complain about that! 

     Waymon and I got news last week that we got the house we wanted and have been packing frantically ever since.. Bahahaha if only that were true. The reality of it is that we intended to pack during the week to avoid the mad rush of things to pack in the end, but we procrastinated and started getting our asses into gear the night before we needed to be all packed and ready to go. Packing was extremely difficult for me this time around since I hit my 6 month mark last week. I felt awful going so slow with everything, but Waymon reminded me that I AM pregnant and that he didn't mind if we needed to take our time on packing and moving.

     I completely disregarded what he told me and I still felt like a piece of S@#% not being able to pack my apartment up in 2 days like I did the last apartment move. It took me a week and a half to pack what I packed in 2 days post pregnancy.  It depressed me a bit, but hey whatever... We hired movers this time around so that we both wouldn't have to struggle up and down 3 flights of stairs during our move out.
       The move was emotional for me since we spent a lot of time trying to tidy the place up before we officially moved in Saturday. We would stay a couple hours at a time getting cozy at the house and then go back to our small apartment to sleep at night D: So sad! I didn't want to leave the house after being in it during the day. I love the energy the new house had. *Que in your rolling eyes here since this pregnant girl had drama queen emotions moving week* All of the emotion except for excitement subsided as we moved in Saturday. It's a mess, but it's our mess. I still can't believe that we fit all of our stuff into a 2 bedroom apartment. All of our things fill up our 3 bedroom, tri-level home just fine. Thank you to everyone that helped us move. It was greatly appreciated and needed!!

24 week bare belly

      Christmas was during our moving week and we spent Christmas Eve with Waymon's side of the family and Christmas night with my mom. Going to Wadsworth for the holidays is always fun. We get to exchange gifts amongst ourselves and get to see all of the kids run around playing with each other. Christmas Eve, I baked sugar and chocolate chip cookies for the kids at the house. ( I would bake fattening goodies as my first thing I make at the new house.)  I gave in to temptation and ate some anyways... SHH! Don't tell. :) We ate Chinese food with my in-laws as we talked about little Miss Wells and watched football. We admired Bonnie as she was roaming the Wells' household. We can't believe how happy and good she looks. She's so spoiled, but she deserves it!  We exchanged gifts and revealed baby Wells' name to her grandparents. The reaction they both had was amazing and I wish I could've recorded it to watch over and over again. That was a priceless Christmas gift.

     After our exchange we went to see the rest of the family. We walked into a joyful house full of kids wanting to give everyone a million hugs. Waymon brought in the cookies and the kid's eyes widened with excitment while the adults asked for Miss Wells' name. The energy of the room could fill your heart with so much joy that you didn't want to leave, but unfortunately shortly after arriving  we had to leave since it was getting late.
     Christmas night with my mom was laid back and much needed. We were over at the house again just organzing some of the stuff we had already moved over. She brought over our gifts and food (YAY! Mommy!). We sat on the staircase and floor while we ate our pancit. After eating we left the house to go to back to the apartment since we had to work the next day :( BOO!
     My birthday rolled around and it didn't feel like my birthday until Waymon picked me up in our kitchen to wish me a happy birthday before work that morning. I'm seriously so blessed to have a good man. I had to work that day, but everything was so laid back that it didn't matter. We went to sushi for dinner and I was hoping that there was an entree that Waymon could eat. He didn't want to eat any of the listed entrees and decided to do an AYCE with me. YAY! We tried weird sushi together for the first time and he actually enjoyed it. Spicy Tuna roll killed us ! *damn you siracha!* But I was overjoyed and surprised that he actually ate sushi with me. I probably won't have him eat sushi every again, but I'm glad he came with.


Sweetest man ever

 After sushi, Stacy delievered my birthday cake. It was the most delicious ice cream cake EVER. Chocolate Caramel Pecan Ice Cream Cake with Vanilla Whipped Frosting!!!! (Are you drooling? You should be)  I've always wanted an ice cream cake for my birthday and I finally got one at 23. :) I can't complain. Thank God my best friend can bake and make my eating wishes come true!

Recap 2013/HAPPY 2014!!

   So many people have different resolutions during the new year whether it's to lose weight, make more money and etc. This year all I remember that I wanted to do is to make a change in my life. Make a change to be a better person all around to everyone and for myself. I wanted to inspire people and make a change.  I wanted it so that people would come to me to brighten up their day instead of making their lives miserable like so many people do these days. I wanted to make sure that I found my happiness in this life I was given.

I've spent so much of my teen years being negative because I thought that the world was completely against me. Of course, the latter never did me any good. I know shocker...
There is so much negativity in this world and I wanted /want to be the sliver of positivity among people. It's helped me so much just trying to think outside the box of the GOOD things in life instead of counting all of the bad. There is so much to look forward to in life when you count your blessings instead. I have so much to be grateful for in this life and I cannot even imagine a day that I would be ungrateful for all of those beautiful things.

  

     2013 brought me more insight in the person I am becoming, what I am capable of and who really does care about me in life. I've struggled for so long with friends. I've questioned which people  should stay and which should go and I can finally tell you who my best friend is in this world.
 The struggles I've dealt with this year don't even seem like struggles anymore. I've overcome my fears in the workpalce, physically and emotionally. I feel like a stronger person because of those struggles. I know that it's not the end of them just yet, but I am definitely more than ready to take on anything that is thrown my way.

I've learned to let go of what I can't control and let life take it's course. Some things in life are just better unplanned. I'm learning that I cannot plan every detail of my family's lives. Nothing is going to go my way and I'm okay with that finally. I'm finally happy with the unexpected gracing us with its' presence.  Life is beautiful with all the good, bad and the ugly that happens everyday. I remind myself everyday to look at the big picture: look at the bright side. There is always a bright side.
I no longer second guess myself in what I "think" I will be able to do. I make a plan, throughly process it through and tackle it head on. There is no point in "trying" to accomplish something when I know that I CAN DO IT. I know that no matter what I will get through any bump in the road that life may through at me with the support of my family; especially my supportive husband. All the tears and laughter of 2013 is going to make 2014 so much better that I can imagine.

2014 is going to be such an amazing year to say the least. As my family and I move on with our lives in our new home anxiously waiting for baby girl to arrive. We are ready to see what this new year has to offer us. We didn't expect our baby girl this year at all, but with all the love and support we are surrounded with we know that this is the best blessing we could've asked for. We are in shock of how many people this little girl can make smile even when she is still in the womb. It's amazing to me how loved she is when no one has seen her precious face yet. She's the one thing that makes 2014 so much more exciting as well as many more years to come. We want to grow from this point all for her and our girls. We knew that when we got married a year and a half ago that our life together would start before we knew it and it did. We knew that our family would expand at anytime and it did. We're ready for this upcoming year and many more. It'll all be written down for everyone to see too. That's a promise.

Happy 2014!

Ear of Corn Week- Merry Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

How far along? 24 weeks! Last picture at the apartment :( 

Total weight gain/loss:  132.4 this week! +2.2 lbs up from last week and an overall weight gain of +13.9. Damn you sugar cookies! At this point I'm good with gaining all this weight. I haven't been eating as healthy as I should be due to the holidays, but I know that baby girl is growing every day.

Maternity clothes? Maternity jeans! WOHOO!! I've worn shorts over my leggings this week though because we've been at the new house most of this week. I'm trying to stay as comfortable as possible :) I tried on my maternity tank top and I HATED it. So I don't think I'll be rockin that thing until later on. :)

Stretch marks? Nope! I had Waymon check for me too last night. :)

Sleep:  I'm hoenstly too antsy to sleep these days. I have so many things running through my head that I can't sleep. I've taken naps here and there to relax, but most of the time I'm on the go.

Best moment this week:

-Definitely fixing our home up:) It's nice to fix and clean everything before the movers start doing their thing this coming Saturday! Thank you to Stacy for helping earlier this week!! :)
-Spending time with our families for the holidays. We spend Christmas Eve with Waymon's side and Christmas with my mom. It was nice to finally reveal the baby's name to everyone in the family. I'm not ready to put it up on any social network yet, but I'm glad that everyone loves the name. Baby girl is becoming more real as we all call her by name :) All the kiddos were jumping on me for hugs too which made me feel so unbelievably loved ,

- Seeing my baby BonBon on Christmas Eve! She's so happy with Grandma and Grandpa. She's so perfect it's crazy . She's usually not lovey doves but she let mommy kiss and hug her for as long as I wanted to that night .
-I also got to see my little brother this week. It's always nice to see him. We've been so busy doing our own thing lately that we haven't gotten to see much of each other lately.

Miss anything? Nope:) I'm a happy pregnant lady.

Movement: Baby girl is kicking more and more each day. It's my favorite when she kicks daddy's hands when he holds my belly. (This is literally the first thing he does at 430 in the morning) *insert your "awes" here * He doesn't feel the kicks just yet, since he doesn't know what he is looking for. She's already such a sucker for him. We have that in common for Waymon.

Food cravings: COOKIES!! Can you blame me? It's Christmas afterall! I've strayed away from actual food this week since everything is disgusting.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Sass's box. EWWW!!! I can smell her litter box from a mile away :(

 

Gender: little miss wells 

Labor signs: oh No No No.

Symptoms: Blurred vision a little with my contacts, but other than that nothing really.

Belly button in or out? In!

Wedding rings on or off? On!!

Happy or moody most of the time: EXTREMELY HAPPY!

Looking forward to: MOVING ON SATURDAY!!! AHH!! I can't wait to move into our home and get H's room finally set up. My 23rd birthday and seeing my girl on that day too:) It'll be the best present ever! Also starting off the new year. 2014 is going to be an amazing year.

Week in Pictures| Stacy's birthday!

We celebrated my best friend's birthday with her family this week at Campo. I've got to say it's pretty much our "go-to" spot now for whenever we have a huge event in our lives come up. The food there is amazing!! If you're in Reno and haven't been here yet.. GO!!
 I am blessed to have a wonderful best friend along with an adopted set of parents to love me :) We had an early dinner to celebrate her 26th birthday. It was laid back and calm. It was nice to see Stace so happy on her day.
I seriously couldn't have asked for a better friend. She's one of the only people I know that share my pain in having a December birthday.. we only get 1 present for both days . It sucks but we've promised each other that we'd remember each other's birthdays even if everyone else in the world forgot:) I got her a card on her birthday since we aren't exchanging our BIRTHDAY/CHRISTMAS gifts until ... ha someday .

Birthday girl with Mom & Dad

The family<3

And of course... how could I forget the food?!?!?  

Soup of the day : Asian squash soup

Stace's Campo pizza

Pasta special for me

Chocolate Tart with pumpkin brittle and mousse *still drooling

Birthday girl's favorite dessert: Caramel Bundido 

Other than Stace's birthday Waymon and I hung out at home with Sass. I know I know what else is new? He got to catch up on his montages. By the way if you haven't checked it out yet please do so! It's pretty cool to see my talented husband put up his work. I had absolutely no idea how much went into video editing. He's fascinated by the entire process and I have to say I enjoy watching him edit. He's passionate at the product he's creating. It's definitely his new hobby. All his friends cheer him on and I'm right behind him, even if I don't understand the game or editing fully:) 

http://www.youtube.com/user/ndnXWaymon/videos 

I also go to finish up my Christmas shopping! *sigh of relief* Everything is wrapped and ready to go for everyone next week. I'm pretty excited on that part. Christmas is so stressful for me since I have to keep secrets from people... especially Waymon. I hate it! Sass and I diligently wrapped the presents and cleaned up our mess in the living room. I apologize in advance for any of the kitty claw marks on the wrapping paper... that was Sass. My house is still a mess from us not doing much of anything else this week, but we kinda like it that way. Each of us is content with our messes ;) We've been working like crazy since everyone has been hit by the snow, but we're more than happy to spend time at work.

Sass playing "Hide-n-Seek" with Daddy

Trying to capture her "sweet" moment ;)