Who would have imagined what 2020 had in store of the entire world. Not just you, me, a few people in Europe and the Caribbean, but the entire world. Some days I still can't completely grasp everything that is happening. From not seen my mother in over a month to not leaving my house for several weeks now. It's heartbreaking y'all. Is this the new norm? How much longer will this last? Social distancing is no joke. There's so many things that I miss doing. Granted, I am a homebody. I would chose a night in any day over going out but even I have had enough of this virus. I guess it's a different story when you suddenly lose control of deciding if to stay in or go out and are rather mandated to stay home.
You're probably wondering what I mean when I say I haven't left my house? Am I not a nurse? An essential worker? Well my friends, I am currently a stay at home mom who is homeschooling her children. Ha! 2020 has definitively been full of surprises. But that's a story for another post.
So. Life lately amidst being quarantined.
We have been in our new home for six months now and guys, we are loving it. There were some "damn it!" moments for sure over the time frame but we are slowly turning this house into our home and updating it to make it feel warm, welcoming, and a little more us. I will be sharing some pictures real soon.
Hubby and I celebrated 8 years of marriage last June. What a journey. I'm not going to lie, somedays I just want to put him outside with all 150 pairs of shoes but I couldn't imagine a life without him and his beautiful smile. The shoes though, that's a different story.
And me? well I'm another year older and ten pounds heavier. I still haven't figured out if it's part of the baby weight or just effects of being in quarantine. I guess we will find out eventually. I would like to say that I'm little wiser these days but I might be biased.
Other than that we've been pretty chill at home. Enjoying our blessings under the circumstances. Adjusting to the new way of living and praying that it will soon be over or at least hoping that soon enough we can start doing the things we once enjoyed and kept us sane. Until then it will be lots of family bonding time and missing the rest of our families and friends.
there's plenty of time for blogging.
WOW! It's been a while friends. A pretty long while. I have missed this. I have missed reflecting on my life through words and documenting life as it passes right by me. Unfortunately, Covid-19 had to happen for me to realize once again that life is so precious and way too short. Our days are truly numbered friends and we don't really know at what number our life will end.
Hence why I am back. I was reminded of how important it is to be grateful for every day that we get the opportunity to wake up with a beating heart and air in our lungs. I was reminded on why I picked up a mouse and keyboard many years ago. I have loved documenting pieces of my journey here, even if only a handful of the earth's population find me on my little corner of the world wide web. It was never my in thoughts to grow in popularity, I wanted to document my life. Simple as that. And hoped that some day my children and grandchildren find my words and enjoy reading a glimpse of my life.
So I have vowed to continue doing that. To document my life and post at least once a week. All the adventures, all the frustrations, all the happy and not so happy moments because that is what my life is made of. A little bit of everything.
It's nice to be back. I have so much to catch up on!
WOW! It's been a while friends. A pretty long while. I have missed this. I have missed reflecting on my life through words and documenting life as it passes right by me. Unfortunately, Covid-19 had to happen for me to realize once again that life is so precious and way too short. Our days are truly numbered friends and we don't really know at what number our life will end.
Hence why I am back. I was reminded of how important it is to be grateful for every day that we get the opportunity to wake up with a beating heart and air in our lungs. I was reminded on why I picked up a mouse and keyboard many years ago. I have loved documenting pieces of my journey here, even if only a handful of the earth's population find me on my little corner of the world wide web. It was never my in thoughts to grow in popularity, I wanted to document my life. Simple as that. And hoped that some day my children and grandchildren find my words and enjoy reading a glimpse of my life.
So I have vowed to continue doing that. To document my life and post at least once a week. All the adventures, all the frustrations, all the happy and not so happy moments because that is what my life is made of. A little bit of everything.
It's nice to be back. I have so much to catch up on!
Last year on the first Monday of October I started my job as a registered nurse. I had sat for my nclex the Friday before and on Sunday I paid $8 for the “unofficial” results. If someone would have told me all that was about to happen in the year to follow I wouldn’t have believed it.
I had an extremely easy transition from working as a nurse’s aid to working as a nurse. In November we found out we were pregnant. In December we traveled to California to welcome the new year with family. A few months of planning a dream trip and by April we were headed to Paris and Barcelona. After many months of being pregnant and not knowing the gender we gave birth to a healthy and adorable baby boy in July. In September we bought a beautiful and spacious home that met about 90% of our must haves. And by the first Monday of October of the following year, after taking nclex, we had moved into our new home and I returned to work after 12 blissful weeks of maternity leave. To say that I feel beyond blessed is an understatement.
It amazes me how much can happen in just one year. I know that it won’t always be like that. That just like there is a time for blessings there’s also a time for lessons. And trust and believe that I have had my fair share of lessons so it feels so good to finally see those lessons get rewarded. I had dreamed of this year so much and now that it’s finally here I can’t help but to feel grateful to my Heavenly Father for not forsaking me. Many times I thought these blessings would never come yet here they are.
Oh God, thank you so much for showing me favor and grace. I want to cherish this season of life for as long as it lasts. After all,
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?”
Matthew 6:25-27 NLT
My heart haven’t been any more joyful than in this season of life.
🙏🏽
My sweet Christian,
You are two month young already and my mommy heart is so full of love. We believe that you will be the last baby in this home and I want nothing more than for time to pass by as slow as possible because I want to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour with you. Baby boy I will never be able to express in words how happy I am that you are ours.
Being a mommy to your big brothers I felt prepared to welcome you, love you, and care for you just as I did for them but you have surprised me so much in so many ways. You are perfect in every way Christian. Day after day you seized to amaze me. How did I ever wish for a baby girl when God knew that you were exactly what we needed, what I needed.
Your first week home was both a beautiful bliss and a challenge as we struggled to adjust to life with a newborn, breastfeeding correctly, and making sure your big brothers didn’t feel left out but also being super protective of you. We came home shortly after twenty four hours and you started to lose weight rapidly. You dropped to 6lbs 3oz from 6 lbs 14oz and being that you weren’t back at your birth weight at one week old brought many concerns. It literally took two full weeks for you to gain weight and still you were a few ounces shy of your birth weight. We were very close to having to start you on formula which brought some sadness to me. Thankfully that was not necessary.
As the weeks went on and you and I bonded and worked on perfecting our feeding sessions things got easier. You for the most part had your own little schedule. I didn’t catch on to it till you were far into your fourth week. You fed every two hours and woke up twice over night. You were sleeping up to four hours stretches which was awesome but not too good due to the weight issue. You literally only cried when you were hungry or had a dirty/wet diaper.
By the start of your second week of life your belly button stump had fallen out. And by week three you were out on a bout ride. I didn’t take you out much. The heat was insane so we spent a lot of times indoors. You take 3mls of milk when I feed you via bottle, which by the way you are a champ and taking both the bottle and breast.
Your brothers are head over hills for you. They love you so much Christian, if you only knew. They both come running as soon as you start to cry and they demand I hold you, feed you, change you, or just make you stop crying ASAP! Not because they’re annoyed but because the can’t stand to see you cry regardless the reason. It is both the cutest and most frustrating thing because they don’t give me a chance to figure out which of the above is the reason that you are crying for. But I get it. They love you just as much as I do.
Your daddy is head over hills for you too. I love watching him interact with you. He seriously is the perfect daddy. I couldn’t have picked a better daddy for you and your brothers.
You are the youngest on both sides of the family and you have won everyone over. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. They all love you so much and come visit you all the time. It has been a busy month for sure.
You love to be taken out to the porch and being rocked on the swing. You are super alert and love looking at your surroundings. Bath time is another favorite. You would cry at first but after several baths you just lay there loving the water. You dislike being put in your car seat and car rides are a hit or miss. You like the car ride for the list part, is being in the car seat that you are not to fond of. You spend a lot of time on my chest. Many of your naps are spent there. Grandma says to stop letting you nap on me, that I’m spoiling you but I can’t help it. I know how fast this stage goes by and I don’t want to miss a second of it. So I’ll deal with those bad habits because they will soon be short lived.
At your one month check up you were 9lbs 1oz and 22in long. You got a vaccine and you were not happy about it. And everything else was great. Oh and can I just say how much you resemble your brother Adrian at your age! You two are like twins, seriously.
Happy One month baby boy. We love you so much and are so excited to have you be the missing piece to our puzzle.
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