My Little Fashionette

It seems like blogging late Friday night is starting to become a habit. It's when my little one is sleep and I can snag a little bit of free time for myself before I go to sleep.

My knee is starting to feel better.  I took my brace off yesterday over frustration.  It was so uncomfortable and I got sick of having to wear the same pair of jeans over and over in order to be able to have my leg fit into something.  J suggested I wear them on top of my pants but I was not trying to look like a back-up dancer.

I got my Wii Fit in the mail and did some today... then my knee popped. So I figured I'd better shelve that idea and break it out sometime next week.  I'm not trying to go through the whole dislocated knee debacle again. 
We got Zo's 6 month pictures taken. I absolutely LOVED her dress. It's Carters and it came with tights that looked like she had on shoes. (Perfect for me because I really don't do babies in shoes.)  After I got her all dressed, I cried because I thought she was so cute.  ****HORMONES**** (that's my story and I'm sticking to it.)  She was goofy and giggling all up to the time we walked in Sears Portrait Studio.  But once we got in there you would've thought someone put her on mute.  The only way we got her to smile was to tickle her.  I managed to snap some once we got home. I left on her blue jean jacket because I thought she was stylish.  My friend deemed her the little fashionette.

Do you LOVE???

My husband, cousin, her husband, and her brother, and I are auditioning for Family Feud tomorrow morning!!!!  How crazy is that?  I've never known a person on a game show and I am seriously addicted to watching it on the weekdays.  I'll let you guys know how it goes. Wish us Luck!

This Week In...

1.  I'm still hobbling around but it's getting better.  At least today, I can bend my knee.  You guys should've seen me going up and down these stairs (I live on the top floor).  A Hotmess dot com.  I got an MRI today. Thank GOD it wasn't like this time.  My husband was out in the waiting room with Zo and the technician led me to a room and had me lay on this table. This time, the machine only hovered around my waist to foot area, which helped my claustrophobia. I was trying to think about what I could do to occupy myself for 40 minutes and the next thing I knew, he woke me up and told me we were all done.  I'll find out the results next week.

2.  Zo had her 6 month doctor appointment and shots this week. Ever since then, she's doing too much!  Crying for nothing, fake crying, throwing her back out.  Just acting like someone else's child.  Guys, she got me today with that fake cry.  First off, it sounds just like her real cry so when she does it, I run to her (yep, I'm still doing that! lol)  Today, I was in the bathroom finishing up my hair and she was on the futon in the living room, playing on her toy... well, she starts fake crying and I waited a good minute or two to teach her a lesson... and she does it again.  I come around the corner and I see her staring at the doorway like she's saying, "You need to get it together Mama."  Too much!   We get her pics taken tomorrow so pray about that, my kid's attitude is unpredictable.

She's 26 inches and 14.6 lbs.  Her doctor is great because she didn't make me feel bad because Zoe is still sleeping with us, she admitted that she did it with her kids... but she did warn me that unless we want Zo to sleep with us for the next few YEARS, we needed to transition her now.  Welp, that was all the scare I needed.  I've been trying to transition her but when she wakes up in the middle of the night crying, I don't hold up to it.  I'm so dang on tired that I just throw her in our bed so I can go back to sleep.  #mommyFail

3.  Another #mommyFail, I didn't share with you guys- last month, my child rolled off the couch.  I felt soooo bad so I kept that one to myself.

4.  Miami is August 3. I've been buying candy and sweets like I'm hoarding them in fat camp. I don't know what my issue is... Aunt Flo may be around the corner, I don't know the schedule for it since she's only visited once since I've had Zo.  But I need to get it together. I need an intervention.  We are going to get this Wii Fit tomorrow but a lot of good it's doing me with this knee issue. Why America, Why?

PHOTO OPS, PHOTO OPS:

This picture warms my heart.  This was the night my knee was realllly messed up.  I was laying on the couch with it propped up and my husband took care of the dishes. Zo was acting a natural fool, crying for no reason, so he strapped her to his chest.  I melt.  (P.S. He told me I better not post it on FB, but he didn't say anything about the bloooooo- oooogggggg)

I put Zo in a skirt for the first time since the summer... I just love how juicy her little leggies are.

Take care chicos and chicas!

Accident Prone

Ok, Jay you are right, I admit it... I'm a little accident prone. I'm always bumping into something, kicking something, fighting the corner of the wall, etc.

Sunday took the cake.

We dressed up for church, which NEVER happens. I go to one of those cool, new age churches were jeans are cool and I pretty much wear jeans or leggings every Sunday.  I finally got used to doing it, after being at a church for 27 years where jeans were NEVER allowed and you may even get the side eye for not wearing pantyhose (but that's neither here nor there).

Zoe was in her swing, all dressed up and cute and my hubs was in the living room half dressed.  I was in the bathroom with my dress on and I was teetering on my left leg, trying to put my right foot into my stockings. Well, someway, somehow, my right knee came out of the socket.  I crumpled and when I did it popped back and I just laid there.

My husband yells, "what the heck Sunny?" And he continued to get dressed (I could see him).

I am still laying there, grabbing my thigh, saying, "my kneee, my knee."  Then I  took a break from whimpering and yelled, "Ummmm, you think you want to come check on your wife?"  (SUCKA!)

So he finally comes (he thought it was a not-so-serious situation since I'm always hurting myself, he said) and helps me off of the floor.

My knee is in hella pain but we are all dressed up and  I REFUSE for these efforts to be in vain.  So we  go on to church, I am hobbling... I had to scratch wearing heels, screwing up my whole fly and fabulous look.  I couldn't carry my daughter or anything.

Fast forward to today,  I went to an orthopedic doctor and got a ton of blood drained from my knee, I'm in a knee brace. I have to go get an MRI Friday, and see my doc again next week.

All for the sake of trying to be cute.  HMPH

Product Review: The Honest Company

I saw Jessica Alba on a few talk shows last week promoting her new venture The Honest Company.  It's a product line for little ones that has 100% natural ingredients.

Now, I'm the first to admit, I'm not the mom who swears by organic.  Not for any specific reason besides the stuff is expensive, and I don't really know what to buy since I haven't researched specifically organic products.... All of that aside, after I heard her speak about the line, I was intrigued.

I went to the website and saw that they offer a free trial and all you have to pay is the $4.95 shipping. Win-Win!!!!

We got the products today:

Included were:

• Honest Laundry Detergent
• Honest Healing Balm
• Honest Face and Body Lotion
• Honest Shampoo and Body Wash
• Honest Hand Soap

I was leery about the shampoo as a black woman.  It's no secret that some shampoos aren't designed for "our" hair type, but I used it anyway.  First off, it smells perfect. The scent is "sweet orange vanilla," so she kind of smells like a creamsicle Popsicle.  It left her hair feeling super moisturized.  As you've heard me talking about before, I have been searching for a product for my baby girl because Zoe's hair soaks up moisture. It always looks dry.  After washing, I noticed her hair was noticeably softer and it was very easy to comb through.  (oops! I forgot to take a picture of it and now she's asleep!)  The true test of this product will be what her hair looks like when she wakes up in the morning, but as of right now, I love it.

I also used it on her  body and her skin felt baby soft.  It doesn't lather up but neither did the Johnson's body wash (which I haven't used since her first few months of life due to her eczema).  This time, I only used the healing balm which was thick.  But in my opinion, thick is good. She has dry skin just like her mama and I always go for the products that make me look like an oil slick. Although she doesn't look greasy,  the texture was thicker than the Aquaphor but it was easy to rub in. 

Even though I've only used this product once, I recommend you try it.  They have a long list of items offered, including diapers.  I'm interested to see if they have any effect on improving my daughter's skin.  She's been breaking out under her neck and the creases of her elbows and behind the knees, all eczema related. I'll keep you posted!

Wednesday Update: Zoe's skin was still baby soft when we woke up this morning.  I usually put more Aquaphor on her even when I don't give her a bath (she gets a bath every other day), but I didn't feel like I needed this morning.  Her hair still looks great too!

Ghetto Fabulous

Hey dolls! I want to formally thank you all for the encouragement on my last post.  I was really going through it.  There has been some sunshine, so now my mood is better- my husband got hired on full time!!!!  His temp assignment was to end this Friday and before then, they had been letting them go home early which means, shortened check.  So many people at the job vouched for him (and I am so thankful for them) and put in good words, so he got hired on permanently in another department.  The power of "Who You Know" is real!

My husband called me Ghetto Fabulous on Thursday. That's what we call the people who BALL OUT around tax time. 

I met a friend for lunch and it was such a beautiful day out that I didn't want to go home and sit in  the house, so me and the little one went to the mall.  We were supposed to go just to look, but I purchase things that I couldn't afford. I got frustrated because my husband and my child have clothes for days and my closet looks like Cinderella's before the Fairy Godmother.  And I had a moment.  I looked down at the jeans I was wearing that had a hole between the thighs and I said eff'it! 

The Limited was having a sale of an extra 40% of clearance items so I got two pairs of dark jeans and three shirts for $50.  Plus I bought three belts in New York and Company which were $2.99.  Then I got two pairs of flats $24.99 a piece in my new after preggars size of a 9, shown below.

And then I kindly asked him to let me reimburse myself for those expenses when we get our taxes back, allegedly this week. (We always use taxact.com, by the way.)

For cuteness sakes

Dejected

God is on my side, I KNOW He is... but sometimes the cares of the world can make me feel it.  I didn't get the job that I interviewed for here.  My husband is working like a Hebrew slave to support us.  I've only gotten two job interviews in the almost two years I've been unemployed.

To my husband, I am the reigning champ for positivity and faith but sometimes those negative, human thoughts find their way into the back of my mind. 

My husband and I again brought up moving to another state.  It's terrifying and Friday night, I was up at midnight, freaking out about sending my resume to Atlanta.  I mean, what if they actually called me?  I emailed my friend Interior Intensive because she's been in this situation.  Like me, it's her, her husband, and their daughter, and they also uprooted and now live in Texas, due to a better opportunity.

I am thankful for her, she put things into perspective for me.  And I submitted that resume, along with another.  My husband started filling out an application for Atlanta PD.

God wherever you see fit.

In the meantime, I'm going to be thankful that I still get time at home taking care of this beauty,

while twirling her in the air singing:

I've been Tagged!

Ok, Ro, I'm FINALLY doin' it! lol

Rules: 

• Post these rules.
• You must post 11 random things yourself.
• Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post.
• Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
• Go to their blog and tell them that you've tagged them.
• No stuff in the tagging section about ‘you are tagged if you are reading this.’ Blah blah blah, you legiti­mately have to tag 11 peeps!

My Randoms:

1.  I've had gray hair since I was born.  (HATED IT!)
2.  I will never wear a bikini again because my child has left me with tiger stripes (They're GREEAT!)
3.  I hate pink, but lately I've been rocking hot pink nails and a hot pink lip (wth?)
4.  I'm 31 and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
5.  Before now, I never wanted to be a parent.  Now I couldn't imagine NOT being one!
6.  My child and I are connected at the hip.  I won't leave her for more than a few hours.
7.  I lost my virginity at the ripe ole' age of 21.
8.  When I was in 8th grade, this boy told me I should never wear red and it's stuck with me since. (well, except with lipstick!)
9.  I never go the beauty shop.
10. Listening to Jay-Z has made me cry once, I felt him THAT much.
11. My eyes change colors.

Ro's Questions

What is your fave cheat food?    Pizza!

Have you ever had two dates in one night? I was never that lucky.

What is your “Go to” beauty item (only one) Lip Gloss

What was your childhood nickname? I never had one... in high school, the boys called me "legs".

Favorite Movie of 2011? The Help

Do you collect anything? If so what? If not, what would you collect? Memories

Favorite Book of 2011? Your Pregnancy: Week By Week

Favorite age you have been so far? And WHY 30, I got married, finally graduated from college, and had my first child

What is your “Go to” snack item (only one)? Potato chips (which is why there are NONE in the house)

Do you work in the field of your choice?? I'm a stay at home mama- great, but the pay sucks

Paper or Plastic? Plastic

What is you Number one Goal for 2012? To begin a career and not cry about leaving my kid

I'm tagging: 

Nadia
B.Pierre
MissKroberts
Leela
That's My Mama
Ticka
Lasophia


Now, ladies, I pose these questions to you:

• What do you do to de-stress?
• What do you want to be remembered for?
• What is your favorite thing to eat? (<----------- why am I always thinking about food?)
• If you were stranded on an island, what one celebrity would you like to be there with you?
• What is the one item of clothing that you own that every woman should have?
• What is your favorite scent?
• What is the best song ever?
• What is your favorite thing to do on a date?
• Gold or silver?
• What is your favorite store to shop?
• Your favorite color?