tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38496902024-03-06T23:53:33.810-08:00Blogaliciousadventures in mommyhood and other thoughts in my head!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.comBlogger501125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-13512175079379336252011-10-19T12:13:00.000-07:002011-10-19T12:14:35.623-07:00<i> get at me </i><br><br>
starting over...theevangelistas.blogspot.comdawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-72353731061509040272010-09-27T17:51:00.001-07:002010-09-27T17:51:58.769-07:00<i>check me out</i><br><br>
guess who finally figured out her password to her blog and is now posting again!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-50403401962407560132009-06-24T09:14:00.000-07:002009-06-24T09:23:36.541-07:00<i>i'm a sucker for this kind of shit</i><br><br>
Project 1st Birthday is in full swing...and because i'm just a Martha Stewart wannabe on the inside, i've gotten <a href="http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/05/cupcake-bites-made-easy.html">this idea</a> from another <a href="http://www.wanlifetolive.com">Wan-nabe</a> to go with the cupcake theme for Hannah's birthday bash. as always, a simple 1-year-old birthday has turned into a ginormous project for myself...complete with ideas of grandieur and the stress that comes with it. the best part is she <strike>probably</strike> definitely won't remember any of it!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-75291392753337590482009-06-18T11:08:00.000-07:002009-06-18T11:10:48.347-07:00<i>3 weeks</i><br><br>
in 3 weeks my little banana will be a year old! holy shit...where did the time go? i feel like i just had her yesterday.<br><br>
she's grown so much over the past year...and i can't wait to see how much more she will grow! but hopefully she won't grow too fast :)dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-36755680651064112972009-06-09T08:23:00.000-07:002009-06-09T08:26:03.300-07:00<i>seems so trivial now</i><br><br>
after pining over my lost pictures, i pull up this <a href="http://www.ktvu.com/news/19696816/detail.html">article</a> and i can't even fucking imagine what this poor family is going through. i've done some bonehead things in Hannah's almost year of life, but nothing compared to that.dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-46749362619179234612009-06-07T20:55:00.000-07:002009-06-07T20:58:04.298-07:00<i>HELP</i><br><br>
in addition to having to leave my first born and baby daddy AGAIN for a week...my dumb ass somehow managed to erase ALL OF HANNAH'S PICTURES from my comp! AHHHH! i only backed up til she was about 6 months...so that's a whole 1/2 of her life GONE!<br><br>
can anyone help me?dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-42880432123810103632009-05-28T22:25:00.001-07:002009-05-28T22:30:17.096-07:00<i>is this thing on?</i><br><br>
tap, tap, tap...testes, testes, 1, 2, 3? LOL<br><br>
i always think about updating my blog, then i get lazy. hannah does something cute and i think, "i should totally blog about this!" then i get lazy. i read other people's blogs i follow and get inspired...but then i get lazy. as you can see, lazy decides when i blog.<br><br>
i booked City Beach for Hannah's 1st Birthday. <i>my little boo boo is turning <b>one</b></i>. i don't know how that happened because i just had her yesterday...and now she's all crawling and scaling walls and mirrors...pulling up onto chairs and coffee tables...not eating jarred baby food...looking at me and saying, "Mam?"...sadness.<br><br>
so i guess we are ready to start trying for number 2? stay tuned...dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-83839802512391132922009-03-08T18:43:00.000-07:002009-06-07T20:58:51.186-07:00<i>either i'm getting old...</i><br><br>
or the youth of America is getting dumber!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-73161031035160452242009-02-26T10:46:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:50:53.210-08:00<i>biggest attention whore ever</i><br><br>
For your viewing pleasure...<br><br>
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Hannah's Baptism Photo by Mommydawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-45697647728796832712009-01-20T13:11:00.000-08:002009-01-20T13:20:45.972-08:00<i>lost in action</i><br><br>
i fell off once again with this whole blogging thing. but in my defense, i've been busy with a little thing called work and another little thing called Hannah lol. in the interest of efficiency and not typing up a novelesque type post (cuz let's face it, what y'all really want to hear about is my little banana) she hit some major milestones over the past month (or two):<br><br>
1) she started solids...hooray! but the smell and consistency of her poops have changed...boo!<br>
2) she has rolled over...hooray! but only when she feels like it...boo!<br>
3) she sits up pretty well on her own...hooray! but is more interested in her feet and ends up folding herself in half...boo? (i dunno, it's pretty fuckin' cute)<br>
4) her first tooth has cut through the gums...hooray! but not for the night that it came in cuz she was crying for 2 straight hours...double boo!<br><br>
that's what's happenin' in Hannahland.<br><br>dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-87911762291622438252008-11-17T11:03:00.000-08:002008-11-17T11:13:16.615-08:00<i>props</i><br><br>
not talkin' 'bout no prop 8 (which is BS that it passed) or prop 4 (hella glad it DID NOT pass), but just kudos that you give to people in general. you know, fist poundings, pat on the backs, shout outs on your blog/myspace/facebook. i want to give some props from this weekend, just because there are so many to give!<br><br>
1. <a href="http://www.warriors.com">The Golden State Warriors</a>, specifically, one Mr. Anthony Morrow. keep that level of play up, young one and you are destined for greatness (37 points in your first NBA career start! pimpstatus.com)!<br><br>
2. <a href="http://www.sf49ers.com">The San Francisco 49ers</a>. thank you for allowing us to watch an awesome first half...with even more awesomer seats. it was an anniversary for the books (and perhaps the beginning of the Mike Singletary era?).<br><br>
3. my parents and in-laws. we are truly thankful for the free daycare LOL<br><br>
4. single moms/dads. i know a few and you get the hugest props of them all. i can't even imagine how my days would look if i had to do this parenting thing by myself...seriously.dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-34080858051923555372008-11-09T10:17:00.000-08:002008-11-09T11:11:33.138-08:00<i>chump</i><br><br>
here i am...at work...on a fucking SUNDAY. woo.<br><br>
my parents and grandma (aka Hannah's daycare Mon - Wed) are on a pilgrammage to the Holy Land and aren't returning until Thursday night. Thanks to a very understanding boss and my recent promotion (hello new salary and exempt status!), i am able to take off Tues and Wed with the caveat that i work today and this coming Saturday. it would be nice if i could work from home today, but i seriously wouldn't get anything done because Byron would just hand Hannah off to me. not that i like being away from her, but at least he can deal with her for an 8 hour day LOL<br><br>
i get super pumped about the holidays because the dork in me gets to bake goodies. holler at mini pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for T-day and mini red velvet cupcakes with a white chocolate peppermint frosting for Christmas...woot woot!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-1920305273234758752008-11-06T12:09:00.000-08:002008-11-06T12:21:57.636-08:00<i>i should get some kind of award</i>
<br><br>
another anniversary has come and gone. yesterday proved to be a very good day, despite the fact that the calamities that ensued for the first half of the day could have made it otherwise (hannah not going to sleep til 1am only to wake up at 5am, forgetting my bottles to pump in and having to go to Target to pick some up, traffic on 580). when i returned from picking up my lunch, there was a box on my office chair that had this inside:<br>
<a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf27b3127ccec5d9831fb67700000040O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf27b3127ccec5d9831fb67700000040O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" border="0" alt="" /></a><br>
the card that came with it read:<br>
<i>Hi babe. Happy 3rd Anniversary. I love you so much and I'm so happy that our love for each other is as strong as it was the day we got together.</i> <br><br>
what a sweetie :) so in return, i got him this for our anniversary:<br>
<a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf27b3127ccec5d96460f6e300000040O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf27b3127ccec5d96460f6e300000040O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" border="0" alt="" /></a><br><a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf27b3127ccec5d889c896e900000070O18AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D1/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf27b3127ccec5d889c896e900000070O18AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D1/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" border="0" alt="" /></a><br>yes i know that the Niners are sucking big donkey balls, but they have been for the past few years so there LOL<br><br>
those tickets along with going to <a href="http://www.clubworksinc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=2">FHN: Warriors vs Bulls</a> i should get some kind of award or a building in MH named after me LOLdawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-32159297837618277332008-11-05T11:55:00.000-08:002008-11-05T15:25:56.436-08:00<i>three</i><br><br>
3 years ago today, we vowed "til death do us part."<br>
2 years ago today, we congratulated ourselves on making it through the first year.<br>
1 year ago today, we created a new life.<br><br>
<b><i>Today, we are now THREE.</i></b><br>
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Happy Anniversary...dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-20910616296992202242008-11-04T11:14:00.000-08:002008-11-04T11:16:48.290-08:00<i>halloween hangover</i><br><br>
10 reasons why i love/hate Halloween:<br>
1. Twix<br>
2. Milky Way<br>
3. Milky Way Dark<br>
4. Snickers<br>
5. Kit Kat<br>
6. 3 Muskateers<br>
7. Skittles<br>
8. Starburst<br>
9. Sweet Tarts<br>
10. Candy Corndawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-78918964359354857652008-11-03T11:37:00.000-08:002008-11-03T11:50:49.527-08:00<i>inked</i><br><br>
i got my first and only tattoo when i was freshly turned 21 (and also very newly single after a 3-almost-4 year relationship) and it was somewhat on a whim...like one of those things that you think about, but not ever sure that you would get it. i remember i had a couple of my kids with me, in fact, one of them was getting one and i said...why the hell not? so, about 30-40 minutes of a pain that felt like a warm needle scratching a bruise...there it was. my tiny little butterfly on the left side of my lower back. it was very subtle and to this day, i love it and don't regret getting it (in fact, sometimes i forget i have it LOL). still, the pain was so sweet and addicting that i promised myself that one day i would get another one, the caveat being that i would have to find the perfect symbolic sign like i did with the butterfly...and today, i stumbled on this:<br>
<a href="https://www.dastore.com/images/PRODUCT/medium/149.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 214px;" src="https://www.dastore.com/images/PRODUCT/medium/149.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br>
well, to be fair...i did google "honu with plumeria" and this was the first site i found. in case you are wondering about the symbolism, turtles generally represent fertility. the plumeria was added because a very good friend of my sister lost her battle to lung cancer a little over 2 years ago and she has been our families unofficial guardian angel. her favorite flower was a plumeria and we crazy smelled it at her wake, funeral and the days after. even to this day my sister will catch a whiff and the flower is nowhere to be seen. it's crazy how things transpire over the past couple of years and i just want to pay homage to it. maybe my sister will get the same on with me...dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-83468970241449033272008-11-02T23:06:00.000-08:002008-11-03T10:11:57.722-08:00<i>success!</i><br><br>
okay...so Byron didn't end up taking Hannah to get her pics done on his own as i met up with them during my lunch hour, but nonetheless...they are done!<br>
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf23b3127ccec5d0901ab47d00000040O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 300px;" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf23b3127ccec5d0901ab47d00000040O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" border="0" alt="" /></a>dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-81878708399889721212008-10-30T09:41:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:48:17.025-07:00<i>risky business</i><br><br>
tomorrow is going to be a very interesting day...not because it's Halloween (Hannah's 1st to be exact!)...not because her pinsans are coming over to trick or treat at MH...<br><br>
because Byron is actually going to attempt to get her Halloween pics done tomorrow!<br><br>
yes...you read that correctly. Byron is going to take a moody, almost 4 month old to get professional pictures done...without the help of MOMMY(or anyone else for that matter). so, let us all join hands and pray...that Byron will survive and that we get some good pictures of Hannah!<br><br>
oh...HAPPY BIRTHDAY <a href="http://onerarerose.blogspot.com">ROSE</a>!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-57896476697917016562008-10-27T16:32:00.000-07:002008-10-27T16:37:44.775-07:00<i>monday musings</i><br><br>
1. it grosses me out that grown ass adults DO NOT WASH THEIR HANDS after using the restroom...AND THEY GET CAUGHT!<br>
2. i'm just as hungry now as i was when i was pregnant...wth?<br>
3. i must have like 10 nicknames for Hannah.<br>
4. it amazes me how some people never change...even when you factor a baby into the equation :(<br>
5. suddenly, my milk supply went up (for those of you that are wondering LOL).<br>
6. my cups of coffee get stronger and stronger everyday.<br>
7. it's really dark at 6 in the morning.dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-40218910703065850292008-10-24T12:56:00.000-07:002008-10-24T13:00:52.844-07:00<i>it's about fuckin' time</i><br><br>
seeing as how about 50% of their fanbase is a bunch of <5'5" 20 (almost 30) somethings...heh.<br>
<a href="http://assets.sbnation.com/imported_assets/29221/picresizedth1224740478wfm2_medium.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 356px;" src="http://assets.sbnation.com/imported_assets/29221/picresizedth1224740478wfm2_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-79398672951496093242008-10-24T09:46:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:55:20.545-07:00<i>things that make my eyes roll back into my head</i><br><br>
because there are more important things that we should be caring about other than <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61803020">this.</a>dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-59284321393188590022008-10-23T15:43:00.000-07:002008-10-24T09:23:55.129-07:00<i>yin and yang</i><br><br>
an old college buddy pointed out something to me at dinner one night. we (old college buddy, his fiance, B, hannah and me) were all at ninkimono in newark. hannah starts doing her usual thing at 7ish (being fussy mcwhineypants) and i take her and rock her in my arms until she falls asleep. at this point in the meal, we were already sharing our all you can eat sushi, so i'm basically watching B stuff his face while hannah snoozes in my arms. about 10 minutes later, B takes her from me to change her diaper. college buddy leans into me and the convo goes like this:<br>
<b>college buddy</b>: i thought that B was going to eat faster when you had hannah and she was crying.<br>
<b>me</b>: nope. B doesn't know what "fast" or "hurry up" means.<br><br>
B has never been the type to hurry for anyone...he has that familiar filipino attitude of "shit starts when i get there." i tell him that he should have a sense of urgency like me, but then he replied:<br>
<i>"babe, i'm like this because you aren't. i'm the yin and you're the yang."</i><br>
for those that know us best, you know how well that went over with me, so instead of trying to fight the powers that be...i use this to bug the shit out of him. you have no idea how fun it is to rush someone that doesn't like to be rushed LOLdawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-5566853327656753362008-10-20T16:15:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:16:59.342-07:00<i>11th annual 21st birthday</i><br><br>
Happy Birthday to my manang, my "rock", my best friend!<br><a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b6cc26b3127ccecf9b6afabf6700000010O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b6cc26b3127ccecf9b6afabf6700000010O08AYtWbJo3bOAe3nwU/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/" border="0" alt="" /></a>dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-19310305039466560482008-10-18T12:07:00.000-07:002008-10-18T12:11:47.673-07:00<i>are you?</i><br><br>
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so...i've really made it no secret that i had trouble getting pregnant with Hannah, but there are many women (some even celebrities *cough,cough* J.Lo *cough,cough*) who have trouble conceiving. my IF journey, albeit shorter than most, was the most difficult and hard to deal with time in my life, but it makes me the person and the mom i am today. did you know that the first words i said to Hannah when they put her on my chest was "we've been waiting for you!" and i was. 2 long years i was waiting to hold her in my arms and i just want my IF sisters to feel the same!dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849690.post-78926367109882818362008-10-15T10:58:00.000-07:002008-10-15T11:08:49.500-07:00<i>what to expect in the 3rd year of marriage</i><br><br>
as our anniversary rapidly approaches, i just wanted to give those newlyweds who near the precipice of the third year a little glimpse on how a married couple chats with each other on gmail:<br><br>
<b>me</b>: OMG you guys are so ghey<br>
lol<br>
<b>Byron</b>: don't u think are convos are funny..<br>
<b>me</b>: um...i put lol<br>
<b>me</b>: i believe that means laughing out loud<br>
<b>me</b>: or i should have put lolash<br>
laughing out loud and shaking head<br>
<b>Byron</b>: LOLMAH<br>
Laughing out loud my ass hurts<br>
<b>me</b>: what does laughing have to do with your ass?<br>
<b>Byron</b>: forget it..<br><br>
i'm such a bitch LOL and to prove it some more...<br><br>
<b>Byron</b>: but Melanie, admin support from Heald said, the girls of Career Services have been saying good things about me..<br>
<b>me</b>: awww<br>
i bet they think you are secretly gay<br>
lol jk<br>
<b>Byron</b>: screw you..<br>
my heart sank when you said that.<br>
<b>Byron</b>: I'm only gay for you.<br>
<b>me</b>: damn straight<br>
ahh...the joy of being a bitchy wife.dawn mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191122097084504402noreply@blogger.com2