30 Days of Me Challenge (Day 6)

Day 6: What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?

I think one of the hardest things that I have experienced is when I moved away from home to start my own family in Virginia. Well, I had already started my family. I had gotten married and had Lyric but I wasn't with Chris. Chris was finishing all his training for the Marines. I was living at home with his parents while he was finishing school and what-not. When he graduated from his MOS school he got his orders and we found out that we were going to be moving to the other side of the country, the East Coast. Virginia, to be exact. 

It was the morning/early afternoon of March 23rd. I was all packed and ready to go. My grama took everyone out to breakfast. My mom and brothers and sisters all gave me cards and gifts for Lyric and myself and then we headed to the airport. Before heading to the airport I told my Uncle Ted goodbye as he had to go to work. I got their plenty early so that I could get through security and spend a little extra time before going through security to spend with the family. 

I think it was hardest to say goodbye to my grama. She ended up having to leave a little earlier because she couldn't handle it, which I understood. She did well though not to cry. Then came time to tell everyone else goodbye. I told my mom and siblings goodbye, and then Chris' parents. I told my mom not to cry, and guess what she does? She cries. I try not to cry. That didn't go too well. 

So, then, I headed through security, got through. My family continuously waved to me and Lyric while we went through security. Once we got through we waved our final goodbyes.

I got to our gate and sat down and gave my grama a call. We talked for awhile. Then she started to cry. And then I started to cry. It was so hard to leave my grama behind. She is my rock and the person that I can always go to to rant to. We have talked almost everyday since I have moved to Virginia. I can't go a whole day without hearing her voice. I always look forward to our phone calls. :)

This may have been one of the hardest things that I have ever done. But it was the best thing for my little family. Lyric needs to be with her daddy and I needed to be with Chris. It was just nice that I got to stay near family while he was doing all his schooling and training for the Marine Corps.

30 Days of Me Challenge (Day 3)

Day 3: What is the greatest amount of physical pain you have ever endured?

I think the greatest amount of physical pain that I have ever endured is my child birth experience with my first one, Lyric. I attempted to go all natural and almost made it all the way. I was experiencing contractions for about a day and a half before my midwife said that I was good to come in and have Lyric. She kept telling me that my contractions were not close enough together nor were they strong enough. Although, I thought that they were strong and close, but not enough to their liking. :(

I finally went into the birthing center and worked on having Lyric. I was coming along pretty good I think. Yes, I was in a whole lot of pain. I really wanted to have a water birth. It was coming along and then I got to nine centimeters. And that's as far as I could dilate. We tried everything for what seemed like forever. Almost twenty four hours into my labor at the birth center, I decided that it was time to transfer to the hospital right down the road. I could not handle the pain anymore. I needed the pain medicine that the birth center did not have. We transferred to the hospital and I got the epidural. They let me rest for about an hour and then they came and checked on me and I was dilated to ten centimeters. And so came the pushing... I think that I pushed for a half hour, forty five minutes tops and I finally had my baby girl here in the world. She was born on Thanksgiving day. She is my little turkey baby.

From the start of my consistent contractions a day and a half before going to the birth center up until the time Lyric was born I was in labor for one hundred and one hours. And I wouldn't change anything about my birthing experience with her. Although, I can say that I am blessed that I transferred to the hospital because they were able to notice things that we probably wouldn't have noticed if I had stayed at the birthing center. We were able to react and act faster than we would have elsewhere. 

The only thing that could have made the experience better was to have my hubby there beside my side. He was away in California at MCT for the Marine Corps. But he was home with us about fifteen days later when he graduated from there. He was home with us for about fourteen days then had to go to North Carolina for MOS school. It was nice to have him home for a little while after our little girl was born. :)

Thinking About a New Look...

So, as 2011 has come and gone, I have been thinking about changing my look...

I've been thinking about going short. Shorter than what I normally go. I'm thinking about going short because I don't like having long hair for the fact that I am always putting my hair in a ponytail. And when I have it shorter, I actually do something with my hair. 

So, here are the three styles that I am leaning toward but can't decide for sure which one.

A.

A. I love that this one is layered and the hair coloring. I've also been thinking about coloring my hair. Although, with my tanned skin I wouldn't go this light on my hair I would go a dark blonde or light brown with the lighter color underneath (where the darker color is on this picture.) 

What I don't think that I like about this picture is I'm afraid that I'm not going to like my hair this short. But it'll grow back out, right? Best thing about hair, it grows back!

B. 

B. I think that this picture looks a lot like A. but the length is a little bit longer.

C.

C. I don't know what it is about this picture, but I am absolutely in love with it. Yes, it is short, but I think that I love it. I just don't know how I would look with it. 

So, I am torn between A. and C. so, I would love for your help, which one do you like the best?

A New Start

So, I deleted my previous posts, as I want to start my blog off on a happy start and not just write about the rough patches that I was having before moving here (to Virginia.) Although, I will still write about all the good and the bad. But with starting over I believe that I will continue to write, about the good and the bad.


On another note, I am getting ready to make my own website. It will be in the works for the coming weeks. I am planning on managing a consignment with some of Lyric's old clothing and maybe starting my own "boutique," make a little extra money by doing something that I enjoy while being a "stay-at-home momma."


I must say, that I do enjoy being a stay-at-home momma. And I love my hubby more than anything to let me have the opportunity to stay home with Lyric as she grows. It means the world to me that he lets me do this. I will get to see most if not all of her "firsts" because Chris is letting me do this rather than a working mother who will most likely miss her daughter's "firsts."