The Baby Whisperer has described five basic temperaments of babies which gives parents an indepth understanding as to how your baby naturally interacts with his environment. Chris and I have realized that Tai's personality is actually very similar to me which makes it so much easier to take when his "unagreeable" side decides to show up. Tai is a ( Read more... )

It has been almost a month since my last journal entry. When I re-read what I last wrote I get all giddy in disbelief. I have been spending a lot of time "training" Tai to hit some developmental milestones and each time he achieves it, I get this cheap high that lasts me for a couple of days and my face hurts because I can't stop smiling. Who ( Read more... )

I had been tormented since my prenatal class reunion. One of the couples that couldn't attend that evening opted to send an email to our instructor explaining their absence. I remembered the couple quite well because Chris and I sat besides them for a couple of sessions so we were able to get to know each other beyond our name tags. That being ( Read more... )

I had yet another milestone in the great journey of parenting. Mind you, it's not one of the ones you exactly write home about. In fact, any socially adjusted person with a developed sense of censorship wouldn't even verbalize it out loud in a room by themself let alone relive it in a permanent public forum such as a blog. Luckily for Tai, his ( Read more... )

Last night was my prenatal class reunion. I was pretty excited because for six weeks, nine couples, Chris and I would sit for 2 hours every Tuesday night from October through November discussing ambiguous topics with alien terms such as "meconium" and "station 1 engagement" at the Richmond Hospital. After putting in 8.5 hours at work and another ( Read more... )

Last night Chris and I went to the movies with my sister, her boyfriend and my brother in law. It has been a long time since I have been to the theaters so it was a lot of fun. We went to go see "300", a very graphic and gruesome movie about how 300 Spartans took down a bazillion invading Persians. In a nutshell, this is how I would review the ( Read more... )

I received yet another typical, monotonous survey a couple of weeks ago and because I was bored (in between Tai's napping) I filled it out anyways. So, I decided to create my own survey that should make you think, daydream, analyze, and perhaps even inspire you to do something more with your life. I challenge anyone who reads this to copy the ( Read more... )

Today would mark the 14th day where we DID NOT have to go for a midnight drive to get Tai to sleep! That's right folks... two weeks and still counting ( Read more... )

Chris and I just celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on February 22. It's hard to believe that a year ago, we committed the ultimate sarcrifice and promised to love and honor each other for the rest of our natural lives through happiness and in health and for richer or poorer. Sheesh... what the hell were we thinking? Obviously not too ( Read more... )

Chris and I had a moment to ourselves yesterday night since Tai was finally sleeping. I asked him what time his shift was for tomorrow and he blurted back, "What time do YOU work tommorow?" At first I thought he was being sarcastic but then I realized he was so tired that he just rolled the same mundane words back at me. Well, I always ask this ( Read more... )