i just recently finished reading brooke shield's book down came the rain: my journey through postpartum depression... after reading her book and seeing what she went through after she gave birth to her daughter rowan, i realized that what i thought was just baby blues was truly mild postpartum depression.. the kinds of thoughts that she wrote ( Read more... )

i have come to realize that there are some people in my life that are pissing the crap out of me... not literally but figuratively... one would think that friendship would be one of the most important relationships that one could have next to family... especially if family is not around... but it doesn't seem to penetrate this one person's skull ( Read more... )

so i'm bored.. so i did this..

it's been such a long time since i've actually written anything on livejournal... i didn't realize that when i had my baby girl that she would basically / literally suck up all my time, energy... i mean, i have literally very little time to myself let alone my boyfriend... i feel so bad for him the most... he has been really understanding and ( Read more... )

it's been about four and a half months since shortie was born. she is seriously funny... she squeals, talks, screams, sings all the time... i swear she wants to talk already.... it's scary cause i see all this noise as a precursor to what it is going to be like when she actually finally starts to talk... she's just going to be a little miss ( Read more... )

so we stood in line for an hour so we could get shortie to take her picture with santa claus yesterday. i was actually really proud of her because she was so good yesterday... she was asleep the whole time we were in line and when we got to the front of the line, she didn't fuss or cry... when i put her in the arms of santa, she gave me this ( Read more... )

My LiveJournal 12 DaysMy True Love gave to me...12 dapper_dans a-snorting.11 hip_mamass a-spamming.10 hipstomps a-clucking.9 kim_jong_il__s a-waving.8 meimay7s a-calling.7 mrbananazs a-squeaking.6 navysatans a-skipping.5 silver one_cool_mamas.4 tripping pilatess.3 Lichtenstinian roqmonsters.2 turkey tragic13s.And a yellow_world in a watermelon tree ( Read more... )

today is my second day back at work.. maternity leave was too short even though i was out of work for three months... one month before her birth and two months afterwards... it's so hard now to leave her even though i know she is in capable hands... the babysitter is wonderful with her and she thrives being around other little kids... i think it ( Read more... )

it's been awhile since i've updated.... haven't had much time to update the journal since the baby came along. i can't believe she is already one month old. so the other day when she finally went down for her nap after nursing, i had a few minutes to myself... we were listening to javier's song "if i never get to heaven" and the lyrics are so ( Read more... )