I don't remember if I ever mentioned how much Addi, Zali, and my 10 year old sister LOVE the boy band sensation, One Direction. In fact, all of us - from baby girl to grandma and grandpa adore them - not excluding ME! I am a pretty huge fan as well.
This past week, One Direction performed in NYC on the Today Show & as any huge fan would do, we planned on being there!!! This meant that we planned to go to NY the night before the actual performance in hopes of finding a good spot by Rockefeller Center to see our favorite boy band perform.
When we got there, it was a little surprising to see how many teenage girls were already lined up and waiting. However, we were not about to turn back and go home.. we were there to stay! My husband and I agreed we would leave only if absolutely necessary and only because of an unexpected emergency pertaining to our kids.
That evening the forecast said that it was going to be a mild 50-60 degrees in NYC. What luck! This meant that we wouldn't freeze our booties off in the cold for hours... BUT the forecast also said that it would start raining around 3am. We hoped against it!
Around 3:45 am, the rain came! We did remember to bring umbrellas though. My mom told me she took them out of the car, but she was referring to HER umbrellas and not ours... ours were gigantic, but because of that little miscommunication, we were stuck in the rain with "pocket book" umbrellas.
It wasn't a big deal though because we were all covered and dry for the most part... UNTIL Addi woke up and said he was getting wet in his stroller!
Not cool... after seeing that his sweater was wet, we immediately left. Our babies are priority... and their comfort is our #1 concern. As much as we wanted them to see their favorite band, we had to leave even though we spent $50 on parking and had already waited hours outside Rockefeller Center in the middle of the night! I couldn't imagine my son getting more wet or being cold in the rain though. That thought breaks my heart because I personally HATE feeling cold.
After we hightailed it out of the crowd, reality set in that even with all our effort, we wouldn't get to see them or hear them perform and that was quite sad!
We did make it to my parents home in time to see them perform on TV though... which I guess was better than nothing. Knowing we were JUST right there was good enough, I guess!
Maybe you can tell that Im still a little bit bummed about it. Addi was SO excited on our way there... and he never got to see them! :( Now, Im really excited for him to see them in concert! He will be so thrilled!!! :) I think that is taking place sometime next year :D
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Azalea's 1st birthday!
... it's 1:15 am and my birthday girl just fell asleep for the night.
It's so easy to reminisce about the moments leading up to her birth and the days following her arrival into my world. It was so beautiful. I remember sitting up in the recovery room moments after my c-section and asking Ash if I could hold her. I remember kissing her and being sooooo overjoyed. I remember attempting to nurse her for the very first time and puking moments after from all the anesthesia. I remember the pain of recovery & how every time she was brought into the room for me to nurse her, how I would just stare at her and tell her how much I loved her. I remember when she had an aggressive form of jaundice and had to stay under the yellow lights in the nursery for days and how I paced the floor trying to catch a glimpse of her until a nurse took me in to see her. I remember cherishing the struggle of breastfeeding because I didn't have that opportunity with Addi. I remember crying because everything and everywhere hurt. I remember looking at her & telling myself that it was all more than worth it. I remember swaddling her & smelling her & rocking her on the rocking chair & thinking to myself soon she will be 1...& 2...& 3... and here we are, on her birth day, exactly one year later... and I am still so overjoyed that she is a part of my world. I love her more and more with each second that passes & thank God for blessing me with her. He sure knows the desires on my heart because she is everything and more than I could have ever imagined my little girl to be!
I almost still can't believe she is now a 1 year old! Where did this past year go? Oh I know... it went to me being a supermom! Im not one to brag about my mothering capabilities, but the things I've endured this past year, I can truthfully say that even I have impressed MYSELF! :)
I have learned many things this past year and some are:
-Even if it hurts, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. Pain occurs, healing follows.
-Slow and steady wins the race.
-Don't give up - If something is for me, no one can take it away from me because its MINE.
-In everything, PRAY.
-I am slowing becoming like the "women" in my family & I am starting to understand them more.
-Trust in God, not in man. Man WILL fail me... God will not!
It's so easy to reminisce about the moments leading up to her birth and the days following her arrival into my world. It was so beautiful. I remember sitting up in the recovery room moments after my c-section and asking Ash if I could hold her. I remember kissing her and being sooooo overjoyed. I remember attempting to nurse her for the very first time and puking moments after from all the anesthesia. I remember the pain of recovery & how every time she was brought into the room for me to nurse her, how I would just stare at her and tell her how much I loved her. I remember when she had an aggressive form of jaundice and had to stay under the yellow lights in the nursery for days and how I paced the floor trying to catch a glimpse of her until a nurse took me in to see her. I remember cherishing the struggle of breastfeeding because I didn't have that opportunity with Addi. I remember crying because everything and everywhere hurt. I remember looking at her & telling myself that it was all more than worth it. I remember swaddling her & smelling her & rocking her on the rocking chair & thinking to myself soon she will be 1...& 2...& 3... and here we are, on her birth day, exactly one year later... and I am still so overjoyed that she is a part of my world. I love her more and more with each second that passes & thank God for blessing me with her. He sure knows the desires on my heart because she is everything and more than I could have ever imagined my little girl to be!
I almost still can't believe she is now a 1 year old! Where did this past year go? Oh I know... it went to me being a supermom! Im not one to brag about my mothering capabilities, but the things I've endured this past year, I can truthfully say that even I have impressed MYSELF! :)
I have learned many things this past year and some are:
-Even if it hurts, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. Pain occurs, healing follows.
-Slow and steady wins the race.
-Don't give up - If something is for me, no one can take it away from me because its MINE.
-In everything, PRAY.
-I am slowing becoming like the "women" in my family & I am starting to understand them more.
-Trust in God, not in man. Man WILL fail me... God will not!
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