Thirty Day Project: Day 12

Day 12 - A picture of something you love

PERFORMING & COLORGUARD.



Easily I could have put my family but I thought that was a little to obvious.

I love spinning, I love being dramatic, I love teaching, I love performing, I love be able to inspire others. I can definitely say I've spent half of my life thus far being involved in the artistic sport and I wouldn't change it for the world, except maybe spin a little more than I have :) The feeling I would get after having an amazing show, was like a runner's high. I can only hope circumstances come along soon that I can perform again. Until then, I'll be teaching!

Predeployment & Maternal Thoughts

A friend of mine and I, have had a lot of life events match up and be almost identical. It's kind of serendiputous that we live on opposite coasts and have SO much in common. Marriage to a marine, our son's due date's & birthdays, deployments, and now she is a little a head of me with her hypermesis during her daughter's pregnancy and birth. I'm experiencing the same pregnancy only a few months later!

Her husband has deployed again and just missed the birth of their daughter and it's giving me a look at what will probably happen with my husband and daughter. The worst part of this all is she is going through a tough time with her family not understanding the difficulty of having two kids with her husband deployed. Instead of supporting her and consoling her, they are judging her and making crude remarks. Just breaks my heart.

It really makes me sad I can't help her. I only pray someone gives her a break and helps her out. I'm about to go through the same thing with a newborn and my almost three year old and I can only hope my family and friends who've stuck it out along with me, continue too. And continue to stand by my complaining :)

I feel very lucky to have a friend like her, and all the others who've come in and out of my life when I need them. They say you can't choose your family, but I am lucky to have some family who've been so supportive in my life. I love all of you!<3

Thirty Day Project: Day 11

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate

Abortion. People who use it as birth control. People who say stupid a$$ things like If [my daughters] make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby"..... So here's a few pictures. I couldn't bring myself to post a picture of a poor aborted baby :(

I miscarried a child once and it was the most devastating event in my life. I cannot image CHOOSING to lose a baby!

Thirty Day Project: Day 10

Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most ****** up things with


Angela, Brittany, Andrew and Katelyn :)



I haven't really done anything CRAZY in a while.. but there is a certain group of people, that when we get together, we tend to get a little crazy. It's been a while, because of different circumstances nowadays, but the memories I have created with these people definitely qualify for the most ****** things, lol. I only hope we can do something crazy together again one day :) Ps. Our 2006 reunion is around Thanksgiving this year! *hint hint*

Thirty Day Project: Day 9

Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most

Hands down, My Mom<3



Most people have a pretty decent relationship with their moms, but I'm lucky. I can honestly say my mom is probably the best friend I've ever had. She's there through thick and thin, and I don't believe it's because she has to be, I believe it's because she wants to be. She tells me stuff I don't want to hear when I need to hear it and has gotten me through a lot of obstacles in life by just "being there". She's definitely one tough cookie & I admire that. Without a mom like her, I don't know if I'd be where I am today with my husband and our almost two kids, as happy as we are. Her guidance is something I treasure and only hope I can be like that for my children! I love you mom!

Thirty Day Project: Day 8

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh



This is a picture of my sick little baby boy when he had RSV. And he was just such a good sport and stayed happy through it all, but this one day, i think he was just tired of being sick. So we got him a sticker and told him it was Mr. Yuck...this is his reaction! LOL!! I just love his face!

Thirty Day Project: Day 7

Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item

My Wedding Rings



I choose my wedding rings because they symbolize what my life is all about. Marriage, Love and Family. I am completely submerged into those three and it wasn't until I married my husband that I realized those were the most important things in life. It's made me appreciate my parents and sisters more, give me the strength to be a supportive military wife and also to grow into the mother I am today. The non ending circle, made of gold, represents to me, the things in my life which are the most important and I put first..marriage, love and family!

Thirty Day Project: Day 6

Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day

I've been procrastinating this post because I really am not sure who I'd want to trade places for a day with... In the end, I am going to say President Barack Obama.





President Obama is making a lot of decisions about the military, that especially include the Marine Corps these days, and quite frankly...I just wish he knew what it was like to be right in the middle of it all as an enlisted spouse with one kid and the second on the way. To have to pay bills and make things "stretch"...and to see how "wonderful" our base housing really is. There is just a whole heap of things that maybe, he would change his mind about ,if only he could change places with me for a day!

Thirty Day Project: Day 5

Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory

This is a doozy. I'm a pretty lucky girl. I have tons of amazing memories with my parents, sisters but I think the top memories include, the day I married my husband and gave birth to my son. But I also would include seeing my daughter's face for the first time. But my most recent favorite memory is going to be when my son realized he was having a baby sister on the huge tv screen and got so excited! He then gave her a nickname, "Claribell". It was priceless!

Meet BabyGirl "Claribell" @16 weeks in utero :)





ps. no we are not naming her Claribell lol

Thirty Day Project: Day 4

> From Friday, February 18, 2011

Day 04 - A picture of your night



It was a night on the road. My week at home came to an end, and it was bittersweet. But the one thing I wanted to remember was how beautiful the sky was! This was taken in Smithsburg, MD...Ahh Maryland!! :)

Well Bloggers, Here's What You Want!

I've held off a few days on making a public announcement on what the sex of our second baby is, but lucky you, you read my blog! So here is a picture of the sonogram for you to guess. It really should be that hard, but I know some people have a hard time reading them. Post your comments below, not on Facebook quite yet :) Ps. don't mind the flash, best way I could get the picture on my cell phone!

Thirty Day Project: Day 3

>From Thursday, February 17, 2011

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show



Prison Break

I had to REALLY think here, because I fall in LOVE with Tv show's quickly. A bunch of my favorites include: Glee, Grey's Anatomy, SYTYCD, Pretty Little Liars, CSI, NCIS, The Secret Life, etc... BUT Prison Break, I can watch all the seasons over and over and over. It's no longer on air but we've been collecting the seasons on dvd :)

Let's just say Wentworth Miller made me a fan, then Dominic Purcell kept me hanging on ;)

Thirty Day Project: Day 2

>From Wednesday February 16, 2011

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest



Jessica (Magaha) Golden

This was a tough choice because I am lucky to have quite a few friends from growing up. But today asked for the friend I've been CLOSEST to the LONGEST. And I have a bunch of friends that I've had longer than Jess, who mean the WORLD to me, but since the day Jess and I called a truce, she's never been away from my side. She always takes the time to come visit me either in MD or NC, send me cheerful messages when I'm going through a rough time and she always fits right into my family functions! The best part about how close we are today is that we literally could NOT stand each other in the beginning. We didn't even know each other, but competition can bring out the worst/best in someone. And we were both competing for Editor in Chief of Yearbook. We had a wise teacher who saw more than we did, and gave it to BOTH of us. We were forced to work together and join forces literally against the rest of the class. In the end, the 2006 Yearbook turned out phenomenal and we had a friendship for life!

Thirty Day Project: Day 1

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with 15 facts


This is ME:



1. I love the date of my birth 9/21

2. I have a son, Zacorro, who is 2 1/2 years old

3. I am expecting baby #2, due July 30,2011

4. I am American with half Mexican blood, and dang proud of it!

5. My middle name is often mispronounced, spelled "Jaramillo" pronounced almost like "Had a meal"

6. I wanted to be a US Marine growing up

7. Scored a 93 on my ASVAB in high school

8. Married to a boy I fell in love with at church :)

9. I still don't know what exactly I want to be "when I grow up" now

10. My family means the world to me, and I mean it

11. I will bite my toe nails if I have to

12. I can do a split with both legs

13. I hate purple kool aid, but love orange

14. I have weight struggles, but who doesn't?

15. I still believe that my name, Summer-Rain was given to me because I'll be famous one day :)

It's a....

AHHH! I found out tonight thanks to Stork Vision in Gaithersburg, MD! They do offer military discount and here's their website:

http://www.storkvisionmd.com/

Anyways I really wanna post it tonight, but what I can say is, if you follow my blog, you'll know before Facebook and Twitter does :)

Keep checking this week for an update of when we decide to make a public announcement!

Four Months!

SO Here is a photo from the baby shower i attended yesterday, at 16 weeks...




Everyone in the photo besides me and the lady on the far right, is due in May/April..We are due in July. It was quite hysterical to get all of us together and take a photo, but the best part was convincing people I was 4 months pregnant! Mostly still bloated and just waiting to show.

Teeth Cleaning and a Big Pain

I had to take my son with me to get my teeth cleaned today, it was quite an interesting experience. They have a free arcade so that seems to entertain him for the most part. The problem today became his comfortable-ness around the office ladies. He went up and down the hall from one to one, just back and forth. Then he'd yell, "Mommm, where are you?" and of course it would be during the scraping of my teeth part, I couldn't answer. Then he'd find me and be jealous because I was being allowed to watch Miss Spider Sunny Patch.

When my neighbor came to get him, I was half way done and he did NOT want to leave, so they said he could stay and he sure did.

I have been wearing Invisalign for 7 trays now, so 14 weeks and i only have 3 more to go. Tray number 7 has been giving me problems and not wanting to move my ridiculous front top tooth. So I had to get a little filing done :/ It didn't hurt, it just made my gum bleed, and bleed. After an almost accident, he went potty for the lady at the office and then I was just about done. WHEW!

I felt so embarrassed that my son was running around in the office, but the doctor truly didn't mind. They are so nice there and so understanding. In case your wondering, this is Dr. Wilson, the wife, at Family Dental Care on Country Club Rd in Jacksonville, NC. They are a really great office!

Warning: TMI

Again, this is a post that I would NOT read if you can stand to read about LACTATION, my LACTATION.

BAHAHAHAH
I do find this hysterical because I am SURE a lot more people read my blog than admit. Here's what I felt like sharing today...

When I was pregnant with Zacorro, my oh so wonderful son, I started lactating in my FOURTH month of pregnancy. By the sixth month I was a full on fountain letting down in the shower. Needless to say, when I gave birth to him, there was PLENTY of milk that he just didn't wanna latch on for.

I predicted that I would start as early, if not earlier this time around. It would appear that I am right. I am 15 weeks and 5 days, two days short of four months pregnant and sure enough there is signs of lactation.

Before, when I was pregnant with my son, I tried the washable pads, and boy they SUCK! For the amount of leakage I was having, they just didn't cut it. So I tried the disposable one's that were backed with plastic. The problem I had with those were, air stopped coming in and started to cause an infection. Very gross and uncomfortable...So I started looking around a few weeks ago, I found these breast pads for this problem I was anticipating, they are silicone and I found a lot of great reviews about them, I am going to start wearing them this weekend and see how it goes. Hopefully they are just what I need!

Here's a link to their site if anyone else is interested in them!

http://www.simplylily.com/

I hope if you stuck it out, it wasn't too bad ;-)

Too Cute for Words, but I'm Gonna Try!

This morning I have been trying to stay sleeping while the boy watched Kung Fu Panda on repeat, but he decided mommy must wake up! So he proceeded to turn on every single light on in the house.

After a few minutes, I got on facebook and was looking at old pictures. i found some belly ones from my pregnancy with Zacorro. I told him, that's Zacorro in my belly! And see mommy's belly now? That your baby "sister" in there now. He then climbs up beside me on the couch and lays his head on m belly and goes

" Hellloo babyy can you hear me?? hellloo? helllo?....i love you baby"

IT was the sweetest thing! He occasionally will come and talk into my belly button and tell me he is talking to "his" baby but i think he is finally starting to realize there is another "person" coming.

I just want to catch a BREAK!

I was working a decent job, with decent people make DECENT money...
Finally felt like we were getting ahead. I was even going to school part time.

Then one thing leads to another, got screwed over when i was going to switch jobs, same time, found out I was pregnant...so it was decided that i will go to school full time during this pregnancy.

My body had a whole OTHER idea.

IT would decide to be allergic to the baby i am carrying and puke up any and all stomach contents every day, 7 times a day. Nothing is going right, nothing at all, and I just feel so sorry for myself. I really do, because everything was going so great. I was booking clients for my photography, I made A's in school.. I just feel so lost and out of control of my life...

Effing Obama, I wish you lived on the salary my husband makes. It is VERY hard to live off a CPL's pay when I can't work, and we are unexpectedly, expecting baby number two.

Needless to say, I feel very depressed these days and I feel myself pulling away from everyone..I feel embarrassed that i can't, for once in my life, pull myself together every day.. i know life is hard, but I feel like my life is ALWAYS hard.

Is this weird??

I can sense the baby's movements but not exactly feel it? Like I feel the baby way back in my uterus and sometimes i'll feel a little movement, but if i lay real still i can "Sense" the baby moving sometimes.. this sounds crazy to anyone??

This definitely is different than with Zacorro, because by now I was feeling him alllll around my uterus and moving towards the front. It makes me worry because i don't feel it all the time, and maybe i am imagining it?? But i really don't think so.

i'm getting really paranoid about not seeing the baby when i'm freaking out about not feeling the baby move as much as i did with Zacorro. i know it's still early, i'm 15 weeks and 2 days...This pregnancy is just WAY different than with Zacorro.

Super Bowl Sunday..Big WHOOP

Yes, its that time of year again and I am just thrilled. Ok, not really. I can't drink, i can barely eat anything and i really don't care for either team. My family is in Maryland, we're in North Carolina, and my sister who is in NC too isn't even coming over. So I'll probably just fall asleep watching the game tonight...

I do feel like it's bad luck to NOT make Super Bowl Dip. So, I'm gonna make it without the meat, I think. Now, to get the husband off the PS3, stupid Call of Duty double points weekend crap..what is that anyways?

Anyways, with all that ranting done, I say the Steelers will probably win but I'm gonna have to root for the Packers!

15 Weeks and a day!

Its still unreal I'm almost 4 months and not showing. Actually, it's almost embarrassing.... i'll have to get the energy to take a photo and share, but I really feel like this baby is implanted very low and towards the back of my uterus. Just today my lower abdomen started feeling harder. I have the growing uterus pains, and lower pelvic pain real bad already. I've been waiting on my referral to go through to the physical therapist and it should be by tomorrow, thank goodness! My back is all out of whack and I'm hoping there is something she can "fix" to ease some pelvic pain. We'll see, because there are limitations now that I am pregnant.

Six more days till i'm FOUR Months and six more days till i'm headed home to Maryland ;)