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It's funny when you become an expectant parent.*
There is just so....much...shit...to choose from. Really, there is.
And every company is like a drug dealer...'Hey baby...you know want this high chair. It'll make you feel real good.'
So, today's post is about the hits and misses of things we had purchased or used over the past two years. If I can save you a bit of heartache (and money!), I've done
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That one time I spent $45 at the Gap.
Don't get me wrong. I love the Gap. I like Old Navy and sometimes when I can afford it, Banana Republic (since they're all under the same umbrella). Bear has quite a few clothes from Old Navy and the Gap and I had all of my maternity wardrobe from Old Navy (I was heavily pregnant during the summer so my
So, I'm a bit late on writing this. Orthodox Christmas was actually two days ago when you read this blog post.
Ever since Maks and I have been together, we've always celebrated traditional Christmas and the Orthodox one. For those wondering, we don't have two days of gifts; the Orthodox one we celebrate with food, drink, and just enjoying each other.
So let's count the number of occasions we celebrate from
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I learned a valuable lesson this week...
Always...
ALWAYS...
Listen to your body.
As many of you may know, Maks and I have been TTC for Rainbow Baby #2. It's had its ups and downs but we both realized not being stressed out about it was benefitting both of us. (See Big News for a refresher.)
I have two fertility apps on my phone - Fertility Friend and Period Tracker. Both of them
Let me tell you how many times I had to do said vlog.
Three.
THREE!
The first time, I had a pile of clean laundry in the background. Hmm...probably shouldn't have that in there.
The second time, my hair wasn't looking all that great. How in the hayle you're going to take hair advice from me and my hair is looking dusty?
So, the third time was apparently the charm!
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We actually had a really good holiday over here. We celebrated both St. Nick's (an Ukrainian holiday) and Christmas. For the first time, I'm going to start celebrating Kwanzaa.
Now before any of you give me the proverbial side eye, I need to explain. Growing up, my parents never celebrated Kwanzaa. In fact, they'd never mentioned it. I didn't learn about it until I was in high school. Over the
I've been meaning to post an update regarding our TTC but just haven't been able to sit down to have some time to do it. Well, here it is!
For a long while, I always wanted 40 to be the cutoff age on having children. No specific reason or goal; I just didn't want to be pregnant past 40. Of course, I'm 36 now so that gave me a very
So last Friday, the three of us went to the Light Saber Battle in Downtown L.A. Yeah, you read that right - a Light Saber Battle. I wasn't able to get any light sabers for myself (by the time I shopped for some, the last one left was a really cool Darth Vader one that $50. Yeah. Even though we had $50, I couldn't fathom spending that much on
From last year.
We often go several different parks in the area, though Bear has an obvious favorite park. Here are some pictures from our adventures in Grand Park last year during the winter time. Yeah, it was that warm enough where we could take Bo to the water park. I want to say it was sometime in December, given the NYE poster behind him.
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Say it with me... yabloko. Very good. Again - ya-blah-kah.
You just learned apple...in Russian!
Over the weekend, I made apple pie and it turned out hella good! Of course, I learned this is a once in a year apple pie as the calories per slice came out be around 600 calories. Yeah, 600! But hey, it's the holidays and I need to enjoy myself.
So here's a before picture. Everything is