http://www.nakitababy.com stronger families, precious memories Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:40:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today was such a fun day catching up with Aunt Jess! She was in town this week and we got a full day all to ourselves. We drove of this AM to pick up a Subway lunch and Jess in north Evanston and shoot over to NUG beach day. Fun ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/henna-belly/ K just had his 'big' class of the summer. The Orion class he's been awaiting since the end of Princess Bride in the spring. He spent the morning learning quarterstaff moves and routines, and then the afternoon learning how to storm a castle and do field battle. D even joined ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/castle-siege/ Full of gratitude, full of appreciation, and this.... this.... creates my luck. So what did I do? Go out and buy a lotto ticket of course! ; ) It's the night of the full moon! How can you not trust that one?!! Great start to what I know is going to ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/lucky/ It started out as one of those weekends that I just love. Not much planned and lots of laying low. Just enjoyin' being at home. Ended up pretty much the same way, but the middle got kinda interesting. So Fri of course we did our usual beach routine. It was not ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/weekend-musings/ This was a rough week for me. I don't recall feeling this preggo this early with the other pregnancies, so I am attributing this to the heat. Overall, I feel fabulous. I don't feel sleepy tired, but man-o-man my body is reacting to the heat.... and especially this week. It ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/pooped/ This has been cycling facebook and as I reposted it to my wall, I just did not want that to get lost in the posts. It's so well written/spoken that it should always be around! Valedictorian Against Schooling (IMO a must read & was not written by me) Yesterday at 4:10pm Dear Editor, (The ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/inspirational/ Ok, I really have just about had it with these au pair meetings! I am just not sure how/what to do at this point. I have planned some really cool events and I'm kinda sick of being treated like dirt by a massive amount of international au pairs. I mean, ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/au-pair-gripe/ Tonight was the night! I cut and colored and I'm no longer blond! Everyone loves it, including me. Tomorrow is step 2 in my hair-doing process. I have to color one day and then highlight the next. So tomorrow, amongst my waffle making marathon I will put in my highlights, ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/no-longer-blond/ Yep.... can't believe it, but yep.... we are entering the 10 week countdown. Of course... if this lil' one plans on coming around his/her due date! But yep, I just can't fathom really. It's something that just dawned on me while doing a little count, and realizing that I was ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/10-week-countdown/ Yes, our dear hamster Noel has passed away today. We had seen her pretty frail the last 24 hours or so, and knew the end was coming. And this evening we found curled up in the corner, lifeless. She was a gift to the kiddos 2 Christmas' ago and so ... http://www.nakitababy.com/index.php/rip-noel/