"WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN!"...

I am seriously not sure how Brian and I got through the past 2 months...we spent the better portion of it in hospitals, and not with each other...or our kids. I am truly thankful that for all the bad, the outcome was good...I mean all things considered. I am THRILLED to kick February the hell outta the ball-park, and move forward to a hopefully much brighter March.

Lila James is now 4 months and just growing more everyday! I am so in love with her it's amazing to think you can feel that love all over again, as you did with your 1st! I spent Friday night with my best friend Dana, we shipped her kids off with her husband and Te Cohen kids were home in NYC with mine! It was THE best 12 hours in SUCH a long time; we both seriously needed an evening like that! What happened to the days of meeting after work, with 2 bottles of wine (and then some) and going over every detail of our day? We now savor those times and pray for those times together, that makes them THAT much more special!

I sometimes miss my old life if just chilling without a care in the world, and then something slaps me in the face (or spits up on my shirt) to remind me that's an old chapter in my life, and as fun as it was...I would not change my life for one MOMENT! I will have that time back when the kids are grown and will yearn for the times I am going through with them now; I cannot forget that! I TRY and not forget that...

OYE what a freaking month and a 1/2, I wanna kick January and February 2011's asses!

XOXO
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010 came and went faster than I had ever anticipated! Had a wonderful holiday with both kids and my man...lots of nothing which was incredibly divine! I have a laundry list of things to do, finishing touches on the book and then some...but can't seem to get myself going! Considering it's just January 4th I won't be too hard on myself!

Here is a pic of Aiden enjoying the winter snow...God I love my kid!

XOXO
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LOVE BEING A BIG SISTER....

ONE thing's for sure, I love being a big sister! There's something to be said for being born first:) It's like you right of passage has a purpose when you have a younger sibling. I always knew that Brian and I would have more kids, we wanted Aiden to have a sibling and knew she would be THE best big sister EVER!

Aiden now knows the "family tree", who belongs to who, who is married to who, who's mom is who, etc. She knows that "Uncle Chip" Is mommy's "little brother"...she still understands that concept even thought he is all grown up; but still falls under that little brother category:) She knows that Uncle Chip has a really nice girlfriend named Shannon (took him long enough:) and that usually where he is, she is! She loves that he throws her around and tickles her all around our apt....she loves that he takes her to the ice cream and candy store just to make her happy....she loves that he will hug and kiss her until she can hardly breathe, BUT most of all she loves him because he loves her so much! They have a very special relationship, and for that I am very thankful!

Here is a pic of the two of them taken yesterday while decorating the Christmas tree at our mom's! She LOVES her Uncle Chip SO much...just had to share!

HAPPY MONDAY!
XOXO
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DIAPERS.COM WOO TO THE HOO

I MUST say, diapers.com and soap.com are THE best sites on the face of this planet! I am completely and totally obsessed with both...AND you do NOT need to be parents to take an interest in the sites, it sells SO much more than just that! I cannot even tell you how often I live on those sites....you can order anything from Melissa & Doug toys, to diapers to soap to

SO MUCH TO SAY, SO LITTLE TIME...

There are so many people I want to thank for allowing me, to be me! It sounds strange but once you are comfortable with who you are you don't really care what everyone else thinks (within reason). The best part of my blog is for me to be able to say whatever I want, its my outlet of all of my feelings..good AND bad...I am thankful to have the ability to write it all down....I say this to introduce my next paragraph...last night was filled with MANY emotions....

In todays world, there are still some really wacky people. Last night my entire family had dinner and visited the tree in Rockefeller center (sisters, bro, bro in law, nieces, nephew, etc.) It was a FANTASTIC evening, filled with lots of wine and lots of laughing! An interesting thing happened...standing in MY OWN city...we had an altercation with a very odd old man and his incredibly uneducated wife. Bottom line is he said some things that I did not even think were possible in this melting pot of a world. As the altercation became more and more heated and my brother and brother in laws were "taking care of the situation" the wife yelled back, "Black Bitch". NOW who exactly were they talking to my sister's and I were all there! HA BUT no for real, I could not image that in front of children, the NYC society and then some, this twisted man's wife yelled that out. I mean if we were standing in Texas at a rodeo MAYBE but in NYC? UNBELIEVABLE!

It's amazing that people like that still exist in this world, although my brother said it quite well to them last night, "Your type will eventually die out!" And he is right...the people that cannot except people for who they are not what they are, and continue to spread racism of any kind in this country...will hopefully become extinct. My photo caption is strong and straight to the point...apparently those people do still exist. If you know who you are, if you were the people that spent last night at Rockefeller center yelling exreme profanities about people's race, I would love for you to step forward so I can highlight your ass! I will always tell that story so people know who you are, without having to see your faces.

In any event, today I am trimming the tree with my girls and my man. There is nothing like the smell of Christmas in a home. It's something you can't quite describe you just have to know. A feeling of warmth and delight no matter what's going on in your life and in the world. I am ready to bring some cheer into our home.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend...for those who celebrate the festival of lights, HAPPY HANUKAH!

A very jaded....BTC
XOXO

A ok to PLAY

SO I got the A OK from the super doc. to have sex...all scheduled to go into have an IUD put in today, and I get a call saying they are out of the device. NO FOR REAL, a Manhattan dr.'s office, affiliated with Cornell Medical and there's not a device in the whole damn place! WTF, it's like the twilight zone!!!

I WOULD HAVE AN EASIER TIME GETTING OUT OF A TURKISH PRISON!

I seriously have THE hardest time getting 2 kids out of the house! NOW not many places I can really even go with LJ, her shots are on the 30th..but just getting into the car to go to my mom's, is a TOTAL shit show!

Ciao for now!
XO
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