What a Wonderful Easter

This Easter was one of the best days that I've had in a long while. As you know my baby boy was born 12 weeks early and had been in the NICU since February. Well, my little guy was discharged Easter afternoon and spent the day at home with the family.

The week leading up to Easter was huge as he started hitting milestones in several areas very quickly. I think 37 weeks gestation clicked for him. He went from bottle feeding 15 cc's and tubing feeding 37 to bottlle feeding the entire amount the Sunday before Easter. This was such a shock to me as I didn't know the doctor had an order for bottle feeding. The last thing he needed to do was maintain his temperature so he could go into an open crib and that didn't come until Thursday before Easter. You can imagine my shock when I called to check on him Friday morning and was told he would be discharged as long as he didn't have any spells and passed his car seat challenge.

Finally, after not sleeping and calling the NICU several times a day, I was told I could come and pick my little one up around 1pm. I was so excited, but scared as I've never cared for a baby on my own. I was also sad to leave his nurses who had grown to be like family after 9 weeks. After reviewing last minute paperwork, my little one and I bolted out the door around 2pm and headed home to our family.

This journey had been a trying one, but I'm happy he's finally home and can't wait to see what motherhood brings. I'll continue to post updates along the way and get back to my regular format as well.

Love and hugs,
Momma Jae

Precious Baby Byrd

I'll be back soon, I even have a makeup look to post! My precious Baby Boy came a little early-12 weeks to be exact so I'm spending most of my time with him in the NICU. I started a post with my delivery story and will finish that soon as well.

Love and hugs,
Jae (Momma Byrd!)

What I'm Watchin'

I haven't been doing much in the way of makeup or hair, but I have been watching tons of TV and feel like writing about it. I hope to play around with some hair or makeup this weekend, but I can't make any promises. On to the good stuff...

RHWOA
This show is extremely strange this season and yet I'm still watching. Half of the ladies don't speak and the others are just existing. Peter and Cynthia seem to be having a rough first year of marriage and don't really seem to be on  the same page about things. Phaedra seems to be trying to expand her brand by opening a funeral home that she can later leave to her son. Speaking of Aiden, isn't he precious with those cheeks!?! I hope the best is yet to come, because there hasn't been much to this season. I hope something happens in Africa and hopefully Sheree and Nene and reunite.

The Game
We're only 2 episodes in this season and I'm starting to get frustrated. The first episode had a lot going on-so much so that I could barely keep up. I need the writers to slow it down just a bit and let the plot thickening throughout the season. I'll give it a little more time before I abandon ship, but this just might be the season to make me do so!

Teen Mom
I've been with this show forever and can't seem to get enough of it. Looks like Corey and Leah still have it together, but I'm waiting to see the episode where they break up. Baby Ali is the most precious little girl in the world...I can't seem to get enough of those little glasses. She also seems to be doing a lot more in terms of moving and stuff. Jenelle is a waste of space right now and I really hope she can get herself together. Watching her actually makes me sick. Chelsea is another one that really needs to get per priorities together and stop worrying about her baby daddy (I hate the term, but the shoe fits in this case!) and focus on baby Aubrey. Kailyn seems to be trying, but she doesn't always go about things the right way. I think she could have explained the entire child support reasoning a lot better and maybe Joe would have understood. I can't wait to see what's in store for the rest of the season.

Jersey Shore
This one just came back on as well and we're down two people in the first two episodes, how crazy is that! I hope Vinny gets the rest he needs and home and is able to return. Mike may be a lost cause at this point. I'll keep watching.

Braxton Family Values
Toni and her sisters are hilarious..I can't seem to get enough of this show. Tamar is her usual over the top self that fuels the fire for everyone else. This season we actually saw her bring Toni outside of herself, something you don't often see. Traci is trying to come into herself and often times they don't let her and act as if she's beneath them because she stayed in MD. Trina should probably get a divorce as it seems she and her husband are not happy and have both stepped outside the marriage. I need Towanda and her husband to decide what to do as well, that story is getting kind of old too. I think the next episode is going to be pretty good and I can't wait to see it.

Oh well..I just wanted to drop a few lines to keep this thing going. Please drop me a line if you watch any of these shows or recommend any.

Happy Reading,
Jae

Happy New Year!

Hello everyone,
I hope your holidays were all that you wanted them to be and your New Year has started off right. I have so much to look forward to this year that I can hardly contain myself. The biggest thing is the birth of my little boy (yes its a boy!) in April. I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself. I find myself getting all mushy when I see babies on TV, its so crazy, I never thought I would be the one getting mushy over a little one.

I hope to get back to more frequent updates as well, its pretty hard because I haven't been buying anything and barely wear makeup anymore. I'm thinking I need to shop my stash and make time to do a few looks. Before I know it, I won't have time for anything, so I should make it now!

Oh well, back to work...

I hope you all have a great year.
Love and hugs,
Jae

Baby Update!

so...things have definitely been better the past 7-8 weeks and i'm back to liking life again. i was a little discouraged the first 2.5 months due to being so sick, but i'm happy that it was short lived. i'm able to eat again and eating i've been doing...i LOVE food and its showing a little! i haven't had any major cravings or weird food issues. i'm still able to sleep pretty well, but i'm still struggling with sleeping on my stomach. my bump is showing a little now and its definitely getting hard...i don't think i'm showing anywhere else like my face, but i'm sure its coming. the biggest issue i'm having is "baby brain", i would forgot my baby if it wasn't in my belly! my train of thought is the worse and i've been hearing it doesn't get better for year. overall, things are going really well and i can't complain. i'll update again after my sonogram next week!

News to Share!

I recently posted that I have some good news to share and a new series as a result of the news. Well its here and time to share with the world or my followers/readers anyway that I'm expecting my first little bundle of joy next spring! I'm so super excited and can't wait to experience all that this journey has to offer. I will say  this journey hasn't been all peaches and cream so far, but I know its for a good reason so I try not to complain much. I will definitely be posting more later as I'm a little rushed for time right now. Please stay tuned for "sweet pea" postings!

Please be sure to send any advice this way...I need all I can get!

Happy reading,
Jae

Long Time no See!

hey guys! i'm so sorry about my little hiatus, i had no clue i'd be away so long. i just wanted to stop by and do a little update to let everyone know that i'll be back soon with a new series i'm working on. i hope to have the first post out early next week.

see you soon,
Jae