The Bean masters the "terrible twos"

Jojobean turned 2 on September 25th and has wasted no time transferring into a strong-willed, independent little girl. It didn't happen overnight but it wasn't a slow transformation either. All of a sudden my little baby has taken it upon herself to grow up in so many ways!

Because she doesn't have 100% of her hearing in her left ear, she has started speech therapy. She has had 3 sessions which are every other week at our house. Of course I was nervous about a stranger coming into our house and putting so much focus on jojo because she isn't to keen on strangers or other people beside her family in general. However, we have seen 2 different therapists (our first left because of pregnancy) and I am so proud of how willing and friendly she has been! I'm not sure if its the therapy, the age, or just the awareness from us all but she is REALLY trying so hard and doing such a great job! When we started (2 months ago) she had about 5 words. She now has about 20 and is even trying to say 2-3 words together AND repeating us!!!

Moving right along...

In the last couple of weeks, I have noticed a change in all 3 of our children. Jazz is becoming a full blown teenager and will make that a fact when she turns 13 in early October. Jojobean has been throwing full blown tantrums as a 2 year old should and is less than one month away from turning 2 and then we have Spiderman-truly becoming "all boy" in every way possible but also surprisingly growing up in a funny kind-of way.

It's about time to bid the "baba" (pacifier) farewell...

So I have been through this twice before and both children survived so why is it still so hard the third time around? My bean is going to be 2 in a month and that has been my cut off for the baba with my other 2 children. Keep in mind that I know of course that according to the pediatricians, they should not even have the pacifier at this point but I'm a sucker.

Make-up and my middle schooler

So the famous question (well 1 of them as far as teenage girls go) was asked of me last night, "Mom, can I wear a little make-up when I go back to school this year?"....."just some eyeliner and mascara?". She also asked me when I started wearing make-up which I couldn't remember exactly. I belive it was 8th or 9th grade but I can't remember having "the talk" with my mom about it.  Grrrr I wish young girls could see their beauty without make-up! I mean let's be honest, once you start wearing make-up for the most part, you don't stop. Even a trip to the grocery without it can leave a woman feeling like she's leaving the house naked. Only recently, have I stopped wearing make-up everyday. I don't know if its because I just don't have the time or I just don't really care which I'm not saying is a good thing:)

12 week appointment-pass?

Today was my scheduled 12 week appointment. I woke up with a migraine which is very common these days and could barely keep my eyes open from exhaustion, which unfortunately, is also very common these days. Good news is I was able to refill my prescription for tylenol #3 with codeine which seems to be the only thing that works these days. My appointment with the neurologist is at the end of the month so hopefully I will get some answers. Answers are very important to me.

Very possible we have another girl on the way......

So today the family and I went to the hospital because I had a nuchal translucency test scheduled which includes a small prick of the finger and a sonogram. To my surprise, the staff was more than welcoming to myself, my husband, and our 3 children-even handed out lollipops to keep them busy while they watched their sibling on the big screen! I will begin by saying that spiderman has been convinced he will be getting a brother since we told him the news of another baby on the way. The sonographer told us today that she believes it is a girl but because it is so early (12 weeks) she can't be 100percent sure. Immediately, spiderman was in denial and voiced his opinion.....he saw a baby brother on that screen, not a sister.

becoming a young mom

I found out I was pregnant with Jazzmataz when I was just 19 years old.  I was in college at the time and unmarried, living at home with my mom. To put it simply, I was terrified. Mostly terrified of what my mom would think or how angry my family would be. I wasn't nervous at all about my ability to be a mom. Afterall, it's all I ever dreamed of. To my surprise, my mom was fantastic and completely supportive. I moved out with Jazzmatazs' dad when I was about 7 months pregnant.  Leaving my mom was hard, luckily it was only about 2 miles down the road and my aunt was right across the street:) Jasmin was born 2 days before my birthday-my best birthday present ever. Growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mom. And when I first laid my eyes on my baby girl, I knew why.  It is the most stunning moment of my life.