Kids Say The Darndest Things!

I came to learn very quickly through my nephew Paul and hubby's niece Izabella that little children are fascinated at the sight of breastfeeding. I guess I can imagine their amazement... it is quite a sight. Pauley and Izi as we dearly call them are a joy to be around and they keep me laughing! The first time they each saw me breastfeeding, I should have known they would have me rolling.

The first time Izi saw me breastfeeding, I noticed she kept staring at me from across the room and then she finally got up and moved closer to get a better look. Finally she taps me and says, "Aunty Lauret, why is my baby cousin eating your boobs?" I was so thrown off by the fact that she referred to breast as boobs and I bursted out laughing. I explained to her that that was the baby's food and that she was drinking milk. On a different occasion while I was feeding, she walks up to me and says, "Aunty Lauret, when my boobs grow up, I'll be able to give my baby cousin milk too. Mmm hmmm". Really?! When your boobs grow up? That did it for me!

Pauley was no different. The first time he saw me, I sat down and got ready to feed Morayo and as soon as I pulled my breast out, he walked up to me.

Pauley: What’s that? What’s that Aunty? Is that your breast Aunty? That’s a big breast.

(Wide eyed holding my laughter, I just stare at him so he ran away. When he comes back, I’m feeding and he starts laughing hysterically)

Pauley: The baby is drinking the breast Aunty!

(He keeps laughing and runs off)

Izi and Pauley at our wedding as the flower girl and ring bearer. Love them to pieces!

Strike!

I had a great weekend with family and friends! We went out bowling to celebrate hubby's birthday. We had Morayo with us and she did so good. She was up for a little while and then fell asleep until when we were ready to leave. She is such a good baby! Hubby had a really good time and that made me happy. We had a good turnout and I think everyone had a good time as well. Ready for a new week!

My boo

Daddy and his little woman.

Three's company!

Happy Monday!

Why So Evil?

It's amazing how you automatically become a music composer on demand when you become a parent. Morayo loves it when I sing to her. She gets very quiet and just stares into my eyes. I steal the tune from just about any song and replace it with my words. I go with a different genre depending on the mood. If we are playing, I rap. If she needs to go to sleep, gospel it is! I slow dance with her a lot, so those are our R&B days. Lol! Whenever I'm done singing, I'm always amazed by how quickly I came up with the words. Never fails. Her daddy also loves singing to her too. I tell you, it melts my heart every time, especially when he sings to her in Yoruba(his language) with words he came up with. Loves it!

Anyways a song that comes to my mind often when she's crying is a nursery rhyme we all know- "Rock A Bye Baby". I always replace the words with my words because of the mean words. Lyrics:

Rock a bye baby on the tree top,

When the wind blows the cradle will rock,

When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,

And down will come baby, cradle and all.

Ehhh... Negative! Why did the bough have to break? I'm all about speaking positively.... So! My child ain't coming down!

A while ago, my sister Harriet pointed out how cruel nursery rhymes are and up until that moment I never thought of it. After singing a couple of my favorites, I found out she was so correct!

Tom Tom The Pipers Son

Tom Tom the pipers son

Stole a pig and away he ran

The pig was eat and Tom was beat

And Tom went roaring down the street.

Why did he have to be a thief? Hopefully he got to eat some...

Little Miss Muffet

Little miss Muffet sat on a tuffet

Eating her curds and whey,

Along came a spider 

Who sat down beside her

And frightened miss Muffet away.

I was gonna ask why a spider had to come sit beside her... but I won't. She deserved it! Please Google curds and whey. I'll wait...

Goosey Goosey Gander

Goosey Goosey Gander where shall I wander,

Upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber.

There I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers,

I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs.

Really? He's old and wouldn't say his prayers... Now he's dead for all we know! Help much?

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the King's horses, and all the King's men,

Couldn't put Humpty together again.

It's not enough that he fell, he scattered too!

I've always wondered about this one...

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, three blind mice,

See how they run, see how they run,

They all ran after the farmer's wife,

Who cut off their tails with a craving knife,

Have you ever seen such a thing in your life,

As three blind mice.

No I sho haven't! First of all, how is you running after someone if yo hinny can't see?!

Source - Google Images

Alright I'm done!

It's Hubby's Birthday!!!

I've celebrated a lot of his birthdays with him over the years. This one is different though... It's his first birthday as my husband, and it gives me great joy to know that as God grants us breath, I will always be by his side on this day to celebrate with him!

Babe, I pray that in this new year of your life God will bless and highly favor you among men and that He will grant you EVERYTHING that your heart desires. Amen.

Isn't he handsome?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!

P.S- I will be the nicest wife in the whole world... today :)

Our Daughter

Ms. Morayooluwa Sophie-Annette Odesanya

Morayooluwa - I have seen the joy of God

Sophie - Wisdom

Annette - Gracious

These photos were taken on day 8 after birth. I found the photographer online while browsing when I was pregnant and I called IMMEDIATELY to book a session! She was worth EVERY penny! Check her out here!

Have an awesome weekend!

My Testimony (The Conclusion)

The epidural kicked in pretty quick and even though I was contracting just about every minute, I felt NOTHING! My hubby kept his eye on the monitor the whole time to make sure everything was going well. I took a nap and when I woke up my hubby and his sister were chatting. My hubby walked over to me and all I could think about were my eyebrows!

The morning before we left the house, I handed hubby my eye pencil right after I used it. I should have known better. He was packing up a small travel pack bag and I thought he would put it in there, but heaven knows what he did with it! See… I don’t have thick full eyebrows like some people are blessed with, so I use a pencil to give me the effect I want. Anyways, we had been taking a few pictures here and there since we got to the hospital but I knew once the baby came, the picture taking would be hardcore ─ zooming in and all. After I got out the shower earlier on, I asked hubby for the eye pencil and he was ready to swear up and down that I never handed anything to him. I was upset and confused. How could I be eyebrow less today of ALL days! All the events within the past few hours made me forget about my eyebrow ordeal but as soon as I woke up and remembered, I asked my sister-in-law if she had an eye pencil. She looked through her stuff and found a black eyeliner. I usually use dark drown on my eye brows but the black liner just had to do, thanks to the wonderful man in my life!

My mom, sisters, and nephew got to the hospital a few minutes past noon and my mom requested for the doctor to come in and check me. My doctor came in the room, checked me and as she was rounding up she said “You’re a 10, get ready to push in a few minutes”. I will never forget those words. I think I felt every emotion in that moment. There I was thinking I had a few more hours and she probably would tell me I was 5 or 6cm dilated! I was going to start pushing in just a few minutes!!! She broke my water and even though it was different from how I always imagined, I didn’t care in that moment. My nurse put my bed in an upright position so that the baby would start descending. At 1:40p.m my nurses came in the room and everyone exited except for hubby, mom, and mother-in-law. I didn’t push for long at all. I really can count on my fingers and toes the number of pushes I gave! Now the whole time I’m pushing, my mother-in-law is walking back and forth praying and my mom and hubby each held my hands. My mom kept rubbing my hair, and she was coming a little too far down my forehead and the whole time all I could think was… “You are going to take away my eyebrows woman!” I was so close to saying it out loud but I didn’t want to seem vain plus I knew I would never hear the last of it so I maintained. When the baby’s head started showing, I was told to stop pushing and they called the doctor to alert her. The next thing I know, they were all telling me to stop pushing. I told them I wasn’t. I looked in the mirror in front of me that I requested and I saw my little girl push her head out on her own, turn and slide out!!! That had to be the COOLEST thing I had ever seen!!! She was out before the doctor came to the room!!!

Our daughter was born at 2:14p.m. She weighed 7lbs 10.8oz and was 19.5cm long!

I still cry whenever I think about her delivery story. I’m not sure what I ever did to receive such grace from God. He truly blessed and favored me. He answered every prayer. Everything went well from when we drove into that hospital until we left. Everyone we came in contact with favored us. I TRULY GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY!!!  For a first delivery... it was just too sweet!!!

My Testimony (Part 3)

We moved to the labor and delivery room and my sister-in-law and her daughter Izi joined us. It was about 6:00a.m. They came with breakfast from Chick-Fil-A. I was previously told that after breakfast, I wouldn’t be able to eat again until after the baby comes. This is normal procedure. They tell you not to eat after a certain time in case of an emergency cesarean section. I ate that sandwich gladly even though I wasn’t terribly hungry. My nurse came in and hooked up my IV to start administering Pitocin ─ a liquid medication also used to induce labor. My mother-in-law joined us.

At about 8:00a.m my contractions were coming in quite often and pretty strong too, so I asked about getting an epidural. The nurse told me that I could go ahead with one if I felt like the pain was already unbearable. She said once I requested it, I would have to wait at least 30 minutes for the anesthesiologist to come by including set up before the drug kicked in. The pain was still bearable but I didn’t want to take any chances. I wasn’t going to wait till I was in excruciating pain and then wait another 30minutes before they get my mind right. Not on my clock, so yep I went ahead and requested that I receive it right away.

Now let me tell ya… I have heard so many HORROR epidural stories ─ from how huge the needle is, to how you can be paralyzed for life if anything goes wrong. Remember I don’t like needles? As soon as the anesthesiologist walked in the room with all his equipment, I LOST IT! I was in tears, I mean sobbing. The guy had to ask what was wrong! My hubby told him I was scared of needles and he assured me that everything would be okay and he would be gentle. I’m thinking to myself… “You better be!” Lol. I was asked to get in position and my hubby sat in front of me and held my hands. I looked into his eyes and my life flashed before my eyes. What if he made a mistake? What if I got paralyzed? I mean God forbid but then my poor hubby would have a wife that couldn’t walk! We’ve only been married for about four months! NO! ─ These are all thoughts going through my head while I’m still sobbing loudly. I snapped back to reality soon enough to hear “stay calm and don’t move”. Growing up, we used to play this game at parties where the DJ would have the music going and we would dance but as soon as the DJ stopped the music, we had to freeze and whoever moved was out. Trust me! All my days of practicing freezing was too useful in this moment. I FROZE. The anesthesiologist talked me through the whole process. I felt a pinch which was to numb the area and then I felt the pressure and the cold water dripping down my back feeling and that was it! When he finished, I actually asked─ “that’s it?” I was expecting worse, but it really was nothing! So if you’re reading this and you’re scared of getting an epidural, please do not listen to the bad stories. It is really not that serious! And that means a lot coming from me.

It was smooth sailing from that point on.

Stay tuned for the conclusion!

My Testimony (Part 2)

We got to the hospital a couple of minutes before five o’clock. We didn’t do the hospital tour while I was pregnant, but my hubby made sure he knew his way around the hospital and was clear on parking. He is a true project manager in every sense of the word, so he hates not being prepared­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­. He made sure I had my hospital bags ready to go about a month before my due date and all my pre-registration forms completed online.  We checked into our room and our journey to delivery began.

My doctor came into the room to check on me and also begin the process. I was scheduled to come in to the hospital on the 3^rd when I went in for my forty weeks check up if the baby didn’t come before then, so labor would be induced.  I was also told at my forty weeks appointment what would be done when I went in and how things would likely play out even though there is no telling with delivery. I did my research prior to going in and read about all the things we talked about so I was well educated. I love surprises but I sure as heck didn’t want one in this situation. My doctor first of all checked to see if I was dilated, I was 0cm and 0% effaced. She then inserted Cervidil ─ a vaginal insert that thins out the cervix and also helps it to begin contracting and dilating. She let me know that it would be taken out at 5a.m. before I was transferred to the labor and delivery room. The room they had us in was just an overnight room.  After the doctor left the room, we had our first visitors! My mother-in-law and my husband’s niece Izabella (Izi), came in bearing gifts and food. They brought me Ayamashe ─ a ridiculously spicy stew that is just as ridiculously delicious, some clothes for the baby, and a stuffed animal that came in really handy. We enjoyed our time together chatting and laughing and then the nurse came in to cut short my joy. She had needles! I cannot put into words how much I HATE shots. I think that was the worst thing I dealt with during my pregnancy. I detested those darn shots! I cried every time I had to get one. I’m the last person anyone wants to watch get a shot, last person. The nurse got my IV started and attached me to the heart rate monitor. The pain from getting hooked up to the IV was the worse yet! BTW I hated the IV being in my arm! It was the most uncomfortable feeling and I looked forward to when it would be taken out.

Our visitors left but we were expecting more before the end of the night but they took their sweet time. We talked and watched TV and right before midnight, my royal family stopped by ─ my mom, sisters, brother and darling nephew! They spent a short time and then prayed with us before they left.  My hubby gave me a kiss and got on his oh so comfy recline-able chair couch. Lol. I didn’t sleep for long because by 1:30a.m I was in pain. It came from nowhere almost but it came on strong. I called in my nurse and told her I was ready for my painkiller medication. Mind you, they had asked me several times prior to me calling if I wanted the medication and I kept saying I was great and my pain level was zero! At about 2:00a.m she came in and shot the medication up my IV. Let me tell you about this medication. I don’t remember the name, but I understood Michael Jackson for about an hour of my life. I mean that medication left me feeling good boi! Lol… I felt like I was floating, day dreaming, laughing, sleeping ─ all at the same damn time! It was short lived though because it wore off after an hour. I was given another dose at 3:00a.m but it wasn’t as strong (boo!) because it was almost time to take out the Cervidil and get transferred to the L&D room.

My doctor came in the room at about 5:30a.m. She took out the Cervidil and checked me. I was 100% effaced but only about 1-2cm dilated. I was so disappointed even though she told me that it was an excellent start. I got out of bed to take a shower and at this point, my contractions were coming on strong. I sang through it all though while in the shower. When I got out, my hubby and I both gave each other a look of joy. We were going to meet our little girl today!

Darn IV!

With my stuffed buddy..

Hubby!

My Testimony (Part 1)

Let me start by saying that one of my biggest fears prior to giving birth to my daughter was child birth. Something about it just terrified me. I wasn’t sure what part, but it just freaked me out. With that said, I had a really awesome pregnancy experience for which I am very thankful and I just wanted to share :) I think I can say that the only thing that was different about me from when I got pregnant until I delivered was my weight. I never dealt with throwing up, feeling weak, dealing with strong/overbearing smells, or any of the terrible ordeals some women have to go through.  I felt great the entire time, even through planning my wedding which should have stressed me out.

On June 3rd, I got out of bed early in the morning excited. I was supposed to check in to Piedmont hospital at 4:00p.m. I was at my 41weeks mark and it was time for our little mama to be welcomed into our world. It was a Sunday morning, so we got ready for church and headed out of the house. As we drove out the driveway, we prayed that we would come back home as a family of three. The sermon was powerful! We had a guest preacher and his message was about God being "I AM". After the message, he asked us to pray and fill in the blank of what we wanted God to be to us. I closed my eyes and told God all that He was to me, but most of all, I asked him to be my great physician in the coming hours. After church, I walked up to one of the prayer ministers and told her I was going in to have my baby and she prayed with me. I started crying while she was praying. Please don’t ask why because I’m not sure myself. Ha! Good guess though would be that I was just overcome with all sorts of emotions. When I turned around, my hubby was right behind me and he shook his head when he saw my tears. Lol

It was almost 1:00p.m. We went for lunch at Atlantic station, a mixed use development with different retail, a movie theater, restaurants, condos, etc . We ate at this spot called “Yard House”. I had a burger and it was really tasty if I must say.  After lunch, we walked around for a bit and then went into West Elm. It’s a furniture store my hubby loves and we always have to stop by there whenever we’re in the area. It was probably a few minutes after 3 o’clock at this point and my hubby came up with the great idea of us going to see a movie even though it was almost 4:00p.m. He figured once we got to the hospital that was it for the rest of the day and couple days to come, so why not? Lol. We got tickets to “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. How appropriate huh? His pick not mine  After that, we were off to the hospital!

At lunch...

Say YES!

I had a very early start on Saturday. My daughter woke up pretty early, which she usually does but this time around, she showed no signs of wanting to go back to sleep. I sang happy birthday to her for her second month birthday (Hehe…) and her daddy joined in. Mind you, he was sleeping but he always seems to just wake up out of his sleep and join in on conversations like a true talkative. I got out of bed afterwards, we had a long day ahead!

My friend Phoebe got engaged recently. Yay! We were roommates in college and we had a blast while in school. We roomed with my sister Juliet and let us just say Phoebe and I were the apartment hoodrats. Lol. We thought we were rap stars and I remember us going through the apartment raping whatever songs were in rotation. Our all time fave back then, was “knuck if you buck”. Till this day, when I hear that song, I belt out my part proudly. Lol! Phoebe called me and asked if I would be a bridesmaid in her wedding and I said YES! She also asked if I would come with her to go dress shopping! I was more than excited and said YES! We spent the day Saturday visiting a couple bridal stores and she eventually said YES to her dress at our final stop. Phoebe looked absolutely stunning in her dress and I can’t wait to share pictures. I’m thankful to her for letting me share such a special moment with her. I also tried on my bridesmaid dress and I loved it! The wedding will be this December, so stay tuned for photos. 

I said yes to my dress pretty quickly. Before beginning my search, I didn’t have a style in mind but I knew that whatever I ended up with, I would know it was the one the moment I put it on. I also did not want to confuse myself so I planned to have a short search which I did. I went to three bridal stores before ending up at La Raine’s Bridal Boutique. It was there I found the one. Funny enough, Phoebe was the one who told me about this store. I was with my mom and Juliet when I tried my dress on and they were in agreement too. I remember not wanting to get out of that dress after I put it on. Shopping for my dress was a lot of fun and watching someone else do the same brought as much joy to my heart.

My dress was a Venus Exclusive. I had never heard about this designer prior to finding my dress but they have a lovely collection. Check them out here.

My dress…