Happy Halloween!

For Halloween, I found a onesie for Demi that was designed like a mummy! I also got booties that said "My 1st Halloween" My baby looked so cute!

Morayo was Snow White! So when I told hubby who Mo was going to be for Halloween, he had NO idea who Snow White was! We took the kids to the Walmart home office today to trick or treat. There were hundreds of kids all dressed up in their cute and creative costumes. A lot of employees decorated their cubes and had LOTS of candy ready for the kids. Some of the cubes were really, really creative! Anyways, several people said "Hi Snow White" to MoMo and hubby looked at me and said, "Why am I the only one who doesn't know who Snow White is?" I couldn't even laugh. 

MoMo was so confused at first with people telling her to get candy but she eventually caught on. I'm sure next year she'll be able to yell "Trick or Treat!" Can't wait!

BTW it was so great to see my team today and I can't wait to be back at work. Did I say that? Lol

Interesting

My brother Emmanuel turns 25 next month (OMG!) Whoop whoop! Early shout out to him! He started a countdown on his Facebook page about 25 things he has learned in life thus far. While scrolling through my news feed yesterday, I saw the latest one he had up, which was...

" #21. You're going to lose friends. It just is. With some people, IT WILL be expected but with others it will hurt...sometimes really bad. We are undergoing so many personal and professional changes at this point in life that there's bound to be some casualties along the way. No hard feelings. 

On the bright side, you will ALWAYS end up with the people that matter." 

Emmanuel

After reading that, I scrolled down further and a friend of mine shared this article on their page..

I just thought it was interesting how the article kinda related to my brother's status. I share the same sentiments. As I've grown older, especially now being a wife, mother, and having a career. I really have no room for meaningless relationships in my life. Even if I had the room, I don't have the TIME! And no... I don't say this because I have a family now. For those who really know me, they now that Lauret is still the same ol' Lauret. I am not one of those people that becomes a different person because of a change in my life. Yes, I have changed as far as maturing but my character is the same. Prior to even getting married, I already had this epiphany. I was done with people and things that added no meaning to my life. Have you ever been there, when you ask yourself "why do I even bother?" If you make amends, trust me it makes for a better and easier living. I really like this quote from the article... 

"I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions or unnecessary conversations. If we don’t vibrate on the same frequency there’s just no reason for us to waste our time. I’d rather have no one and wait for substance than to not feel someone and fake the funk.” – Joquesse Eugenia

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Hope you learned something from the article. It applies to us all. Have a happy weekend!

MoMo Dearest!

Sunday after church, all the kids were so excited to see King David as they all love to call him. A few of them gathered around his carseat and played with him. MoMo was running about having fun because we were having a going away party for one of our members that is moving. As soon as she realized what was going on around Demi, she ran with speed towards him to shoo all the kids away. Lol. She didn't want them around him I guess. She was being a protective big sis. I thought it was cute.

Fast forward to yesterday evening. After hubby got home from work, I was sitting in bed with MoMo and Demi and hubby was trying to be playful. He kept tickling me and as soon as he got up, I jumped up after him for payback because he HATES being tickled. We were wrestling and I guess we were both screaming and poor MoMo thought I was being attacked. She started crying and pointing her finger and screaming "No, No, No". Hubby stopped and quickly went to pick her up from the bed, but she kept screaming and crying until I took her from him. She squeezed me and gave me a big ol' hug and I explained to her that mummy and daddy were just playing, and daddy wasn't hurting me. Hubby couldn't believe it. Well... we were both shocked. I thought that was more than cute, it melted my heart! MoMo the protector! 

In related MoMo news...

This past Saturday, I called my oldest sister Collette on FaceTime. I was carrying MoMo and she had her paci in her mouth. As soon as Collette answered, she asked why MoMo still had a paci. She told Mo to take it out of her mouth, which she did, but stuck it back in seconds later. After we got off FaceTime with Collette, we called Harriet. She asked the same exact question as soon as she answered, "Why is that paci in her mouth?" After we spoke to Harriet, we called Juliet and got the same question as soon as she answered! After I got off FaceTime With Juliet, I got up and threw two paci's in the trash and hid one in case of a really bad reaction from MoMo. She has gotten so used to them, and really it's about time I stopped it before it gets worse. Plus, I REALLY don't want it to damage her growing teeth. Well, since Saturday afternoon, MoMo has been paci free!!! YAY!!! It hasn't been easy though. I think she's going through the withdrawal stage. Lol. She wakes up in the middle of the night (sometimes three times during the night), EVERY night since Saturday crying and screaming, which she never did before. It takes a while to calm her down before she falls back asleep. I'm very surprised hubby didn't give in and ask me to put the paci in her mouth. I'm very proud of him I must say. Lol. I guess he also figured it's about time she stops. I think it's now safe to throw that last paci away. There is NO going back at this point. We can't make this much progress and then start back from square one. In MoMo's own words, "NO, NO, NO!"

Also MoMo just made my morning today when I realized she cracked my Ipad screen in several spots! Ooooh I was HOT! Normally, when she does something wrong, I smack her fingers but doing anything to her was so pointless because I found out after the fact. She wouldn't have understood why she was getting tapped on her fingers. Oh welly... it's just an Ipad right?  

Settling In

I've been in Bentonville for exactly a week now and although things have been going good, I'm realizing that juggling an infant and a toddler is no easy task. I even appreciate my family more for helping me with the first two months after Demi's birth. For the most part, Demi is good as long as he has been well fed. He'll allow me put him down for a couples of minutes while I get things done. However, sometimes he just wants to be held and I can't get out of his sight for nothing! MoMo has been an AWESOME big sis! I'm so proud of my little girl I tell ya! She may be really little but she is such a BIG helper. She tries to do so much and I'm sure in her mind she just knows she's helping. Lol... And she is! It just breaks my heart sometimes when hubby is at work and they're both crying. My days are filled with carrying them both at the same time because I'm trying so much to not make MoMo think she's not getting love. It's all joy though when I can get them to both calm down and we all just enjoy peace and QUIET. 

I have two more weeks at home and I plan to enjoy every moment of it with my babies. Demi is growing up SO fast and I really want to live in every moment. Very soon, all I'll have with them will be my evenings and weekends. I didn't blog at all last week because I just couldn't find the time and I was trying to get a hang go my new life. I'm more familiar with our schedule now, so I'll get better. 

Some photos from Sunday after church...

You can always catch me on Instagram "ediaryofmrso" or on Twitter "Mrs_LauretO" 

Happy New Week!

Proud Sister!

My sister Harriet's article got published in LevoLeague. I am so so proud of her. I think Harriet is a great writer! I absolutely love reading her work. She has a really superb way of putting her words together that makes me appreciate the English language and writing. I remember back in Nigeria when we were younger, we used to beg Harriet to tell us bedtime stories. She was so good at telling fun "African" tales about the tortoise and his cunning ways and many other fun stories. Now that I think about it, she was so young back then, but she was so good! People always tell me about how much they like my writing, and I think about Harriet's, which I don't even come close to. I wonder what they'll think of hers if they like mine so much.

You can check out the article here. 

Harriet blogs too, even though she doesn't frequently. Check out her blog here. 

CONGRATS!!!

Harriet!

Bentonville on my mind!

It has been really great being in Georgia for my maternity leave these past couple of weeks but all good things do come to an end at some point. It's about that time, my days here are numbered. I can't believe how fast 7 weeks flew by. It has been a really good time though. I got to catch up with friends which is always a good time. Most especially though, it has been awesome being around my family! I am really, really going to miss them! Back to phone calls and FaceTiming we go. Morayo may not be able to express it, but I know she is going to miss her aunties, uncle, cousin, and grandparents a lot. They have all been so, so good to her.

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I'm ready to be back at home though! I really miss hubby, like REALLY! Looking forward to living our days as a family of four!

Thank God for God!

After getting married to hubby, I changed churches and started going to his church with him. However, before then, I attended church with my family. There was a particular person at my church who would always come up to me after church whenever she saw me just to say hi. After a while, I also developed a liking for her too because I thought she was so sweet (not saying she isn't anymore...lol). Anyways, after I became pregnant and it became news to the church, this person's attitude towards me changed drastically. I mean, a full 360. She stopped speaking to me and not only that, she started ignoring me. I would see her in the hallway and she would act like she didn't see me. I would even come up to her and give her a hug which was always awkward because it seemed like she didn't care for it. For some time, I thought it was all in my head, but it wasn't. I knew this because the person made a comment to my sister about her marrying the right way (baby after getting married), which I clearly didn't do. Of course! I wasn't crazy! Her attitude towards me did change. 

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I just think it's amazing how sometimes as Christians we can be so unforgiving (not that I need her to forgive me, I have a God and He already forgave me before I even knew I would ever get pregnant before marriage). We wonder why unbelievers get turned off so easily by our attitudes. We get saved and become holier than thou and forget we were also down at some point before God picked us up. Heck! We're still down! Personally, I'm not bothered by her attitude. I don't even ever think about her until I see her at the church when I come to visit. The only reason why I even decided to blog about this is because JUST two weeks ago I was at the church and she ignored me again even though I was saying hi to people she was talking to! I still gave her a hug though. Lol. Some people may call it fake but honestly, I don't have an issue with her. If anything, it's quite comical to me. If I treat her the way she's treating me, that would mean I'm also harboring something against her and seriously, I ain't gat time fo dat. Even though I made a mistake, I have moved on in life. A great life for that matter! I would think that she would even let go after seeing that now I have a family and things are working out well for us. I would see reason with her attitude if I did some thing that affected her directly, like steal from her, but no...

Moral of the story, "I thank God that He is NOT like man" 

Hello October!

I was born in Nigeria and raised there for 13 years of my life, of which I carry with me some of the fondest memories. Regardless of how long I've been in the States and how long I will remain here, I am a true Nigerian gal all day long! I recognize my roots, I love my roots and I pray I can raise my children to recognize and appreciate it as well. Today marks 53 years of independence for Nigeria. 

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Also, hubby started working at Walmart exactly one year ago today. I can't believe he has lasted in Bentonville that long. Lol. Words can't express how proud I am of him. He is learning and growing so much in his career and I pray that God continues to grant him his heart desires and favor him in everything that concerns him. Congrats babe! 

Hey Sexy!