It's "2010" Dalal!?!?

The girls doctor was actually there daddy's doctor also. He is a older man and sometimes I thought about switching, not only cause of his age but his office is just as old as he is,(mean, I know) But seriously they have a black and white 13inch TV coming from the ceiling. I think it only gets channel 8?? There is no where for the kids to play, not even the silly little blocks that they push back and forth. They are just SO not "2010"..

But the one thing I have to say is that even though he is old and the office is not the best place to visit. He is a amazing doctor, he remembers my husband and his sister as a child.. When he measures the girls, there height is always under, they come from little people. He will always say well look at the father and aunt. lol.

Another thing I LOVE about him is that he don't push me on anything. If I don't want my girls to have there flu shot, he don't judge. I recently started delaying vaccines with Nevaeh and he doesn't push when I go in, he will just ask me "do you want me to give her any today?" and If I say No it ends at that. He laughs at me all the time cause I tell him that I google everything, so sometimes if I ask him a question he will say "didn't you google it". He is a great man and I think that they have a pretty good doctor.

Nevaeh's 29inches and 20 pounds..

Bit of a Gypsy...

Some may say that I am quite the gypsy.. I have lived MANY places in my 33 years of life.. There are some people that are born in the same house and raised there. How awesome is that! Not me, I actually don't even know where we lived when I was born. I moved and moved and moved some more..The only real stable home I have known was my grandma's house, we would go there on the weekends. ahhh what a great time that was for me, to sleep in a nice bed and it just felt like a home. Not that where ever I did rest my head at during the week was so horrible, it just didn't have the same feel as my grams house!

When I finally got out of Bridgeport to move to Stratford we stayed with my Uncle for awhile. Then when my gram got sick we moved in with her to help take care of her.. It was a home and I thought that the moving could finally end nope..I was in the house that my grandfather built with his own two hands, where my mom was raised, I LOVED that house! There was nothing I wanted more then to keep it in my family but my Uncle had other plans, he had dollar signs in his eyes. So after my Gram left us, So did my home.

Then the gypsy was on the go..

From there we moved to Success, it was little condos they were really cute, perfect for my mom and I.. But that didn't last long..Things happened and it was time to move on for Laurie..

Gypsy's locations.. (since I could remember)

*Taft Ave
*College St
*Avo St
*Success vill
*Madison Ave
*Boston Ave
*Goodwin Pl
*Woodmont Ave
*Berkshire Ave
*Columbis Ave
*George St
*Adolph pl
*Linen Ave
*Thompson St
*Dover St
*East Main St
*East Main St
*Hansen Ave
*Hillside Ave
*Beechwood Ave
*Iranistan Ave

21 places and those are only the ones that I can remember, I am pretty sure that there are a few more.. Who moves that much??? The Gypsy does. Luis wants to buy a house soon, I really love where I am at now, but it's not likely we can buy this house.. So lets see where the next place is, Hopefully.. HOME...

My Picks...

A day of just plain laziness. We just watched TV and relaxed for most of the day. I had been wanting to eat KFC for the longest!! So he kept telling me to go.. Which I didn't really want to, but he did go to the store the day before to buy me feminine products, so it was the least I could do..lol So I finally went and what a disappointment.. the popcorn chicken was spicier then usual and just didn't taste good.

I watched the "2010" Miss USA pageant.. I just LOVE and truly enjoy watching it every year. My inner little girl loves the dresses and the beautiful smiles and all the beauty. It brings me back to my grandma's living room and watching it with her and my mom..We would call our favorites. Now every year it may be corny but I write my favorites and guess my picks for each cut.. I have to say I am pretty on point. This year the one I liked the most came in second place. not bad! Michigan won, she was beautiful but I thought that Virginia was a little better at her question. Can't wait for Miss Universe!

Uh-Oh the Mama is down...

I swear it should be against the rules for the moms to get sick.. I sure don't like seeing my babies sick, but I am here to take care of them.. But what about when the mom is sick?? I was fine earlier besides a little tummy growling and weird movements in there.. But then out of the blue it was fast spurts to the bathroom.. We were watching Avatar and I had to pause it for bathroom breaks way too many times..

Then like next thing you know I was freezing with chills and had to put a sweater and socks on.. I was shivering, went to the bathroom and it was then coming from both sides..(sorry TMI)but it was so bad. My stomach felt a little better after that but I was just so cold.. I took Motrin and layed down, but kept thinking about my kids. My mom was up but not really paying attention to them.. I put them to watch TV and layed down under the covers..Luis went to get some Tylenol and pads, which he hates to buy..lol.. Yeah sick with my friend/enemy... Talk about double team..

When the Motrin kicked in, I started sweating..I got up and went and checked on my girls and besides my house being a total disaster, everything else was okay...But how hard is it to be sick and have to be a mama also..

Picture Perfect..

So I figured it was time to get that camera and start snapping. So I go outside with the girls to enjoy the beautiful weather. We stopped at the store on the way home from picking up Ava from school, got a few snacks. They played on the swings and mommy watched and went camera happy..











Got a few good shots, not too many cause it's really hard to get 3 girls to look at the same time...

Gone way too soon!

My beleif in God has only gotten stronger through the years. I don't go to church like I should, but I have very strong faith. How else can you explain all the beauty in the world..I have always had it in my heart but I think it may have got stronger when I gave birth for the first time. How does someone explain that, creating a life and then bringing them into the world is just amazing..

Now death on the other hand is just not something that I handle well and can't explain.. Especially to children or people that haven't got a chance to experience all of life's beauties..I had a hard time understanding WHY God would take lifes to early, but I finally realized they must have a differnt plan, a bigger plan.. God knows what he is doing and my Frankie must have been really special to be apart of that BIG plan..

It was Mother's Day "2000" when I got the most shocking horrible news..I called my Aunts house to just say Happy Mother's Day to my mom. Mike picked up the phone and we were having a little disagreement in the past few days so when he wasn't putting her on the phone right away, I figured he was still mad..

So he then asked "If I had someone with me"? I couldn't understand why, So I kept saying put my mom on.. Then he said the words that I would never have expected to here. "Frankie, passed away last night" and my first thought, Who? How can I even think that it's my 21 year old cousin..He made it very clear and I LOST it, dropped the phone and started screaming like a manaiac, ran up the basement stairs and ran out the door.. I just wanted to run and run and not stop until the pain stopped. My friend caught me outside and just held me..She didn't understnad why I was crying though, no one knew the words that I just heard or knew the phone was still on the stairs....

I finally said the words and everyone knew, so It was time to go be with my family.. So we all gathered in the house that so many Christmas partys were held with laughter and happy voices. This was a whole new scene with sad faces and tears. I sat outside on the porch and just kept playing it in my head like it was a bad nightmare that I wanted to wake up from.. Then I thought about what I was doing at that moment the night before. I was in Walgreens and the rain was so hard and so loud and I remember thinking that I never seen the rain like that and then I knew it was the angels crying for him.. It also rained the day of his funeral and me and my aunt had the same feelings about the rain..

The funeral was really nice, well for a funeral anyways..They let out doves, which remind me so much of him. They always find there way home just like he did, He would always ask for rides to the other side of town and end up back home somehow..lol There are so many good memories of Frankie I have.. We didn't get along much as kids we fought a lot.. But we grew up to be really close, ALL of us. Weeks before his death my mom tells me "guess who wants to move in with you" When she said his name, I remeber saying NO he will eat all my cereal.. he didn't have Bowls of cereal he had POTS of cereal..He loved music, he would fall asleep with the radio right next to his head and he sometimes would tell me to rub his hair to fall asleep, just like Ernie.

We had good times. I will always cherish having him in my life. I LOVE you Frankie and WE will never forget you..
11/10/78 to 5/13/2000

Sorry this was so long and anyone that read the whole thing, sorry but I just wanted to let it out in here and reflect on a few memories of him!

Just hoping..

It really sucks that Zoey is sickie still.. But in some ways I am thinking that last year she was sick with the tummy bug ON her birthday, cause I remember that Luis and the family was in Puerto Rico.. So we just did a cake with my mom and Beba. So **fingers crossed** She wont be sickie this time and can enjoy her 4th birthday..(yes 4 where did the time go??) I swear she was just 2 the other day..

So anyways hoping that this year is a sick-free birthday..Thinking about doing a Luau for this birthday if the weather cooperates...