Can't believe I made it to work today. Late last night Abbey was having an allergic reaction to a raspberry she tasted, she didn't even eat it. Hubby noticed her scratching at the back of her neck, he noticed a bit of a rash. Since she has baby eczema I took her to the room to apply some hydrocortisone only to discover her upper body was covered in hives. Now as a first time mom you'd think I'd be super freaked out, but I'm surprised at how calm I remain in situations like this, being that it's my first rodeo. So as I applied the cream I called Kaiser's advise nurse, she asked me a bunch of questions one sticking to the back of my brain.....IS SHE BREATHING? Yes infact she was, she was actually walking around, jumping on the bed, climbing on papa, being her usual self only crimson in color. So the nurse told me to give her some Benadryl. If that didn't work and symptoms worsen, bring her in. Hubby went to 24hr Walgreens, came back, Abbey had the medicine, which she is very good at taking by the way. SHE fell asleep, hubby fell asleep, and there I was wide awake, listening to her breathe. All the while googling allergic reactions to raspberry. Got up a couple of times to check the rash, wasn't getting better but definitely not getting worse. After debating for awhile, I got up for work, I checked her.........rash was gone, completely, like nothing ever happened! And now here I am wishing I had stopped and gotten some coffee. P.S. I noticed I started this blog a year ago, and contributed absolutely nothing, I will try and post more often before baby #2, no baby #2 is not on the way yet, but hoping for a Summer 2013 baby =]

Love, Lucy: "style smarter, not harder"

Love, Lucy: "style smarter, not harder": yay, its may!!! why not a give away!! heres your chance to win a limited edition paul mitchell pro tool!  i dont know about you, but when ...

WAIT, WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO????

So many bad side effects we hear about pregnancy, nausea, hot flashes, bloating, gas, constipation, hemorrhoids, itchy skin, etc. I was lucky not to suffer from these. 
But post-partum, my hair is falling out and I am sooooooooo forgetful, both cases are EXTREME. 
Every time I run my fingers through my hair, brush my hair, wash my hair, sleep, it just falls out. It got to the point to where I thought I may have a disease I wasn't aware of. Totally freaked me out!!!! But all the research on-line and my cousins and friends all tell me it's NORMAL.
Now the forgetfulness, let's just start with, I had planned to type this up on Monday. It's bad people, I forget what day of the week it is, I go downstairs and totally forget what the heck for until I get back to the top of the stairs. I ask people to remind me of things because I know I'm going to forget. Is it really that hard to remember how old you are???? This one I had heard of before, but does it wear off??? I hope so, for my baby's sake.


I'm scared to go anywhere with her by myself, what if I forget her at Marshall's????

Mother's Day

This year was my first Mother's Day. The hubby gave me a bulb to plant. He didn't know what kind of plant/flower it was. I loved this and anxiously awaited for it tob bloom.
When the leaves sprouted we knew exactly what flower it would be, we just waited out the color. Yesterday we saw that it was yellow. This morning it was this little guy greeting me.

Intro

After much contemplation, I decided to start a blog.  I don't think I have much to say, and lead a pretty boring life by most standards.....but I'm going to see where this takes me.

I wanted to do an advise column as I hapoen to be one that my peers look to for answers.  After all Monica means advisor. But I'm going to be   open for anything.