Monday, September 30, 2013

Tot Tuesday at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester

Recently I went to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester and you can read about what I did HERE.


We had an awesome time and I know other families who go there will also, so I am excited and think it is so great they are now having Tot's Tuesdays for younger children, Starting October 1st and every Tuesday there after will be special activities catered to toddlers including  DUPLO building with the attraction's master model builder David Howard. Every Tuesday will be featured programs for toddlers and parents to enjoy.

For the big opening October 1st WHUD  Kacey Morabito from "Mike and Kacey in the Morning" will be there from 11am-1pm for story time with the children, how exciting!

Tot's Tuesday is great for all lego lover's it will start every Tuesday from 10am-2pm, while there you can enjoy the other attractions Legoland has to offer like the 2 adventure rides or enjoy a 4-D cinema movie to name a few.

On Tot's Tuesday Admission for children ages 3-5 is $14 for adults $16. Children under two years old are free. Learn more and plan a visit - http://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/westchester/

Thursday, September 26, 2013

With Hope, The Odds Don't Matter. ( Mesothelioma Awareness day)



 About a week  ago a women by the name of Heather reached out to me about Mesothelioma Awareness day which is today and wanted me to help support the cause  after reading her story  it would be a pleasure to do this and bring awareness to the seriousness of it. Before going on her website I didn't know about Mesothelioma as  I am sure many of us don't unless we know someone who was diagnosed with it.  In honor of Mesothelioma Awareness Day and in honor of those won the battle, lost the battle or are in the middle of the battle right now I am donating my social network.


Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer  caused by exposure to Asbestos, that develops from cells of the mesothelium, the protective lining that covers many of the internal organs of the body. About 3,000 people are diagnosed with Mesothelioma a year and given around 10 months to live.  Heather was diagnosed with Mesothelioma and given 15 months to live 3 months after giving birth to her beautiful daughter. 7 years later heather is a mesothelioma survivor,  she has made it her job to spread the word and awareness about mesothelioma. You can continue reading about her story and journey on her website www.mesothelioma.com/heather/awareness  


Today being Mesothelioma Awareness Day Heather is asking that we donate our social status, give your voice to the victims and spread hope for those who are still in the fight. Go on the link above and donate your network status for a great cause. Thank you.
                      
                                                                                                           GabbyJ.




Friday, September 20, 2013

27 weeks!!! (12 weeks to go)

3 more months yay!!! On the 17th I turned 7 months if little man comes on his due date but Im not officially 7 months until next tuesday when I am 28 weeks so what I'm still celebrating I will take every cheat I can get that will get me closer to my due date.  Next week is also the beginning of my third trimester, I am starting to feel the effects I'm no longer sleeping through the night between bathroom calls and not being able to get comfortable a good's night sleep is getting harder and  harder.
After dinner


On monday I went to my OB appointment typical appointment sit in the waiting room for 30-45mins, get called to sit in the patients room and wait for the doctor to come in for another 30-45mins then have the doctor come in for 5 minutes make small talk listen to the baby heart beat we are good to go come back in 3 weeks to do it all over again :-) thats so how it goes every time, maybe I am the only one.  Before he left I spoke to him about tying my tubes.  I really want to get that done but I heard so many mixed views on it I wanted his facts, I heard some women go into early menopause, the body gets confused and go all wacko.  The doctor said its impossible for that too happen and he showed me what it is thats being snipped.  I will do some research and get my facts in order so kev and I can make the final decision.

Tuesday I went in to get my glucose test done O joy, yes that is sarcasm.  All I kept thinking about was the nasty orange liquid I will drink YUCK!!! The phlebotomist gave me the liquid concoction she assured me that the taste was better now it had more of an orange taste and it wouldn't be bad, As my friend in my head Tamar Braxton would say "lies you tell" lies that lady told it was just as nasty as I remembered.  I would say it taste like orange flat soda but that has more taste then that glucose drink.  I drank it waited my hour reading "50 shades of grey" got my blood drawn and I was done.  Thank God!

Meet Markie everyone :-) next post I will add video
My Older sister gave me a my baby's heart beat bear to review he is the cutest giraffe I have ever seen I love his big eyes.  His name is Markie, he comes with a heart shape recorder that goes in the back of the giraffe and you can record the your baby's heart, your voice or song of choice.  We chose to record our little mans heart beat. It took us a little while to get the heartbeat recorded the first time we went in to the doctor got the heartbeat all went great, when I get in the car the kids wanted to hear the recorded heart beat, before I squeezed the giraffe I asked kevin if the switch was on play and not record he said yes it's on play so I  squeezed the bear and got nothing then when I squeezed it again nothing, I take the back out and ITS ON RECORD we rerecorded over the heart beat which means we lost the heart beat I was so upset and disappointed.HE already knew to threaded lightly for the rest of the day lol


A whole month later we finally get the recorded heartbeat and I make sure we save a copy somewhere just in case that mistakes happens again. I so wish I had this for Hannah I would love to hear her heartbeat when on days when I am feeling down it would have been a wonderful keepsakes of my little Angel.  Here's a little sample from markie.

12 more weeks 90 days to be exact but whose counting :-) until I meet my prince.   Until then you guys keeps praying my family and I we need them especially Kevin he's taking a lot between my mood swings and craving's he need's all the prayer ha!ha!ha!