| Well, I'm looking for friends for my 19-month-old daughter to play with, and I'd like to make some friends myself. I'm 23 years old, and only about two of my friends have any kids at all, and their kids are quite a bit older than my little girl. I know I'm young, but I tend to relate better to people who are at least a little older than I am. I've never been much into a lot of the things that other people my age are into - clubs, drugs, drinking, partying, whatever. That stuff's not really for me. I have my kiddos (my son is 5 months old - too young for a playgroup!) and I like to joke around and have fun, and I work full-time and am looking for a second job, and that's pretty much my life. I love comedy...Dave Chappelle, Simpsons, Southpark, Drew Carey, etc...and I love all the Friday movies. Clean humor is great too, but where do you find THAT nowadays? lol One of my chief goals in life is to laugh as much as possible, because life's not nearly as serious as people make it sometimes and even when it is, laughing sure helps you through it. I'm not too concerned about finding people with similar or identical interests or goals or whatever - differences between people are what make us different people, and why would I want to talk to someone who was just like me? Mainly, I'd like someone to talk to who likes to talk to me, and some friends for my daughter. When you have kids and none of your friends do, it sure makes you feel isolated sometimes. Nobody can relate to changing a zillion diapers a day, or getting puked on just when you're getting ready to walk out the door, or getting halfway to wherever you're going and discovering you left home without a bottle. I need someone who can identify with these things!!
Oh, and P.S., new update, I'm pregnant again. I'm due 10/02/07. Don't know what it is yet. Can't believe this: my daughter will be 2 in August, my son will be 1 in September, and a few days later I'll have another one. ...How does this keep happening?? ;) I'm getting my tubes tied this time around. |
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| Samara is 19 months old, and she's what's classified as an "easy" baby. She's very sweet-natured and happy, and she loves other kids. She gets into EVERYTHING though. She's usually smiling, and she likes to play chase and airplane. She's crazy about bathtime too. She's starting to get into the whiny-toddler thing lately, though, and I know it's just a stage but it drives me nuts. Samara was born with a particularly bad case of a medical condition called gastroschisis. She spent the first 3 1/2 months of her life in the hospital, sedated and hooked up to a variety of tubes and monitors, so it's incredible to see how far she's come in such a short time. Except for a wide, long scar on her belly, you'd never know she ever had anything wrong, so we're really proud of her.
Elijah is only 5 1/2 months old, and he eats constantly, just like his sister. At birth, he weighed 7 lb, 9 oz, and now he's about 16 pounds. What a little chunky-monkey. lol He's a little lap-baby and wants to be held and talked to and played with ALL THE TIME. I do spend a good amount of time interacting with him, but just like with his sister, I make him spend time by himself so he doesn't always count on other people for entertainment. He's absolutely determined to move - he hates being still and he squirms constantly. He set a new personal record yesterday by sitting up for seven consecutive minutes without falling over!! His previous record was only like 2 minutes.
Jay is the kids' dad. He and I have been together for about 4 years, since he was 20, and he's a fantastic father. Right now he's working three jobs - one full-time and two part-time - so he's almost never home, but when he is he helps me out with the babies, and he takes on responsibility for Samara every night so I can concentrate on handling Elijah. He absolutely dotes on the kids, and Samara's crazy about her dada. Jay's also taking two college courses (online - there's no way he'd ever have time to actually attend classes) and he still manages to find time to help his parents work on their car, work on MY car for me, and spend time with his brother. He's the one who got me interested in options investment. Jay is one of the most intelligent people I've ever met, which is one of the things that I find so attractive about him. We don't always see eye-to-eye on things, but I definitely respect, admire, and adore him. :) He's very mature for his age in most ways. However, he likes to take advantage of my intense fear of cockroaches, and seizes every opportunity to chase me through the house with a dead roach in hand, laughing and calling after me: "Look! It won't hurt you! It's dead!" while I run, terrified, shrieking and threatening his life, and leaping over any furniture or small children in my way. (He's never actually touched me with one, though, which is the only reason he still exists.) In that way, he is NOT mature, but in most other ways, he is. lol Jay is black and I'm white, so we get some unfriendly stares from people sometimes, and we both have to deal with the negative stereotypes associated with interracial relationships, but both our families are fine with it and are very supportive and love our children, so I'm really thankful for that. So anyway, that's my family. A little weird and dsyfunctional, but oh well. I love 'em anyway. ;) |
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