Blessed

I've been SO blessed to be a part of a great group of girls. We all met online, and alot of people probably wouldnt understand our story but it doesnt matter because we all do. We would all love to meet one day with our babies and that desire became a reality when one of the girls came up with a good idea to write the Ellen show about our story. Here is the letter my friend came up with. It brought tears to my eyes and although i've never met any of them, i could not be more thankful for their friendship.


Dear Ellen Show Peeps!,

First and Foremost I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I will start off by telling you about an amazing group of women that I am a part of. It all started in early 2010 when we all found out we were all expecting babies in November 2010 by “peein on a stick”, A group of crunchy, cloth diapering, organic, and crafty preggo mommies found themselves searching for people to talk to, there started our “Nov 2010 Due Date Club” on diaperswappers.com. Throughout our pregnancies, we shared stories of our daily life, we supported the struggles with marriage and weightloss, the lives of our other children, crafting and recipe ideas, our exciting news on our pregnancies, the birth (and stillbirth) of our babies, and have now linked with each other on Facebook to continue our journey as our babies grow and as we grow as mothers.

It has been an amazing journey. I have come to meet some amazing women. Each and every one of us brings a different story to the table. We range from from ultra liberal tattooed agnostics to conservative Christians, and Canadians to American Crazies. But all of us are women who have been through so much, who can help one another, who do not judge one another’s lifestyles or choices, who laugh with one another, who cry with one another, and who would one day like to meet one another. These women have become my friends, if even through a computer screen, our words have traveled far and straight through to eachothers hearts.

One of our most heartbreaking moments was that of our dear friend Krystal, who is also my sister. While all of us were experiencing the joyous moments of our Childs births, she was experiencing the tragic loss of a full term stillbirth. It has affected all of us greatly. Some can relate, because they themselves had suffered that same tragic loss, but others have never experienced that, and it has brought us that much closer.

We do lots of amazing things for one another as well. One mother experienced a den of skunks destroying her house and items in it; we rallied together and sent her toys and diapers for her children. Another mother’s cloth diapers were destroyed in her dryer (melted) so we sent her new ones! We do crafty toy swaps, and send each other random gifts out of the kindness of our hearts. We are doing a mother’s day swap and sending each other gifts for that. We will eventually be sending each other gifts for our children’s 1st birthday!!

Its so fun to be able to share the stories of our babies all growing up together. We get to share the milestones that our babies are achieving, we talk and laugh about the funny silly things they do, we share pictures of how they are growing, we give eachother advice about cloth diapering, breast feeding, and even when our babies are up at 3am, we have someone to talk to!
Daily, we talk and learn more about each other. We talk of one day meeting with our babies as well. It would be so neat to meet these women face to face and be able to hug them, cry with them, laugh with them.. And to be honest.. we need to have some cocktails together!! I think it would be so neat for the world to see how we met on a message board and how social media is turning a new circle on meeting moms with common interests. I can tell these women anything, and know that they will be there with advice and help me in any situation.

I hope this story brings new light on how people meet and maintain friendships by using the social network!
Sincerely,
Korin Bourdo and the November DDC!!

Day 4

I know i am late again posting Day 4, which was suppose to be yesterday, but school is literally sucking the life out of me. Anyhoo, the kids and i have a fun day planned today since my class got canceled tonight. I'm excited to use my new camera because Noah has a playdate with one of his friends! Although i didn't upload and post my Day 4 yesterday, i did take a pic. Here is my Day 4 pic. It is one of my first vintage pieces. Everyone knows i'm a sucker for the Goodwill, but i am also a sucker for true vintage items. I got this dress a few weeks ago, and just by looking at the tag alone you know it was made long before my time. It fits like a glove and i just LOVE it! Had to snap a pic before i left to class yesterday. So here i am.....DAY 4!



Here, you can see the dress better without my sweater :)

Day 3

I know, i know it's only day 3 and i'm already about 12 hours late. I'll post another later for Day 4 but here is my Day 3 picture i took yesterday. I found that i hold Belle alot more than i held Noah. Partly because she whines a little more and likes to hang with mom, and partly because i miss having a little baby. Noah grew up so fast and has ALWAYS been so independent, it's nice having a little one cling to you so much. So i found my hands full while trying to carry the laundry downstairs and i came up with a good idea :)

*Day 2*

I will be the first to say it, I've ALWAYS wanted a little boy. Little boys are SO curious and so carefree. They never care about what people are saying, what they're wearing, how they look ect. In a nutshell, they are alot like myself: a freespirit. Noah's personality is so much like mine it's scary. Although he has George's hot temper and stubborness (ok maybe he gets that from me too), he likes to run barefoot and always has a smile on his face. Day 2 of my 365 project is of my little boy. My son who will always hold my heart in his hands. I love this picture, and i know in 364 days my eyes will tear up looking at this because another year will have gone by and he will be that much older.

Commitment

So one of my goals was to blog more this year. What better, than to take on the challenge of 365. Basically that means, take a picture everyday for 365 days. I thought about this for the past 2 days. Wondering if this was a commitment i could take and actually do. And then i thought about how much my life has changed in the last year. And how much it is going to change a year from now. That's when i decided to take the commitment. So here i will post, a picture a day for the next year. Bear with me, i'm sure i will call in sick here and there but overall, you will see my life enfold over the next year. Here's to the next 365 days.

*Day 1*

The dreaded ISL. 21 pages of pure hell. How i did it with 2 kids i will not know.

PLayroom update

So i have had many ideas for our playroom/loft. One of the biggest is that if i make it vibrant enough maybe Noah will actually play in it? Who am i kidding, right? Ayways, we had been SO focused on getting Noah's big boy room together and the nursery together for Belle that the playroom kind of took the back-burner. That and our room. But i'm saving that for when i get around to actually doing something to our room haha. Anyways, i knew of a few things i wanted to get for the playroom, 2 of the biggest we have yet to get (an entertainment center and tv) BUT it is heading in the right direction. I've been drooling over this dark teal color for awhile, and although i didnt want to paint the entire playroom i did want to add some pop of color. So while my dad and George worked on our patio i decided to.....PAINT! Yes, i'm always pretty random like that. I also had this GREAT wooden shelf i scored at the Goodwill when i was pregnant with belle and really wanted to hang it on that giant open wall above the futon. I have some dreams of bunting that might make an appearance, but for now the shelf lives. Of course my color coordinator, George, is the one who chose the orange, BUT dont forget about me. I chose the teal :) Here is a before and a after. I will update as soon as we either a. get some curtains, or b. get a tv that wasnt made in the 80's. Don't hold your breath.

BEFORE



AFTER

Spring time weather calls for a picnic!

Since i've been on spring break i've been diving into SO many different things that have been on hold the whole year. My life is SO consumed by school right now since i only have one year left, so my time with the kids is very valuable. This week the weather has been SO nice and i thought what better than to have a picnic in our own backyard with my 2 most favorite people :)