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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Our little Bambino

Everyone has their own cute little names for their little developing fetus, “peanut,” “gummy bear,” “monkey,” etc! Being that Ron and I are domesticated as well, we decided to dub ours, “bambino,” which was actually given to us by my Tito (uncle) Ed, although I’m sure he doesn’t remember ;-) .

It’s been, what seems like, a loooong 13 weeks, and I’ve been been experiencing my right of passage into the baby factory gig. I’m still waiting for that day when I feel like a new woman again, but for now, Zofran PRN (as needed) is holding me down, err well holding my stomach contents down atleast :-)

The hardest juggle however, has been the grad-school aspect of it all. Photography alone has been on the back burner, but not to worry because in two weeks, it will be nothing but pomp-and-circumstance blaring in this home of ours. Ironically, just like my fellow photogs have expressed that “wedding season” has begun, so too has “baby season.” So be on the look out for upcoming maternity sessions and newborns to grace this blog :-)
For now,  I leave you with this. Loved ones have been bugging me to post some pictures, so here they are.

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Our “Bambino” at 8 weeks and 3 days

My mom said my uterine cavity is shaped like a heart! <3 ha!

photo12 weeks and 2 days – Taken by Ron’s iPhone in Oahu, Hawaii

Baby Bump? Or a whole lotta banana macadamia nut pancakes?

Once Upon a Dream

As a kid, I remember watching movies like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty while my Lola (grandma) worked away on her sewing machine making clothes for her grandchildren. She possessed what I called, “the grandma-opera-voice,” something I’m sure every grandma has :-) , so everytime a song came up during the movie, she’d sing right along.

Today marks the 40th day anniversary of her death, and in our culture and religion, this day is symbolic. Last night she visited me in my dream and sang a familiar tune that I remember all too well…

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“I know you… I walked with you once upon a dream.

I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam.

And I know it’s true, that visions are seldom all they seem.

But if I know you, I’d know what you’d do…

You’d love me at once, the way you did once,

Upon a dream…”

-Aurora from Sleeping Beauty