tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10582187257499545122024-03-06T08:15:08.976+02:00From There To HearMiss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.comBlogger482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-3686291433066392702013-12-14T13:43:00.002+02:002013-12-14T13:43:55.024+02:00Closing doors so new ones can openI haven't been writing here for a while now, I've been wanting to but something inside has been stopping me. This blog and my old one Miss Preggy holds on to a lot of pain and hurt from my past. It in a way doesn't allow me to move on from everything that happened and just enjoy life. It also is a door for some rather mean people to look into my life that I don't want there and I am tired of the bullying.<br />
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I am not giving up on writing just not here.<br />
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So hope to see you on the other side of where I may pop up.Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-32839485904579166052013-09-17T13:51:00.000+02:002013-09-17T13:52:38.288+02:00Dear Aiden<div dir="ltr">
In a little over a month you will be 2 years old. Oh how time has flown by. How much you've grown and turned into this little personality brings such joy to my heart. <br />
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I never knew I could love anything or anyone as much as I do you. </div>
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People search for happiness there whole lives, they are continually looking for this extra something to complete them, they aim for all the success in the world to leave a legacy when the pass on but my boy, you are that for me. </div>
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You are my heart and my soul, my happiness and my extra something and you are my legacy. If I do nothing else right except being your mother I will have lived a proud and complete life. </div>
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You are my little monster and watching you change everyday and learn things and grow brings such joy. Even the temper tantrums, I just sit and stare at you in amazement because you are so strong willed, so defiant, so stubborn, so passionate and so damn adorable.</div>
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I wish I could press pause for a little bit. I'm really loving the stage you in right now.<br />
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I'm really loving how I'm the only one you want right now and I'm not sure when that is going to pass. </div>
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I love your cuddles in the morning, and your kisses good night.</div>
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I love how you say come mommy when you want me to play.</div>
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I love how you already say please and fankyou.</div>
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I even love how you pronounce sock even though it's totally inappropriate and how you simply stop everything you doing to tell us you parted (farted). </div>
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I love how you cry weeeee when going over hills or down dips. </div>
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I love how you point out and say yellow truck, blue car and a beebaabeebaa when you see an ambulance. </div>
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I love your shyness and at the same time the way you embrace a whole room</div>
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I love your laugh and love for animals. </div>
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I love your excitement and innocence. </div>
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I love your sportiness and your musicality. </div>
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I love you. </div>
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I know I'm not the perfect mother but I hope one day you know everything I do I do for you.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-6118118796892773822013-09-16T21:33:00.000+02:002013-09-16T11:58:34.724+02:00I don't want another child<div dir="ltr">
I get the question, "when is number 2 coming?" a lot now that I am in a commited relationship. Or other comments like "you have one you might as well have two" or "just have one now before the age gap between Aiden is too big."'<br />
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But quite honestly I dont want another child. I didn't want kids to begin with, yes I love my child with all my heart, he is my life, my joy, my sunshine and he is also all I need. </div>
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I don't have this burning desire to bare another, I am in no way broody and I love my neat and calm little family of now three.<br />
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I didn't just make this decision out of pure selfishness, I have been thinking of having another child for a while and although there have been one or two crazy moments where I thought it would be nice in the bigger picture I never see myself having another or wanting one. <br />
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1. Everyone says if you have one you might as well have two. It's the same thing, if not easier. I don't believe a word of it because when I was pregnant no one told me how hard one is so I highly doubt this statement. Everyone who says that is probably doubly or triply sleep deprived or can't actually remember how hard having a kid is. And that's the thing Aiden is 2 months shy of his second birthday and he still doesn't sleep through the night and now people want me to do it again, you all mad. And lets face facts if I had number 2 it would be after I am married so lets base that in the next 3 - 4 years coz I ain't rushing and then Aiden will be 5 or 6 and I must start all the way at the beginning. <br />
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2. Financial reasons. Having a second child is selfish and stupid because I simply can't afford another one. It has taken me up to now to be standing firmly on two feet and I've finally moved out of the folks place. I just make ends meet. Plus I can give one child an amazing upbringing with great education and opportunities now I must split that between 2. Doesnt make sense. <br />
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3. Fear of the unknown. I have a child who all he has is me. I am his only parent. Yes Brad loves and adores him, yes he treats him as if he was his own but he doesnt have his own and I can honestly say I would never love another child as much as my own flesh and blood so its easier said than done and I don't want Aiden ever feeling like he isn't quite part of a family. Aiden was here first, he is my first priority. This fear may subside but for now it is my reality<br />
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4. Only child syndrome my ass. My siblings are probably going to pop out a good few, especially my sister. All my friends have kids, he goes to school and plays with kids all day, our neighbours all have kids. It's kids deluxe every where you look. He'll be fine and he'll never be lonely.<br />
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5. Its my body and its my decision. I've had a child in a pretty messed up situation. The last few years have been more than tough, I know first hand that having a child should never be a slap dash decision or an oopsie because its a little person and that little person depends on you to make smart and thought out decisions. <br />
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6. My body. Not my skinny body just my general health. I hated and I mean hated pregnancy and I still remember it clearly. I was in and out of hospital and almost had Aiden earlier than I had him. It was hard and from my pregnancy I developed hyperglycemia and I've just been diagnosed with insulin resistance. Imagine what a second pregnancy might do to me. <br />
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So unless its an act of God that I fall pregnant, my loop stays firmly in place. </div>
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I do take my hat off to woman who have more than one actually take my hat off to any mother. I don't judge those who have big families if it works for you that's great but it doesn't work for me, its not part of my goals or dreams. <br />
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I love my unconventional, unmarried, family of 3 individuals who all love each other for who we are and not for what society expects us to be. We perfect just the way we are. Why change it.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-84968004131348472702013-09-15T20:40:00.001+02:002013-09-17T13:53:01.690+02:00On moving out<div dir="ltr">
So we moved out.</div>
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We moved in with Bradley.</div>
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Our new house still has boxes lying around.</div>
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And still tons of work to do before it looks like a home.</div>
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But I wake up in our room and because we have so much space I have a white bed set and white curtains because I can make rules like no eating in mommies room because well we have a whole house to eat in.</div>
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Its bliss.</div>
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You see at my parents place the only real space was my room which also happened to have the downstairs tv in so it was kind of like a train station for every one. I felt very suffocated.</div>
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I don't any more. I can breathe again.</div>
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I am however a tad bit homesick. A tad bit sad to be building a new life without my parents in it every step. I have moved out before, I lived in Cape Town for 2 years so it's not the shelter of home I miss it's my family. </div>
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The last few years have been super rough and having a child at home is different in the sense that they not only my immediate family but Aidens as well. They the ones who came with me to scans and rushed me too the hospital when I went into labour. They were there when I had nervous breakdowns from sleep deprivation and the ones who shared all his milestones with me.</div>
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They are my life as much as Aiden is and I do miss them and I don't want to loose that or get to busy to keep it.</div>
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So even though I have moved out, a part of me and my heart will always be there and it will always be mine and Aidens home.</div>
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If I can even be half as great a parent as mine have been I know I will have done a brilliant job.</div>
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So to my mom and dad, I love you with everything I have and I am the woman I am today because of your continuous love, support and encouragement.</div>
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-90285917157597145952013-09-04T12:29:00.001+02:002013-09-17T13:54:54.616+02:00Always a single mom at heart<div dir="ltr">
From the minute I fell pregnant I was alone in the parenting world. I was thrown into a life I wasnt ready for, so instead of learning how to be a parent with someone to share it with I learnt how to do it alone, I never knew any different and I still dont really.<br />
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I have always done every nappy change, made every bottle, done every night duty, every bath time and so on and so on. My body, my brain and my heart became a single mom I adjusted my lifesyle to this way of thinking and I think once you've been a single mom that feeling of being one will always be there or maybe just the fear of being one again comes into play.<br />
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I met an amazing man, a man that loves not only me but my son as well. He has taken off pressure by helping with bath time, night shifts, bottle making and school drop offs. I've had more Sunday naps now than I have since having Aiden. He truly is a blessing and I am truly grateful for his love.<br />
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I still call myself a single mom though, maybe its the sense of responsibility that comes with a child, the guilt and the emmense love. Maybe because I'm not ready to share, I feel like I have done so much alone and he is mine and I'm proud of everything I have accomplished alone.<br />
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I'm hoping this feeling will subside, I'm hoping I'll be able to drop down my walls and allow him in fully and I'm hoping the fear of Aiden and I being abandoned again will disappear.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-73985877217222641182013-08-29T12:08:00.000+02:002013-08-29T12:08:33.255+02:00You don't get to choose<div style="text-align: center;">
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You don't get to choose when you want to be a parent.</div>
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You don't get to choose when you'll sleep through the night again.</div>
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To pay his bills.</div>
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-37232204001380149662013-08-21T07:42:00.001+02:002013-08-21T09:03:22.476+02:00I have a pocket full of change<p dir="ltr">My entire life is up in shambles at the moment. In both good ways, bad ways and sad ways. Everything is changing, my life is being redesigned and hopefully in a few months it will be flowing again with routine and structure. I like plans and schedules, not a huge fan of living in the moment, I need to plan the moments and always have full control or I go a bit dilly. </p>
<p dir="ltr">First big change my darling sister left for the big USA. Now if you have read this blog for any amount of time you'll now that she is a huge part of my life and my heart. It broke my heart to say goodbye and I often cry when i think of her but as sad as it is I am happy for her and so proud that she's brave enough to follow her dreams. She's off au pairing for a family with 10 children, crazy right.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm taking the leap and moving out of my parents home. I have lived on my own before but not since falling pregnant. Im scared to say the least but also super excited. On top of just moving out, im moving out with my boyfriend, we have discussed our future and what it holds and it's right for us regardless if peoples judgements. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Aiden is moving school's. This decision made me toss and turn at night for weeks. I'm worried about too much change all in one go but I'm not happy with his current school so praying I made the right decusion and he takes to everything well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It's all a lot right now but it's all finally coming together. <br>
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My toddler is quite literally insane or maybe he is just making me insane. I think terrible two's are starting to kick in full force and he's keeping us all on our toes all the time! He still doesn't sleep through the night and basically instead of fighting it I have just come to accept it and just continue to pray that one day before I die I'll get a few good nights sleep in and if not I guess I'll sleep a good few hundred years of my eternity in heaven.<br />
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We moving out! This I could write about, it's a bundle of mixed emotions, I'm scared, I'm nervous, I'm excited and I'm confused. I need a good few days to actually think about it before I sit and write about what it all means to me but while I put that in the back burner of my brain, I am focusing on decorating my new home in my head.<br />
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My company is thriving, more than I expected it would in the almost year it has been officially running. I love my job, I love having my mother has my partner, I love the fact that regardless of all my failures and mistakes in life I can firmly stand proud that at the age of 25 I own a successful business that is growing every day.<br />
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I'm starting another little side project that I will share soon. It's pure passion and I'm super excited to get it going.<br />
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I'm in love. I have found 'the one' and I have my very own little happy family.<br />
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So in between packing, working, running around after a little terror I am going to try focus a bit more time to my little blog here, I miss it.Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-7103820309627235962013-06-14T11:12:00.001+02:002013-06-14T11:12:44.030+02:00With Fathers Day loomingIt's that time of the year again only this year my heart is in a whole different place. I've come to realise although Aiden's bio dad is nothing to brag about we have some pretty awesome men in our lives. My dad, who is probably the best grandpa I've ever seen. My crazy ass brother who will be the cool uncle I won't let my kid go out with after a certain age and then the man in my life, our life, who treats my boy as his own.<br />
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I have been trying to find ways to show my gratitude to Bradley on Fathers Day but without the blatantly "daddy" things as I'm not quite sure where and when that will be acceptable. We learning here daily, baby steps. Along my research I found these cards, they not particularly what I was looking for but they funny.<br />
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Happy Fathers day to all the great men who raise their children, all the miracle men who help raise other mens children and to all the single mommy's doing it alone, it's your day too!<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-58386135181000776782013-06-14T09:52:00.004+02:002013-06-14T09:54:03.678+02:00A little time away<div class="MsoNormal">
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-16922250997376983362013-06-13T12:55:00.000+02:002013-06-13T12:55:39.875+02:00In our backyard (almost) - Rietvlei FarmLately we've gotten into quite a rut, we became hermits for a while and weren't getting out the house at all. Thus making us all a tad insane and making the toddler extremely uncontrollable. It's hard to find things to do and places to go that are kid friendly and affordable. And when I say kid friendly I mean an environment where the kids can play freely and I can watch them from a distance.<br />
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Now I have lived in Alberton my whole life and I always tend to venture out when we plan something to do because well it's the South, what exactly is there to do here. Low and behold, there is a gem of a place literally down the road from me and if you venture past the front section there is a little kiddies heaven. (No I never knew this place existed) I have always taken my car to get washed there and then stop at the very open restaurant, which is like sitting in your garden with a waiter.<br />
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A little while ago we went a little further and found what <a href="http://www.rietvleilifestylecentre.co.za/">Rietvlei Farm</a> is really all about. For R25 for adults and R12 for kids you step into a huge farm with a Petting Zoo, picnic facilities, braai facilities, lapa's to rent for birthday parties, train rides, pony rides, tractor rides, there's even a Spa! The list goes on and on.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-8726779973783173252013-06-05T11:38:00.001+02:002013-06-05T11:38:23.933+02:00And the winners are...I always try make this as random as humanly possible. So I've opened up a new post and will type the first 5 numbers that come to my head between 1 & 11 and then check who the lucky winners of the <a href="http://www.babygroup.co.za/">Babygroup</a> vouchers are.<br />
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So the lucky numbers are:<br />
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6<br />
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And those winners would be....<br />
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DeMonique<br />
Remember When<br />
Kash<br />
Brigitta Nel<br />
Sindi<br />
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Please will the winners email me at jmckaydesigns@gmail.com with your contact info and I can get your vouchers to you ASAP.Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-62507316643129295072013-05-29T08:47:00.000+02:002013-05-29T08:47:21.264+02:00When life is goodLife changes all the time and it's finally changed in a good way, a great way. With picnics, and bird parks and playing soccer outside after school. With work flying in and a future being built. Less tears and more smiles. Life is good. It's the little things that make it so wonderful.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-85372937367583672842013-05-27T08:58:00.000+02:002013-06-04T10:08:15.293+02:00I have something for youI love shopping, I especially love shopping for Aiden. Only recently have I found the joy in online shopping and I can say it can quickly turn to a nasty habit but it's so easy and you can find exactly what you looking for with a click of a button.<br />
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<a href="http://www.babygroup.co.za/">Baby Group</a> is a <span style="font-family: inherit;">o<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">nline portal that offers exclusive products that aren’t available anywhere else in our country as well as insightful advice and support from the BabyGroup panel of experts. You can also find them on </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BabyGroupSA?sid=0.2089635271113366">Facebook</a> so give them a like if you have a chance.<br />
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This is a sponsered post but I received nothing for it but I did get five R50 vouchers for my readers. I honestly love this site, it's clean and easy to use and the products they have in their shop are wonderful.<br />
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Leave a comment and the five lucky readers will be announced on Wednesday 6 June.<br />
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Here are some things I would love to get my hands on:<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-48949757981232553712013-05-20T07:59:00.001+02:002013-05-20T16:45:02.320+02:00Why I am so tiredI constantly get bombarded with "why you so tired" "why are you so grumpy" "why don't you ever go out" why why why why why...<br />
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5:30/6:00am Aiden wakes up, put him in bed with the TV on hoping to get an extra 30 minutes sleep<br />
6:10am Aiden wants tea, I get out of my warm bed to make tea<br />
6:20am Aiden is now bored and wants my full attention<br />
- Change nappy<br />
- Put him in today's outfit (This is a war and a game of catch the child)<br />
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- Get my self dressed and looking vaguely decent<br />
(Doing all this with a whinny, naggy child holding onto my leg)<br />
7:30am Take Aiden to school (This includes getting him out the house and again playing catch the child while he runs around the car laughing his ass off)<br />
8:00am Home from drop off<br />
8:01am Coffee<br />
8:30am - 4:30pm work, work, work and do all necessary chores<br />
4.30pm Go to the shop to buy food for supper<br />
4:45pm Fetch Aiden from school<br />
5pm - 6pm Play with Aiden outside and cook, this is a juggling act between everyone in the house and a game of tag on who gets Aiden.<br />
By 6pm Aiden is in suicide hour mood and I am ready to jump off closest cliff<br />
6pm Feed Aiden supper and myself (This ends in food all over the kitchen, all over me and all over Aiden as well as a game of begging Aiden to at least eat one spoon of food and resulting in me eating cold food or very little food.<br />
6:30pm Bath time, yay, no not yay, Aiden loves to bath, my back does not love bathing Aiden.<br />
6:45pm Dress Aiden (Another round of catch the child but this time a screaming child)<br />
7pm Tea time<br />
7-730pm nicest time as he cuddles and watches TV with us<br />
7:30pm Bed Time (Favourite time of the day)<br />
But no it's not over for me, I get to have a bath and wind down and get into my warm bed for some sleep as I close my eyes, Aiden's eyes open, and they repeatedly open all night resulting in me never having a good night sleep like all you people you want to ask me why I am so tired and then after not sleeping at 5:30am Aiden wakes up again.<br />
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And this here is a good day, because it's a work day, on weekends its 48 hours of a child who is currently in the worst phase I have encountered yet and then you have to include breakfast, lunch, snacks, nap times (he doesnt like those), all day play time and all day temper tantrums..<br />
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So now you know, so now you can keep you silly questions to yourself.<br />
<br />Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-14137111907609508472013-05-17T08:23:00.001+02:002013-05-17T08:23:38.205+02:00Between the madness<br />
Sometimes you just have to come to accept that life is just crazy, things are going to continuously go wrong, life is manic, it has it's downs but then it has it's ups and in between the madness is where you find the sweet joys of life and it's where happiness can be found.<br />
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Aiden is in a terrible phase right now, he is pushing boundaries to the fullest and he is quite literally driving me insane. He smacks and throws tantrums, he says "NO" to almost every request, he throws food and climbs on the most dangerous devices. He grabs things out your hand and throws things at your head. He is deviant. He has a temper. He is stubborn. He is exactly like me.<br />
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Along with this phase, he is talking so well, words are just flying out his mouth and he is trying to build sentences and it warms my heart. He is starting to really love you back, he gives the biggest hugs especially if he sees me crying. His eyes light up when someone wants to play ball with him and he races around on his little black bike for hours. Every morning when I walk into his room he is smiling at me and looks at me with so much joy. He is the light in my life.<br />
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My custody issues are far from over. It causes me a great deal of stress and heart ache. It's like running in the same dark, scary circle over and over again and all you do is keep ending up at the beginning again and it never ends. And with all that we have heard yet another handful of promises of visits and financial help just for it to fall away again, not that I ever believed it to be true just find it fascinating how one would waste their breath on so many lies.<br />
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I have a great man in my life, in our lives, he loves us both, and he is helpful and encouraging and supportive. He makes me laugh and he makes Aiden laugh and he always talks about our future. He makes me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world and he's taken to Aiden like you can't believe. He's always there lifting me up when I'm ready to give up and always ready to help with small mundane tasks when he sees I'm exhausted. I am really one lucky girl.<br />
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Work is drowning us at the moment, but that is only a good sign, our business is blossoming and I couldn't be more proud of how far we have come in the last year. We have been truly blessed with enough work to make sure we are comfortable and besides from a week here and there where the occasionally "having a child" is extra expensive we are doing really well.<br />
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We are super busy at the moment and don't have a minute to spare and for a while our lives have just consisted of work and cuddles in bed. And I am loving every minute of it.<br />
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<br />Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-8958935607903564282013-05-16T13:07:00.000+02:002013-05-16T13:07:31.669+02:00Photoshoot by Butterfly FantasiesI am a happy snapper, I always take tons and tons of photo's. I am the friend people ask to snap away at their kids birthday parties and I even take photo's at all my own events, being the one behind the camera means I never get nice photo's of myself and especially with my beautiful boy. So much so people have commented how they don't think I raise Aiden as much as my sister does (oh the anger with that one). That's why when Tanya Holmes from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Butterflyfantasies?fref=ts">Butterfly Fantasies</a> offered Aiden and I a shoot I jumped at the opportunity. I love how they all so natural and not so posy and she even made me a slide show with all the best shots to my choice of song "Your Song- Elton John" that I dedicated to Aiden when he was born. Here are a few of my favourites.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-52896285966274928992013-05-15T09:52:00.001+02:002013-05-15T12:15:38.091+02:00Help me Help my momI got this email yesterday and that was the subject, "Help me Help my mom"<br />
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Here is a son trying to save his single mom. It broke my heart and also gave me hope that there are some amazing men left in this world and I truly hope to raise my son with the same love and compassion as clear as in this truly strong and loving family.<br />
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I have always found it so sad and so confusing how we live in a country where medical needs are based on how much money you have and how a doctor will sooner let you die if you don't have a medical aid or able to pay fees upfront.<br />
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Here is their story, I understand times are tough and if you can't donate, help spread the story or keep Heidi in your prayers tonight.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The aim of HOPE FOR HEIDI is to do exactly that - Give hope to a woman that has been put through hell through the negligence of certain medical professionals and various Hospitals/Clinics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heidi has one kidney.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What makes this story different from all the others?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heidi lost a kidney in her early childhood,but it was never detected.After a medical professional detected kidney stones later in 2006,Heidi being a strong woman,took it as something to overcome as a part of her daily life,but then they saw the severity of the kidney issue,yet nothing was done.Nobody informed her of what needed to be done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At this stage she had 98% functionality left on the remaining kidney.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">It was clear the dead kidney needed to be removed or it will cause issues and damage the remaining kidney.Still nothing was done due to negligence and lack of communication.As the years progressed this caused inexplicable pain and health issues.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The dead kidney was only removed in 2010 with certain Dr.'s still questioning the validity of the case and the existence of the issues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After all of this the Dr.'s made no attempts to save the remaining kidney.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">(Dr.'s refused to remove it even after numerous professionals advised to get it removed.Before it was removed experimental treatment was done to see if it could be revived)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Later on in 2012 a scan was done....10% functionality in the remaining kidney with a bleak outlook.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Very coldly and bluntly she was told that she is "too old to save" and they refused to do further tests or take blood for tests - the reason the Dr. gave? - "I know the outcome and know the case,no need to do anymore tests"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">At this point she was told to "make friends" with someone in the Government or if she had a friend in Government employment to get her on their Medical Aid as it is the only hope she has (that would be FRAUD!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She was broken..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Medical Professionals are telling her to give up or commit fraud at 49.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is who Heidi is :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A loving single mother of 3..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A loving grandmother..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A person with unbreakable faith..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Through her constant pain Heidi refuses to sit at home - She is a full time nursery school teacher and works hard for her money. Unfortunately it is not enough for private dialysis or a qualifying and proper medical aid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And even then she gives to others and shares what she has without hesitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This prompted her son to contact the Minister of Health and pushed for a resolution.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">After Dr.'s threatening him with legal action if he goes public and calling the allegations hearsay,he went to the local news papers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After media coverage of the story,only one of the Hospitals involved in this story,offered to help and the Dr.'s that made unprofessional and cold remarks were rebuked for their indiscretions.The other Hospitals refuse to reply to any communication.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">FINALLY,Heidi has since received help from the main hospital in question.They are going to be doing tests and WILL put her on the Dialysis list if she needs treatment,AND if she can improve the functionality of her kidney,she might be eligible for a transplant!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">So far new tests have shown a drop in her creatine levels and other hopeful signs - and these tests and remarks have been done/made by the same Dr.'s that told her to "get your affairs in order" and "you're too old too save".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She is busy trying to get fit again,as they long periods of rest and healing and hospital stays have left her unfit and in need of exercise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So today Heidi is working hard to prove the Dr.'s wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This campaign is aimed to help her get what she needs to make the process easier and perhaps a little faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She is a wonderful human being and if you had to meet her,even with everything she is going through and has gone through,you NEVER see her without a smile on her face.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been in the scene for yeeeeeeaaars,as have most of you.Odds are I have jammed with some of you either in my SubRosa days,or with Christian Heath Band,or currently Nova Rise</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have seen the "Please Help" email a million times as well.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">This time I'm the poor schmuck sending it out!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">But it concerns the most important person in my life,and the woman who put me on this questionable planet - My Mother.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">She has been butchered by "Medical Professionals" for the last 7 or 8 years and treated like midtown Joburg sidewalk trash to make things worse.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">She has one kidney and it's all due to Dr.'s stuffing up and trying to cover their own asses.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Her one kidney slowly died over a couple of years (she only found out when it was too late) ,and she went through what she calls mild discomfort - when it happened,tough lady - and what Dr.'s say </i><i><span style="color: #222222;">must have been excruciating pain.</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">She went to a Dr.'s that mistreated her and refused to remove it and it caused issues upon issues.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Long story short, she ended up with one working kidney with less than 12% functionality.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">They basically told her she is too old to save and that she needs to make peace and sort out her affairs!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I went to the Minister of health,as I know there are patients well into their 60's receiving help (she is 49!) and made a big stink about the treatment she received and all the life threatening mess ups</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">It took ages and I have been threatened with a lot if I take it public,but I did and thank to people like Tihan @ Caxton (Roodepoort Record etc.) I got the story out there and the Hospitals are </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">taking a new approach and looking into her case from scratch.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">But since then she made debt as she is a Nursery School Teacher who doesn't earn NEARLY enough to have a Proper Medical Aid or recover financially after being in Hospital for Weeks.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">She's a tough and stubborn old broad,but she still has her pride and will never give up.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">So my mission is to get her life back,seeing that other morons basically took her of track and almost killed her!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I started an IndieGoGo campaign,and I am trying to raise enough to try and kill some of her debt and save toward possible future procedures and whatever she might need towards her health and well being </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(ps.95% of her ttiiiinnnny salary goes towards debt she made due to all the Hospital crap and procedures and debt she made to survive day to day after taking leave etc.etc.).</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know every Joe Schmo has his hand out there,but I can only do so much on my own.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would mean the world to me to give back to this strong tiny little woman that which has been taken away from her over the last couple of years - her livelihood and so much more.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All I ask is for WHOEVER would be so kind,to go post a link to her FB page and/or a link to the IndieGoGo Campaign on their FB Pages or even Tweet about it..</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the links to the FB Page and IndieGoGo Campaign:</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">FB - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOPE-FOR-HEIDI/430704290341455" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Hope for Heidi</a></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">IndieGoGo - <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hope-for-heidi/x/2324425" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.indiegogo.com</a></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am using every resource I have to spread the words,and if it's one thing I know,it's that the musical community rally behind it's own.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I appreciate the time that the one's that actually read it,took to do so,and I thank those who share her story and the Campaign with their own followers,friends and family.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">MUCH LOVE!</span></i></div>
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<br />Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-43290512401425931222013-05-14T09:05:00.001+02:002013-05-14T09:05:41.328+02:00Endless battlesI wish I could say I made my blog public again because my custody issues with Aiden's biological father are a bay but unfortunately we still slap bang in the middle of everything, I just decided I have nothing to hide and I will no longer live in fear or doubt. I am Aiden's mother, his primary care giver, his sole provider and his only active parent. I wake up every morning and all night to care for him, to love him, to provide for him. It's all me and I don't care what any one says, this is my child and no one will ever take that away from me.<br />
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That being said the last few months have taken it's toll on me, it has worn me out, physically, emotionally and mentally. I am tired. There have been moments where the battle has beaten me but the next day you wake up, brush the dirt off your shoulders and carry on fighting for what is right, you carry on living like there is no tomorrow and you constantly remind yourself of all the blessings you have in your life.<br />
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I wouldn't wish any of this on my worst enemy, the pain and confusion has sent me into a state of always being clouded as everything is always running through my head. It has effected the people around me and it has forced many to even more strength and encouragement for Aiden and I.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-35195747829369330602013-05-13T18:50:00.002+02:002013-05-13T18:50:59.555+02:00Amaze-fest smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I started the <a href="http://www.welliam.mobi/info">Well I am</a> challenge a few weeks ago. Lets not go into the depths of how I am doing but I am eating a lot healthier than I was and have cut out nearly 90% of the junk I normally eat. So it's a start in the right direction. One thing I am loving are the smoothies, I'm not a breakfast person so having a fruit smoothie works and this one I can't get enough of. It's going to sound weird and gross but it's like drinking cake batter but 100% healthy cake batter.<br />
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See simple, quick and tasty!!!Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-10056089354261252272013-05-13T18:39:00.000+02:002013-05-13T18:39:24.958+02:00Cammy turns 2!I'm not to sure if I will ever be giving you a sibling Aiden, right now I don't see it ever happening but that's okay because you have Cammy and seeing as he's my God son that makes him your God Brother. The other day we celebrated his second birthday, of course it was golf themed and you had a blast causing havoc left, right and center.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-78195234770406166872013-04-11T11:38:00.000+02:002013-04-11T11:38:05.353+02:00Aiden, it's about me this time!Very rarely do I take off the mommy hat and make things about me, it's actually quite impossible because as soon as you even think about doing this your little ones pick up on it and go all kinds of bonka's on you and almost forces you to put the hat back on.<br />
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On Saturday night I was throwing myself a party to celebrate my 25 years of life, I warned everyone in advance that although I was throwing it at home I was indeed off mommy duty, for one night, I was just me, a young free 25 year old with a few tequila's in my pocket.<br />
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I had a great time! I haven't let my hair down that much since before I had a bun in the oven. With old friends and some new ones who I adore, I had a blast, pink cupcakes, jelly vodka's and cheese puffs were on the menu, with a variety of music and blazing fire and lots of laughs, it was definitely one to remember.<br />
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Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-63375895002075147092013-04-03T09:27:00.000+02:002013-04-03T09:27:33.698+02:00Fighting for MY childHere's the problem with having a child out of wedlock, it's not the baby, that is a blessing, a blessing so wonderful and perfect that it erases all pain and regret. The problem is the ex, the man you could easily walk away from and never even think of again, yes that man is in your life till the day you die. Even if he isn't physically there, he's there, in the back of your head, the pain in your heart, in the out the blue text messages, the random phone calls and in the threats, that one day he can just walk in and see his son after months of not being there, after never paying, the fear that after all you have done he still has a right to decide what school Aiden goes to, what Religion I allow him to practice and even what clothes I put him in.<div>
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I went through pregnancy alone, I went through the terror's of a new born baby alone, I went through PND alone, I went through hospital stays alone, I have footed the bill since that plastic pee stick alone, I haven't slept in 16 months, I have changed all the nappies, made all the bottles, done all the school drops and pick ups, I have wiped all the snotty noses, read all the bedtime stories, I was there for all the first moments and all the first words, me, it was all me, this is my son, in no shape or form has Aiden had a father for the last 16 months and it makes me feel physically ill when I hear people call him Aiden's dad because the truth is he is nothing more than a sperm donor.</div>
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To say I am angry is an understatement, but wait I wouldn't call it anger, I have become numb to it, I am in disbelief that this is even happening, that I even have to fight for something that is rightfully mine, I am his mother, I am raising him, I have been raising him and now I have to proof to a bunch of strangers that my family and I is what is best for Aiden, I have to spend thousands doing this, hours doing it and hundreds of tears to get me through. </div>
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How is it fair or just. </div>
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He wavered his rights the minute he walked away but now 16 months down the line he can just go about and turn our entire lives upside down because somewhere along the line some fool decided to give men 50% rights to their children, any man, even though most men are dead beat dads, somebody actually made this law.</div>
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Somebody decided for my child that it's best to have an unstable, selfish, stoner father come in and out of his life. Yes that's what's best for my child apparently and if I think otherwise for my child then I must fight it and I must fight it as a single mom who gets no maintenance. </div>
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This all makes perfect sense. </div>
Miss Preggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921467973022293605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058218725749954512.post-80422121846867353812013-04-03T09:06:00.000+02:002013-04-03T09:06:11.447+02:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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