Fellow moms, I need your help!!

Calling all moms!! Calling all moms!! If you are pregnant, a new mom, or a veteran mom, we need your help.

My childhood friend Dominique and I are embarking on a new project and we would love to include your real life experiences as part of our new project. It is easy to participate and gives you the chance to share what you have learned from your experiences as a mom. We want to hear it all; the good, the bad, and the funny.

It is easy to participate. If you answer YES to all the questions below, we would love for you to complete our questionnaire and submit your prenatal, birthing, and mommy stories.

1. Are you 18 years or older?

2. Are you pregnant? or Have you given birth at least once?

If you answered YES to both questions, you are an ideal participant. To participate, please inbox us with your e-mail address so that we can send you a consent form. You can send your request to momsisterhood@gmail.com  We must have a signed consent form before we can review your entries. After you submit the consent form you will be sent a questionnaire. We have questions for each stage of motherhood (pregnancy, birth, motherhood), so if you haven’t reached a stage, it is ok. We want to hear what you are experiencing now as well as what you have experienced in the past. We do require a separate consent form for each stage submission. For example, If you want to submit information on your birth and motherhood, we will need two consent forms (one for birth and one for Motherhood). The consent form has a section where you indicate what consent form is being submitted for the section. Now all you have to do is mail or email your entries and consent form. The deadline for entries is November 1, 2014.

We cannot wait to hear from you,

Dominique and Sabrina

8 month update and a GIVEAWAY!!

Hello everyone!!


Boy, has this month flew by. baby Doll is 8 months and is a handful. She now does not want to leave my sight. It is definitely getting harder to get thing done with a baby attached to your leg.  She doesn't even want people to hold her now. So, I have decided to try out and research some baby carriers. With football fast approaching, I will need an easy way to carry her around. I do have a moby wrap, but its gets kind of hot. The fabric is extremely thick and tends to loosen when worn for a long time. My great friend Chelsea made me a wrap that is awesome. It is so lightweight and thin, so baby Doll and I are never sweating lol. I use that one everyday!! It is always in my diaper bag. I use it at the grocery store the bank, and even got to use it at a 4th of July party. Baby Doll can bee a little squirmy, so I really want like a baby carrier. I went to a specialty store and tried on a bunch. The best one was the Tulip. Baby Doll started to fall asleep at the store lol. But the baby carrier is really expensive. I mean almost $200. As an unemployed mama, I have to conserve money. I was given some great alternatives that will give me and Baby Doll the support and comfort we need. I also met a new friend in Alabama, and she is going to give me one of her extra carriers!! I Know, AWESOME. I asked her it she had a sewing machine, because I wanted to try to make a mei tai baby carrier and she was like " I have an extra one we don't use, if you would like to try it." 


A little about my new friend Heather. She is from Maryland. I know crazy and she has a 10 month old baby girl. She also just moved here a couple of weeks ago. We met at storytime at the library, and got coffee and have hung out a bunch of times. Just coffee, the mall, and farmers market!! She even watches the Bachelorette lol We are definitely a match.


Some more good news. I was able to join a mommies walking group. It was nice. Meeting other moms, sharing stories, and finally meeting new people in the area. I met Noelle at the farmers market. (She is the one that invited me to the group). Funny thing is we were parked right next to each other and started talking. She has a beautiful baby boy close in age to Baby Doll. I was glad I went, and even got in a good work out.




So because of all the awesome stuff my friends have done I am doing a beauty giveaway. Here is how you enter:


1. Share my blog link on one of your social media sites


2. Tag me to the post.
Twitter: Brinaaze
Instagram: MrzzButler2U
FaceBook: Sabrina Azemar


3. And comment on my blog one nice thing someone has done for you lately.


I will choose a winner in 2 weeks. Here is what the winner will receive:






2 full size eye shadow bushes
perfume sample
Be A Bombshell Mascara (Full size)
Sample size face scrub
Sample size eye cream.
Makeup bag


Good luck to everyone and see ya soon!


Sabrina

7 Months!!! Time is finally flying by

Hello everyone!!


We are officially in the 7 month stage. Because I am a woman, and I love to change my mind, I would like to recant everything I said about wanting baby Doll to crawl. AHHHHHHH she is driving me nuts. I feel like all day, I am saying "No" "Don't Touch" "Let Go" "Come Back" "Stop" etc. etc. We barely have furniture after the move, but you realize why child proofing is important.


So let me start from the beginning. We have started going to The Little Gym's Little Bugs class. It is awesome and Baby doll get to interact with other babies around her age and I get to talk to PEOPLE, real people. She started just scooting, but she spoke to a little boy in Gym class and started to crawl INSTATLY!! yes people, INSTATNLY. Now I can't keep her still. There are also small ballet bars to help baby stand. Now, Baby stands in her crib, but can't sit back down. We have had some long nights of crying because she gets stuck in the standing position. So she crawls, she stands, and now she is starting to side walk when she is holding on to something. HELP ME!! I need her to stay in one place lol. I love seeing her hit milestones, but all these have happened within weeks of each other.


We have also introduced the pool. We did go last month, but with the high temperatures we have been experiencing, I have made it a very frequent thing. Luckily, I do have a very clean pool in the complex that we live in. Baby Doll loves splashing and kicking her feet; but don't you dare get her face or hair wet lol. I have dunked her a couple of times, but she has gotten hysterical, so I am going to let her do it in her own time. I do use the floaty and I also just carry her. She has been wearing her hat and doesn't mess with it. She like that it keeps the sun out of her face.


That is it for 7 months!! I do have a challenge for everyone! If I can get 4,000 views by the end of the month I will reveal a picture of Baby Doll and Big Head that was taken on Father's Day weekend.


See ya soon,


Sabrina

Prayer Request

Hello everyone!!


As we are finally getting settled in Alabama, I would like everyone to pray for me as I look for employment. I have worked since I was 14 years old, and now that I have my Master's degree, I really am asking the lord to provide me the opportunity to apply my education to a career I can be proud of. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.


Thanks
Sabrina

Long time no see

Hello everyone!

Sorry I have been M.I.A. it has been a crazy month. Baby Doll turned a half of a year lol. We also recently relocated to another state. So much has changed, so lets jump straight into it.

Baby Doll had her 6 month appointment, and passed with flying colors. She is showing up as being in the 80 percentile for her height, weight, and head circumference. She did get shots, but we had a male nurse who is awesome and gives shots so quick, she doesn't even feel them. She is a rolling machine. She rolls to get wherever she needs to go. To get a toy far away, or to find my computer cord to pull lol. She can also get herself  back to a sitting position on her own, The crazy thing about that is she first did it at my BF Whitney's house. It was too funny. She is also trying to stand up. Big Head will be lowering her crib this weekend, because she is way to close to accomplishing that goal and I do not need a major accident right now lol. She still talks my head off and loves to sing. Yes I said sing. If music is on, she will hold long notes and think she is Aretha Franklin lol. You cannot leave her unattended!! I left her on the floor with a bunch of toys to put on make up, but I realized she was completely silent. When I went to check on her, it looks like she may have ingested half of a shopping receipt. I have no Idea where she found it, but half was gone. Then she screamed at me when I took it away. lol I have also realized that she takes ownership to everything she touches, so I am aware that I have a spoiled child already on my hands lol. Everyday I love seeing her face though. She drives me completely nuts, and at the end of the day I am pooped, but I can't wait to do it again the next day. Baby Doll is out of  The blob" stage, so it is so fun to be around her because the crying is not as constant.  I have tried to give her those little puffs so she can practice feeding herself, but she does not like the taste lol. If anyone has any good finger food ideas for a sitting baby, please let me know. No teeth yet, but I am sure it is close. With all the drool and

Now lets talk about relocation with a baby. OMG do you get on a wonky schedule. Now I am still nursing so I can't just drive and drive till we reach our destination, I would probably burst lol. So we did have to take breaks to feed her. But I felt like the feeding schedule was a little off. It is hard to get on schedule when you just want to get to your destination as quick as possible. Baby Doll did a great job. No crying the whole way. She slept some, talked some, and played some. We were able to stop by my twin sis for the nigh and sleep in a hotel which was nice, but Baby doll is a bed hog. I nearly fell off the bed because she was all over the place, and I was way to paranoid. We have been in our new home for a total of a week, and I have almost everything in place. It is really nice that Baby Doll has her own room, and she is finally getting back on schedule. Because I am still getting to know the area, I spend most of my day trying to find where things are and getting lost, and finding my way again. We do have a pool in my area and We took her for her first swim. She loved kicking her feet, but didn't like going under water lol. We have to work on that.

I was a little sad leaving my friends behind. I have been able to make new friends that have little ones. So I am determined to meet moms with children in my new location. The friendships have helped me so much in the past, and I would like Baby Doll to have someone to play with as well.  I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. For my first Mother's day, It was great. I even got a card from Baby Doll lol.

I hope everyone is doing well. Please pray for me in my new job search.

See you soon,
Sabrina

Happy 5 Months

Happy 4 months!!