Oh the places...

As we wind up a year of breastfeeding I am thought to ponder every moment of this crazy ride I like to call Mothering and of course Aleksandra's breakfast, lunch and dinner. I remember the day it all began I hated every minute of breastfeeding. I hated the long nights of Aleksandra getting up every 3 hours to eat. I hated the fact that I would look over and my husband would be out cold while I took the reins on feeding her, it's not like Mike could do anything I just mostly envied him. Now almost a year and I am so sad to be done breastfeeding, at times anyways. Now that she is getting tons of teeth I am grateful to be wrapping this up. But I am going to miss those moments where it's just her and I and no on else can soothe her or help her like I could. I loved that it was our time to get away from everyone and everything! It was a nice escape goat when I just wanted to be selfish with Aleksandra. But I won't miss nursing bras and the fact that I always seemed to be exposed someway or another when breastfeeding. It will be missed but I am grateful I was able to breastfeed her for so long.

I was thinking of all the crazy places I have breastfeed her in the last year and here goes the list.

SLC airport
Las Vegas airpot
Chicago Airport
Atlanta Airport
NY Airport
California Airport
Arizona Airport
Washington Airport

On the Red rocks in Moab
Under the golden gate bridge in SF
Pier 39
Every restaurant booth you can imagine
Napa Valley in a winery (Super awkward)
In an Orchard in Napa Valley
On busses, trolleys, and Subways
Times Square (NY is so not kid friendly)
A Phone booth in NYC (YUCK YUCK)
In the lobby of AZ temple (that was rather interesting)
At college graduation for families
At church (Man I will not miss that nursing room)
On top of Mt. Timp
The Zoo in SLC and NY
Every Park in SLC (well that is a stretch but quite a lot)
Las Vegas (I sure made use of thos free seats at the slot machines)
Yellowstone Park

And I hope you know how hard it was to find a G rated picture of breastfeeding for this blog post on the internet. I have now seen things that no man or women should ever see like a 8 year old breastfeeding WTF who does that? Just never type in breastfeeding in google search and look up the images lol, only me!

Watch out NY I am coming!

Dear Grandma and Grandpa De Rosa
I am coming to NY soon and I think that it is time for me to be spoiled rotten! I will be officially one and I think it is high time I be treated like a big kid, so that means Carlos bakery, pizza, and tons of kisses from my two favorite people in NY. I am sorry that my Mom and Dad have to tag along for the ride because I know I am the one you really want. But let me just tell you how excited I am to see you all, love you and see you soon.
Love Aleksandra De Rosa

Baby to Big girl

The time has come and my baby is now turning one. Send me over your address so we can send you an invite. If you get an invite in the mail then I guess you know you are on the list lol.

Biker Babes

We have offically began our biking routine. So far we have been doing great, and Aleksandra loves riding on the back as we stroll along down the road. I am just happy to be able to have my Best friend along for the ride, while I work on getting some physical fitness.

Well Mike and I had our night away without baby and it was great to get away and enjoy one an others company. I wish I could say I didn't think about baby about every second or that I didn't call grandma to see how she was doing every hour or so. But what can I say it was the first night away from Aleksandra. Mike and I headed up to Midway and checked in and just soaked our selfs away in a huge tub pretty much it's our new life goal to have a big tub. We ate a lot of food, relaxed, and talked without any interruptions, It reminded me the way life was before baby lol oh those were the much simpler days. Well her are some pics from our get away weekend. Sorry the room is so messy but what is a vacation if you clean your room.

My BFF

Oh Dad, I love you so much. I love how you always come to my rescue when I am crying or when Mom says no. I love how you wake me up after you come home from work and kiss me good night. I love how you give me warm baths and let me play forever in the water. Dad I love how you brush my teeth, and keep me safe. You are my super hero and i love you. Love Aleksandra

Mt. Everest Climb and more...

My baby has learned to climb the stairs, well if I can even call her a baby anymore. Officially at ten months she can do quite a lot. Her favorite thing to do lately is wave hi to everyone followed by the cutest little Hi she can muster. She loves to point at everything and say that, and I quickly follow by telling her what that object is. She is also getting close to walking she pulls herself on everything and shimmies down everything. I can't keep her in one place anymore. She made her Dad quite proud by saying Daddy now it's her favorite word when Dads around. It's so fun to watch my daughter grow and learn it makes me one proud mom, oh and she can for sure say mama!




Two of her favorite things to do our go to the park and the zoo. I think we hit at least those two places at least 3 plus times a week. it keeps us busy but then we get to enjoy the animals and people plus it's a great walk. Her favorite animals are the giraffes its only because she can see them since they are so large and close




Aleksandra loves sitting in her big girl car seat, no more crying for this little one when I set her in the car. It's amazing how fast these kids want to grow up, I can't keep up.



She still takes amazing naps but if we are out to long she gets resourceful.



She loves her little twin friend so much. She just gets so excited when she sees all her baby friends.

I am pretty sure my daughter is a princess, because every single time I lay her on her back she freaks out like there is something under her and can't imagine staying there another second. She will roll over faster then anything I have seen and make it a point to grab the closes thing next to her and push herself up. I am thinking I am actually just going to have my hands full but then I realized the famous story when I was a kid, called the Princess and the Pea and I am sure this is the case.

The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable partner. Something is always wrong with those he meets, and he cannot be certain they are real princesses. One stormy night (always a harbinger of either a life-threatening situation or the opportunity for a romantic alliance in Andersen's stories), a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected guest by placing a pea in the bed she is offered for the night, covered by 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds. In the morning the guest tells her hosts that she endured a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed; which she is certain has bruised her. The prince rejoices. Only a real princess would have the sensitivity to feel a pea through such a quantity of bedding. The two are married, and the pea is placed in the Royal Museum.

Even if she is a Princess, I just need to inform her that a Princess would not throw a fit like this. Maybe after I explain this to Aleksandra she may reconsider and begin behaving when I lay her on her back.