La Vita E Bella

She's 24!!!

Melissa, I hope your birthday is absolutely wonderful!!! I wish I could spend it with you, but will be thinkingof you all day long. I love you and appreciate our friendship!Relax, Unwind, and treat yourself to whetever your heart desires!I hope your 24th year is your best yet.

Baby Sesame - Week 28

Finally, You're in your third trimester! Are you dreaming about your baby? Your baby may be dreaming about you, too. Brain wave activity measured in a developing fetus shows different sleep cycles, including the rapid eye movement phase, the stage when dreaming occurs. By now, your baby, who weighs in at about two and a half pounds and stands — or rather lies — at almost 16 inches (measured head to toe) has added blinking to his growing bag of tricks. (Outside in the real world, blinking is necessary to help keep foreign objects out of the eyes.) Other impressive new talents being added to your baby's roster include coughing, more intense sucking, and, perhaps most important, better breathing. His brain tissue continues to develop folds and grooves on what was once a smooth surface. Even though he's bigger, he still has plenty of room to flip around, so whatever position he's in right now will likely shift over the next three months. He can open his eyes — which now sport lashes — and he'll turn his head toward a continuous, bright light from the outside. His fat layers are beginning to form, too, as he gets ready for life outside the womb. The good news is that babies born this week, though premature, have an excellent prognosis because their lungs have reached the point (for the most part) of maturity — so you too can breathe a little easier now. Of course, it's still best if a baby doesn't check out of that uterine hotel just yet — there's still a lot of growing and maturing to do over the next 12 weeks.

I Must Confess....

It seems as though my Mandy video has some quite deceived.....or maybe they just don't know the story. Here it is in short....The twins you see in the video with me?? I worked with them at a restaurant and they wanted to be on tv. So they offered up innocent Melissa as Mandy's biggest fan (without my knowledge). But SURPRISE! I had no idea who Mandy Moore was and petrified to know that I would have to go on television and "pretend" that I was being surprised. I read up on Mandy, did my best to "act" as though I really loved her, and then pretend at the end that "I had NO idea what was going on!" (I had been debriefed by one of the twins the day before taping). It was my 30 minutes of fame....and my acting debut all in one. Who knew I had it in me...so just for the record?

I had 2 days to prepare for my gig as "Mandy Moore's Biggest Fan", and I think I pulled it off just perfectly!! :)

Pictures, and a Video to Laugh at!

I must have lost my touch. I posted two fairly good posts (in my humble opinion) on both the 21st, 22nd, and 24th of September, and all I got was one comment on each!! If I'm really getting that boring, PLEASE someone just alert me of this so I can rise to the occasion and start giving posts that are deserving of 4 or 5 comments! I would let my fellow bloggers know if they were losing their touch, so I expect the same treatment in return. Let's re-connect ladies. I feel like I'm talking to a wall :)

In other news, I have posted the pictures I promised in the last post, as well as a link to a video that some of you may (or may not have seen), but are sure to get a good laugh out of.

A Peek into my Soul

This weekend was absolutely wonderful. Any time I get to spend time with Trei, my parents, my friends, AND get a peek at my little son - I am a happy woman. Since this weekend was spent doing all of the above, you can imagine the excitement I'm feeling. Saturday morning I woke up ready for the day. It was 9:30am, and my parents were already heading over. Trei and I made some breakfast, got dressed, and welcomed my parents at 10:30. We arrived at the ultrasound place right on time. I had drank some juice before going hoping to get Baby Vossler moving. He had been moving all morning, I was just concerned about him continuing it. But ofcourse, he decided he was much to comfortable and hid and slept for a majority of our 30 minute session. Ha ha, just my luck. He's as stubborn as his father and I already!

Seems Like McDreamy Will Have to Replace My Pudding Fixation.....But Really, Is That Such a Bad Thing?

First off, I need to start by saying that I was very pleased (and intrigued) by the Season Premiere of Grey’s Anatomy last night. Although I felt like the beginning was v-e-r-y slow, it completely made up for it in the end! Kayli and I sat there like two giddy little girls watching our #1 favorite television show – and cried maybe 2 or 3 times throughout the whole episode. The only thing we can’t figure out, is how we are going to make it from week to week. The anticipation could possibly kill us J

Some Good Entertainment!

Following in the steps of my dear friend Melissa, Trei and I entered a dance contest....and WON!!! I seriously, couldn't stop laughing!!

Check us out here!

...I've Got the World On a String, I'm Sitting On a Rainbow...

Well we’re approaching the end of another work week. I can’t believe it, but then again, I never can. It feels like life is flying by. I woke up this morning, and was welcomed by some overcast weather. I was pleasantly surprised. I’m looking forward to fall/winter here in California and the subtle changes that happen every year around this time - Especially here at the beach, where it gets overcast and drizzly, and very clear. The feeling reminds me of the holiday season and warm clothes and good food. I can definitely say that September/October/November/December are my favorite months. There is something comfortable and cozy about them. I especially like when the wind starts blowing a little, and the leaves are changing and begin falling off the trees. One of my best memories growing up, was falling asleep. My bedroom at my parents was in the front of the house and you could hear the wind rustling the leaves around the ground and it was such a beautiful sound. I fell asleep to it every night. In fact, 2 years ago today, Trei and I were landing at LAX after our wonderful 16 day honeymoon in Hawaii. We had a few days at my parents before heading off to Reno to move into our new home. I remember very vividly, laying in bed late one night next to Trei, and listening to the leaves and the wind and crying for a good 3 or 4 hours while Trei stared at me blankly wondering what to do to make me stop. I dreaded not hearing that sound after 22 years of loving it. I know, I know, a little over dramatic – but an emotion I felt none-the-less. I’ve heard the sound since then. Trei and I spent Christmas Eve night at my parent’s house this past year, and I got to fall asleep listening to that sound again. It was nice.

Happy Birthday Dear Mom, Happy Birthday to You!!!

Today is my beautiful mom's birthday!!! I am blessed to share with my mom the kind of relationship we do, and am excited to celebrate her life! She is truly a magnificant person and a wonderful mother. You can bet I'll be relying in her for all the advice and wisdom I can when raising my own children. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!I LOVE YOU!!!!

Baby Sesame - Week 27

Most babies this age, yours included, still like to snuggle in a slightly curled position inside the uterus (thus the term "fetal position"). Even so, beginning at this stage, your baby's length will be measured from top of head to toe — which makes your baby nearly a full 15 inches now. And at just over two pounds, he has doubled in weight from four weeks ago. Your baby's auditory development (hearing) is progressing as the network of nerves to the ears matures. And even though the sounds your baby hears are muffled (thanks to the creamy coating of vernix covering those ears), he may recognize both yours and your husband's voices. So this might be a good time to read and even sing to your baby (or rather, your belly) — and a good chance to start boning up on those nursery rhymes and lullabies you'll need to be repeating (and repeating) pretty soon. And while you're at it, here's another way to have some family fun: If your husband presses his ear to your belly, he might be able to hear the baby's heartbeat. Your baby has also discovered thumb sucking, which isn't such a bad thing in the womb--it helps strengthen his cheeks and jaw. Your baby's taste buds are very developed now too (with more taste buds than he or she will ever have outside the womb, actually). Need a taste test? If you eat some spicy food (you hot mama, you), your baby will be able to taste the difference in the amniotic fluid (but keep in mind that you'll have different mealtimes, with your baby's coming about two hours after yours). Some babies will even respond to that spicy kick by hiccupping. And although hiccups (which feel like belly spasms to you) may seem like they're disturbing to your baby, he or she isn't stressed at all. It's just one more sensation that babies need to get used to.