The day started out EARLY.  Jakhi had a football game in Green Brook, NJ at 8am.  Needless to say his team won, again, and by a lot.  After a lengthy nap Jakhi was ready to have his party.

This year we celebrated Jakhi’s birthday at United Skates of America.  When we got there, as the birthday boy, he got to take a spin on the wheel and managed to get himself 500 Skato Points, the most anyone can win.

Getting there early, Jakhi took to the skating rink on his own.  I don’t think he minded at all!

Then the friends and family came and we all sat down for some pizza and juice…

…then we got to the cake!

…and its been a wonderful month too!

A little about Ziah:

She wants to be held ALL THE TIME and only wants to sleeps in our arms or on our chest. If we attempt to put her down, she’ll lay for about 5 minutes before she starts to scream cry.  I do not have the heart to let her cry it out. Besides it cant last forever, right?

She smiles in her sleep

Oh and Im convinced that my son is the happiest little kid in the entire world. This is him on the first day of school.  He was really excited.

Jakhi really wanted a mohawk so O took him in the bathroom and cut his hair like Mr.T.  I let him keep the cut for a little over a week.

Ziah was born on Aug 19th, 2009 weighing in at 7lbs 9 oz.  Jakhi was initially a little shy (and attention starved) but now he’s very sweet towards her and always concerned when she cries. O is a big mush. He can’t stop staring at her and calling her beautiful. His request for “50 million of these” has already been denied. I am thankful to have had a speedy delivery and a healthy baby. I am looking forward to my time alone with her once the boys head back to work and school this week.

On our way home from the hospital

His first time holding his lil sis

Look at those cheeks

Things have been a bit crazy. Things are STILL a bit crazy, so posting anything on the blog fell way to the bottom of the list. OK, it fell completely off the list. Here’s a quick recap of whats been going on: I’m 29 weeks pregnant, we gave up on searching for a house for now and moved into a new apartment. Our first anniversary as an ol married couple was on the 26/ 27th. To celebrate we spent the weekend at the Baltimore harbor.

Walking through Georgetown

trying to keep O from taking a picture

My very expensive late night snack

The view from out hotel room

Room service for breakfast

O at the harbor

Pics of our new apartment to come…

Our latest attempt lies nestled in the southern section of Montclair.  The seller approved our offer and if the bank is happy too this is where we’ll be in a few weeks time.  This place has 4 bedrooms!  Granted one of the rooms is an attic, of which the stairs to are less than 6 inches wide.  We also have a working fireplace in the living room.  Smores anyone!?!?!  In the end, the best part about Montclair are the schools and thats what really won me over.  If we make it into this house I think we’ll be happy to stay there for good times to come.

We started the day off making some cookies for Santa.

Tired from all the work, Chavonne and Denae had to take a nap.

And little while later, Jakhi helped make some chocolate milk to go with the cookies.

And here he is reaping his rewards from Santa.

We made a bid on another house and ONCE AGAIN we were told that they accepted another offer. We have countered ONCE AGAIN but i have a feeling we will not be getting this house. It’s not that I’m in a rush to buy a home (although O really wants to buy one as soon as possible). I am more so in a rush to feel settled. Since the bed bug fiasco, we have thrown away our couch and our bed and we really do not want to buy new things until we are out of this place. However, I will not be 5 months pregnant sleeping on an air mattress. I still have a lot of my clothes in plastic bags and my other items are in quarantine ( Otilio went MAD when he discovered we had bed bugs and locked everything up). I just want to decorate, organize, unpack, and most of all BUY NEW FURNITURE again. Its hard living in a place where you have one foot out the door. In the mean time, I have been trying to decide how we will decorate our home, whether it be another apartment or a house, once we leave this place. We both love color and the bright walls in our current living room. So while we are waiting to find our home, ill just focus my thoughts on these things:

My inspiration board. All the pictures dealing with home decor are to the left.

The ideas:

Bright curtains

I like the idea of a white or egg shell kitchen with brightly painted cabinets

Peacock colors. I love these colors, from the walls, to the pillows, to the chairs

Saw this couch a while going through the archives of this blog

I really like this chair from anthropologie but its out of our price range and i would be too nervous that the kids would spill something on it.  I would consider buying fabric in a different shade and have a chair upholstered.

This is the house we are currently bidding on

and yep!