the Life of Olena

    Yes, what you are seeing is my beautiful daughter with purple hair! I personally think she does a pretty good job pulling it off too :)  It has made her one of the happiest kids I have ever seen.  Not to mention she is just soaking up all of the attention that she gets from it. Every where we go, people stare, smile and tell her how much they love it.  I sometimes forget it is odd now because I am at a point where I am use to it.   It won't damage her hair and it will wash out completely over the next 1-3 months, so Jason and I were ok with it when she asked.  This is something she has wanted to do for a long time, and I am happy we were able to let her have her crazy fun.      

 

He is finally here.  Introducing Silas William.  4/24  Homebirth.  100% natural, nothing for pain. 5 hours of labor 2 hours of pushing! and thankfully I was with my best friend the entire time from start to finish! I have to say it was less than a "beautiful and magical" moment for me. There is a lot of sweat, water, blood and lots of unidentifiable "stuff"....all which I found to be pretty gross!  but on the flip side I can say, with a smile, it was exhilarating, exhausting, and a true miracle helping him come into this world and I would do it again in a heart beat if she asked me to!  I am very lucky and blessed to have a friend who trusts and loves me enough to have me be such a big part of this event....ok so maybe I was plan B since daddy had zero interest in being actively involved in what he said, was one of the scariest moments of his life.  LOL! the poor guy was a nervous wreak! but in the end he admitted th...

The title, sadly, are the words that my poor daughter has been repeating over and over this evening, when she is not sleeping that is! :( Seems she picked up a nasty little germ and it is wreaking havoc on her poor tiny body.  She has either had her head buried in the toilet or her butt on it, and a few times she tried to do both at once.  All she keeps telling me today is "I just want to feel better...." yesterday she even asked me if she was dying? Thankfully today everything is staying down and in, LOL...and we have been able to push the fluids but she was hit with a fever and has been flat out pretty much all day.  I feel so bad for her.  But on the good note, she is 8 years old and this is the first time she has ever been sick outside of the week that we brought her home from Ukraine.  But you can imagine the freak out session she had when she started vomiting while standing in my kitchen at 5a in the morning! she kept asking me ..."whats...