Mommies in Spanglish

As I was nearing my due date and could potentially have the baby any moment, I've come up with a list of ways to enjoy my days before baby's arrival. As I was on maternity leave, I had time for doing little projects around the house (everything baby related had been taken care as I do not like to wait last minute), so I had been taking advantage of the extra time I had at home with my little pooch, Penny.

As I am sure Penny has enjoyed time with Mommy, I had also been trying to exercise my energy by cleaning and organizing around the house as much as I could before baby arrived. I had started to experience mild pelvic cramping and was tossing and turning all night. I had been trying several things to help speed things along (teas, walking, bouncing on a ball, eating labor inducing foods).

A LITTLE TO-DO LIST:

• Organizing: I love organizing and what better way to occupy my time while at home and before baby arrives and may no longer have the time to do so.
• "Waste" Time: while I love to keep my house clean and organized, now is the time to do whatever you want...pick up your feet and relax, take naps, watch marathons, do anything your heart desires before baby's arrival.
• Cooking Up a Storm: I really enjoy cooking and food is truly the way to my husband's heart, so I am trying to make my husband's favorite recipes.
• Date your Husband: Take the time to set one on one time with your husband/partner. Go on dates, do things your partner would like to do and remind him how important he is, your aspirations for your growing family and how much you truly appreciate his support.
• Drinking Raspberry Leaf Tea: Helps strengthen the uterus and ease labor pains.
• Pamper Yourself: Do the things that help you to relax and meditate before your life changes. Get your nails done, get a massage, take a relaxing bath and pamper yourself with a night of girly treatments.

Since having John Lucas I am starting to get a bit of cabin fever.  Being home with the babies is great however some time out of the house is great for everyone. To help battle that feeling of FOMO (fear of missing out) Eventbrite has come up with a new term: GOMO (going out more often)! With Eventbrite's tools, you could even host your own GOMO event like as a class or a concert, and sell tickets for it. Since I've been inspired by GOMO, I am making a bucket list of events and places I want to visit and do before the year is over.

Au Fudge
I have been wanting to visit AuFudge for a while now but just haven't been able to make my way out there. It is a super cute restaurant, marketplace, and creative space for patents and kids. They host many classes for children of all ages as well as informative classes for parents and parents to be. Check out the link above for their calendar.


Ventura Winter Wine Walk
This event will be held on Dec 3 from 4-7 pm. My husband and I plan on attending and will bring the kids along to enjoy the Holiday Street Fair. Live music, good food, and wine!

Breakfast with Santa
I will be taking the babies to this event so we can eat and take photos with Santa.

Paint & Pint Class Poseidon Brewing
When I saw the information for this event I knew we had to go. My husband is a craft beer enthusiast and I know he will enjoy this painting class. Looking forward to this fun date night.

Berry Picking Underwood Family Farms
We picked our own veggies & fruit for the first time last month during the harvest festival. Juliet loved it so much that we can not wait to take her again.

I hope this lists inspires some of you to get out more often #GOMO.

XO,
Iris