What Is That Smell?

As if you don't know enough, here is a bit more about me.

Fun Fact #1
I work at a Financial Institution. That's right ladies and gentlemen, Not only is she cute but she's smart too ;). (pats herself on the back and flips hair) . Okay to be 100% honest I'm a bank teller. BUT STILL its a financial institution.

Fun Fact #2
I'm pretty much running things at my bank. I mean I'm not the boss by title and I've only gotten one raise in the last 3 YEARS (darn you B.O.A) But still I have my own office, which I pretty much forcibly took over, (but that nether here nor there) and I tell everyone how to do there job. Pretty much without me the bank would burn to flame (metaphorically speaking).

With that being said.. I have many clients that I see on a daily basis and until I got pregnant I had no idea that all these clients had smells. I don't know why they all have to wake up in the morning and shower in their Victoria's Secret perfume and Michael Kors cologne BUT I think it is strictly to ruin my ENTIRE life.  I just wanna scream "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE GO TAKE A BATH!" 

In case you weren't aware Every pregnant woman has particular smells that make her want to vomit. For some women, every smell makes them want to vomit. Me, in particular, well I'm weird. My baby Hates the smell of Chicken (In case you didn't read my Bio, I am black. It is against our religion to not like chicken. But ever since I got pregnant can't even touch it, let alone smell or eat it). My baby also hates the smell of Scentsy, candles and perfume. If I smell any of it I. Will. Vomit.

So my loves if you are wearing perfume or showered in a sense That Smell Is You!

Okay thank you for allowing me to vent. Have a wonderful day and all you pregnant ladies out there feel free to comment and tell me what you think or what makes you sick to your stomach.

My Wittle Skittle

So lets be honest I don't have the most traditional story of pregnancy BY ANY MEANS. I'm not married, I'm probably not old enough to have a baby, and I am an incredibly selfish human being. I was still in my fairytale thinking of what life after the wedding would be like. I look forward to that honey moon phase where my fiancé and I would make each other breakfast in bed, cuddle all night (without interruption), and send each other cute text messages even though we were in the same room together. Sooooo I was not always thrilled to when I learned a baby would be ruining my plans. I WAS SOO SELFISH. All I could think about was myself, what others would say and everything I had to give up; I'm just keeping it Real. 

BUT.................

I remember the day I embraced my pregnancy and feel head over heels for my baby. Its almost like it was yesterday, or last month, since It Was Last Month. I went to the doctors office because I was having some abnormal symptoms and I wanted to make sure everything was okay.  I was only seven weeks at the time but my doctor decided to do an ultrasound so he could here the babies heartbeat. P.S. If you have never had an ultrasound before I am about to prepare you for What Really happens in an ultrasound.

In the movies when a woman gets an ultrasound it is a lovely scene of a beautiful moment. Then she finds out the sex of the baby and her life is complete. NOT IN REAL LIFE! 

So (in my Mr. Miyagi voice) Sit down young grasshopper and allow me to teach you something. This is what really happens. In real life you lay on a cold bed in a dark room and some lady comes in and tells you to pull your pants down before she proceeds to rub THE COLDEST LOTION IN HISTORY on your belly. Yea, I know it already sounds like the beginning of a Law and Order SVU episode. Surely the doctors office hasn't fully thought through their ultrasound routine yet. So although, for some of you, it will be the happiest day of your life, It will also be the weirdest day of your life. Just something to remember before you go. Your Welcome.

Moving On..

So there I was laid out on the table with the oily lotion on my belly as the nurse proceeded to use the machine to find the location of my baby. For awhile I could see nothing but a black whole on the screen (that black whole was my uterus); And Then It Happened!! A tiny image appeared on the screen the size of a skittle and right next to that skittle was the skittles heartbeat!!!! My WHOLE HEART Melted. I was love struck. That skittle was my baby. My Baby. I was Making a Human Being in this little belly of mine. HAHA take that all you rocket scientist in the world. You may be making Rockets But I'm making a Human. BOOYAAAHH.

 I felt so amazing and so filled with love. For the first time I realized I wanted to be the best mommy ever to my little skittle. And from that moment on through the all of the morning sickness (which is really morning, afternoon, and night sickness), all of the thousands of middle-of-the-night trips to the bathroom, fatigue, mood swings and all the other crazy "goodness" that comes with pregnancy, I made a decision that I was in it for the long haul. And Ever since I haven't looked back.

ONE DAY EVERYTHING CHANGED

If you have already read my "about me" that is Great! I already feel like your best friend!! You will soon get to know me even better as we begin this journey together and I write to you about Literally everything on my mind. I hope to get to know you better as you comment on my blog post and share your opinions, thoughts, and words of help and encouragement.

So lets get to the grit of the matter. Why a baby blog? Im so glad you asked!!!!!!

As you know I am  in my senior year of college and Life as I knew it was going just my way. I graduate with my degree in Mass Communications Broadcasting in a few months, The love of my life Finally proposed ( Can I Get An Amen!), Im getting Married, I was just being contacted by News Stations around the U.S to work as a reporter for them, and my general happiness was through the roof. Then ALONG CAME BABY.......

Yes, This was my face exactly when I found out the news. Lets just be completely honest. I thought my life was over. O.V.E.R, over. A baby was not in my five year plan; more like my ten year plan. I had been so sick I went to the doctor (which is something I never do unless I literally think I have Ebola) to get a check up. When my doctor came back with two nurses I just knew they were going to tell me I had a terminal disease. They had very serious looks on their faces and told me it would be smart for me to sit down before they gave me my test results. The news was not terminal but at the time I thought it was much worse. "Taylor your going to have a baby!"



The room went black, my mind went blank, and for a split second (in my melo-dramatic world) I died. But of course I couldn't let them see that. I am a lady of class and composure. So I did what any sane person, with three random strangers staring at her would do. I laughed.... So hard that they all started laughing as well. They assumed My laughter was joy and I allowed them to believe such. They gave me many packets of how to take care of my baby and what to expect and Thus began my journey with the new Love of My Life.

Fast forward months later and I am the happiest mommy in the world. AlongCame Baby will tell you all about my many adventures as an expecting mother.