I'm Baaack!!!

So it's almost been exactly FOUR years since I blogged about my pregnancy. It's not that I had some superhuman gestation period and I'm just announcing his birth. 


It's that I fell completely off and was super overwhelmed with my first child. And also the fact that the blog was initially for far away friends to keep them updated on the pregnancy.




So why am I back? 
Well first let me start by saying that I was blessed with the most adorable little boy you've ever seen!

Baby D (now known at Little D or Mighty D!) was born June 18th 2008 and has been a joy ever since. I've learned so much being a mommy and  I was just settling in to things. 






 And then....I discovered 4 months ago that I was expecting again! And so many things are new, and less stressful, and funny, while others are more stressful, not funny and annoying that I felt compelled to get back to the keyboard. 

 So MamaNike --as I'm known here (aka Black Pearl), will be sharing stories of my second journey into motherhood. As a 40-something year old freelance married chick. I don't feel old, but....damn! This baby is wearing me out this go 'round! 


I'm sleepy after 3 hours, but my job (when I have one, I'm for-hire)  normally requires a 12 hour day for sometimes 6-7 day weeks. And my son requires my undivided attention.Period.  And my husband, though he is a chef, wants a good home-cooked meal and for the house to be relatively neat, not to much to ask really. And my closest relative is thousands of miles away. And....I don't have many mommy friends (or friends even) out here in LA. But I try to keep it PreggoFab!




....So stay tuned (and I'll figure out this page layout thing too!)