baby's language - Baby Talk with a Twist

Practice What You Preach 8/26/07

2007-08-26T18:07:28-04:00

Many of us give advice to people but, are we taking in that advice ourselves?
I sent out a few newsletters a few days ago, one actually advising parents to interact with their babies while doing chores; well I put that into practice this weekend.

1. Doing laundry was a no brainer for Demi (mind you she’s 2) I asked her to gather up all the whites in one pile and then all the blacks on a different pile. Perfect!!!!
Tip: That process there helps tremendously…she felt like she was BIG ENOUGH to handle big task. It was cute. She asked me 15 hundred questions while doing it though but, it gave me the opportunity to explain to her the whole process. i.e. I have to wash these because we need clean clothes for school and work etc. she kept saying ohh…

2. While cooking dinner she kept saying to me “mom let’s go for a walk” “mom let’s walk” I didn’t want to be harsh and just say no, so instead I asked her to help me set up dinner!!! Yikes!!! Anyhow I couldn’t think of any duty except -to wash the salad…I dragged a chair to the sink, placed the salad in one of those thingies and explained to her what she had to do she said “I got it” “I got it”………….I turned around to keep an eye on the vegetables, rice & shrimp. I turned back around and boy did Demi washed the salad….she used PALMOLIVE soap “holy cow” “no baby” “you don’t need soap to wash the salad” she said “its clean Mami” I had to smile, gave her a new pile of salad to wash and moved the soap across the kitchen counter. 
Tip: Move all “don’t touch” things away!!!

I have been encouraging Demi at a young age. She LOVES being involved. We do everything together. You should too.

Started with a Tornado Ended with Sunshine 7/30/07

2007-07-23T14:34:59-04:00

This past weekend we decided to head up to Lake George, I had the weekend all planned out for Demi, all sorts of good activities happening. On our way into Hartford a tornado came through, that was quite an experience, Demi kept asking me “mami is raining?” I felt like answering back….”does it look like rain?” we are going to die here but, her face of innocence made me feel comfort I explained to her that it was raining REALLY REALLY hard, then she started singing “rain, rain, go away” and little did you know it did!! Great success Demi.. ….. We sang our way into Lake George. I learned a lot on this trip, Demi can count up to 20 in English and up to 10 in Spanish, she has her ABC’s down pack and her colors too, my sister in-law was teaching her the numbers in Portuguese…Great!!. On a different note we had a blast in Lake George we did all sorts of activities -water park, the water slides (bluetube) forgetaboutit, pool (swimming everyday), walking, safari, horse back riding, boat cruise, horse carriage, shopping, shopping, shopping some great outlets out there. We ate all sorts Italian, Chinese, American, did the buffet thing too, and the hibachi Mini me is learning how to eat with chop sticks she looks so, so cute trying to get the rice. Demi behaved well actually beyond well if I may say so….she behaved so well that I got her a tattoo  (kidding) well she did get a tattoo but removable of course (bumble bee) We will absolutely be back.

Going my way 6/1/07

2007-07-02T09:38:02-04:00

Yes, the business is happening and everything is going my way… After 6 months of working on the business side of things, everything is moving full steam ahead. I am so psyched to have this opportunity to come to me – I cannot wait to move BL forward. Today looks like a final day to get BL in the works and I am a happy camper!

Dance the Night Away

2007-06-25T12:17:03-04:00

Feeling good about where BL is headed, this month is going to be a changing month for me with the status of Baby’s language. Friday night I was getting some positive news to look forward to, so I headed to my partner in crimes office where we discussed future possibilities (I will fill you all in when it is concrete). We worked on new items for BL and got a call from a manufacturer who is interested in producing some of our work. We laid out our plans and then celebrated early! Wooo Hooo Headed to the local lounge and kicked bak a few beers followed by a shot or two :) Feeling good we hit the dance floor, dancing along side with strangers – I think they where paranoid of our super good mood and didn’t want to be touched or danced with, still funny they hung around and eventually came around! Last drink was on the house, which really put us over the edge – whoa! Feeling that night over the weekend…

Back to work Monday, hope to hear some good news :)

Millions 4 Tots

2007-06-24T23:48:19-04:00

I started a new site to get donations to help others.
The idea of the project is to try to get donations to help others in need – to help me to help tots. Raising money for children in need, This has always been a life long goal of mine and I am determined to find a way to give to children in any way possible.

Click Here to Visit www.millions4tots.com

17 hours with Jet Blue

2007-06-11T11:43:10-04:00

Waited all week for Friday to come, I was so eager to get on my flight to go to FL for the weekend. My girlfriends and I couldn’t stop talking about the whole trip, so said my good byes to my love ones at home. I realized I havent left Demi ever for such period of time, not only that I was going to be in a diffrent state holly shit my little girl…tears are coming down my face saying bye sweetie I’ll be back. Worked a full day rushed to meet my girlfriend in harlem I’m so excited it’s finally 5 o’clock, my mini vacation starts here. Waving, flagging down some NYC cabs “JFK Please” to my surprise 5 cabs turned us down I was like wow they dont want to make moey today huh….finally a nice man took us in :) we are checking in and we are all good. We decided that we should have a few coktails before boarding since we had like 3 hours to kill, we decided to stick with vodka/cranberry (we already had a quick drink on our way to the airport) the lady behind the bar askes for ID once she saw my age she looked at my girlfriend and I and said “bitches” lol I thought that was a well received compliment of jetblue staff… we are getting our drink on, laughing making jokes the time frame couldn’t be better. Ok its time for check in lets go!!! While checking in to board I had to take of my shoe and remove all beeping stuff. my bags were checked and my bottle drink (cranberry) ;) was removed. I was okay with that because my girlfriend still had hers. we are so excited to board yes!! Once we were at the main gate jetblue announces that our flight thatdeparts at 9:15pm has been postponed to 12:15 due to bad weather. Jetblue first statement was due to short crew staff “whatever” we were a little upset but we managed to control ourselfs. Went to grab a bite to eat since we had 3 more hours to kill, our table waiter made the process even worse, her greeting was “hi” I’ve been here since x time so if I”M SLOW PLEASE EXCUSE ME.” we ate, drank, kept checking the monitors for any changes 2 hours later one of the monitors say that the flight was postponed again, now we are mad. Wrapped it up and headed over customer service demanding some answers after waiting on line for 40 minutes we hear that the flight has been cancel until the next day. Oh My! what are we going to do? we asked at what time was the first flight out the next day, 8:15am was her answer but it’s fully booked “shocker lady what else is new?” to make a long story short we booked the first flight out of La guardia. I asked her what is our

TO BE CONTINUED…..

Active or Productive which one will you choose? Or is it the same?

2007-03-23T15:20:42-04:00

03/23/07
Active: Being in physical motion
Productive: Producing or capable of producing.

For the last few days the words active and productive have been lingering in my head. You are probably wondering why Active and Productive, isn’t it the same thing? I’m here to break it to you- it’s NOT!!
This question has risen because of my business structure. I was reading my past notes (in my BL journal)…my goals, my mission, (all of my notes) and realized that when I’m writing them down, and talking about it I’m being ACTIVE, in other words….I’m planning, getting resources, answers, visualizing. I have it all there written on a piece of white paper and in my head of course! But then what? What happens to all that information, what do I do with that information? That is when productivity comes into place. From being productive you gain results. My results have been proven from being productive. In other words you can be active on a project talk about, write down notes, research information, but are you getting results? Are you producing something out of all that talk? Not unless you apply action.

While I was reading my notes I read so many things that I wanted to do and accomplish.I have phone numbers/contacts that I got from being active, 2 pages down in my journal it shows me that I contacted one of those numbers, 3 pages down I saw results. Now that’s what I call being productive. Within my business structure the results are from being productive, it is imperative. I can be active 24/7 but if I’m not producing why waste energy.

This whole subject also rises because BL has been getting a good response (sales) and that is because while being active I did not forget to be productive. Thought I share this with the world.

I can’t stop- (sry)
I have a few examples here:
1. BL has recruited a great guy name Brian (not too long ago) to keep BL alive on the net. i.e. Visit forums and talk about BL, Join baby networks, etc. Brian is being active as a resource, talking, emails etc. the team is now seeing results. BL is the new Buzz on some networks and from that Buzz the BL brand is the must have.

2. BL has recruited a girl name Maritza that’s working on a project (which I’m not going to mention because it’s not on the site yet) Maritza is being active as to learning, listening, writing notes, etc bottom line is we’ve seen results from Maritza and I can count those for some sales : )

3. BL also has recruited a girl name Mary she’s consider to be (the middle man) as America calls it. Mary has proven her productivity with connecting BL with the right people……and by that connection we the BL team have been seeing results and that’s also including sales : )

I’am happy that BL has such a productive team to work with..I Thank you all for the support : )

BL is a growing family.

Oh No Not The IRS

2007-03-18T14:53:55-04:00

March 18, 2007
The streets are full of snow probably the biggest and only snowstorm of the year. It was fun though I was on a sled in my back yard, the snow was like a sheet so slippery so much fun my sled flew out of my butt and into the river, that was just 5-10 minutes into the adventure, my mom was over this weekend she cooked and did my laundry as usual. I love it. Went to sign my tax returns….and would you believe that I owe the IRS money I’m in shock. I was waiting, waiting for the money for a year lolo….and look what happens….I was upset. I think I’m over it now…it’s been 24 hours already.
On a different note I have another Baby Show to attend this coming Tuesday I’m getting ready for it, that’s keeping me pretty busy. BL’s lawyer contacted me too…that’s a different ball game he needs some data “oh lord”. I have to take care of some legal matters this week and that includes IRS now great!!!! Ever since my mini me is back in daycare now she says “yes” lol she used to say “yeah” to everything. Now she makes sure you hear those ssssss in the Yessss…….cute

My next mission is try getting this blog activated for comments. Whatcha think Dee?

Excuses + Ignorance = Failure

2007-03-16T17:43:24-04:00

March 15, 2007
Uhmm lets see to whom, what will we blame our failures to today

you? you? no, not you? you? you yes!!!

Today my excuse is I hate the world because I’m pmsing…..nah that’s not good enough….
My whole week went wrong because my cigarette broke in my coat pocket….so screw the world….
Come to think about it, my week didn’t go so well because my dog (Stella) ate my polly cheese stick.
This one? I didn’t wake up early because I went to sleep at 5am
This one is better…..My boyfriend dumps me because I was messing around with other man, now I’m miserable…..
how about this one……I can’t get my shit together because of my friend …I like this one though…….I’m having a bad relationship with my daughter/son because of my friend……
How about.. I can’t get a real job because of my friend
This is just an appetizer from a friend to a friend. Mmmmm

I don’t understand people who blame others for their failures; I guess I will never understand them nor do I want to!!!

Quotes for such characters:
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.
For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.

My excuse for posting such subject is an act of venting…..
NOW WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE FOR READING?

Children's Show

2007-03-14T15:03:25-04:00

Milford Children’s show, March 13, 2007
All positive feedback – Awesome response, even the vendors purchased the BL line for themselves. BL got invited to other larger shows in the area and have expanded their clothing line to hats, pants and even toddlers. The turnout was a success and BL was the booth to be at for the time. The whole show turned out to be a great fun experience.