Another Year Has Passed...

My 19th birthday is tomorrow and Mia will be 9 months tomorrow.
Yay for 01/21/09 and 10/21/90.
I still think it is so amazing how our birthdays are the same thing backwards. I always knew I made the right decision by not aborting my little stink because something told me that this would change my life in some way... And it has.

One year ago, I was 6 months pregnant. Looking like a bubble and did not expect such a little thing human could change my life so drastically.
From my daughter:

I have learned to not be selfish.

I have learned to appreciate each day that I have.

I am more careful with my life. I don't speed anymore.

I have learned that I don't have to go out and party every weekend to have fun; staying at home and singing the theme song to Backyardigans, Ni Hao Kai Lan and Wonder Pets & clapping along is just as fun for me.

I have learned that "finding Prince Charming" is now unimportant and I could care less; I have my little princess here and she will forever be 1000 times better than any wanna-be Prince.

I love that she can eat and share food with me now. She loves rice, veges and Italian food!

I can't wait until she is a little older so we can go out to eat together; I'll always have a lunch/shopping buddy now when my friends are unavailable.

I still find myself sitting next to her crib and watching her sleep & still think it is amazing that I have made such a beautiful thing. And in only 3 more months, she will be a year old. I can't believe how fast time has passed. I went from watching her sleep 16 hours a day to sitting up to crawling and waving good bye to me & saying "Mama" and "Baba".

In one year, my life has been completely turned around. Even though it gets pretty tough with school, family and a social life, but with my little Stink-stink by my side, I know I can get through this...

This is for You.

Yeah, so there is this boy named Keenan.
He's black.
Tall.

And goes to school in Ohio.

He waits last minute to do his homework, and still seems to do fine.

Babies his super cool fuel-flex Impala.

Chillax-es with the homies on a regular basis.

And parties like a rock star on the weekend.

What a wonderful life he has, right?

I on the other hand...

I'm short.

My "black card" was taken away a long time ago.

I do my homework all day and all weekend, and still do not excel in class.

I have a baby that keeps me from concentrating on homework.

I don't have "homies" at school nor do I mingle there either. Just acquaintances. I'm a major loner. (Class, Work, Home)

My car is a car and nothing more.

I only get to see & hang out with my friends once a month if that.

I don't party like a rock star on the weekends. I actually have never been to a party before in my life. Was never invited in high school. Don't know about the ones at school because, frankly, I don't talk to people at school really... so yeah. Not a partier.

What opposites. I guess the personalities and events that happen in high school follow you into college & so on.

He's still Mr. Popular.
I'm still that girl over there.