So when you achieve certain goals, like marriage, great career, say like having 4 kids; you enter a world very people have lived. There's no normal. You're in a perpetual state of a "new" normal. Fortunately (I think) our daughter's volleyball tournaments take us all over the country. The boys tend to stay with my... Continue Reading →
Twas the Night Before Induction – 38 and 4th
Let's see, tomorrow we will meet the newest addition to our family, my next obsession. Â Everyone is excited, nervous, anxious... the last two is just me, lol... So what's it like to be a mother of 3, with one on the way... Busy Busy Busy... But in an amazing way! Lets recap the last 6... Continue Reading →
Braxton Hickup-ing across the country@ 32 wks! – 38 and 4th
I know I've been a bit M.I.A. but when you work 70-80 hrs a week in medicine with 3 kids and a husband, everything feels like its going nonstop! Â Fortunately I love love love a challenge. So, what's been going on? Besides getting a Rhogam shot... I've received a few TSA pat downs... I know... Continue Reading →
Rekindling our love, Fogo-style… Our 5th Wedding Anniversary!!!
So it's hard to celebrate when work schedules do not permit. On our 5th wedding anniversary (Shout out to us!), I was working 12 hr nightshifts and hubs was working during the day. Â Since this is pretty normal us, usually happens once a month, we vowed to try to go out together soon. Â We exchanged... Continue Reading →
Maybe not so Wicked, just Misunderstood – NYC Chronicles Finale
Sooo, the Couture Fashion Week show lasted about 45 minutes, which gave us ample time, to run upstairs to our hotel room and change for... Broadway!!! Which so happened to be a lovely 2 block walk from our hotel. Yeah I'm pretty awesome when it comes to planning. I admit I wanted to see Chicago,... Continue Reading →
Excuse me, Are you a model? – Our NYC Chronicles Pt.3
...Is what the photographer asked my daughter. But he wasn't the only one that day. Now during New York Fashion Week, there are many beautiful 6 foot tall women walking around so it's safe to assume that. Â It was interesting to see my daughter's reaction, typically very shy, introverted girl, apparently became someone else. Â We... Continue Reading →
A little Art, A little Fashion – Our NYC Chronicles Pt.1
Sooo, its that time of the year again, and I brought a new person along with me, my daughter!!! She's 17 and its time to introduce to the awesomeness of NYC and Fashion Week. It's hard to gauge a teenager, cause they hate you one moment and love you the next, but she seemed super... Continue Reading →
Rise stars Rise! – Fashion Group International DC Dec 2016
Although I'm not a Fashion Group International member, more like a hangers-on, I leaped at the opportunity when there was an opportunity for non-members to attend the Rising Star award ceremony in DC! So in normal Naomi fashion, I rushed from work, was halted in DC traffic for an hr, searched for parking for 20... Continue Reading →
All Aboard! – Cruisin’ on the Carnival Conquest Pt. 1
So wayyy back in March, my hubs Brent, was told by his family that they were going on a 5 day cruise in November. In typical Brent fashion, when he tried to buy tickets in late September, the cruise was sold out! Â So we were waitlisted... I didn't fuss as I normally would, even though... Continue Reading →
Calling all Fashionistas! – FashionistaCon Nov 2016
So, a few months ago as I was perusing Eventbrite, trying to see whats the haps on the fashion scene in NYC, and I saw FashionistaCon. I thought that sounds awesome, but I felt the epic nature of the event would be lost on hubs once he saw the cost. Â But over the next 6... Continue Reading →