Happy Thanksgiving!

I would like to deeply THANK all of my family and friends for all of your love and support during this pregnancy. It has had it tough days for me and I still have lots to go but I am sooo gratefully for everything.

Mom, Derrick, Tarsha, Jr and T you already know why I am thanking you. I am very blessed to have you guys in my life.

Maurice, through everything that we go through I love you so much and I am proud to carry your baby...our baby. And I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you.

Please take time out to realize what you have and thank God for all of your blessings.

I love you all! now let's EAT!

P.S. Chris and Derrick, I can not believe I am not there. This is the first Thanksgiving dinner in 5 years that I have missed. Feels weird because you guys are my family there and even though I am with my family I really miss being with you guys. Omg I am crying. ahhhhh hormones. lol

My First Full Day in Maryland. And 2nd Tummy Pic.

You all should get a big laugh out of my day.  As I lay in my room that I grew up in (room is now my little niece's, but she sleeps with my mom when I come home) a night of computer games and tv re-runs and my butt finally went to sleep at 2am east coast time. I was then awaken at 7am by my mother turning all the lights on in my room asking me if I need to go to the bathroom. I laugh and tell her that I am ok. (I actually had to go lol) Then an hour later my niece comes in to wake me up to see Beyonce on tv, turning my tv on very loud.

Ok this was suppose to be my relaxing get away. I dose off back to sleep for about 30 mins then the house phone rings...it's my other niece asking me if I am up yet.  Go back to sleep for about 20 mins then the door bell rings. Not a normal doorbell it sings songs...different songs with every push. I get up to see my little brother asking me where my mom was...ahhhh omg you know she is working. 

I lay down again. Then my little brother remembers he has a key and comes back in the house. There is an alarm on the door that talks every time you open it. ahhhhhhhhhh Ok ok ok ok I am up!

I ask my brother if I can go to the mall with him, he tells me that it is a big mall and mom said that I should not be walking too much since I am pregnant. ahhhhhh I am going crazy. 

I finally get out of the house to go to dinner. My sister was driving 35 miles and hour. I asked why we were going so slow and she was like you are pregnant I can't drive fast. 

This is just day one. Ill keep you posted. 

Below is my updated tummy picture. I am 18 weeks. I cut off my head cause I looked a mess. lol

I'm in Baltimore Maryland!

Hello everyone. Sorry I have not been writing but things have been crazy. I will do a quick to recap. Thanks to long time friend and baby take 1 blog reader Darrel I have been in numerous interviews for a new tv show coming out about hip women having a baby. Things look good. I will keep ya posted.

I got a scary call from my doctor saying that a test does not look good. However, this new test is known for being wrong. So I have to go and talk to the doctor when I get back. We have faith that everything is ok. So please keep us in your prayers.

I arrived to Baltimore today and the most memorial part of my flight was seeing all of the Men and Women coming home from Iraq. Their were hugs and tears it was a beautiful moment.  A funny moment that happened on the plane.  As the plane was taxing a little girl across the row was looking at me and smiling. I smiled and waved back...then I realized we were dressed exactly alike from head to toe. Me and a 6 year old. We both had on Juicy Purple sweat suits with Uggs. As she left she waved and said, "By twin, have a Happy Thanksgiving." Too Cute!

I was met at the airport by my mom, my niece, and my brother. And off to the buffet we headed. They all laughed at the fact that I had a little belly. To me it is huge. I will post a picture tomorrow. After we ate then back to the house in time for me to watch. "The REAL ATL Housewives." I can't believe I admitted to watching trash TV. I hate Kim and Sheray. 

Talk to ya soon. I promise this time.

  

The Fires!

Hello everyone sorry I have been away from my blog duties. However, I don't want to write about anything boring just to write it. So I will let you know what has been going on here in the valley of Los Angeles. There are FIRES! I am sure you heard but unless you see it for yourself you have no clue. I could see the fires from my balcony. Don't worry I am not that close. I have a mountain view from my place and that is one of the areas where the fires were. I tried to take a pic for you guys but it was so much smoke.

All of LA smells like a fire place. You have to cover your mouth and nose to walk to your car. I made the mistake of leaving windows open on day and came home to ashes all over the furnture and my cat. My pretty white cat was now gray. The fires are almost over, however the ones near me are completely put out. Might be heading to the car wash today my car is covered in ash.

Naming our baby....

Naming a baby is hard to a lot of people however, I have known since I was a senior in college what name I wanted if I had a little girl. I was in a play which it is killing me that I can not remember the name. (I am going to email my theater professor and ask him) It was an African play and my character was name Scalla (pronounced Skyla) The character in the play was a witch....a good witch who saw good in people and in people's future. I loved the character so much that is way our baby girl will be named.


"Skyla Marie Manning-Lung"


Marie is Maurice's mother's middle name. And when my butt get married to Maurice I will change her last name to just Lung but as of now the - stays. I refuse to have my baby's last name different from mine.

I wonder if I am having a girl or a boy? Well....

Hello everyone I know I have not been writing every day but things have been pretty crazy in my life. But I am very very very happy to announce that Maurice and I went to have a 4D sonogram done so we can get early detection of the sex of our child.  

I am only 16 weeks and the baby is already dancing inside of me. A lot of movement to be sooo young. We counted all her fingers and toes (she has all 10 of them if you are wondering) and listened to her strong heart beat. She had her hands up to her face and her legs crossed at the ankles. (an AKA in the making)

Ok the picture you are looking at looks a little weird because it is in 4D so my kid looks a little alien like but I assure you that she will be a pretty as me. lol 

I need HELP on what to eat!

Ok since this whole pregnancy thing I had to cut out my seafood. Not realizing that I live off of Tuna, Salmon and Crab. (for those of you that don't understand why I can not eat seafood is it because of the mercury level in the food...bad for the baby).  

I am sure you are saying then eat something else. I do not have any desire to eat too much of anything. My taste buds are on super power. I can eat a sandwich and taste every piece of basil or garlic in the sauce. It is driving me crazy. I taste more herbs then I taste food. This is why finding something to eat is so hard.  

My normal day consists of :

BREAKFAST:

Heart to Heart Cereal with fresh strawberries and blueberries or Oatmeal with the same fruit. Some times I also add one of Trader Joe's Chicken Sausages. (Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day)

LUNCH:

This is a hard one, depends on when I eat breakfast. Sometimes this gets skipped. But I will make a sandwich with some of Trader Joe's Hummas and Honey Pretzels. Or a quesadilla However I can't use all of my fun cheese because certain cheese are on my bad for the baby list. And how many days do you really wanna eat a sandwich. And salads are getting gross because the dressings taste so strong now, because I have bionitc take buds. ahhhhhh

DINNER:

This one is really hard because by now I am grossed out by everything in my frig or I have spent hours at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods walking in circles not wanting to cook anything that they have. The only thing that I seem to stomach to plain pasta and butter with simple salt and pepper. However again not something you want to eat all the time. Oh and I think my baby is a vegetarian because a lot of meats taste weird especially chicken. 

SNACKS:

I love this one. I eat lots of trail mix, smoothies, blueberries, soy beans, pomegranates, oranges, strawberries, bananas and grapes. Oh and my pregnancy snack is restaurant chips and salsa. I can not get enough.

If you have any ideas of good recipes please let me know. And don't think to weird (bianca) lol I like to eat my food not to acquire a taste to it. 

How am I doing?

A lot of my friends have been calling me and asking how am I doing? Well things are so so. I am usually so happy but I am just blah lately. I was told that this was normal but....ahhhhh I don't like this feeling. Other then how I am feeling mentally everything else around me is going well. I just signed with a big pregnant models agency, I worked on the tv show HOUSE on Halloween, the day after Halloween I have a dance job at a Halloween Party and have been out hanging out with friends. Here are some pictures of all of those events.
 derrick and I 
Liinda and I 
Marcus, Me and Meghan
Me
Puph and I

No on Prop 8 Rally!

On Wednesday Nov 5 the day after our amazing election, some things were not found to be so happy here in Los Angeles. Proposition 8 was a California State ballot proposition that would amend the state Constitution, to limit marriage to unions between a man and a woman, overturning a recent California Supreme Court decision that had recognized same-sex marriage in California as a fundamental right.

I am strongly against Prop 8. I believe that everyone should have the same rights. I went to a powerful rally in West Hollywood with my closest friends to rally against this horrible prop. There were thousands of people at the rally. Gay, straight, young and old we talked about what our next steps should be. People told there love stories and people cried at the fact that they were being victims of hate (h8) by their own state.

Below are pictures taken at the rally. More rallies are going on daily and plan of appealing is in the works.

November 4, 2008 History was Made

As I woke up in the morning my stomach had butterflies. Not from being pregnant, from preparing to head to the polls. I grabbed my voter guide and anxiously got in my car. I did not turn on the radio, I drove in silence. I took in everything around me. 

As I was getting closer to my polling place I my eyes began to swell with tears. I vote in every election big or small but this one meant a lot to me. This is the first time I was in the streets signing up voters, at official Obama rallies and sending out emails. It was time for a change and I was apart of making that happen. 

So as I walked to the school and past by smiling and crying faces I felt that this is it; either change or no change. Today we can make history.

After a short 45 minute wait I cast my vote and say a prayer. I walked out of there with my head held high, tears in my eyes and my "I voted" sticker on my shirt.

I come home and glue myself to the tv. Maurice and I watch for hours, as Obama was taking over states that we were not excepting him to win. We grabbed hands and kissed each other and said wow we have just watched history in the making.

The Obama supporters of all kind pulling together to make a change. If you look at McCain's supporters you will only see one kind of people. And America is not one kind of people.

Ok enough tears it is time to make a "Change" but he can not do it alone! History was made today. Dr. King Jr would be proud. The United States is the most powerful country in the world and now we have a STRONG black man as the most powerful person in the world. All things are possible. 

Go VOTE Now!

Today is election day in California and if you have some sense and you care about your life and future you will be at the polls today. Since this is my blog, I am going campaign for Obama! 

We need change. And I know you are as tired as I am of looking at Mc Cain's little arms and hearing the awful Sarah Palin talk. Like one of my friends described it as they are the real life "Office" true but sad.

Also VOTE NO on prop 8. People are people and everyone should have the same rights black, white, gay or straight. 

Other props I have researched:

1A Safe Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond: YES

2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals: YES

3 Children's Hospital Bond Act: YES

4 Waiting period and parental notification before termination of minors pregnancy: NO

5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses Sentencing Parole and Rehabilitation: YES

6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding: NO

7 Renewable energy generation: NO

8 Eliminates right of same-sex couples to marry: NO

9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' rights Parole Initiative: NO

10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds: YES

11 Redistricting. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute: NO

12 Veteran' Bond Act of 2008: (still undecided)

R Traffic Relief. Rail Extensions. Reduce Foreign Oil: YES

J Local Community College Classroom Repair, Public Safety, Nursing and Job Training: YES

Q Safe, Healthy Neighborhood School Measure: YES

A City of LA Special Gang and Youth Violence Prevention, After-School and Job Training:YES

B Update of Low Rent Housing Authorization: (still undecided)

I heard back from my agent and I got a gig!

I got an email from my agent and she was soooo happy to hear that I was pregnant. She said she knows print and commercial agents that I can audition for. But before she brought up auditioning she asked how I was doing and told me that I am like family and she is there for me every step of the way. So that made me free very good.

Oh and I am saying NO to CPK....as of now lol. I got a call from my Japan connection and they would like to hire me back to teach there next super star. That is in January and Febuaray. I did not tell them that I am pregnant. I dont want to loose the gig. And they know me for my big sweat shirts so I am all good. They come to me, so no worries I don't have to fly to Japan. And I have an interview for a tv show coming up so keep your fingers crossed.