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Well, well, well, whatever it was that brought you over to my little space I am glad.  Glad you could be here and hope you stay.  So, just in case you are new around these parts I feel like a quick introduction is needed.  

My name is Renata and that handsome fella with that classy suit is my husband Felipe.  Come this November we will have been married for five years.  This past April we have been together for ten years.  And, in a few short weeks we will be welcoming a little lady into our lives.  I.CANNOT.WAIT!  

(We don't always look this fancy)

(We usually look a little something like this, mind you this is circa 2009)

This little fur ball below is our fur baby Ziggy Marley.  Ziggy Marley is most famously known as Mr. Ziggles.  If you are wondering, this cute-button nosed fluff is a maltese.  In July Mr. Ziggles will be seven years old.  Yet, he is still a puppy at heart; he behaves like one too.  I am anxious to see how Mr. Ziggles is going to react towards little baby O.  If there is one thing to note is that he does NOT like to share, anything, or anyone.  And, he thinks he runs the house; Napoleon complex I tell ya.

Our little family resides in sunny, humid, South Florida.  That saying, "We live where you vacation", immediately comes to mind.  Yet, being nine months pregnant in the Florida summer is brutal.  I glisten (Because I don't sweat, duh) walking from the parking lot to my office building; it's a beautiful site, truly.

And, because no introduction is complete without random fun facts, here are five things you probably didn't know about me.  One, two, three, and...

-One-

I don't have a middle name.  My father thought that two names for one person was more than enough.  First and last, done and done.  Truth-be-told, I have always wanted a middle name.  Now that I am married my maiden name is my middle name.  It really isn't the same.  It is, what it is.  Which is why I was uber excited to have a baby.  Little Baby O has a first, middle, and last.  You will know soon enough =)

-Two-  

When it comes to my writing I am always a nervous wreck.  The perfectionist in me writes, deletes, and rewrites sentences a million times.  Something that would take me five minutes to write usually takes about fifteen.  I then stare at it for another five just in case; I mean, ya never know.

-Three-

If there is one thing I can never say no to is ice cream.  Though don't offer me butter pecan or pistachio. Yuck, yuck, yuck!  Take me to Coldstone's creamery and let me have some cake batter, Oreos, and peanut butter (The real kind, not the ice cream).

-Four-

When I would stay home from school in high school I would watch re-runs of "A Baby Story".  I could never get enough of those newborn baby faces.  I'd catch myself wondering  when I would become a mother and welcome my own child into the world.  Now that I am so close to doing so, I must admit, I have never felt such contradictory emotions in my life.  I am both uber excited (I use the word uber, a lot, in real life too) and completely terrified.  Maybe it is all the hormones?

-Five-

I am a hair product hoarder.  I can't even tell you how many different hair products are in my bathroom right now.  At least 10, at least.  My favorites are those that leave your hair looking like you just left an amazing day at the beach and those that leave your hair sleek and chic.  Yet another contradiction.  That is the thing with me, I don't prefer one end of the spectrum over the other, I love them both equally.

Till next time!  Oh, and be sure to follow me on instagram: RBarbie.

xx