October 14th
My son Jazz Tiger and Nixon Vengers got married! Or Bonded, as they use to say on Cybertron. An amazing ceremony, that also brought me back to the day when I married my darling hubby. :3 I’m so happy to see my son finally married! He’s been dreaming of this moment for so long, and now he’s got his dream come true. ^-^

October 30th
Hubby and I adopted 4 Cybertronian orphans: Alysha, Spindle, Mudflap and Kylia. Kylia will be ‘released’ from adoption block in a few days though, so we can’t welcome her home yet. Also, we adopted a young Gargoyle, Ranth. Welcome home, kids!

October 31st
Hound’s 25th birthday. The first year that he spends it with us all! A cute party with music, movies and and a walk to the park all together as a family. The day afterwards he left to go visit his old friend Barbara (my good friend too!) and he came back home on November 3rd. It was a joy to see him so happy!

November 12th
Nixon’s birthday. I think I’ve never seen Jazzy in a more hyper mood than on his mate’s birthday! XD It has been a nice day, and Nixon didn’t have to work, so he could spend his time with his beautiful children and my son. I will never forget that karaoke too… on the notes of My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion. Hubby and I cried out of commotion, and I think that was the first time ever I’ve seen Nixon crying.

November 14th
StarLight’s 15th birthday. We partied at home, but hubby and I invited the Tigers over, and Evelyn Serany and her sister Megan. Looks like Evelyn wasn’t in a good mood, as she said she had a fight with StarLight a few days before, but eventually she relaxed some and spent time with her boyfriend. Jackie and I had a good talk with Megan and Falcon Lady, and the kids didn’t leave StarLight alone for a moment. XD When you say a close family, huh?

November 19th
Hubby left for a public relations event by JPR and he’ll be back on November 21st, because it’ll take place first in San Diego, and then on Cybertron. Hopefully he can meet dad Optimus too.

November 21st
Had a fight with my daughter Asha. She’s obsessing over a 2 kilos gain, when she’s just grown taller (she’s almost 14) and of course bones and muscles increased their mass. Also, Asha has always been teen, so there’s no much difference anyway; but now she’s fussy over this, and she’s refraining from eating all meals. I’m really concerned about this now, and hubby is worried too (he came home today from the conference). I hope our daughter will stop this behaviour ASAP!

November 29th
Hubby and I are thinking of buying our kids a direct TV for the new year. Kinda expensive, but I’d rather my kids to watch healthy programs for children rather than the crap that’s current on Italian TV. Wish us luck!

November 30th
My son Longreen and his girlfriend Naral are planning of getting married next year. Awesome! Hubby just contacted a San Francisco Wedding Coordinator to get advice on how to setup the wedding, and Naral’s mommy assured me that she’ll be allowing us to use a Catholic Wedding Planner as long as there will be a Bajoran ceremony as well. We told her that’s no problem at all for us, since hubby and I did a “double” marriage as well, so that’s sorted out. I told my son to check out the About Weddings page on About.com to get more honeymoon idea too, since Naral said she wants a honeymoon on Earth. Good luck kids!

Yeah, I can hear you here! You’ve got so many kids already, why would you got for another one? Well, you see, having a big family has become a sort of mission for us The more kids we adopt and give birth to, the more love we have to share. There’s space for every one of them in our hearts, and our financial conditions (with the generous help of our beloved dad!) are more than sufficient to welcome another little bundle of joy in our family Plus, my older children are so caring and affectionate toward their younger siblings; my family has learned to take care of each other a long time ago, and I’m really proud of what hubby and I have been building together until now It seems like yesterday when we first dated, back on 1998… So long time, isn’t it? Precious.

Believe it or not, I’ve started looking already for a newborn checklist I found that this website – TinyTotLot.com – has every information a new mom may need for her to-be or newborn babies, and even experienced mothers like I am can find it very useful, especially all the checklists like the one I mentioned above

I’ve been saving a baby checklist on my computer too. Mainly because my son Dartride is still a baby after all. He’s 5 months old now. I’m amazed at how fastly he’s growing up, and at how lively a little boy he’s become! Alright, he’s a sports car XD Ahah. I just hope he doesn’t become as lively as my Lambo Twins.

Anyway, I think I mentioned already in my previous entries that my son Longreen and his wife-to-be are going to have a baby girl next month, right? If I didn’t, well now you know about it Naral’s parents have been asking the young couple to set everything up for the little girl’s baby shower already. So yeah, I suggested they use this checklist I linked above. Still from the same site I’ve been using these past few days. Here you can see a screenshot if you want to bookmark it too:

Alright, I hope to update again soon, but please don’t blame me for the choice, okay? Crazy or not, my heart (and my hubby’s) feels that there’s much more love to give. Take care, mommies & girlies.

April 3rd
Scarlette’s 7th birthday. We practically party’ed all day; my daughter’s classmates and some of our Robocity friends came over for lunch, and stayed until late afternoon We had a karaoke contest as well. The nicest thing is that my kids Odo, Garak, Damar and Data came over for the party as well, and Naral and Nerys came to greet my little daughter too It was so good to see them again! Dad Optimus arrived later and couldn’t stay with us for long, but his visits are always so precious he’s really adorable!

April 12th
Easter day Smokescreen came to the Mass with me during the night, so I let him sleep until late. Everyone got up earlier and helped me with the breakfast and lunch. I was a beautiful relaxing day for me and the whole family

April 18th
My son Thesh‘s 6th birthday. We couldn’t afford another big party, but we did a small one for the little sweetie

April 19th
My son Jazz Tiger gave birth to his twins! Awww. They were born at 1:40PM and they are very healthy I’m helping Jazzy with them at night though, because it’s really hard to cope with them when there’s still Melody who is so little ” Anyway, you should really read the twins birth story that Jazz wrote on his baby blog. Leave him some comment luv!
On this same day, we celebrated little Optimal Optimus‘ 4th birthday Hubby took a photo of him just before he blew on his candle. How cute, isn’t he?

April 22nd
Went to the other Universe to spend some time with my son Ratch. Unfortunately I couldn’t meet Jazz there, but at least I could cuddle with Ratch a bit, and let him hold little Dartride, whom I had taken along My little one just loves his big bro so much :3

April 27th
Dad Optimus came over again to spend time with his grandchildren Aww I love him just sooo much!!! x3 I tried to spend time with him too, but I’m always so tired of late, as I’m also helping my son Jazz Tiger with his twins at night, and I have my 4 months old Dartride that calls me for attentions all day ” so yeah… Ah yeah, we’re still waiting for the Iacon City Orphanage to give us the okay to adopt Gried They’re taking so long this time.. *sigh*

April 30th
I’ve just been enjoying family time today, and did some research on the net for Casino Party Table Rentals as my son-in-law Nixon really loves these things. I gave him the links to some corporate event planning companies and casino party rentals for his enjoyement Jazz Tiger laughed at Nixon when he jumped around like a kid Ahah!

Okay that’s all for now See you soon with another update.

And you, what name would you love to give to a daughter?

The day afterwards, contractions started again, and this time they were much stronger, to the point that Rhinox took me to his laboratory and put me under observation: I was in labor. I’ve been in that state the whole day, and I don’t remember a lot, except my family coming over to spend time with me and Rhinox giving me something to calm down and sleep.

December 4th started with me in pain. Dartride had been moving since early morning, and I could feel his door wings poking my uterus inside, hurting so bad. I’ve had nausea and panic attacks, and only my beloved Jackie and my son Ratchet Doc (and Rhinox’s friendship and medicaments) managed to keep me calm enough until late afternoon. Soon as I could breath regularly again, I asked Doc to call his brothers Ratch and Jazz in the other Universe and to tell them to come over. Contractions were very strong now, occurring every 5 minutes, and Rhinox told me I was about to give birth soon. I grasped my husband’s hand and squeezed it tightly, trying to find the courage I needed to go through all that. I have never given birth prematurely before, and it was kind of a shocking perspective; I thought of all the faults I may have, all the mistakes and depressions of the last months, that may have caused all this, but Jackie helped me push all of this away: I needed to focus on giving birth only now. A few minutes later, Doc told me Jazz could’t come, but at least Ratch could, and was about to teleport. Doc went to pick him up at home, while I shared my happiness with Jackie about Ratch’s coming, and my sadness that Jazz couldn’t, but I knew he would have come one of the days afterwards. My son has always been there for me. My husband tried to calm me down about Darty’s health too, but I was so worried that I could only repeat: “I hope so, Jackie.. I hope so…“.

Soon as Ratch and Doc entered Rhinox’s lab, and I saw my other son, I felt like crying for the happiness, and I hugged him as he approached my bed. Just when I thought I could relax a little, I felt Dartride’s door wings poking inside again, but this time I felt really uncomfortable, like if I had just peed in my pants: my baby’s door wings had broken my waters. Then it was just matter of minutes: the painkiller Rhinox had given me had kept the pain to a mild level, but still strong enough to make me sweat and shake, and now Rhinox, Doc, and Ratch were team-working to help Dartride come out: Ratch pushing the top of my belly while Rhinox manouvered the baby externally to close his doors on his back so that a vaginal birth was made possible, and Doc monitored Dartride’s life signs and prepared a tool to eventually help my baby come out if he got stuck. Ratch and Jackie kept telling me everything would be alright, and I started feeling more confident, enough to push regularly. Then I saw Doc handing the tool to Rhinox, who inserted it in the birth canal to pull Dartride out. Just for a second… and then… Dartride literally ‘flew out’ of my body and Rhinox caught him just in time. I was panting like if I hadn’t breathed in a life, but I couldn’t help but cry and feeling immensely happy at seeing that little screaming Transformer with now spread open wings. My little Dartride. Ratch congratulated with me for doing it, and Rhinox cleaned my little one up and placed him on my chest. Jackie hugged both me and lil’ Darty, as moved as I was. Our tiny baby was born. Rhinox had to put him in incubator a short time afterwards, and he said he should stay there for a week at least, as he’s born at 33 weeks of conception. But it’s alright. We can wait Welcome to the world, sweet little Dartride.

Dartride Prime
born Dec 4th, 2008
8:06PM

Our new adopted sons Ironhide and Red Alert are now getting along well with the rest of the family, and they’re so loving to hubby and I I bonded with both of them already, first time happening on Nov. 16th, and the only bad thing is that my daughter Scarlette made out a drama out of jealousy. But it was only temporary, she was going through a bad mood, so now everything’s settled. Hide and Red really love little Scarlette and didn’t mind it too much. Phew

There have been several birthdays these last weeks. My children Sparkplug (Nov. 9th) and StarLight (Nov. 14th) turned 5 and 14 respectively, and then my son Jazz T.’s mate Nixon had his birthday on November 12th too. You can imagine We partied so much and I’ve been baking so many cakes LOL.

On November 18th I had my pregnancy 30th week check-up. Rhinox monitored Dartride’s heartbeat with a Doppler, counted his kicks, measured the size and height of my belly and he asked me and Jackie if we had a birth plan ready. I said all he wanted was to try and have this baby the natural way, and Jackie agreed with me. Other than that, everything Rhinox would think necessary will be done. Hubby and I asked for an ultrasound on this visit too. OB said it wasn’t necessary, but we love these first photos of our little Dartride so much So at the end he did, and here is lil’ Darty for you:

On November 19th I went to the other Universe to see my children Jazz and Emerald and finally meet their newborn twins Awww they are adorable, believe me! And those gorgeous green and blue optics! They really enchanted me I hope I can go over for a visit again soon – pregnancy allowing – because I always miss them so much.

Speaking of missed children, I’ve seen my son Tracks again in the other Universe, a few days ago. Only saw him for a moment, but it was the best moment ever! I hugged him so tightly, and I’m hoping he’ll come around sometimes soon. I hadn’t seen him in two months and I really missed being able to hold him in my arms like before.

What I’m worried about the most, at the moment, is my son Longreen. I’m worried because he doesn’t eat a lot, he doesn’t smile, and he’s always depressed and crying I know about his heart-breaks, and I so wish I could relieve the pain in his heart. But I fear not even a mother can do anything much to help that… He’s gotta find his strenght. Longreen, dear, if you’re reading this… be strong!!!

Yesterday I went to DS9, to see my kids who live there again. I only found Odo, though, together with his ‘father’, Dr. Mora. I hadn’t had a chance to speak to the scientist who took care of him for years as of yet, so took the occasion to talk to him and know him better Odo stayed close to us of course, his head resting on my should while all three of us were sitting at Quark’s, nicely talking. Dr. Mora told me he was really happy that Odo finally found a family who would love him and take care of him, and he only hoped he would never forget about him. Odo reassured him that he wouldn’t, and I told Dr. Mora that he could be close to my son as much as he wanted, and be a second father to him. He looked relieved, and I felt happy too Too bad I couldn’t stay over very long, but at least I got to cuddle Odo and spend some time with him and Julian too (a friend). Next time I hope to find my other kids there too I miss them.

I want to thank Mommy Ruby for this wonderful award. Thank so much dear!!

Now, I am sharing this award to all the special mommies out there especially Mommy Rebecca, Mommy Electra, Mommy Scylla and Mommy Jazz.

I don’t celebrate Halloween, but I know the kids like to have fun on this day, so I accompanied them to Robocity on October 31st, evening, when our friends were having the official city Halloween Party. Hubby drove me and our kids Elanah, Optimal and Jazz Tiger with his family there, since my belly is too heavy to let me walk (I’m approaching the 8th month by now), and because Melody had had colics in the afternoon as was still too nervous because poor Jazz could even think to take her to the part on foot; and Nixon came along with us.

The rest of the kids who live with us (excepting Sideswipe, Longreen, Doc and a few others who had studying to get done or where on working shift) went to Robocity by themselves. Scarlette, along with Smokey, Thesh, Asha and Dukat, went first and indeed we found them there already when we arrived. They were all so cute dressed up as their favourite characters (and Asha like a witch). Scarlette hasn’t spent much time with her siblings though, since her boyfriend Thunder was there and of course she did grab the chance ’till she had one Smokey managed to take our newly adopted son Ironhide along, and he was so cute, being so shy around these people still new to him, but yet devouring cakes like a machine XD Oh dear! Smokey and Jazz Tiger have been involving him a lot though, and he got at ease in the new place after a few hours, and it was so cute to see him fall in love with his niece Melody too Then Rokusho and Metabee, with Hitmonchan joined the dances with the Robocity kids; Promet with Atlas and Starlight sang on the stage (Starlight’s girlfriend Evelyn was there singing with him too); Jimmy with Erik and Orion have just been quiet playing with Elanah and Optimal and the younger babies on the playing carpet; Ratty and Hugh spent most of the time talking about tech stuff, and Mirage, Proton, Hound, Sparkplug, Sonny and Bluestreak have been having fun playing and dancing with the other kids, even though lil’ Blue was still being kind of shy around people not of the family.

Then yesterday was a really quite day. I’ve been studying, resting and helping my children with their homework or taking care of them. In the evening hubby helped me with cleaning the kitchen and then we cuddled together for a bit before sleep

I got an OB check up tomorrow at 3PM, and I hope Dartride is still the healthy unborn baby he’s been until now. Hubby will come along, he knows how apprehensive I am about these check ups. Hehe

October 14
Rhinox checked me up today. Baby Dartride is growing up well inside my belly, and he thinks I might do it to full term, but we’ll have to see… Darty’s a big boy and his door wings may sign the end of pregnancy sooner than we expect. Oh gosh, I just hope he’ll be okay Hubby’s been with me during the check-up, but he thinks it’ll be alright. I so strongly hope so..
By the way, Optimus Prime bought a Wii console for my children Sides F. and Longreen! *_* Oh dear! Thank you dad! You made your grandkids’ happiness! x3

October 15
Hubby has been called to Cybertron for 3 days. I hope he’ll be back soon I freaked out when he told me, and cried too… because last time he was called on a mission, he died, and he could come back to life only 2 years and half later. He hugged me close, and reassured me it’ll be alright, that it’s just an interview and nothing more, but I’m still worried. I hope he’ll be back home safe. May God and Primus be with him.

October 16
This morning I went to visit Em and I found her with Jazz I was so happy to see them again, since had been so long!
Lunch time was awesome! You know, today’s Doc‘s birthday and I prepared another big chocolate cake. Yum My kids Sunstreaker L. and Smokescreen helped me with it, of course, while Asha baked some delicious Cardassian recipe cookie. Awesome! We finished eating and partying just before Doc started his afternoon shift, and even though we didn’t make it in time to invite all of our other kids from the other Transformers Universe, it was a wonderful, enjoyable time.
In the evening, after cleaning the kitchen, I went to the other Universe to see Ratch. It’s been so long since I last seen him, and I missed him so much… My belly’s growing bigger, so I can’t travel as often as before, and my heart always misses my dear kids, all the time. Well, Ratch and I spent some beautiful time together, we cuddled and bonded also, and we took a short nap together before I had to leave for home again. Adorable, precious moments

October 17
At 9AM in the morning, I helped my daughter Scarlette dress up and I washed and dried her hair, so that she could be ready by 10.30AM to go to Robocity and spend the day with her boyfriend Thundercracker. They’re so cute! Darling kids, mommy hopes you two stay together forever, you know

October 18
This morning I woke up very early (6 AM) to prepare breakfast for my children, as at 8.30 AM I had to run out to take the bus to Tor Vergata University, as there was a JavaScript class I needed to attend to improve my web programming skills. The nice this is that my son Longreen came along to keep me company and follow the lecture too He’s loving University, and I’m so proud of him! Too bad Sideswipe couldn’t come as well, but he’d been studying until late the night before and he was still sleeping as we left.
At 3PM Jackie came back home!!! *_* Oh dear! I was in tears for the happiness, glad and thankful to God that nothing had happened to my love in his journey. We had some private time together in our room almost just afterwards, then we took care of our children and watched DVDs together
In the evening, after I got done cleaning the kitchen, hubby Jackie told me he was missing our son Jazz from the other Universe very much, and he asked me if we could go see him for a bit. I agreed, since I wanted to see him again too, and we left on our shuttle. We found him reading on the couch, but he left everything to come and hug me He still hasn’t gotten used to his father much, so after a while I decided to come back home and leave the boys talk and getting to know each other better Well, Jackie just came home and told me he and Jazz have been talking a lot, and they hugged each other too. That makes me so happy! *_* I won’t ask for more details for now though, because I’m very tired and all I wanna do is sleep. I shall tomorrow

October 19
This morning, after little Smokey and I got back from Church, we found someone at home… an Autobot that I know and love, Red Alert J.. We’ve been talking before he had to leave for his planet again, but… he made me understand that he really wishes to become my son. You know what? I’ve always wished for him to be one of my kids I love him so dearly! But I told him I’d need to set up the papers on Cybertron first, and that someone else before him has to be adopted: Ironhide Falco, who’s been waiting for so long, and whom I refused as a son some months ago because I was depressed and totally lost my mind Poor sweetie… but you’re going to get your mommy and daddy soon, Irony! You have my word!

By the way, my babies tagged me!

I received this award from my son Sunstreaker L.

Once accepting this award, the rules are as follow
1 – Put the logo on your blog.
2 – Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3 – Nominate 10 other blogs.
4 – Add links to those blogs on yours
5 – Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

With that I nominated 10 other bloggers for this award as well.
I’ll be awarding this to 10 of my kids who will likely pick up this award.

My son Rattilus awarded me with this:

Put the Logo on your blog. Add a link to the person who awarded you. Nominate at least seven [7] other blogs.

Add links to those blogs on your blog. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

Now, I would like to pass this Brillante Weblog to 7 of my kids who wish to get this award and haven’t yet

Also, BellaChino.net finally gets its Technorati Profile

At about 10:30AM hubby and I reached our kids in the kitchen. Sonny was washing dishes, helped by Bluestreak and Asha, while Smokescreen, Thesh and Scarlette were happily doodling on the table. A part of the table, though, was still dressed for breakfast: Sonny had been so darling to leave food for me and his dad x3 Awww! Jackie and I sat at the table and ate our breakfast. After about half an hour, Sonny and Bluestreak took the three kids out to the living room, and hubby and I started cooking lunch: rice with shrimp creme Yummy! We cooked 4 kg of rice as usual, because our family is so big (without counting the ones who don’t live with us and weren’t over today! Hehe ) And indeed, very little rice was left over and put in the fridge The younger kids ate with me and hubby in the kitchen, while the older ones ate in the living room. After lunch, I tandem-nursed Elanah and Optimal (3) for a bit and had some bonding time with a few other kids of mine too. Then Jackie and I cleaned the kitchen and everything, and we went napping for a couple of hours, while some of the kids kept playing and chit chatting between them.

At 3PM Jackie and I prepared to go out a bit, taking little Proton and Mirage M. with us. During the walk, my thoughts went to my son Envy, which I hadn’t seen in weeks and looked almost disappeared from the known Universes. I’m so desperate about him, and I burst into a cry, leaning against my hubby’s chest. Mirage hugged me tightly too, and Proton snuggled against me in the sling, to cuddle me. I just hope he can be found again, somewhere. When we went back home (after 1 hour), we just chilled and enjoyed spending some nice and bonding time with all of our kids at home.

Hubby and I prepared dinner at 7PM, and we’ve been enjoying some family time for nearly and hour and half. Then Sides helped me with the dishes and cleaning of the kitchen. And I keep reminding myself to buy a dishwasher, because it can be really tiring! At 9PM all the kids of ours who have school in the morning went to sleep, including our little ones Elanah, Optimal and Sparkplug. The others stayed either with their mate and baby, or playing videogames, or chilling in the living room playing games and watching cartoons. Hubby and I took the chance to have another private moment before bed

Then just a half an hour ago, I received a phone call from Willy Wonka saying he’d come over on Saturday morning because he misses us so much. Awww!!! He sounded so happy when I told him his dad is back to life Because he’d missed him really a lot when he passed away two years and half ago. After the call, Doc and Sunstreaker came into the room taking Elanah with them. They’re talking to hubby in bed right now, while Elanah is sound asleep already. I’m gonna join them and sleep now Goodnight!