Tropical Mango, Banana and Breast Milk Baby Food!

May 22nd, 2011

Last week I heard about a really cool contest that the Amazing-Awesome-I can do everything kitchen product “Magic Bullet” is currently running through Facebook. The contest asks Fans to upload a video making something really innovative.

I decided to enter. However, I did not want to upload any old average entry so I came up with a really cool idea, and very controversial one at the same time. A PERFECT LIBBY RECIPE!

As I am still Breast Feeding my 8 month old boy - Miles Storm - I used fresh breast milk as my Secret Ingredient. I made him some baby food which was inspired on the spot. It turned out really well, and Miles Storm loved it (which is important)!

Please click on the link below to view my entry and Vote for me. You can Vote every day up until June 14th, and the more entries I get the better. I really want to WIN. I am currently in 5th Place!

You can also enter the contest yourself by uploading a short 2.5 minute video of you making something visionary with the “Magic Bullet”. The judging is decided on Creativity of the Recipe, Vote Counts, On Camera Presence and Opinions of Official Judges. Three winners will fly to LA to film the next big “Magic Bullet” info-commercial, and one of the lucky three will win $10,000.

SUNNY CALIFORNIA, sounds like a Dream come true, as there is definitely no Sun in New York right now!!!

VOTE FOR ME HERE

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“Miles Storm” my little Mini-Me Decides to Join us Early.

September 30th, 2010

On Thursday September the 16th I went to New York Presbyterian hospital, very early in the morning, for a routine ultrasound to see how the little guy in my tummy was doing. Everything seemed fine until the Doctor walked in and told me that I had low amniotic fluid and that I was going to be walked over to “Labor and Maternity” where a c-section would be performed on me as soon as possible. Yes, my little muffin was coming out 3.5 weeks earlier than planned!!

I will not lie if I say I was not scared, I was petrified. It was so unexpected, but at the same time I was really quiet glad to have him come out early. There was no harm to him as babies are actually considered full term at 36 weeks anyway. There was also no sure reason why I had low amniotic fluid, it happens in a lot of pregnancies.

Miles Storm was born at 5.40PM weighing in at just under 6 Pounds, and boy did he scream!! Who would ever think that hearing a baby scream could evoke such emotion. I was so happy to hear his screaming that I could not stop crying myself.

My little Mini-Me is named “Miles” as he is miles away from his second home in Australia, and “Storm” as he was born smack in the middle of a tornado/storm hitting Brooklyn and Manhattan! It is typical of my Son to be born in the middle of a tornado really!

He is a beautiful boy…. I know I know… all Mums say that about their children!! He doesn’t cry hardly at all and he loves to sleep, apparently just like me when I was a baby!

I am adapting to my life as a new Mum very well, although getting used to the 4 hour sleep breaks is a bit tough at times, he makes it all very worth it.

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Week 34.

September 3rd, 2010

I am now in Week 34 of my pregnancy and WOW the year has gone by so fast especially considering I found out that I was pregnant in January!!

This week marked a few things -

Firstly my 2 baby showers, one which was held upstate New York and one which was held at the suave Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City. So many people came to my baby showers and they were both so lovely. I cannot believe how many presents the baby received, currently close to $7000 worth!! Amazing. People are genuinely so excited that I am finally having a little muffin.

Secondly, I shot my last digital photographs for the agency I am currently signed with for maternity modeling here in NYC. As from an earlier posting; I have digital photographs taken every 4 weeks which are then uploaded to the modeling web site so potential clients can see how my tummy is showing.

I remember freaking out when I first found out that I was pregnant consumed that I was going to be so embarrassed by getting bigger and having a gigantic stomach. I really did not know how I was going to cope with it especially seeing I am such a gym junkie, but I took it all in my stride and am quite happy with how little weight I put on, how well I ate throughout my pregnancy and how I kept exercising the whole way through. I am really quite proud of my tummy and the little muffin I have grown.

Being pregnant really is an amazing experience and one which I have enjoyed immensely overall.

I have attached a few photographs below of  the way I look now.

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My Knitting Obsession

August 7th, 2010

My Grandma taught me to knit when I was a little girl, and I am really glad she did as it has really helped me fill in some time this past 8 months.

Finding out that I was pregnant at the beginning of the year threw me for a *sixer that I really was not prepared for. All of a sudden I couldn’t do a lot of things that I was used to doing, mainly going out to parties and drinking copious amounts of alcohol on a regular basis. I had to re-assess my whole way of life and make a lot of changes.

This is where my grandma’s teachings come in - this year I have spent a lot of time knitting at leisure and also in class at Fibre Arts Studio “The Yarn Tree” in Brooklyn.

I have knitted many things from hats, to blankets to booties, and today I FINALLY finished the baby jumper, pictured below, which I am beyond excited about!! It is the first jumper I have ever knitted, and honestly will probably be the last as it was not an easy task and took me many months to complete.

I knitted it out of organic bamboo cotton for my little one to wear once he arrives in a few months. I still cannot believe I am going to have my very own little muffin!

I am feeling very proud of myself right about now. How clever am I…. I know, I know - extremely clever!

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*”Hitting a sixer” is an Australian Cricket term which translates to “hitting a home run” in baseball”.

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“The Hot Mom To Be Handbook - Look and Feel Great from Bump to Baby” book launch NYC

April 28th, 2010

Last night I was invited to the book launch of Jessica Denay’s “The Hot Mom to Be Handbook” at the Paul LaBreque Salon and SPA in New York City. Being at an event where alcohol was not served and the majority of the 300 people in attendance all had protruding tummies was a whole new world for me. First of all I went all by myself, and it was tough to walk into a room without the aid of a cocktail to break the ice. However instead, there were cupcakes and complimentary massages, blow drys, manis and panis!

I met a New Yorker named Tatiana who is a writer and currently writing her third book while drawing close to the birth of her third child - what an insight into the world of being a mother she was. I loved her, I could have talked to her all day.

Tatiana told me how she double pumps her breasts at one time to get the most milk and to make haste. Can you imagine the visual on this?

When she was pregnant with her first child she initially thought that if she drank alcohol it stayed in her breasts until she pumped it out. Meaning, that she did one session of pumping to rid herself of the remnants of  the wine the night before out of her boobs — waited awhile — and then started all over again so her baby could feast on clean milk, while not getting tipsy at the same time.

Her husband will not let her consume artificial sweetener while she is expecting, but as she has such cravings she has a secret stash of icy poles that she has in a white plastic bag hidden at the back of her freezer where her husband will not notice. In the middle of the night, while he is positively sleeping, she gets up and eats them furiously so he will be none the wiser. Apparently expectant fathers become just as bizarre as expectant mothers.

Another eye opener for me, a maternity fashion show featuring very pregnant models including super model Teresa Lourenco, the girls all looked like that their water was about to break at any moment. It was a beauty that I have never really been exposed to before, girls really do glow when they are pregnant!

Not to mention the Goodie bags were amazing, from Trumpette baby socks, baby blankets from Swaddle Designs and really cute baby shoes by Stride Rite.

I am stoked that I was invited by the modeling agency I am currently signed with, and more so that I actually went to the event! I am looking forward to sitting down to read my signed copy of “The Hot Mom To Be Handbook - Look and Feel Great from Bump to Baby”.

Like I said, it’s a whole new world!

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The Take Off Your Bra Test - Real Boobs!

July 30th, 2009

THIS IS RESPONSE TO ANNOYING BITCHY SITUATIONS I AM CONSTANTLY INVOLVED IN BECAUSE OF MY BOOBS BEING REAL. GUARANTEED IF SOMEBODY GETS PISSED AT ME THEY GO FOR THE BOOBS!

I firstly want to state here that I have absolutely real 36D boobs, well except once a month, when they are way bigger

A lot of the time when I go out people comment on my boobs, in particular girls who because of the size assume they are fake - typical really.

It appears that the the majority of the Modern World fail to realize that before the option of silicon/saline a LOT of girls on this planet WERE/ARE  born with big boobs, even if they WERE/ARE small framed.

In response to this naivety and ridicule, (as people continually assume I have fake boobs), I have developed “The Take Off Your Bra test”. You can do it in any Bar - trust me when I say nobody seems to mind!

The “Take Off Your Bra Test” involves me taking off my top and bra right there and bending over to let the doubters see that my boobs indeed are real.

Most fake boobs look like a pumped up bubble bums, they are usually up way too high on the chest, are sometimes way off center with big gaps in between -  they look abnormal. Abnormal is the perfect word to describe this.

Fake boobs are not boobs. There are NO “good” imitation boobs. Once, I had a lap dance from a chick with really bad implants. I felt like I was going through a car wash - and not in a good way. Fake boobs are contributing to the overall decline of the Western world! Fake boobs are fake boobs and why anybody would want to put something foreign into their body is beyond me. (you get the idea of where I am going with this).

Most REAL breasts aren’t perfect orbs and they usually aren’t identical. Real boobs hang slightly, jiggle, are plump and are NATURAL; meaning the way they are meant to be - sexy, stacked and silicone free.

If people still do not get the obviousness of “The Take Off Your Bra Test”, I default to “The Grab Test” which is self explanatory.

If this fails,  I have no problem telling the person to “Get Fucked”.

What do you prefer Real Boobs (me), or the Fake Ones Underneath with the huge gap in the middle?

** This posting is not to upset anybody except a group of people in particular - this is how I feel today.

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World Famous NYC

June 9th, 2009

I am stoked to say that my Rock N Roll clothing line WORLD FAMOUS NYC is back in business: New designs, new stockists and just a whole new Vibe.

The new site will go soon live.

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Home Alone (as usual) with Rockstarr Alan Jackson the 3rd & Mohawk Anne Dimebag!

June 4th, 2009

As a change tonight, I am Home Alone!!

ON A SERIOUS LEVEL; it is really not a change at all –  (shhhhh - as usual)!

Anyway tonight,

Rockstarr Alan Jackson the 3rd, &, Mohawk Anne Dimebag convinced me to do a FUN little micro shoot with them.

I AM PRETTY SURE THEY WERE BOTH BORED WITH THE WHOLE THING, actually it is Pretty OBVIOUS.

CAN YOU TELL FROM THE PHOTOS?

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My name is Libby (don't forget it). I am Australian, I am a skateboarder, a RULER, a vegetarian, an all rounder!! This is my PERSONAL blog on my life in New York City from an Australian point of view: the FRIENDS I make, the Insane places I go, and the Bizarre things I do - and everything that I consider to be Radness and Greatness. Now Piss Off!!

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