Who's this Nailaholic?

My Name is Claudia Hernandez and I am a Nailaholic.

 

 Thank you for visiting my Blog! It's been about 3 years since my addiction with nail polish began, and it does not seem to be going away... not that I want it to anyway. I am a 24 year old student at the University of Utah, Majoring in Mathematics with an emphasis in statistics. Let's just say people in my field, aren't usually ones to worry about how their nails look. But after a long day of studying, working, or class, being able to come home and pamper myself a little bit, definitely puts me in a good mood. 
          My WONDERFUL husband of 4 years doesn't mind that I have this obsession with nails. He just wants me to be happy. You know what they say, "Happy wife, happy life". I have one beautiful child who we named after my darling husband. This little child of mine is the reason why I have decided to begin this blog. 
          Our precious little man, who we named Christian, after my husband,  came when I was 18 weeks pregnant. On August 19th we had our detailed ultrasound and found out we were having a little boy. We were so excited. I wanted our son to be just like my Hubby. My husband was going to have a reason to buy Hot Wheels again like during his childhood, and a little guy to teach how to play his favorite sport, Basketball. Everything was perfect, his heart, the placenta, his kidneys, his liver, and his little heart.  The Doctor said he was growing perfectly. 
          Christian Jr was born one day later on August 20th 2013 and passed that same day. The Doctors were right, my son was PERFECT. He had little toes that looked exactly like his dads, big hands and was 2 1/2 inches longer than babies usually are at 18 weeks, which made us think, he would have been a ball player.  
          Today marks 9 days since the worst/ hardest day of our lives, and we still struggle to realize that this is our reality. I suffer from a condition called Cervical Insufficiency. In short, what this means is that my cervix begins to efface and dilate prematurely. Unfortunately, this is a condition that can't be detected until it's too late, and 80% of the time, results in the loss of the first child. There is a procedure that can be done to prevent this from occurring again, it is not guaranteed, but it gives us some hope to have more children in the future. 
          Throughout my pregnancy, we were so excited and focused on our little baby, and getting our home ready for him, that doing my nails or buying nail polish was the last thing I had time for. Usually, I would buy a bottle of polish a week, and do my nails about 3 times a week. During my 18 weeks of Pregnancy, I painted my nails exactly 4 times, and bought only one bottle of Polish. That bottle of polish, I bough on the weekend before we lost our little boy. During my lunch break at work, I stopped by my local Ulta and went straight to the OPI display. I saw a perfect baby blue and fell in love with it. I was surprised to see that the bottle said the color was "Gargantuan Green Grape" which I own a bottle of, but the colors are TOTALLY different. The bottle I had at home was a minty pastel green. This was just a perfect baby blue. At the time, I did not know for sure we were having a Boy, I had a feeling it would be but I obviously, could not be certain. I bought that bottle anyway and said to my belly: if you are a little boy, I am going to wear this to your Gender reveal. 
          Today, I sit and type with that beautiful baby blue color on my nails for the first time. As I did my nails this morning, I realized that I felt like myself and truly content for the first time in 9 days. It was like I had a small part of MY SON with me again, and it made me SO happy. I know it sounds silly, but I feel like a bottle of polish was able to remind me  of that same happiness we had just less than 2 weeks ago. With this blog, I want to make people feel happy and inspired. I hope that you guys can enjoy my blog for many years to come!