6 days ago
“When your baby sister is born it’s your job as her biggest brother to protect her.” My husband was having a boy-to-boy conversation with our three year old and one year old about our expected baby girl. I must have been out grocery shopping or pooping (read: hiding in the bathroom facebooking from my phone) when the conversation started. Regardless, when I walked into that sentence it hit my brain like a brick and I kicked into a hormone-fueled rage and let […]
2 weeks ago
Off of the heels of a very successful sonogram appointment my husband kisses me goodbye with tears in his eyes. We both grin like idiots, still not totally sure what to say. He drives off for work, and I rock the baby to sleep, alone with my thoughts. We’ve had two previous children, with two successful anatomy screens and both with the outcome of “It’s a boy!” We experienced the reeling sadness of gender disappointment and the handbasket full of guilt associated […]
3 weeks ago
Have you ever had a “Mommy Dearest” moment, stopping just short of throwing cheeseburgers out of your car window as you drive down the freeway? “No more happy meals! Pee in your cup, I am not stopping this car one more time!” That’s me, being an awesome mom to my own kids and a care provider to my niece. We recently took a trip to a science museum, because we were having terrible weather and what else are you going to do […]
4 weeks ago
It is the often joked about tale of the second child; the second child will be the one you forget in the house as you drive off in your car. Your second child will be the one that you feed GMO’s to directly off of your kitchen floor while you do the dishes. Your second child will be stronger than you anticipate because you keep forgetting to take care of them as well as you took care of your first and only […]
4 weeks ago
As the heat of June gathers momentum and melts into the haze of July, I am forced to reckon with them. Like a showdown in a dusty western film from the days of ole, “This here town ain’t big enough for the both of us.” My shorts sit neatly folded at the bottom of a crumpled up pile of laundry. There is only one pair in my wardrobe, with the full stretch maternity panel. As each pregnancy my body endures progresses by […]
1 month ago
My girl, Kristen over at one of my favorite blogs ever, Abandoning Pretense has tagged me in a blog tour. She accused me of being a super-flowy story teller with jokes. Naturally I am completely flattered and fully intend to continue this blog tradition by telling you all about me and then passing on the word to some other bloggers! Who doesn’t want to talk about themselves? Is that not why I blog? (Hint; it totally is). So thanks for playing along […]
1 month ago
My husband’s Fathers day requests were meager and easy to meet. It was nothing compared to my Mothers day requests to “never ever be bothered for anything ever.” His basic wishes were to plant some spinach in the garden, hang out with the kids in the sprinkler and eat whatever his cravings demanded. It basically sounded like he wanted to be me for a day, minus diaper changes and taking the kids to the bathroom with him. So today, as usual, I […]
