Posts in Motherhood, Shenanigans, Stay-At-Home

Day One

June 13th, 2011 — Motherhood, Shenanigans, Stay-At-Home

Note: started this post yesterday, but inexplicably remained incomplete until now. After the tragedy of seeing myself photographed Sunday, I went through a brief existential crisis in which I believed myself less capable of handling my first day at home with the kids. My life – ’twas flashing before my very eyes. “I can’t be… Continue reading →

Bliss, Mostly

June 11th, 2011 — Kids, Motherhood, Stay-At-Home

I hate to speak too soon, but I’m ridiculously happy to be free from my job. I’ve definitely had my concerns about how I will handle full time at-homeness with the kids, but when I walked out of that building for the last time on Friday, I couldn’t conceal the unadulterated glee on my face…. Continue reading →

Future WAHM Seeks TFSS

May 31st, 2011 — Family, Motherhood, Stay-At-Home

For those of you who (inexplicably) can’t decrypt my made-up acronyms, that is: Future Work At Home Mom Seeks Tips For Staying Sane. In just 2 short weeks, I’ll be at home full time, with all 3 kids. I will make a point to work when I can, but obviously I’m going to need to… Continue reading →

Chump Change

May 17th, 2011 — Kids, Motherhood

I just had the simultaneous realizations that 1) I am in desperate need of an afternoon snack and 2) I have 50 cents in my pocket for some reason. It took roughly 2 seconds to flash back to the time when I acquired this change, 2 mornings ago. Bri was very thoroughly searching through the… Continue reading →

Explosions in the Outback

May 16th, 2011 — Kids, Motherhood, Toilet Humor

How can one restaurant have such glaringly opposing effects on one woman? When I eat at Outback Steakhouse, my mouth feels a happiness that borders on ecstasy. However, about 10 minutes after leaving this lovely establishment, I begin to experience a familiar, yet terrifying rumble in my midsection. Strange smells begin to emanate from my… Continue reading →

Hands

May 13th, 2011 — Breastfeeding, Kids, Motherhood

In my experience, hands hold some kind of magical power to calm me down or make me feel content, depending on whose hands we’re talking about. It doesn’t matter how stressed out I am; if Brian interlaces his fingers through mine, our hands firmly locked palm to palm, it just makes things seem more manageable…. Continue reading →

Just Feed The Baby

April 15th, 2011 — Breastfeeding, Kids, Motherhood

I could try to write my own post outlining my beliefs on labeling ourselves and others. I could go on and on about belittling other mothers and how detrimental that is to all of us. I won’t though, because I have found the most perfect piece of writing on the subject, that lines up so… Continue reading →

Still My Baby

March 21st, 2011 — Kids, Motherhood

I think I took it for granted that Eli wouldn’t have any issues with Fiona. He was so excited throughout my pregnancy and so thrilled when she finally arrived. He doted on her in a way I could have never expected. He ADORES his baby sister. When he started throwing huge fits, including screaming at… Continue reading →

Filling Pants and Taking Names

January 30th, 2011 — Depression, Family, Motherhood, Winter Blahs

As Fiona sits here filling her pants, it occurs to me that… Scratch that. That leads to nothing. I just wanted to mention that Fi is currently filling her pants next to me and very serious about it. Thank goodness for her hilarious antics, because I’m so over the constant, all-consuming gray of winter that my… Continue reading →

We Kick It Old School

January 25th, 2011 — Beliefs, Family, Free Range Kids, Kids, Motherhood

Have you heard of “free-range kids”? I was inherently skeptical of such a fruity title, but as I began reading through some of the posts on the Free Range Kids blog, I felt a click of recognition. This was a style of parenting I’ve always appreciated, but felt fearful of embracing. After all, aren’t you supposed… Continue reading →