I have been a mother for 1, 404 days. That’s 3 years, 10 months, and 2 days of doing all the things required to keep another human alive. Make that two humans. Since after 1,404 days of motherhood I’m obviously an expert*, I thought I’d take the 9 seconds I have today to impart some…
mommyhood
Starting Over
This is no time for catchy titles, guys. Basically, I’m about 30 seconds from a wine-fueled whine where I talk about what a bad mother I was today and y’all feel compelled to 1) be nice and tell me I wasn’t a bad mother, 2) yell at me for being a bad mother, or 3)…
Emma, 8 months
And just like that, Emma is 8 months old. All week long, I’ve been counting the days, mentally reminding myself that Sunday was the day for pictures. She needed a onesie on Sunday. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. Well, today is/was Sunday. And I forgot until about 10 minutes until bath time that today was the 8…
Cruisin’ for a bruisin’
So no one told me that second children are INSANE. Particularly girl second children who must be into and know about absolutely everything at all times lest their tiny baby worlds spin off their respective axes and we just can’t have that happen, now can we? I am unhappy with this lack of being told…
Joshua, Playground Protector
Joshua is kind of obsessed with super heroes. And by “kind of” obsessed, I mean super heroes hang the moon. It started with Spider-man and some books. He’d walk around the house shooting webs from his arms or pretending to be J. Jonah Jameson. Then he found Superhero Squad on Netflix. Since then, I’ve spent…