Life's Little Adventures

As I put Daniel to bed for the night, my heart was heavy for another mother. Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers - " EB"ing a Mommy ".  They also have a Facebook group, " Prayers for Tripp " that you should join.  Tripp is definitely an angel that needs our prayers. Tripp reminds me of the important things in life -  trusting in our Lord, loving those close to you, and living each day to it's fullest.  I think I'm going to go kiss my little guy goodnight again.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 Endings are always tough for me.  I have a hard time saying good-bye, and I find that it only gets harder and harder as I get older. As of yesterday, I'm now a stay-at-home mom.  I'm really excited about beginning this journey with Daniel. I will get to see all of his exciting milestones and I'll be the one in charge of raising him.  I will be the one who knows his routine and feeds him his lunch. I'll put him down for naps and plays with him during the day. I feel it's very empowering as a mother and I realize how blessed I am to have this opportunity.  As excited as I am, I'm also really nervous.  I've been part of the working world for 11 years now - it's part of who I am and my identity. What do people do during normal working hours?  Will I become a morning Wal-Mart shopper?  I'm ready for daytime trips to the library, park, and outside pl...

A site I often check out is The Frisky and they recently had an article entitled " A Lazy Girl's Guide To Housework ".  I'm not admitting to being lazy (even though I have my moments) but I think I have too much stuff to do to worry about organizing.  Anyone who knows me knows that this is so Anti-Gena, in fact I'm a little OCD. In college, I always lined the napkins, salt and pepper shakers, and sugar containers up on the table at perfect 90 degree angles.  Nothing excited me more.  Having a baby in the household has definitely changed that for me. As I'm reading, Number 5 of the 8 things listed made me cringe..."Maintain a concealed and inaccessible corner." Oh no, that's definitely me. I am the queen of shoving something in my closets. "Quick, someone's here...put this in the hall closet so no one can see it!"  Over time, it's gotten worse. So I am going to do something that is so liberating.  I'm going to let you see...

As a mother, I've found myself doing things I would have never thought I would do.  I'm regularly getting a boogie out of a nose, digging in an ear, smelling the booty area for a dirty diaper, etc.  The last one comes in handy sometimes.  The other morning I went to Daniel's bedroom at 7 am because I heard him on the monitor talking and singing to his mobile.  He is usually such a sweet baby in the morning and it's one of my favorite times with him.  We were playing with his toys and I decided to change his wet diaper while I had him distracted.  New diaper? Check.  Wipe? Check.  Cooperating son? Check.  This was going to be easy.  I decided to make a game of it with him.  I pulled off one diaper tab - he laughed.  I pulled off the second diaper tab - he laughed even harder.  With one swift move, I quickly pulled the diaper off of him completely.  It turns out that Daniel had a surprise that he obviously knew about wh...