All Moms have their moments right? I thought I'd take the opportunity to shed some light on some "moments" that have been happening over here for the past 6 months. What they don't tell you when you're pregnant is that the baby has re-wired your whole system to open the flood gates anytime you are happy, sad, mad, tired, excited, anxious, frightened, relieved ... you get the point. I've collected some of my flood gate moments since having Mykenzi for your Monday morning ...
Motherhood
How do you like Motherhood?
It took a while for me and my husband to entertain the thought of kids. We started dating when we were 19, so when we finally got married everyone expected at kid STAT. Us on the other hand, we weren't sure. For a while we thought we would be that couple that didn't have any kids. We'd just borrow everyone else's ... that way you can give them back. We weren't even sure if we liked kids. I remember encountering screaming kids at restaurants and stores and scoffing, "I'm never ...
I’m Not a Quitter
Oh, Motherhood. It's closing in on 15 weeks and I feel like I could write a novel on my experiences. The most trying of them all was breastfeeding. I Googled Breastfeeding up one side and down the other while I was pregnant. I was going to be prepared for anything it threw at me. I was prepared for the good, I was prepared for the bad, and I was prepared for the ugly ... I, however, was not prepared for D-MER. What's D-MER you ask? I'll get to that in a second. Let me start by giving ...
Ins-MOM-nia
You would think with a constant run in Zombie mode that sleep would come easy at night, right?! I think to myself daily, "Man, I'm so tired! I'm going to sleep so good tonight!" Bedtime makes its debut, the baby goes down for the night, I get myself nestled into bed, and BOOM! Every possible thought I could have floods my mind. I call it, "Ins-MOM-nia" ... It's every possible thought a Mom can have that keeps her from her much needed beauty sleep. It's no wonder I'm constantly sporting dark ...
My Postpartum Self: Uncensored
I tossed around the idea of writing about my postpartum experience for days now. Motherhood is such a finicky club to be a part of ... you have moms who rally with you when you openly air hardships and then you have the moms who will judge every last fiber of your being as a mother. The "Judgmental Judy's" have kept me in turmoil over this post ... but I promised myself from the beginning that I would be completely honest on this journey, even if that meant saying what others are afraid to ...
Never Say Never
So, it's Friday! Yay! We all love a good weekend right? I know my nice and relaxing weekends are numbered so I'm sort of treating each one like a mini holiday. I'm trying to make sure I soak up every last piece of alone time before little miss decides to make her debut because once she's here life won't be the same ... in a good way! I'm one of the last girls in my group of friends to finally have a baby. To be honest, when our pregnancy was announced I think we received more of "It's ...
