October 2007
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Fear and Trepidation...
I think that my fear is hard to describe….so many things contribute to it, make me feel irrational for thinking this way, etc. And yet, I would be lying if I said it wasn’t there. I wanted this baby we are about to have…I wanted it with all my heart, I still do. I was willing to do anything to have another baby…months of crying, fertility if need be (though I didn’t tell R that),...
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Oh... one more thing...
I think I have lost my best friend…
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SAHM VS. Working Mom
First let me say, BOTH are tough….my problem here is WHY is this a battle? I dislike reading the articles proclaiming that SAHM’s will resent their choices, that it is better to earn a couple hundred dollars a month than stay home with your kids, etc. In reality, this is about CHOICES. IF you work and don’t want to stay home with your kids…FINE, don’t, but don’t insult me because I made a...
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Freestyle Venting and Praise
To be honest, there isn’t really any one topic I want to focus on here. This weekend was pretty quiet. The Football game that our 8 year old played in this Saturday was a lot of fun! Although, to vent…the baby (though he IS three!) actually fell asleep, so I was able to focus on the game a bit….I was so proud of myself for being able to follow what was going on, and understanding how things...
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My money, Your money, and Our money...
First let me say, since my husband reads this occasionally, that this is something he pulls when he is annoyed with me. 90% of the time, it’s ‘our money.’ Or rather he doesn’t complain too much. He rarely chastises me for something I buy, though (and rightfully so) he does joke that I need to stop buying toys for our youngest. I HOPE that he knows should I want to purchase something out of the...
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A sick baby...
As a mother there is NOTHING I wouldn’t do for one of my boys when he is sick. I don’t like to be sick myself, but when one of my boys is sick I would give anything to be able to take it away for them. Right now, my baby has a swollen eye. Luckily I don’t think he it’s pink eye, but I can tell it is bothering him. At three, he is of the age where he still wants to be babied, but only on his terms....
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And then you have...
…things that are NOT guy things. Yesterday I wrote about the things that guys just seem to instinctively know, but as the mother of boys there are some things that not only to NOT come naturally to guys, but they just don’t seem to be out there.
My biggest pet peeve: CLOTHES, and let’s touch on magazines. I admit to being a magazine junkie, and yes that includes all the parenting magazines....
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It's a guy thing...
As a woman, and a mother of boys I can’t begin to count how many times I have heard that little gem, but in watching my boys play video games the other day I realize, some things are JUST guy things.
I remember when A, who is now 8, was about five years old. He had a fever and was coughing, so I decided to keep him home from school. As all kids do he started to get restless, then bored…so I...
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In Mourning...
Yes, you read it right…I feel like I am in mourning to some extent. For what you ask? For the baby, I will never have. Now, before you say anything I DO have children…four amazing little boys to be exact (though my oldest is 13 and taller than me already), and I am pregnant with my fifth. But we will never have a daughter. I was never pregnant with a girl, I didn’t miscarry or lose one, but I...