Motherhood

'The ebb and flow of a mother's life is not unlike the ocean. Sometimes it is a gentle tide lingering upon a sandy beach; picturesque, mesmerizing and serene. Yet at other times vibrant, stormy - full and fierce, swirling and tugging her every which way...frothy and bubbling with strong under currents. Some days are naturally more heady or fraught with friction while others more peaceful and serene. Embrace the ebb and flow of your amazing life, the storm will dissipate and the currents will move on.... do not surrender to the swirls that would seek to pull you under but rather linger in the vastness of the ocean - in its beauty and grace. Embrace with open arms the ebb and flow of your full and amazing life.'

- kay weight

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

I've made mistakes being a Mom, sometimes more than I'd like to admit. But I will always be there for you, to hear you, to cheer for you, to laugh or cry with you, to protect you with my life and sometimes tell you things you don't want to hear. I will love you for all eternity. No one will ever love you more than I do, because I am your Mom.

These are some of the quotes I have seen floating around blogs and facebook over the last few days and I Love each one of them.

Motherhood is hard. It isn't what I expected it to be most every day, but it is an honor and privilege I don't take lightly. My road to motherhood wasn't an incredibly easy one and the road of motherhood has not come as naturally to me as it seems for some.


Some days I look around at other moms' blogs and lives and wish I could be more like them. I wish I wanted to do all those fun teaching activities with my kids. I want to be like those "perfect" moms that seem to have it all together.

But you know what I realized? I am not them. And I am doing a pretty good job doing what I do. My kids are healthy and thriving and isn't that all we can ask for most every day?


You want to know how well you are doing as a mommy? Just stop and really watch your kids for a moment. They will tell you. Not in I love yous, but in how they act. Some days I question my true ability to be a stay at home mommy, but then I see how Lo mommy's her babies and I think she does a fantastic job caring for her baby dolls. There is only one person on this earth that taught her how to take care of her babies and that person is me! Wow. That is humbling, she watches all I do and say. She wants to be just like me. I pray I am someone worth being like. That my words and actions are Christ like.


I love my babies; they are the ones teaching me how to be a better person and mommy. They are reflection of who I am at my very core. Thank you God for these precious gifts, there is no greater job I could ever do than be their mommy.


Of course these two great women help me to be a pretty good mommy too! With all their love, support and encouragement of me. And of course, there is only one person on this earth I learned to be a mommy from.

Happy Mother's Day!

Things Lo Says

Setting: Breakfast

Mommy: What do you want for breakfast baby?
Lo: Bagel snack, bockly {broccoli} dip.
Mommy: You want broccoli for breakfast?!
Lo: YESS!

Eats her bagel and broccoli.


Mommy: Are you all done?
Lo: More bockly peeze.
Mommy: More broccoli?! Ok baby you can have all the broccoli you want for breakfast.

This makes this dietitian mommy very proud! ;)

Miscellany Monday

Ready for a truly random Miscellany Monday?

1. Who got up to watch the Royal Wedding on Friday? Not me. Only because I have a newborn who gets me up all night long as it is. I did seriously contemplate it though, but sleep won out. I was banking on the fact it was taping...nope. We have the worse dvd-r. Unless you stand on your head and jump up and down on one leg it won't tape. So frustrating.


Anyway, I caught every highlight I could find. I was all about it. I thought Kate looked stunning, and classic. If it were me, I would have channeled the Grace Kelly look too!


2. Am I the only one who thinks the name Pippa (Kate's little sister) is adorable? Granted that is just her nickname, but nonetheless, if I were (and I am NOT!) to have another daughter that name would be a serious contender in my book.



3. Have you all seen or tried these bottles yet?


MW will NOT take a bottle to save my life. I have heard of these and at the suggestion of a friend am going to give it a try. They are supposedly suppose to mimic how the breast functions, thus making the breastfeeding baby's bottle of choice...we shall see...

4. So here are my newest thoughts on selling our home:

I just watched last week a news segment on "staging your home." I do all of the things suggested, except I did not re-decorate my home to a neutral pallet. Seriously, do people really do this? Do they really go around and re-paint all their walls and change decor just to sell their house? My guess is NO!


I realize I am not "in the biz" and have no real statistics to prove otherwise, but for me when I walk into a home as long as it is A) clean and B) decorated nicely, whether that be modern, Tuscan, cottage, or neutral I am sold. I love to see others decor and style. I am not put off by the fact I may have to invest in a $20 can of paint to put my stamp on my new house. Matter of fact it may inspire me to keep it as is I am always looking for great decorating ideas.

Plus, on top of all that I still have to live in my home, not a magazine photo set. Who wants to live like that for months on end? So I want my home to be my home as much as it can be while enticing buyers.

5. Can someone please tell my why some pampers swaddler diaper packs have the pee line (it turns green when wet) and some don't? It doesn't matter what size of diaper or size of box I buy, it is like finding the golden ticket when I open up a new diaper box and see these diapers have the line! I don't know why I like the line, I just do. Micah can go hours with out peeing and it helps me know for sure before I take the diaper if he needs changed.

Told you completely random. :)

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