my birthday wish

September 27, 2011 in mommy stuff

Today is my birthday. I don’t usually announce my birthday like this but today I want to. I hope people read this and make my wish come true. My one birthday wish today is to have everyone that reads this say a prayer for my sister. My sister, 34, is battling breast cancer. She was diagnosed last year on November 5, 2010 and last week we learned that the cancer has now spread to her brain and lungs. I know the only one that can help her is God and if everyone prayed with me, I know a miracle will [...]

diaper bags that look like purses!

September 20, 2011 in mommy stuff

I’m no fashionista by any means and even I would love one of these diaper bags that look like purses!! If I had to do it all over again, I definitely would invest in one of these! :) I say “invest” because, get real, these aren’t under fifty bucks but I think well worth their dollar! I found out about these diaper bags because one of my friends that I recently visited had one for her upcoming baby. The diaper bag totally looked like any other purse and you would not know it was a diaper bag at all. My [...]

DADS… ARGHGHGH!

September 16, 2011 in mommy stuff

I’m not usually too riled up about the topic of Dads but I just read this post on The Morris Bunch Blog and it just makes so MAD! Gena of The Morris Bunch Blog writes that she’s been horrible at working out because she has no time to exercise. Well, of course she doesn’t, she has FIVE children and TWO step kids to take care of and she’s home alone with the smallest ones all day long. I have two little girls and know exactly what she means. She goes on to say she resents her husband for taking nightly [...]

dreams: shattered by motherhood?

September 14, 2011 in mommy stuff

I never dreamed about being a mother when I was younger. I didn’t even get the baby bug until my early thirties as I noted in my previous post. Before then, I had dreams about being financially successful, a business owner, a traveler, and a photographer, just to name a few. I was definitely on the road to these dreams before I became a mom but now motherhood has taken these dreams to the back burner. You see, by the time I finally dreamed about being a mother, it pretty much consumed me.  It was all I could think and [...]

motherhood: where’s “me” in all of this?

September 7, 2011 in mommy stuff

Motherhood has certainly become one of my greatest achievements so far yet it has been one of the biggest challenges. Being a mother is rewarding in so many ways but I must say there are days when I question if I’m the right person for the job.  You know how some women always wanted to be a mother and always knew they wanted children? Well, I’m not one of those women and being a mom has definitely not come easy for me. I got the “I want a baby” bug when I hit my early 30′s and it was weird [...]