25 Things About Me!

OK - I wrote the following note for Facebook so I thought I'd just use it twice!

1. I LOVE being a mom.

2. Being a mom is the best/worst/hardest/easiest job I have ever had. Did I mention I LOVE being a mom?

3. I love to read - anytime, anywhere, almost anything.

4. I love to write.

5. I started a blog (see #4) and am frustrated that I do not have much time to write posts!

6. My favorite season is Fall. I enjoy everything about it!

7. I was extremely sick for a couple of years and most of my friendships ended in these two years.

8. My husband was at my side EVERY SECOND that I was sick. He spent EVERY night in the hospital with me BOTH times.

9. I knew that I would marry Chris because of #8.

10. I would be OK with never watching TV again.

11. I would die if someone took my computer away!

12. I often wish that I had a brother or a sister.

13. I'm extremely close to my mom and I can talk to her about anything.

14. I regret not going to college past a two year degree.

15. I am CRAZY organized at work and if I have to study for something. But at home...I'm a mess.

16. I hate my hair.

17. I never pump my own gas. Seriously, I don't. (But I could if I had to.)

18. I am EXTREMELY sensitive and cry easily.

19. If I could live anywhere, I would live in northern Minnesota.

20. I have never had a job that I was passionate about. I get sick of a job within a few years and have to move on.

21. The only kind of movies I like to watch are comedies. I don't like to cry or be scared, but I love to laugh!

22. I LOVE the old TV show M*A*S*H. I have seen EVERY episode, OWN every episode and can quote that show like nobody's buisness.

23. I played clarinet for 8 years and I am proud that I was a band geek for 8 years. I actually miss it.

24. I drive way too fast when Liam is not with me.

25. We have been remodeling our house for almost 2 years now and I am sick of it!!

I Will Remember...

A post for my son...

I promise you that I will remember the first time that I saw you. I promise that I will remember the first time that I held you, that I watched your daddy hold you, the look in my mom's eyes as she watched me holding you for the first time.


I promise you that I will never forget how you knew exactly what to do when I nursed you for the first time. I will always remember that you taught me how to do it.

I promise you that I will remember how hard the first few weeks were, how tired I was, how my recovery was difficult. I promise that I will remember how much I loved you through this time.

I promise you that I will remember the first time that you smiled. I'll never forget standing over you and taking pictures as fast as I could, so that no one would be able to forget that moment.

I promise you that I will remember the first day that I left you at daycare. I promise that I will always remember how lonely I was. I promise that I will remember the first time day care called and asked if they could give you formula. I will remember how I felt that I had failed you.

I promise you that I will remember the first time I fed you cereal, the first time you splashed me in the bath, the first time you pulled off my glasses, daddy's hat. I will remember the first time you sat up, rolled over, crawled, reached for me, stood up; said dada and mama - and then proceded to call the dog dada or mama and never me and daddy.


I promise you that I will remember how you smile at me when I pick you up after your nap. I will remember how loudly you cried for me in the middle of the night and I will remember all the time that we spent together in your room - just you and me; when it felt like the rest of the world was asleep, we were awake together, just you and me.


I promise you that I will remember every moment with you as long as I can. And I promise you that I will always love you as much as any mom can love a son as wonderful and beautiful as you.

Wordless Wednesday

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama.



First of all I have to confess that I am NOT letting my husband sleep in the recliner in our son's room just so that I can get this done without being interrupted. Also, I am quite certain that I DID NOT have Cheetos, M&M's and Sprite for dinner on Friday night. I would never do such a thing.

I can also say with some confidence that I DID NOT let Liam rip up one of my magazines just so that I could get the bills paid. I would not let him "play" with such things, no matter how much he enjoyed it.

Oh - and Liam is not getting older (and taller, and bigger) every single day. Therefore, I am not freaking out and starting to think to myself - "When did he get so big? My little boy is growing up!" I'm so thankful I DID NOT have the fleeting thought of "When there will be another baby in the house?!?!"

Wordless Wednesday

I have jumped on the Wordless Wednesday bandwagon. Here's my first!

Random Picture

Welcome! Please bear with my Christmas decorations. I will be taking them down shortly! In the mean time, my first post of the year is Random Picture - a fun idea brought to us by Brittany at 4 Little Men and Girly Twins. This is the 21st picture that I took in May 2008! He was just a wee 3 weeks old!!