can’t sit still
I remember when I was a child how my mother was always busy. She would sit down for some tv in the evenings but usually she was always doing something. I couldn’t understand it, why she wasn’t able to just relax. Well add it to the list of things that make sense [...]
What I Learned In the First 6 Months of Motherhood
Ask for help. You don’t have to do it alone, no one expects you to, especially if you have multiples. Let your friends and family know that it’s overwhelming and take whatever help they offer. Or better yet, know exactly what help you need and be specific.
Let others help. Lots [...]
attack of memory
Some magic transition has occurred where the boys definitely look older and is it even possible, cuter. I guess toddlers have to be uber cute to make up for the tantrums and other behavior issues.
I’m very aware of coming up on the one year anniversary of their birth. I will sit [...]
becoming a Queen
My incredibly awesome neighbor bought me a book by another Austinite, Merrit Ingman called “Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers.” The book touched on a lot of my own thoughts and feelings about early parenthood. While I still don’t know if my roller coaster of emotions earlier this [...]
Life for me these days
can be summed up in just a few images.
But best of all…
Not a Homemaker, but I can Cook!
I have a feeling that there has been much discussion over the years about this initial topic but I’m just now understanding it from experience. I dislike checking the box “homemaker” because I don’t think I am one. It feels very out dated and 1950’s to me. I am no “domestic goddess”, [...]
Changing Speeds
It was the end of September last year when I quit working. I wasn’t particularly happy in my job so leaving early to accommodate the twin pregnancy was not difficult for me. I really enjoyed the pregnancy, in many ways because I was able to nap twice a day and get a lot [...]
stay at home mom blues
I’m madly in love with my baby boys. But I’m starting to realize how I’ve spent the last fourteen months of my life so submersed in them that I don’t know a whole lot other then them. I haven’t been able to celebrate friend’s birthdays and momentous occasions the way I would have [...]
