Right before school starts

Well, that's it for me. That time of year when I wake up to the harsh reality that I am not a full time homemaker. The word of the day today is carpe diem. 

It's been such an exciting summer.

I've learned so much. There's so much more to learn. The rooster killing was the height of my summer. I NEVER thought I had it in me. Me - born and raised city girl.

I wish hubby could afford for me to stay home full time. 

Out, baby!

Please, no one tell me what's worse than being pregnant bc if there is such a thing, I don't want to know!

Little known fact:

The third trimester of pregnancy lasts 12 months. 

As for the last month, it comes up to 365 days. 

I'm at that point in the pregnancy where I begin to tell the baby, "Listen, kiddo, here's the tough truth - it's one person, one body. Non-paying renters not welcome."

On the other hand - I can't stop being amazed. 

That two people can simply grow another life is something I can't get over.

 There's nothing to it. Sex, a fun little thing every couple knows about. 

Next thing you know, there's a new life. 

Three weeks after conception, there's a tiny beating heart. That's a week after a girl misses her period. And that little thing will develop into something cute and cuddly we all know as babies. ... Well, ok, they're not cute and cuddly when they're first born. They have that knee face and that weird look that says, "ok... What the hell just happened here?" 

.... Sorry, I know, babies don't swear. 

Head cut off

Life's been so hectic that just yesterday when I walked by the chicken coup I heard one of them come up with this gem, "I'm so tired of running around like Virginia with her head cut off."

Before you have kids

So before you have little mobile babies in the house, you simply don't understand certain things. For example, I thought I was having a baby, not a home inspector. 

Alexandra gets into everything she opens every drawer she touches everything she puts everything in her mouth. A couple of nights ago she was looking under the carpets! I had no idea it to get so dirty under my carpets!

I also had no idea how many places in my house had spider webs. Well, they don't anymore. I vacuum early and often now. 

Holy cow, I thought I was a clean housewife. 

Also, where was my mind when I refused a baby gate "because I already have plenty"? There's no such a thing as plenty baby gates!!!!

I'm noticing I have no idea were baby safety locks. I always wondered why the heck people need baby safety locks why can't you just keep an eye on the baby? Well, newsflash, there's no such a thing as keeping an eye when the baby when the baby is mobile. No safety locks are enough. 

I’ll keep my Redbull, thank you!

Btw!!! Everyone be like, mimimi, you can't have caffeine while pregnant, mimimi! Guess what! I can have up to 200mg of caffeine a day!!! While preggo and while breastfeeding!!! A large sized redbull (16 oz!) has 150mg of caffeine! So guess what! I KEEP MY REDBULL! YOU KEEP YOUR MIMIMI! 😛 😛

New class

Every time I register for a new class I get butterflies in my stomach. And I think, "what am I doing? I'm too old to learn anything!" 

Does it sound crazy?... Am I the only one who feels that way?

Into a million pieces

The only reason babies survive their first year is that they are too cute. 

Little Alexandra managed to pull down and break into a million pieces the lamp we bought last year. Dean and I had spent 7 years looking for one of those lamps bc they don't make them anymore. 

7 years... Into a million pieces... Into the trash can. 

And here I am thinking I'm just glad the destroyer isn't hurt. 

Alex and Alex

I will have Alexandra marry Alexander. 

I actually mean George Alexander Louis...

You know, Prince of Cambridge. 

I still have to give my good friend Kate a call to make the final arrangements. As in, will she have to go to manners school? Do I have to kill off the loonies in my family? Etc etc etc. 

Catch 22 - wait or not to wait

It kind of bugs me that I waited so long to have children. 

Dean and I had so much fun together - just us. The idea of children/responsibility terrified me. 

But I'm sad that that will make us pretty old grandparents. If my kids follow my example I'll be a 72 year old grandmother. :-( if I even last that much!!! 

Sad Fourth

It's a sad way to begin Independence Day - finding your strongest rooster killed by a hawk. Dean thinks he sacrificed himself for the chickens. 

Friends, not food

So, lately we have been trying to explain to Alexandra that books are friends, not food. She eats them very intently and passionately.

Thought I was clueless

Watching 3 men and a baby. Laughing my pants off. And I thought I was clueless. 

Chicks!

And so it starts. Dean brought home 7 chicks last night. His dream is coming true. That's so exciting!

Fresh or Compost ?

One major thing to change after I had a baby. It used to be it's not growing mold on it let's eat it. Now it's more like "it's not super fresh ? That's going to the compost pile."

Cute baby? Not so good.

I have to say this - having a baby as cute as Alexandra looks bad on me. 

Everywhere I go with her someone’s probably asking: 
“How did THAT lady make such a cute baby?”
Someone’s answering, “She's probably the baby sitter.”

Explain nonsense

 Someone, pls, explain to me. Am I getting this all wrong?

Why do people consider abortion to be a woman's health issue? Why would a Supreme Court justice talk about a woman's "fundamental right to terminate her pregnancy"? Why is it bad to offer those women alternatives to abortion? Why is it bad to make sure they see an ultrasound of the baby they are about to kill? Why are we making this about the woman and not about the human life - which doesn't belong to her - that she's taking away?

I understand choosing between the life of the mother or the life of the baby. Keeping one life safe is perfectly good reason for taking another. But most of the time this is not what abortion discussions are about. It's about not WANTING a baby for one reason or another. Why is this a right that any human being should have - to kill another because it's unwanted? 

Life regrets

Life regrets - according to a tv show I watched. 

1-be themselves

2-not work so hard

3-spend more time w/ friends/family

4-spend more time being happy 

Don't ask me where I found these, but I thought they'd go with this post:

I don't laugh bc I'm happy, I'm happy bc I laugh.

You don't stop playing bc you grow old bc you stop playing. 

Baby in car seat

Word to the wise - don't load the baby into her car seat and then take off to the garage to load the car. 

My baby, who never cries.... Well she's got quite powerful lungs. 

The poor thing might have thought she'd been forgotten. 

I felt so bad. 

Worst mother ever. 

So I'm not crazy or evil after all

I met another mom that told me felt just as as I did when she was pregnant. 

She said she hated being pregnant, hated the thought of having this new person joining the family, and hated her body. She hated when people said congratulations, and hated when they commented on how pregnant she looked. 

She said she loves her baby girl, but she will not do it again in a million years. 

And I was listening to her and thinking "Thank you God. I'm not weird." 

Hated being single

a friend told me she loved being single... She said she hopes her daughter doesn't get married till she's 30+!!! :-o

I remember being single. 

I HATED it! 

I mean, I didn't hate my life. But I hated not being married. Not having someone to come home to.

Besides, Dean and I have done so much together... Things neither of us could ever afford if we were single...

I could never tell my daughter to not get married till she's halfway through her life. I hope she finds someone early in life. And grows old with that person. I say, wait to have children. Children tie you up. Spouses on the other hand... They are the best friend who never has to get up and go home.