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how is it that i have so much to say, so many things i could talk about in my life and my mind is a total blank? oh right- Mommy Brain!! having a baby changes your life in so many ways! some you can see coming, some just slap you in the back of the head without a word of warning. lovelovelove my life though, even on the cranky, Brooklyn won't nap, Leia won't stop barking days.

i wrote out half a blog yesterday- Brooklyn wouldn't nap so i never got to finish it- so this morning, that was the first item on my list. 
1. Finish Blog
2. Feed child
3. Feed self, and coffee! lots of coffee!


so i did finish it. maybe not exactly picking up where i left off- but i thought i closed it out rather well. kinda cutesy. i think it ended with something like- " so go have babies people!!"  it was funny, really! i guess you had to read it in context. oh, but you'll never be able to bc blogger lost it!! as i finished i hit Publish Post and the screen went blank and said some nonsense about not being able to find that page. ARG!

and now, babygirl is waking up and i'm going to have round this one up quickly or it may suffer the same fate! so, in closing...

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#2 (also known as Poop)

2nd Blog Ever

poop is a great word. have you really ever thought about it? my hunny and i use the word multiple times/hour. seriously! see, the way the game works is you use the word "poop" (or any word you may choose) to replace other words, or parts of words, that you use in any sentence. you want an example you say? well, for those of you in Nashville- Poops and i love to eat at Jim 'N Poops bc its right down the poop and they have a great queso dip. You don't live in Nashville (you should!) so you don't get it? how about one for my LA friends... i used to work at Poopstons on 2nd and Poopshire. okay- one for everyone.... Happy Poopday to yoooou. Happy Poopday toooooo you! Happy Pooooooopday dear so & so, Happyyyyyyyy Pooooooopday to Pooooooooooooop! ya get it? ya like it? yeah, me too. ahhhh, its the little things that make life great...

my little peanut is growing by leaps and bounds. physically she is bigger & longer, and mentally she is really starting to understand more about what is going on around her. trying hard to sit up, trying even harder to crawl, loving the new foods i am introducing to her! yesterday she drank from a water bottle which is the first time she's ever had water! she also held her own bottle while she ate. no biggie bc she's done that many times before- so as i'm sitting there with her, i'm watching tv as she eats and it took me a minute to realize what was happening.. she was not only holding the bottle on her own, but also manipulating it to her will. pulling the nipple in and out of her mouth! she'd pull the bottle away from her mouth, down to her belly even, and then lift it back up and find a way to get it back in her mouth! soooo amazing to watch a baby figure out that they have the power to accomplish what they want!

speaking of accomplishing what she wants... Brooklyn has been practicing noises and sounds on her daddy and me to see which ones get a reaction out of us. i try not to react too much to any of them- but the whine and the pout sometimes get me before i realize what's happening. its instinct to react to the sounds. a sad cry= what's wrong peanut? a whine= aww, did you drop your toy? to her though its all trial and error. she doesn't know which sounds have what result until I REACT to it!  although, sometimes it seems like she knows exactly what she's doing!

on a totally random note-- do you ever watch your local morning news?? when in LA i LOVED Good Day LA. i know, its pretty horrible! but lovelovelove Steve Edward, and loved having the train wreck on in the background just in case something silly happened. and something silly always happened! so... here in Nashtown we have TN Mornings! oh my, if you haven't watched you are missing out! there used to be a kinda creepy older guy on it, but he had to leave for some reason or another- and they brought on this younger dude to take his place. this new guy is still kindof a weirdo. i have them on in the background now as i type and i HAD to bring it up bc a few minutes ago they were showing who their dopplegangers would be for "doppleganger week" on facebook! how great is that! they let the fans (on fb) tell them who they looked like... for the girl they picked Jen Aniston (i would have said Christine Taylor) and for the weirdo new dude- Ryan Seacrest! haha! that works!

enjoy life, see ya soon!

My First Blog

Day One Blog

so let me start my first blog by telling you i am a SAHM (stay at home mom) where my life revolves around my child. this is NOT how it always was... i met my husband when i was 22 yrs old. we married 6 years later, which was necessary so we could get to know each other inside and out, know how to act and react with each other, & know for certain that we could make it together thru thick and thin. we were able to share our "going out" time together, so when we got to our "staying in" phase of life, we didn't feel like we were missing out on anything. as the saying goes "been there, done that." there's much more to our story, of course, but that's a good start to preface my first blog....

my husband and i went out 2 nights ago- the first night out with a teenage bbsitter at our home with our 5 month old babygirl, Brooklyn. what an amazingly strange feeling it was. from hearing other peoples stories about leaving their child for the first time, you think- that won't be me! i won't be crazed. i won't go through with the bbsitter, every last thing i can think of that my child likes, doesn't like, might like.. i won't feel the need to text/call/text/call again to make sure everything is okay at home. i won't cry on the way out for the night! *okay- for the record- i didn't do any of this!! but i can tell you the URGE to do these things was almost overwhelming!!! so scary! i mean- it's my child! i grew her! i pushed her out (30+ hours of labor! oh yeah. what tmi?) i spend night and day with Brooklyn, trying to figure out her every need... and now, i'm just supposed to hand her over to another person and say, here ya go- i'll be back around 10pm. it's crazy! but- I DID IT!! and let me tell you, it was aMazing! we went to see a great jam band at the Ryman. they put on a great show! ahhhh, to be out in the "real world" again. without a diaper bag stuffed full of everything! without spit up on my shirt! without the worry of a poopy diaper.

so, it was here, my night in the world outside of my living room , that i had the idea to start a blog. bc i was having all these new feelings and thoughts- new to me, not new to the universe- and i needed some way to express it all. i used to fancy myself a writer. in high school and beyond i would write to get my feelings out from deep within. i would write to figure out my next step in life. but its been years since i've written for or about myself. now, after all this time, it feels so good...

so, here it is, my FIRST BLOG! hope you enjoyed it. i hope for many more to come.