mitchell, party of 3

Teething

By Taylor, on September 5th, 2010

My kid likes to use my fingers as her personal teething ring. She ignores all the ones we bought for her and prefers my digits. Or this huge flower on her mat… she’ll chew on the plastic ring for hours.

She also gets really mad if you try and oh, say, get your finger back. Damn teeth.

*New post… eventually. I promise. I’m working 34 hours this week(you know, because I went back to work PART TIME and all) and on top of that C came down with a bit of a cough and stuffy nose. Oh, and my other child needs dinner when he gets home and probably a pair of clean work socks…and I’m guessing he’s just about out of clean undies too. Oops.

AWARDS?! For me?

By admin, on August 21st, 2010

Do you read Sara at Unofficial Mom? Oh you don’t? YOU SHOULD. She probably has one of the biggest hearts out of most of the women I know. I won’t spoil her story, seriously… just go read it. She was kind enough to think of me for not 1, not 2 but 3 awards! Crazy talk. Thanks again Sara! After I (not so graciously) accept these awesome awards, I have to tell you 7 things about myself. Oh dear.

1. I hate wearing socks and avoid them at all costs.

2. My biggest fear is my beck being slit. Before Chloe no one touched my neck. I mean no one. & when she first did it, I freaked but how can you tell a baby that you don’t like it? You can’t. So I’ve learned to deal with it when she does it, but she is the only person allowed.

3. I have an unnatural love for Mariah Carey and I’ve touched her hand at her concert. Twice.

4. I drink diet pepsi, water and cranberry pomegranate juice. That’s it. Because of my gallstones I can’t drink dairy but I never liked it much anyway.

5. I’ve only broken one bone in my body-my arm- and it was 1 week before anyone knew about it and I went to the hospital.

6. I’m a sucker for cheesy pick up lines and nerdy men

7. When I was younger, I imagined that when I grew up I would have a room in my house that would have sand as the floor and blue walls.

Now the cool part, I get to pass these awards on to other fantastic ladies. These are blogs that when I see a new post in my reader, I literally can’t get my fat fingers get to quick enough.

YAY!

I’ll be updating tomorrow(after work-bleh) about how work is going. Spoiler: it’s been fine. and surprisingly, I’ve been fine. Hope you had a good Friday!

Time to be a grown up

By Taylor, on August 18th, 2010

and stop spending my days blissfully napping with my sweet baby. The dreaded day is approaching and tomorrow I resume my adult-like responsibilities and leave my precious C to do that thing called work. Okay. So I know I’m being a bit dramatic- what’s new- but seriously. I might have a panic attack. The longest amount of time I’ve spent away from Chlo is when I went to the ER for my gallbladder and that was 3 hours. Even then I was constantly telling Chris to call his dad and see how she was doing(he had my phone because they gave me pain meds and I was feeling pretty good.) I’ll occasionally leave her home with Chris while I run errands but I can’t imagine going an entire 8 hours without her. What if she doesn’t remember who I am?! Oh irrational thoughts.

On the flip side, Chris is off work tomorrow. We’ve planned it so that we rarely need anyone else to watch her which will be pretty nice. But Chris hasn’t watched her for longer than 30 minutes at a time by himself. He’s a great dad, and he will obviously be wonderful with her and I’m sure he will just gush about it when I get home. But I also think he’ll realize why the house wasn’t always perfect when he got home because this kid? Is a ton of work. And a huge drama queen. She also doesn’t like to sleep during the day. And her daddy? LOVES his sleep. It will be wonderful for their bond to grow stronger but in the process I don’t want our bond to grow weaker. I’m sure everything with be wonderful and she’ll adjust just fine but it isn’t her I’m worried about.

I know I’ll enjoy regaining a sense of self and it will be nice to interact with adults again but it’s going to be a tough day. I’m so grateful that I was able to take as much time off work as I wanted and will be welcomed back with open arms. It’s time to just be an adult and bite the bullet, friends. Next year, we want to buy a house and we’re getting a new car in a few weeks and although in my world you could just purchase these things with love… that is sadly, not the case. This post was long and ramble-y but I think you get the point. Also, I’ll include a picture of C so this wasn’t a complete waste of your time. Have a great Wednesday!