This is my very first blog experience (I hope i don’t stutter, I am a little nervous here). I am not totally sure on blog etiquette, but my husband promised me that i could say what I wanted here. My life in a nutshell is crazy. We are happy, but perhaps a little less than organized. I am a full time working mom of Vincent, nearly 22 months old and Simon, nearly eight months old. Yes, they are only 14 months apart and no we did not exactly plan life that way. Who plans those kinds of things, anyway? Probably the same families who later on are always on time and have their cars packed with blankets and snacks for the whole soccer team… I am never on time and probably never will be on time. The point is simply that my husband and I have a more interesting approach, one that will nurture the “flying by the seats of their pants” adventurous side of our boys. Not to say that we never plan anything, but we enjoy waking up and deciding what to do for the day based on how we are feeling. I know, I know, we are going against all the textbooks for raising children, but I will leave the textbooks for the aforementioned Moms on the soccer sidelines.
First I am a wife. Mathew (YES just one “t”) has been a part of my life since my freshman year of high school, but we only started dating at the end of my senior year. We survived college and the long distance relationship. We survived living in different countries and we survived living with my parents. We have now been married for 4 years in November and neither of us can remember life without the other. Pretty gooey sweet, huh? Don’t get me wrong, life is not all sunshine and roses and I am sure there are plenty of hurdles for us to cross, but at least we can laugh and cry together.
Second I am a mother. My boys (I still get a thrill out of being able to say that) are my sunshine- and my rainy days. Each day,although limited on time, is a gift from God that sees me through the more grim aspects of my life. There is plenty of time later for you to get to know them…
I am also an employee. I wish I could be a stay at home Mom, but my husband won the coin toss-crappy odds, huh? I am responsible for the primary income that runs our household and I dislike every day of it. I am glad that i do not love my job because then I would spend too much time doing it, but I do wish that I liked it a little bit more. Welcome to my life. I am so much more than what is here, and this is my outlet for the craziness that has become my life. Stay tuned….
