Motherhood

Heather of the EO put out a request for us mothers to list things that we are doing well.

While it's easy enough for me to talk about how much I do wrong as a mom, when asked to talk on the positive side, I feel a bit more challenged. Here my list:

1. I watch TV shows with La and actually enjoy them.

2. I never, ever put her to bed without a hug, kiss, and telling her I love her.

3. I take her to the park even when I am absolutely dredding the bad ass kids that will be there.

4. I save my leave days so that I can take off and chaperone field trips.

5. I make it a point to encourage her to love herself the way she is no matter if she's darker than the other kids or her hair is short and curly while theirs are straight and long.

6. I sneak away at times to give her special time with her daddy.

7. I go out of my way to let her play with my friends children so she doesn't get bored as an only child.

8. I try to let her speak to her grandmothers almost everyday so that she can have a bond with them.

9. I dedicate most of my time on the weekends to her because the weekdays can be hectic at times.

10. I sleep in the bed with her and stay on the couch with her all day when she isn't feeling well. And with that sickness I will also drive to the store and buy whatever food or drink that will make her eyes sparkle.

Oh how I wish I could take her sickness away....

Questions To My Girl

I recently found these questions on another blog and thought it would be interesting to see how my girl responded....

1. What is something mom always says to you?
Lael let's get ready to go somewhere

2. What makes mom happy?
Uhh...going to the store

3. What makes mom sad?
Um...going at the airplane

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
Tickling me

5. What was your mom like as a child?
Tiny

6. How old is your mom?
I don't know...1

7. How tall is your mom?
Bigger

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Go at work

9. What does your mom do when you are not around?
You go do something else like playing somewhere

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Your smile

11. What is your mom really good at?
Doing work

12. What is your mom not so good at?
Don't hang up the pictures

13. What does your mom do for her job?
The computer

14. What is your mom’s favorite food?
Raviolis

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
Kissing me and hugging me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Candice from Phineas and Ferb

17. What do you and your mom do together?
Sit outside and watch the sun

18. How are you and your mom the same?
We both got the same shirts

19. How are you and your mom different?
Uh...you don't have a beautiful room but I do

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
Because my brain knows that

Yeah. I don't know what to say about that. I guess as long is her brain is programmed to know I love her the rest doesn't matter. Right?

In other news, La had me up ALL night last night with this cough from hell. If Robitussin w/Codeine and Vicks Vapor Rub won't stop it, what the hell will?!? She started up again around 7pm and I have a feeling I'm in for another long night....help.

A Letter To My Husband On His Birthday

Dear Husband,

Today is your birthday. The 9th one we have shared together.

You are now 33....damn you're getting old!

I love you now more than before and it continues to grow.

Don't get me wrong, you drive me absolute bonkers but that's nothing new.

You are 6 years older than me but you act like you are 10 years younger.

I love to see you with our little girl and you continue to grow as a wonderful father.

You won't share your food with me but will give our baby your last drop.

You have a good heart and have a strong passion for all animals.

You are afraid of bugs...more afraid than me and that makes me laugh.

You are the one person that can make me laugh no matter what.

I love you dearly and look forward to another year beside you.

(La giving her daddy birthday kisses)

Random thoughts on my birthday

I can't believe I'm 27 already.

I realized I have shared 9 birthdays with my husband...it makes me feel old.

I am not where I planned to be at this age (30 before 30 blog list soon to follow)

I AM ALMOST 30!!!

I've always loved birthdays. It's an excuse to party and have a selfish day.

My husband is not the "romantic" type so I don't expect much from him.

I have been trying to create a space for myself in the house but have been waiting for money to be right to purchase myself a futon and other room items to create a study/scrapbooking/leave-me-the-hell-alone room.

For the past few months it has been storage for seasonal clothes and boxes and for whatever I need to hide before company comes over.

I received the greatest present ever and not because of how much it cost but because of the thought and love that went into it.

I love my girlfriend for doing the cupcake thing and my other close friends for making me feel special.

Here's to a hopefully productive year.

Reading's not THAT important...is it??

I love my daughter. Really I do. I do however realize I have to patience for homework.

I'm afraid that I might even be so desperate not to deal with her that I will do it myself in my best Kindergarten handwriting.

I am sick of the tantrums when she doesn't understand why you can't hear the "e" and the end of words like come or some.

Why is it that she can recite every Spongebob episode that was ever made but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD can't remember that Cat starts with a C and not a K?

I have been practicing Lamaze breathing and putting myself in mental timeouts because I'm that close to strangling myself just so I don't have to go through this torture.

I may not make it. I am sweating just thinking about next weeks homework assignments.

Because it's just baby fat...right?!?

I am convinced that men don't realize how STRONG women are. I mean I know they think it's easy to go through 22 hours of labor just to have the doctors slice you open and snatch a baby out of you. No big deal right. Well we are strong and all us mother know that if it were up to men the world would slowly lose it's population.

Well tonight my so called strength was put to the test. I have been working out for the past month or so with my girlfriends M-F at 8:30pm. I bath and put my daughter to bed and all that is required of my hubby is to sit his happy ass in the house to make sure she stays put.

I get dressed and get ready to leave but so called husband is nowhere to be found. Hmm where could he be. Since he only has 1 friend on base I figure I'd walk outside and look for him.

When I get outside I hear laughing and loud voices coming from his friends backyard. I know that isn't my husband hanging out like I DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE GYM!!!!

I try to be calm and coax him to come home because my girls are waiting for me. This ass that I am married to thinks it's cool to show off in front of his friends and says something smart that I can't recall but the point is it pissed me off.

I threatened to climb the fence if he didn't get his ass home. He then proceeded to challenge me.
Really? You think I can't climb a fence because I'm a girl? Really?!?

Let's just say I got my ass over that fence and all his friends stared at me as if I was crazy. Yeah. Get your ass home because I gotta get to the gym.

I have baby fat to work off. Yes my daughter will be 5 at the end of the month but it's baby fat right? Fat I didn't have before I had the baby. You want to challenge me too....

I think not.

Soccer Saturdays

Soccer started a few weeks ago for La's team but we've missed the first few practices because of other engagements...one of those being me to damn tired to get up last Saturday.

Well yesterday I forced myself to get up for the better good. La was a little resistant at first but after we dusted off her shin guards and put on her new soccer cleats (thanks Dusty) she started to get excited.

The forecast called for rain all weekend so we weren't sure if practice would be cancelled. But some how the sun came out right on time and boyyyy was it hot!

La clung to me for a few minutes when we got there but after seeing how much fun it was to be allowed to run in the mud she let her guards down.

She is usually pretty bored with the dribbling and passing drill but when it's time to practice shooting goals my little athlete perks right up!

She had a blast and can't wait for next weeks practice. I'm a little disappointed because the director decided that the 5 year olds were too young for games so they don't have any.

Maybe I'm silly but I think it's important for kids to have friendly competition to learn that they can't always win.

Oh well, next year she'll move up and then it's Game On.