So, I’m thinking one easy way to get me posting more and paying a bit more attention to the PRECIOUSNESS that surrounds me every day is to start documenting some of the great things that come out of Sam’s mouth (rejected food not included). He says some great stuff, and I certainly don’t want to forget it. So welcome to my first “What Did He Say Monday?” where I will highlight a few of the best Sam quotes. This past week my favorites were:

“Hey, you have cool shoes!” This was said to a random woman in the drug store. And she did, indeed, have cool shoes.

“Mommy, you my fweet guhl.” Because I all the time tell him he is my sweet boy.

And the phrase that keeps cropping up this week is, “I never seen that before!” Which he exclaims for just about anything, even things he HAS seen before.

Least Favorite quote of the week:

“No, YOU stop it!” You probably don’t need me to explain that one.

Labels: Talking, The Big One

You know the tour isn’t going well when you have to deviate from your standard list of questions to ask, “Now where is the teacher that is supposed to be in this classroom right now?” as you watch two boys proceed to shove each other.  Ugh.

Labels: Tales, Toddler

My husband sent me this today. It’s an excerpt from a column he reads on a regular basis written by “The Sports Guy.” Sports Guy and his wife recently had their second child, both very close to our children in age. Pretty damn funny. And here’s the rest of the article in case you’d like to see it, although this is all that has to do with parenting.

That reminds me, somebody needs to launch a Web site for anyone thinking about having two or more kids. The Web site would be called “Why Didn’t You Effing Tell Me?” and would include the following features:

Labels: Hubby

November? Really? My last post was in November? Dear God. No wonder I’ve started getting emails asking of all is well over here. Thank you for those, by the way. Hearing from some of you and knowing you still care to check in even when I am not posting and commenting on your blogs really means a lot - it proves to me what I said long ago: that blog friends are real friends too. And I owe you all an apology, because dropping off the face of the internet like that is not cool.

Please, let me explain (not that this is an excuse, because I know some of you were actually worried about me). For me, and this is certainly not to scare those of you with another on the way (see, I do lurk every so often:), but having two kids is more than twice as hard as having one. Honestly. I’m having my butt kicked day in and day out over here. How do you guys do it? Some of you have three, four, FIVE AND MORE children! How on earth do you do it? I think it’s something about the way I feel when I have two kids screaming at me simultaneously that is really throwing me. It’s like I can’t run back and forth between them fast enough for anyone to be satisfied, and that’s kind of what it feels like all day long. Any time I try to take all of us out it results in screaming scenes of horror for at least one (Robby screams for the duration of every car ride), if not two children (Sam refuses to walk), and sometimes one mommy, and anytime we stay in all day to avoid those scenes it feels like the days are 20 hours long, causing Sam and I to go stir crazy…on each other…if it is possible to go stir crazy on another person. So there it is. It’s been rough. And I know it will pass. I know, “things will get easier,” as they get older and it’s the age they are and all that stuff that people tell me. But it’s hard right now. And I’m having a hard time. And some days that’s ok and I can keep it all in perspective, and some days it’s less ok because it makes me feel like an awful mom. And when being a mom is all I’m doing, feeling like I’m bad at it is particularly hard. I’ve said all this before. In fact, I’ve started this post at least three times before and just never finished or put it up. But if I’m going to be honest, that’s why I haven’t been blogging, because if I sat down to blog it wasn’t going to be to post about how beautiful everything is with cute pictures and funny stories. It was going to be blah. And it’s not so much that I didn’t want to abuse you all with my blah - I know it’s my blog and I reserve the right to blah you all if I must - but I just didn’t feel like working up the energy and finding the time just to go and blah around, you know?

With that in mind, I’ve been trying to find other things to work on and focus on so that I have something of my own. This is, perhaps another reason for my long absence. What little time I have had (Sam doesn’t nap anymore!) has been spent looking at various degree programs and working on a few other little projects that I hope to one day share some good news about. Oh, and by the way, we also bought a house. Yeah, our first house. So that was huge and took up a huge part of my time for the past several months - searching, negotiating, inspecting, negotiating more, etc. We move in May.

But I’m still sorry. And I think I might finally be back. I’ve missed you guys. I’ve missed blogging, and this time I think I might really be back. I’ve been lurking around a bit and checking on everyone here and there, not typically commenting because that requires hands, but reading and responding in my mind. And I forgot how much I learn from reading blogs! I’m sort of getting back involved in some current issues on which I have a bit to say, and it’s not like I don’t have some cute pictures and funny stories to share as well. I’m hoping that by getting this off my chest - that this is hard, very very hard, damn hard - and admitting (and accepting) that, I can now move on to other things, other topics, other posts. I hope.

Labels: House, Mommyhood