March 16th, 2011
one year ago.. I started this blog.. inspired by a woman’s blog I had just found and fell in love with.. we had finally reconnected.. and her proud husband sent me the link.. and I was hooked. I caught up on a lost year by seeing it in snapshots and quotes.. and I wanted a piece.. I wanted to look back and know what I had done on that day.. and just have one more thing to hold onto as Olive was growing and learning something new each day.. because as I entered motherhood.. I became this person who couldn’t remember how old I was.. (it seriously happened once.. I had to get out a calculator).. so now on nights when I cant sleep.. or just want to see photos of our journey.. I go to the archives.. and start digging..
my first entry.. and looking at this picture brings my right back to Green Lake and the picnic we shared.. and the beautiful sun.. and the mud all up her legs and my ass because I let her crawl through the mud because she was just lovin it!
I thought my mind would go blank when I logged in every day.. or that maybe I wouldn’t even enjoy doing it.. I loved my creative writing classes in high school.. always being allowed to write what I wanted.. I didn’t find it so much as an expressing myself thing.. to get my point across.. I just found this to be a helpful way to give people a little peek into my world.. which is usually filled with something crazy and random going on.. and i ended up falling in love with it.. and having a family that lives in a different country.. it gives me a comforting sense that when we see each other.. they know exactly where I am.. I started to cut out the conversations of
oh.. I didnt telll you olive got a tooth?.. she said mama?.. shes walking..
the last one was a joke.. because Olive never walked until what felt like preschool!! and it was my mama telling ME that she had walked :(
I almost forgot about her walking shoes.. she looked like a little nurse and I put them on wherever we went..
today is also my 30th week of pregnancy with my next bundle of baby.. 30 weeks!.. it feels great to be in that number. even though I have anywhere from 7-10 weeks to go.. it feels like we are almost there.. I cant wait to start packing my bag.. because learning from experience. it will be coming to all my appointments after 35 weeks.. WITH my camera ;)
and I am oh so grateful that motherhood maternity had on black cords for only $19 so that I have work pants for the last leg.. my originals didn’t make it through two pregnancies.. and I was starting to feel frump.. its hard enough having every table talk about your pregnancy.. and I even had one woman pity hug me on Friday night as I just walked in for my shift.. (do people think that helps? lol) but I needed to look cute.. especially after finding those gems that used to be me.. so I bought some tanning towels for my face.. had my hair finally died blond yesterday.. and I am feeling like a million bucks!
my sister went through something major yesterday.. it was year six of this major event.. and while I wanted to share something about it.. I knew it wasnt my story to tell.. and when I logged on today and saw that she hadfinally wrote another blog entry.. it made me smile..
Happy Birthday little blog.. I look forward to the next year filled hopefully some more adventures.. (maybe another trip to Europe ;)
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