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On Motherhood

This is my first mobile post ever. I sit here in my car, in the Hobby Lobby parking lot waiting to go buy craft supplies for A Paris Street Market. There is sure to be many typos and misspellings since I am on my Google phone's tiny keyboard.

I'm waiting for Eis to stpo napping, as I know if I got her up right now she'd be a fuss budget in the store. Sitting here I started thinking about how up until 8 months ago, my life revolved around just ME. I would have never have had to sit for an hour in the car to avoid a crying spell in a store. That's just one of those things about motherhood. I've been sitting here thinking about motherhood. How wonderful it is. How very very challenging it is (and I'm just on #1!).

Motherhood means a whole half of my purse is now the grave of a bag full of cheerios that spilled.

Motherhood means that I put a tiny shoe back on a tiny foot 10 times within the 5 minutes prior to leaving the house this morning.

Motherhood means that I dont't just put on makeup and do my hair in the morning, I put on make up and do my hair while singing to and cheering up a baby.

Motherhood meansthat I'm going crazy in little ways. Like yesterday when Justin caught me making "boo" faces at the cat somehow under the impression that I could make her giggle... only works on babies, I try and remember.

Motherhood means I feel guilty for everything I don't do.

Motherhood means I feel guilty for everything I do do.

Motherhood means your day will nearly never again be scheduled around your own needs, but someone elses.

Motherhood makes this cellphone not just for calling, texting, and looking up numbers - but also for distracting. A baby to keep her happy during the last few minutes of a shopping trip.

Motherhood means I was able to carry my baby, two bottles of champagne, and a box of wine out to my car the day before Easter.

Motherhood means you now have the ability to dart in superhuman speeds towards your child when they are about to injure themselves. Happened just this morning.

And motherhood means you'll sit in a parking lot, windows rolled down, enjoying a nice breeze in our 70 degree weather, typing a blog post to waste time while a baby naps in the back seat.

As I said, it's wonderful, challenging, exciting, and different. I've barely scratched the surface but still my life is changed forever.

Eisley's First Easter

Eisley's first Easter - In Pictures


Here is Eisley's Easter basket. The Easter Bunny was good to her. And to Eisley's cousins, Indy and Ayla.
Eisley was, well, a confection to me in her Easter attire.

Have I told you she can take steps now like this? This morning she walked across the room with some helping hands. Very wobbly, but still...
This is the only pic we could get with Eisley looking at the camera... and it's blurry.
Oh this daddy's girl...

That sneaky Easter Bunny also hid eggs for the cousins....
Lack of communication. I thought it was a "silly face picture", Bea thought it was a "looking nice picture."
Eisley adored watching her cousins.
We had a very nice dinner. Everyone helped.
Beef tenderloin by Justin, ham from mom, salad from Auntie Adrienne, my mom's delicious twice baked potatoes, carrots from Grandpa Jerry, wine from Sonja and....
DESSERT! Lemon Meringue and a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting made by yours truly. See more here.
Eisley had lots of fun with her cousins. It was a good first Easter.

{ Happy Easter }

Christ is risen!

{ Negligent }

I've been negligent of my blog lately.

I'm busy getting ready for A Paris Street Market!

Eisley has been busy learning how to CRAWL! She's mobile now, which means we're going crazy watching her, making sure she's staying out of trouble.

I promise to blog more this week...