Another Picture!!!

Another picture for the contest going on over at www.parentingourchildren.com/photo-contest/ for the prize of a membership to www.greetingflix.com.

I love the pigtails! She's our little Pigtail Princess! I truly just feel so lucky to have such an adorable little girl!!!

A Picture is Worth a Million Words :)

They are having a contest over at www.parentingourchildren.com for a membership to www.greetingflix.com. Anyways this is one of my absolute favorite pictures of my beautiful little princess!!!



HEHE!!! She is just too much fun!!!

Considering...

I am seriously considering keeping a more accurate log of my labor and delivery this time around. I read about a lady who blogged through her whole labor. I don't necessarily want to be online doing that but I was thinking maybe typing it up on word and then pasting it all here later. I think it might be a nice way to remember every last detail. I think I remember everything from my first daughters labor and delivery but along the way you probably forget some of that. And heck its one way of allowing people to see what really goes on in your head while your in active labor! Just a random thought...not sure I'm going to do it yet...

parenting issues...

Every morning my daughter watches her morning PBS shows. I know they tell you not to let them watch tv at such a young age but she absolutely loves her PBS shows. She's not even two years old now and she loves television. I think in parenting you have to understand that you may come in with all the "answers" but I guarantee you will change your mind about things as you go along. For instance I swore up and down my child will never watch tv until she is much older...and heck in the hospital that first night after we had her the tv was on and she was attracted to it. I should have known at that moment that tv was just a part of all of our lives forever. Also I used to say no no no way my kid was gonna be a french fry addict and no way was she going to drink soda or eat any sort of fast foods. Please, my kid demands french fries and she knows what is in that paper sack and she wants it now!!!! When thinking about these sorts of things I often wonder who puts these ideas in our heads that we absolutely should not allow our children to do the same things we do...it's not like I'm giving her booze or lighting up a cigarette for her but people will still continue to look down on some of the things I allow my child to do or have. I think people should just shut up and get over the fact that they can't control every single thing in the world...plus I think that if you are judgemental than you either have no children or you are simply unrealistic and there will come a time that that child will show you the reality of the world. As long as you do your best and take care of your children and love them with all you have that should be enough but for some people out there it just isn't. Also, who in the world decided one day that we should turn our children into a competition for the parents. I do not care if my child does things before the timeline or after as long as she eventually gets there developmentally I'm not worried. And I think you are seriously punishing your kids if you make everything such a race all the time. I think those kids will end up in serious therapy as adults. Please stop putting such pressure on them, they will succeed in life if you simply support them and allow the the freedom to be themselves. I could go on and on about that...I just don't understand why some parents feel the need to compete...

Time for yourself as a mother...

I find that time for myself includes never. I can be online doing some of my random searches or checking email and I'm constantly being pulled away from it for something. I can be in the shower and shes right there with me unless she is asleep. Heck, even going to the bathroom isn't a private matter as a mother of a toddler. My daughter is almost always right at my feet or close by. Which I love, don't get me wrong being a mother is the best part of my life. My daughter has taught me more about life than anyone or anything ever could. She has truly given meaning to my life in a way nothing else could. I just find it humorous how every moment of every day its all her all the time. Every time I go to run an errand she has to go with me or she will be very upset. She has a wonderful father but I am the stay at home parent so she is with me more than with him. She is a total daddy's girl the second he walks in the door but she then she wants both of us not just one or the other. She also asks about him all day long and I remind her he is at work and that seems to make her feel at ease. I just never realized how needy children truly are when they are so young. I guess you can't really know until you have children. I love it though I really do.

Reality TV Rant

There's a big trend in new television series now and that is for them to be reality shows. At first I thought the concept was overrated. Sure I watched the new ones that came out and I would at least give them each a chance but it seemed to be over the top. Then something happened to me that happens to soooo many of us everyday, I got hooked. I can not stay away from reality tv. I see a new preview for one and automatically I'm either putting a reminder in my phone or if it is coming up soon enough I am setting a reminder timer on my DVR. I can't help myself anymore. I have even gotten my husband to watch them with me, although he won't watch all of them he will sit through some of the more amusing ones like Flavor of Love season one and two and I Love New York. Also there is a new one out called Charm School that is based on helping these girls become more classy. I find these shows addicting and hilarious. My husband thinks I'm nuts for continually watching such shows but thats just part of my life now. I personally watch reality tv every single day. I'm not kidding I watch A Baby Story on TLC and Bringing Home Baby as well. Occasionally I watch the Surviving Motherhood one as well. I am hooked on it what can I say. Me personally I would not have wanted cameramen in my labor room when I have my first daughter and I certainly will not be having any with this delivery either. However, I love watching these women go through the whole process and have those little tiny babies to take care of. It's a truly amazing show. At any rate the reality television shows out there are bringing in huge bucks I'm sure. I don't know how they can hook you so good into these shows but you literally will be anticipating the next episode and when it comes it goes by two fast and you wait some more. That's probably how you got to the point of reading these blogs...you are waiting for some reality shows new episode and happened to do a search and voila you got blogs. I love watching them and I will continue to love them although it may seem nuts.