Mom n Wife

So, Today begins our journey. We are going to pack up the truck (because it has a DVD player) and set out on the open road. OK i make it sound like we’re going cross country. Really, we are just making the 5 hour drive to Arizona. Hubby is out of town (AGAIN) this time to New York. So, I decided what better time to go visit some of my family. I really do love visiting Arizona and i always miss my two favorite arizonians. I do have to admit, though, I am not looking forward to the drive out. It will be the first time I travel alone with the TWO girls. Precious Baby should do fine. She’s so mellow and laid back. But I am pretty sure I will have to pull over at some point to feed her. Sweet Girl, well, at this point its about a fifty fifty chance she’ll be a pleasant travel companion. I’m sure she’ll be good too, but it is a lot to think about and a little overwhelming.

So, I have a few things to fininsh up and then we’re off. Wish me luck. I may need it.

God Bless You

Ashley

Ok so a line from a cheesy Celine song… I am really tired, so I get a break

 Hubby’s job takes him to different conferences and meetings out of town sometimes. This week is one of those times. I have to give props to single parents because on these occassions, I find myself ragged by the end of the day. I just don’t know how one person has all the energy needed to raise kids alone. My mom did for a while, with three little ones under 5. She always says you do it because you don’t have a choice. I guess that may be true. But I think those parents must be waaaaaay better than me. How do you get all the kids to bed? That’s my biggest obstacle when Hubby is gone. Usually what happens is we get quieted down, jammies on and watch a little Spongebob to calm down while we are downstairs. Then we head up to bed. Since Daddy is gone Sweet Girl gets to lay down in “mommy’s bed”. Lucky girl huh? Problem is, she doesn’t actually go to sleep. She talks, she plays she kicks her legs in the air, she plays with the headboard, then she realizes that Precious Baby is in bed with us and starts poking her and rubbing her little head, or pulling her little arms. ITS SO FRUSTRATING! Once I FINALLY nurse Precious Baby down, then I scoop up Sweet Girl and take her to her room. By this time, one or both of us has shed tears by now. So we lay down and shortly, she will be asleep. BUT not before Precious Baby wakes up and cries a few minutes in the other room. Then I slip out of Sweet Girls room and go to give Precious Baby a boob again. What a process!!!

I am so thankful for my husband. He’s such a  good man and he is such a great daddy. He helps us all end our day peacefully and happy, instead of all of us in tears!

I can’t wait for him to get home and join his girls again. AND HE ONLY LEFT TODAY….sheesh

God Bless You

Ashley

Halloween is fast approaching… One of my favorite times of the year. I love everything about the Fall, not the least of which i enjoy, is going to the pumpkin patch. I try to go every year, especially since i have had kids of my own to take. It is always fun when they have extra things to do other than just picking out a pumpkin.

Today we went with our playgroup to a local pumpkin patch. This particular one has jumpers, slides, train rides, hay rides, quad rides, pony rides, refreshments, and of course, pumpkins. Aside from the prices, it really does make for an enjoyable experience. And the price you just have to chalk up to being a once a year kinda thing.

Sweet Girl gets the most fun out of our family at these events, because of course, shes the one they are mostly for. Precious Baby, being just barely 2 months old, is too young to really care. She just needs me to be close (for meals) and shes a happy camper.

Sweet Girl went on the quad ride and even though she was seat-belted in, I was sitting behind her trying to hold on to her tummy. She kept pushing my hands of saying “no mommy I can do it”. She even held her little hands on the handlebars, like a little pro. It was a little disappointment when we found out that there were no pony rides today. I guess they only do them on the weekends. But as it turns out, we left before using up all our tickets, so I think I will take her back this weekend to let her ride the pony. That was what she was looking forward to the most.

Well, we got our pumpkins; a big one for daddy a medium one for mommy small one for Sweet Girl and an extra teeny weeny one for Precious Baby. WE’ll probably carve Daddy’s and paint the other smaller ones at playgroup. And, just for Daddy, we’ll roast the seeds.

Like I mentioned earlier, I love everything about fall. It’s such a wonderful time of the year. The smell of the air starting to change… everything seems somewhat peaceful…….

God Bless You

Ashley

All of us have at some point been awed and sickened by the drama in celebrity life. I typically wouldn’t waste my blog time here talking about this, but I read a book this weekend while taking a mini-road trip with my little family. Written by Britney’s mom, this book is not a tell all or anything of the sort but it gives HER point of view of everything that has happened from her childhood to her marriage to an alcoholic to her kids’ different dramas. I remember watching TV when Britney was holding her youngest child in her bathroom then was carted off by paramedics to the psych ward at the hospital and hearing how she was admitted again shortly after. I remember feeling so sad for this lost girl, not far from my own age with two little babies. But as i read the sickening account from a mothers perspective in this book, my heart broke all over again and nearly brought me to tears. I can’t imagine, as a mother, having to watch a train wreck that involved my child, my very heart and soul.

I’m sure there are those who will read this book and continue to criticize, or perhaps roll their eyes. For me, it doesn’t change my life, it doesn’t alter any of my reality. But it is so very sad, and it did make me for a second in time, reach out with a prayer in my heart for a young lady and her family, who I will never meet or know.

God Bless You

Ashley

They say two year olds are notoriously “terrible”….well, I’m not so sure I agree with terrible, but mine certainly has a mind of her own…

I can see her thinking. When I ask her a question, while trying to decide if it will be worth the punishment to pinch her baby sister, while shes “reading” her new bible…in all things that she does. It’s adorable. BUT, it also makes me aware that i am not the one making decisions for her anymore. Sure i still make the big ones, but she is in the drivers seat for her day to day decisions now. She picks out her clothes. They rarely match but I think its adorable. She puts them on. Backwards, of course. She puts her shoes on (wrong feet), decides what she wants to eat (almost always its a hot-dog), which way she wants to lay in her bed (upside down of course). Its not the way I would do things, but she has a will of her own. I swear I hear “Sweet Girl do it” 600 times a day!! (I love how two year olds refer to themselves in 3rd person).

Some days it frustrating. I just have to remind myself that if I encourage her, it will help her grow into a strong confident young lady……

I think I’ll go eat a hot dog now

God Bless You

Ashley

Since this is my first blog, I thought I would start by introducing myself. My name is Ashley. I am married, have 2 kids, both girls ages 2 yrs and 2 months. I am a stay at home mom, but I do occasionally do some work for the company I worked for before baby #2. Since this is the crazy Internet, I’ll nickname my girls, Sweet Girl and Precious Baby. Let’s just call my husband Hubby. (original, i know) haha

When I told Hubby i was going to start a blog, he said “that sounds perfect for you”. He evidently thinks i am…let’s say…wordy I’m good with that; it’s the truth.

So my blog is simply this. The life of one stay at home mom and wife. I am the average suburban housewife. My friends like to tease me about this, because before I had kids, i was anything BUT. I love it though, all the highs and lows, and I hope you too will enjoy reading about them here in my blog- Momnwife.

God Bless You

Ashley