Mama Thoughts

Oi! What an incredible two weeks we've had. I've weaned my child.  Weaned I say!  I have achieved independence.  I will say that I was hella worried about this moment and it did kind of just sneak up on me.  It wasn't some magical thing where I looked down at her and thought... "this will be the last time."  It just happened.  We woke up, I wasn't in pain from engorgement and she wasn't insistent upon nursing in the morning and it just was over.  Just like that.  She lived, and I lived.  We moved on.  It's very very surreal. But what isn't surreal is how I have instantly changed my lifestyle.  I don't know if it's the drop in hormones or what... but I have begun being myself again.  I can't even say that I can put a finger on the change, but I want to start taking care of myself, she isn't the sole reason to get out of bed, and I care about what I put on in the morning.  My husband is also re-entering the picture. ...

We just made it home. One week in California with my brother-- it's like the best birth control out there for single folks.  :) My little lady got to play in the sand, visit the zoo, go on a hike, eat brunch at the Ritz in Laguna, bond (kinda) with her cousin Italian Greyhound, play at a playground, get lots of sun, and also managed to get sick (or teething... we're not sure). Her fourth tooth is sprouting from the top of her mouth.  She's starting to take more chances and getting a little braver.  When she's sick it's not so great but that's not the purpose of this post.  Here goes 2014. We moved.  We raised our daughter to the age of 1.  We learned to work together as a team.  We learned to love each other in a different kind of way.  We let our own needs and concerns fall by the wayside in order to deal with this little lady and put her needs and concerns first.  We have turned our house into a home.  We have almost started l...