Most of you have seen the pictures on facbook, plenty with the title "we probably shouldn't be allowed to have a child"..well Amy Garnett suggested a blog under the same name and said she would read it. Bless her, she has no idea what she's in for.
Do you ever run into an old aquaintance, find out they have a child (or two or three) and immediately have the thought " I can NOT believe they let this person leave the hospital with an infant."? Well I am pretty sure that I am that person. I can especially imagine that reaction from ANYONE I went to highschool with. You see, I haven't always been "motherly", perhaps I'm still not. Take for instance, Lainey (my sweet flower girl from my wedding and one of the faces on my refridgerator) used to take her shoes off in my class room and my solution to that was the logical one that any of you would have come up with..or not. I told that baby if her shoes came off again I would cut off her feet. Thank goodness her mom Lindy has a great sense of humor..but hey, her shoes stayed on from then on. But those were the days before my child..
Since my son's arrival there have been plenty of "how are we qualified to be parents" moments..such as the mustache paci, countless nicknames such as vestimus prime and baby moses, Uriah's real name(get off our backs, we like it.), letting him get inches from an alligator, taking a 7 week old to the beach, flipping him to make him sleep at night, not to mention the fact that uriah has not been home a full day since the day he arrived home from the hospital. Thats right, not once. We've gotten close a few times, but we always end up piling into the car for a last minute trip somewhere. But hey, maybe he does stand a chance because at the beach I tried to take him on a ferris wheel and Tobi backed out at the last second. Tobi may be the voice of reason..and that is another blog entirely.
So we may be "those people" who probably shouldn't be allowed to have a child, but we do. And the baby is healthy and happy and somehow still alive..and we are enjoying every second with him.
This is great. I was one of the people that had the joy of going to high school with you and I didn't think EITHER of us would be allowed to have children but HEY! We did! You are a great Mommy from what I can tell and he seems to be happy, healthy, and BEAUTIFUL! That is all that matters right? Happy Mothering!! <3
ReplyDeleteYou know, parents like you guys are parents that kids always get jealous over. Who turn out to be some of the best parents out there.. You inspire me for when I become a parent my self. April, you have a beautiful family. :]
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