Daily Dose of Mama: Ahh, what the heck

Friday, September 25, 2009

Ahh, what the heck

Life is too short, and kids are too special to split hairs. I went out on my lunch break and bought it.

I'm gonna be Little Bro's Mama.....someday!

Until then, I will hide this away (literally, I am going to hide this from Appa), and take it out when I need to spend a special moment thinking about my youngest son.

4 comments:

KrisSeptember 25, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Good for you Cori! I had read the last post earlier today and when I saw this one pop up it made me smile. I wouldn't have been able to hold off either!
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everythingismeowsomeSeptember 25, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Good call! Life is too short, and that blanket is too cute! Little Bro is gonna love it one day!
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AmiSeptember 26, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Too Cute!! I should get started on Little Bro blanket, then you might have it when he get home. I still go through all the baby stuff at Target and my baby is five. It's not so easy to hide things for later once Little Bug is about 5. Love you!!
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kellySeptember 28, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Too funny Cori! I just responded to your last blog post to "BUY. IT. NOW." And.... apparently you did! Good choice. I mean why the heck not?! It's adorable.
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I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

I worked full time as an editor, which I loved; but I made the bittersweet decision to stay home with my children after Little Bro came home. I'm now clumsily finding my footing in a new world of housekeeping, menu planning, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and rainy-day activities, as well as navigating the world of IEPs, parent advocacy, and special needs education (spoiler: I suck at house work). My husband is hot and smart and quiet and loyal, and I think (know) my sons are the cutest, happiest little boys in the world.

I also struggle at times with mild depression, anxiety, post-adoption depression, my husband's constant absence due to his stressful and super time-consuming job, the challenges of helping my older son with his sometimes exhausting special needs, and our transition to a family of three little boys with just 19 and 14 months between them. I worry way too much about what people think of me, hate talking on the phone, and I am trying to trust myself more.

Oh yeah, I'm unable to give birth to children; love books, writing, traveling, and the color brown; hate to clean, cook, craft, or do laundry; allergic to pretty much everything but food (thank God); and think camping in anything but a tent is lame.

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