Daily Dose of Mama: Just like that

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Just like that

Today my best, best, bestest friend Ali(ce) is going in to have her second daughter. I'm thrilled for her because 1. She'll have another sweet baby girl, and 2. She won't be pregnant anymore. I'm thrilled for the world because she and her husband make super cute kids, smart, well-adjusted, polite kids.

Isn't it funny to think about how people come into our lives. This morning the world woke up with out Baby yet-to-have-the-name-firmly-nailed-down, and (please don't let this jinx her) by the time the world goes to bed she will be here...a person who will be exceptionally important and loved to many people throughout her life will suddenly exist. Just like that. Who knows what she will do with her life, how she will impact the lives of those around her.

I don't have a reference for childbirth, but I know what it felt like when I first met Little Bug. One moment he was a combination of three pictures, some information on paper, and a lot of conjecture, and in the span of a split-second glance through window he was suddenly a living, breathing major part of my every waking thought and action for the rest of my life. That moment changed every fiber of my being. Just like that.

So, to my real-life Alice, happy baby-day. I wish for your a safe, comfortable, "beautiful," first glance at your newest reason for joy. I look forward to loving on her like I love on Fancy M.

I shook Mickey for good luck......

~E

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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.

I needed somewhere to drop my daily mama thoughts and musings on toddler poop to avoid massive clutter and ramblings on our private family blog. Writing it down on paper is so '90s.

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