Daily Dose of Mama: Boo Yah

Monday, October 18, 2010

Boo Yah

Let it be remembered for all the ages that after waking up and sobbing "Mama, Mama" for 20 minutes while the beloved Appa tried to calm Little Bug, Mama (me!!) came to the rescue. Less than a minute after I crawled into bed with my baby, spooned him close, and started humming into his hair, he had calmed down and was peacefully resting once again.

Little Bug is the World.Biggest. Daddy's.Boy, so this was a nice little victory for me.

Thanks for throwing me a bone, baby boy.

6 comments:

JoJoOctober 19, 2010 at 6:17 AM
Love the title of the post...Take that, Appa!
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KristenOctober 19, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Ha! Chris & I have totally turned everything into a "Who do the boys like best?" competition. Congrats on scoring one for Team Mama.
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KaraOctober 19, 2010 at 9:59 AM
I totally get it! B is a daddy's boy too, and I always get a very huge (and immature) sense of victory when I am the one he wants:).
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AnonymousOctober 19, 2010 at 2:09 PM
This is awesome!! I can't wait to have a "Boo Yah" day of my own! :)
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Christine @ 12,450miles October 19, 2010 at 7:53 PM
Boo Yah is RIGHT! That rocks Omma!
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Rach@In His HandsOctober 20, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Boo Yahs rock! Especially one's for the Mama team. :-)
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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.

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