I am a 29-year-old Wife and Mom. My ‘main identity indicators’ used to include Educator, but since moving to New York last August I have been an honest-to-goodness Stay At Home Mom. This is largely due to the fact that upon moving to New York (as in literally 5 days after we arrived) we found out I was pregnant with number two.
Guess what? It is somewhat difficult to find a new job with a tell tale baby bump.
So, I have spent these past months shuffling Carlos Eli to and from ‘classes’ (Say what?!? He’s TWO!) and exploring NYC and its outlying areas. I have also spent it GROWING A HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF ME. Sorry, I don’t know how to share that information without yelling it.
I also have a husband, however, you will not see his name or face on here. He said I could write about him and our relationship (this is HUGE for The Most Private Man in the Universe), but requested that he remain invisible. This is called Compromise and it is one of the many tools we employ to do our best to make it to our 60th wedding anniversary. That’s the ‘Diamond Gift’ year and I assure you I plan on reaching it.
The newest member of our family, John Xavier, arrived on April 15 (Don’t you dare…don’t say it…I don’t want to hear it…Yes! Fine! He is a ‘Tax Baby.’ Ugh.) I now spend a little less time carting Carlitos to his activities because Xavi is constantly eating and I just can’t do it all, people. Plus, I am pretty sure driving while nursing is illegal. Hard to do, at the very least.
In any event, in adjusting to a new city, a new role and a second pregnancy I found that I suddenly had lots to share. My poor family started receiving multiple photo and email updates daily and I became one of “those people” on Facebook. Do I really think anyone needs to know that I am baking Easter cookies with my son and ate half of them? No. Did I share that information on Facebook? Of course.
In other words, it became painfully clear that I needed some other outlet.
Also, while I would definitely put myself in the I Can Admit I Am Completely Flawed As a Wife and Mom category (hence the ‘Real’ in my blog title), I am not above admitting that I would LOVE to be a perfect wife and mom. I know it’s cooler to, well, play it cool, but I am just not that cool. There’s no shame in acknowledging those times when you attempt to get everything right…and actually do!
Again, that clearly isn’t the norm in our home or else this would be PerfectMommyChronicles (don’t worry, it doesn’t actually exist – I checked)…and how boring would that be?
LOL I laughed throughout this entire post. I loved it. Keep ’em coming! 🙂
LOVE IT!
MORE PHOTOS, PLEASE.
LET’S TALK FONTS…..XOXO
I like your blog more than meatloaf… and I agree with your mum… more pictures!
LOVE the title! LOVE the photo!
I love it! Just gave birth to my first 3 1/2 weeks ago…it’s nice to read comments and thoughts that reflect my feelings!!! and KUDOS on great writing.. really appeals to my English teacher sensibilities (guilty…I’m a High school teacher).
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Thank you all for the support!
Tamara – I hope you are enjoying your first! Thanks for the compliment on my writing, also. That means a lot coming from an English teacher!
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whoa, long lost sis, you are gorgeous!
Flourish, you are too kind. Too, too kind. Gorgeous?
I mean, I am painfully beautiful at best.
Hi Annie,
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your comments, thought I’d pop by and see what yours is about. While not a Mommy, I’m a stay at home Dad with an 8 month old, so I relate, blogging and cooking have become my creative outlet since leaving the corporate world.
Cheers
Matt
Matt – I don’t think it matters ‘mommy’ or ‘daddy,’ but the general switch from being in a work place to being with babies all day forces most of us to find some sort of creative and peer group outlet. Thank goodness for the internet and iphone cookbook apps so we don’t all go out of our friggin’ minds, right? 😉
ps. I am guessing the ‘cheers’ means you don’t live in the U.S.? I didn’t see a location on your blog…?