Mom Achievement Unlocked

Mom Achievement Unlocked: overwhelmed by every.single.thing. Today has not been great. My tiny human is still not sleeping well through the night so we are always exhausted. I spent 40 minutes trying to get a very cranky boy to nap for what ended up being only 30 min nap. I tried to sleep in that time but my sleep deprived husband made some not so considerate choices while getting himself dressed and ready for work so but the time he was actually out the door and not disturbing me the tiny human woke up.  In other news our washing machine broke LAST week, and isn't coming until the end of NEXT week. You don't need a PhD in MomMath™️ to know that equation just doesn't work. The tiny human is not usually an overly messy kid, but since the washing machine has been broken I've been going through his clothes like crazy. We are on his 3rd shirt this morning (it's only 10am) and the baby gate is full of strawberry smoothie. Guess whose floor needs

Mom Achievement Unlocked: miss an entire sermon because the tiny human wouldn't settle when the tiny human is overtired or has just been too still for too long he starts getting really fidgety and loud. fair enough, I do too- I just have a longer threshold. Also, I think he's an extrovert because he 100% gets energized by being around other people, even when (especially when?) he's due for a nap. So, 2 Sunday's ago in church, after break time when we resumed our seats for prayer and the sermon, tiny human was simply not having it. He wasn't bad, he's just not quite 10 months old and there's only so much that can be expected of him. No one in church seems to mind when he gets fussy, except me, because I really don't want him distracting other people. So, getting up and taking a little walk is helpful and being outside always seems to calm the tiny human. To the great outdoors we went. The thing with outside the church is, it's a cemete

i should start a weekly tally between myself and NTH to see who causes more laundry due to pee... ...but i won't because i'm quite sure the results would depress me 

Mom Achievement Unlocked: 1st mother's day thoughts via GIPHY maybe it's because i got pregnant comparatively later in life than most others (at 33, gave birth at 34), maybe it's because i'm an enneagram 9, maybe it's because i'm secure in who i am, or maybe it's because i saw other mom's self-critical failure mentality and didn't want that nor think it was necessary, but i have no interest in doing the "right" thing or feeling like if i don't "do this" i'm a mess or my child will be. not to say i don't have self-doubt and stress and want to do right by my child and spouse and family as a whole, but i believe those feelings can co-exist with figuring things out and having grace for myself. to me this isn't a pass/fail, win/lose scenario. to be perfectly honest, early in my pregnancy i was reading articles on how to cope with change and one thing that really spoke to me was treat it like an experiment. ever

Mom Achievement Unlocked: coffee in the shower Usually when NTH naps I either nap too or get stuff done.  Today was a get stuff done day & a shower was a top priority but coffee ...so coffee in the shower it was! I regret nothing.

Mom Achievement Unlocked: surviving air travel in my last post i mentioned bringing our mini potty insert on the airplane to avert any EC disasters. but, we didn't end up needing it.  NTH slept well on the planes, we were able to take him to the bathroom before and after each flight.  of course when i took him to the bathroom right before they were boarding our very first flight he peed all over his pants! he had to go thru security pants-less during his next potty-tunity he peed on his socks 😆  i did take him to the airplane bathroom, therefore ruining my claim of never being in an airplane bathroom, but i've still never actually used one myself so i feel like that streak still stands. on what was supposed to be our last flight after over 12 hours of traveling, about 45 minutes away from landing the propellers revved into high gear and we were told we had to be diverted to Ottawa.  peeps, Ottawa is in a different province than where we were supposed to land. and, we