"....one of my customers asked me if I was done having kids. Without thinking I responded "I think so." I totally caught myself off guard. Before Gaby was born I emphatically told anyone who would listen, "After this one I am done."
How could something this serious catch a person "off guard". She is answering "without thinking", which explains a lot.
"... my husband and I picked out Max's name over 14 years ago --before we even got engaged. Strange, but true. Also, I have always envisioned having two children -- a girl and a boy. Now I've got exactly what I have always wanted, so why do I find myself considering more?"
They picked out a NAME for a kyd when they were'nt even engaged yet? I think that she is considering more, against her better judgement, because she clearly has an undiagnosed case of baybee rabies.
"...Perhaps, it's because babies are addictive."
STRONG baybee rabies symptom, my first guess was correct.
"...Max is not quite 3 but, as he was walking to his first preschool class, he said "Don't hold my hand." Just a little piece of my heart broke that day. Even though I have a new baby, Max is growing up way to fast for me. We're able to have actual conversations. It's just amazing. It wasn't so long ago that Max was my little one and the center of my universe. I vividly remember the moment after Max was born. I was so overwhelmed with emotion I finally understood why people have lots of kids. In retrospect, giving birth seemed like having a religious experience. Or, you know, maybe it was just the hormones!.."
WHY don't they want their kyds to grow up? Isn't that their JOB to assist said kyd into adulthood? This is another baybee rabies symptom; An overwhelming desire for an INFANT, rather than the actual child, much like a drug "fix". Oh, and "religious experience"? There they go again comparing a normal bodily function with Jesus and whatnot. Yeah lady, it IS "just the hormones", get a grip before it's loo late.
"...That's how my week started with: poo. Max was doing his thing in the bathroom. And then, as I just as I was peacefully making my morning coffee, Gaby had an explosive poo in her Bumbo..."
This is bloggable material and newsworthy..... because?
"...Of course, he still shows very little interest in potty training, but life is never perfect...."
Life will NEVER be anywhere NEAR "perfect" either as long as you have a THREE y/o kyd who has no desire to shit anywhere besides on himself, the furniture, carpet, walls, etc..........
"....Life in the fast lane Gaby has had a really busy week. Before turning 3 months old, she has already worked her first trade show and attended the Running of the Brides. She seems to be taking it in stride, but I am exhausted...."
Am I to understand that she is dragging a 3 month old along on her work assignments?"
"...Taking Gaby was not ideal, but since I am still nursing her I didn't have much choice. Also, I couldn't bare to leave both my kids."
Yeah, use nursing as an excuse when we ALL know you could pump that shit out, but THEN tell the truth as an afterthought. You WANTED to drag the kyd along to show off to everyone, like I had originally figured before I read the "confession".
"Gaby did a great job at the show. Because she's so little and cute (but I'm not biased), she garnered a lot of attention...."
My GOD, these bitches are so predictable that I am getting ahead of myself.
"I love seeing my kids interact with my parents. I know that Max and Gaby bring them lots of joy -- I can just see it in their eyes. But Max and my dad have a special bond. They are total buddies. Max is the son that my dad never had. Between my mom, my sister, and I, my dad was outnumbered for years. He waited for 63 years for a boy, so I don't mind driving a few hours."
I HATE HATE HATE these grandpeepaws who had all daughters and who are finally overjoyed at the golden grandpup boy.What does she mean he "waited for 63 years"? Do men REALLY "wait" on a boy from a daughter like that? I suppose they do, I watched my own father do it and to see him interact with my nephew is a SICKENING sight.
"...I'm lucky that both my parents are alive, but there is something about having kids that makes me reflect on the whole mortality thing......
Ironically, my mom called me from the airport as I was getting home last night. She informed me that my dad's brother had just passed away--he was 20 years older than my dad and his only surviving sibling. It was just another reminder to me that life is fleeting. How often we forget to live in the moment"
I fail to see how an 83 y/o uncle dying has anything to do with her own mortality, Max the golden boy's, her fathers, etc..... but then again not much she says makes sense."
"...Little did I know that nanny care would be my most cost-effective childcare option with two children!... Nannies also have more flexible hours than daycare centers."
I don't get it. A LIVE IN, COLLEGE EDUCATED, TRAINED NANNY, makes less money than a 5 DAY a week daycare? mmmmmmm. I would think that for TMIJITW, that the pay would be a little better. Maybe since the nanny is from Thailand she is taking advantage of her because she has to have a job to renew her work visa or something.