Introduction

So, I'm starting a blog.  I'm doing it for a couple reasons.  First of all, my 2 year old son is a genius.  Trust me.  The jury is still out on my 8 week old son, but he's been smiling for weeks and can hold his head up, so in terms of infant smarts, he's got 'em.  Secondly, I think blogging will be therapeutic.  I have been a teacher for the last 6 years.  After the hubby and I found out we were expecting Little Brother we did the math and it made more sense financially to stay home.  I must say that I am excited and grateful that I have the opportunity.  I can always go back to work, but my kids will not always be this age.

I have always wanted to be a mom.  It was engrained in my DNA.  Before I had kids, I had ideas of how I would raise them and how I would handle certain situations.  The hubby and I said more than once to each other, "it will be different with our kids."  Boy were we right!  It is more different than we ever could have imagined.  I should be embarrassed to say that we are the parents who pull out the DVD player at the restaurant and I am the mom who buys Big Brother a toy to keep him quiet at the store, but I'm not, because it works for us.

My boys are my life.  I am in awe of them.  The best thing about being a mom is seeing them grow and learn and feeling that you had something to do with that.  What other job exists where you can be yelling at a person one minute and then that person does something to melt your heart and make you laugh the next moment?