I can't even believe that I forgot to blog about one of my 30 Before 30 adventures! :/ In August we went on a Family trip to Naples. When I was growing up, we went to Naples all the time over the summer. :) We would go at least 2-3 weekends and hang by the pool. All the cousins would come and we would play, bond and giggle. They were the best weekends. I want that for Eli and Jack too! So we set up a weekend and headed to Naples. :) It was so much fun! I can't wait till our next one!
Today Bethy, Uncle Bob, Rosa, Leeann and I went to walk at the Susan G Koman Race for the Cure Breast Cancer walk! It was awesome! It is something that I have ALWAYS wanted to do and have never had a chance to. So this was on my 30 Under 30 list and it is officially marked as DONE! :) I love that I marked it off and made a difference! :)
And when I got home, Eli helped to raise some awareness! :)
I was reading a article about being a mom the other day. It was all about how we can't blame ourselves. It got me thinking...
What does it mean to be a mom?
To me it's really simple... You guys may laugh, but to me it's forgetting about my slippers.
I know, I know. Kate, what are you talking about?! Let me explain...
When Eli was in the NICU it was hard to say the least... He was born the Monday before Thanksgiving, that Wednesday his lung colapsed and he was placed on a vent and had a chest tube put in, and on Thanksgiving day I was sent home with no baby. And that was all in the first 4 days of Eli's life and NICU stay! Needless to say, things got crazier from there. There were really good days (like his first bath, the first time I got to hold him, the first bottle) and there were bad days (blood transfusion days, days when he had more A's and B's than we could count, when he had to go back into the incubator because he couldn't hold his temp) but through each day Rick and I would get up, go to work, I would race to the NICU as soon as I was done, then head home to pick up Rick, have a quick dinner and head back to the NICU to be with Eli till we left to go home to sleep and start all over again the next day.
So one day I was particularly sleep deprived and loopy. We were going to my mom's house for dinner that night and then heading to the NICU. On the way to the NICU (after dinner and everything) I looked down and there on my feet were these pink, puffy, furry UGG slippers. I burst out laughing. It was a much needed laugh. And to this day that is what it means to be a mom for me. To be so sleep deprived and so much in need of being with my children that I wear my pink UGG slippers right out the door and don't notice till I am half way to where ever I am going.
Being a mom is hard work. But it's worth it... Put on your pink slippers and get to mom-ing it! :)
I can't believe it... It's already been a year! Jack turned 1 yesterday! OMG! He is rocking! He started to really walk about a week before he turned 1. Now he is walking 1/2 the time and crawling 1/2 the time! :) He weighs 21 lbs 11 oz. He actually lost 4 oz since his last pedi visit (a week ago for sickness!). But he is really good. :) We had a Henry Hugglemoster party yesterday and his friends came to play! :)