Making Memories

Since Addison has gotten a little older, I've been making it a point to get the two of us out of the house more. Thankfully, I have a couple of cousins who have children near Addison's age. We are able to make play dates.

 

These are so needed for both mommy and baby!!!

Mommy gets to speak to someone who doesn't spout gibberish back.

Baby gets to play with someone her age.

It's truly a win/win!

 

I have some wonderful cousins, and Friday one of them had a great idea for us to get together and take the kids to one of our local museums.

 

The one thing I love to do with Addison is take pictures.

I take pictures of the kid all the time.

I'm pretty sure it's an addiction.

However, I can justify it by the fact the fact that my daughter is growing fast, and I'm just documenting every moment so I don't miss a thing.

 

I call it documenting the memories that we make together.

Here are a few of from  our trip at the museum.

 

 

 

 

Addison was too busy looking at the panther to look at the camera, but oh well.

We had a great time.

Nothing better than to be around good friends on a beautiful day!

 

We went and had lunch at a local park where the kids could also play in the water.

It's our current favorite place to go since the weather has warmed up.

 

 

 

There's out little gang!

 

If I could encourage you mothers to do one thing, its to make time to make memories with your kids.

I know life is busy.

There is always something to do, and there WILL always be something to do.

However, our kids grow up too fast not to slow down and make memories with them.

 

My mom homeschooled my siblings and I.

I remember taking trips to the library, to museums, etc.

I REMEMBER them, and I REMEMBER, having so much fun.

Now when I look back, Its such fond memories that show me even today how much my other loved us, because she made time just for us.

 

Hope you all have had a great weekend!

Remember to slow down this week, and take a few minutes to go for a walk with your kid, build a tower out of the Legos, read the book that your child is putting in your lap.

Those precious minutes are memories in the making!

 

 



Introduction

Hello there!

 

Welcome to Mommy Monologues!!

 

Let me introduce myself. My name is Rebekah. I am 26, have been married for nearly four years, and have one very beautiful, hard headed daughter. They say she gets it from me, but I'm still blaming her daddy!

 

This is my life in a nutshell.

 

Addison and Wade (a.k.a.  the Daddy)

 

Yes, my daughter is eating cotton candy.

Yes, my husband is trying his best to keep the mess contained.

Yes, she is reaching for the little bit of cotton candy I have in my own hand as I'm taking the picture.

My daughter can be a bit of a handful, but what child isn't LOL.

 

My life, since having Addison, has changed so much.

My life, since my daughter turned one and started walking, has changed a million times more.

I will be the first to tell you that, having an infant and having a toddler, are two totally different experiences, but both are so much fun.  

 

Which is why I just want to share it.

What mom doesn't want to share the joys and hardships of being a mother??

You can't tell me that when you get around your other mommy friends, that ya'll don't go into the... "baby #1 did this, while I was trying to deal with baby #19".

 

** Shout out to you 19 Kids and Counting Fans! **

 

Back to business!

A little background information.

I used to write a small blog that I started before Addison was born, and since then, fell off the band wagon. Between school, and the transition of being a mother, and just...Life, I quickly let that love go. But only temporarily.

 

I've been wanting to start writing in my blog again, but I knew it couldn't be in the same one.

I needed a fresh start, because the person I was when I started that one, and the person I am now, are two totally different people.

 

And while my life isn't a Alias Episode, that doesn't mean I can't want to share little pieces of my world with, well, ,the world!

 

 

I may not be in a new part of the world every day, but my stay at home mom life keeps me on my toes, and I have missed just being able to write about it. Especially, since my daughter has hit her, very early, terrible twos.

 

You don't know adventure until your daughter climbs on top of the table to get her daddy's drill.

Your heart stops, and the run from the hallway to the dining room table feels like a 5k.

There's your adrenaline overload for you adrenaline junkies!

 

I digress.

 

Since the spring Semester is finally over, I have decided to jump back on the blog bandwagon with my own Mommy Monologues.

 

So if you are a mommy who enjoys hearing and sharing the joys and struggles of trying to raise a well-rounded future citizen

or

If you aren't, and you just want to get a glimpse of what mommy life will be one day,

Then

Just follow me in Mommy Monologues!