Baby Shoes, grrrr!

Over the past 8 1/2 months, my confidence in mothering my child, basic child care and knowing what she needs has grown and tremendously, but there is one exception to this, at least only one that I can think of right now... I am a retard when it comes to putting shoes on her!! I never get them on right, and when I do, they stay on for about 2.6 seconds. While I am putting her little shoes on I feel like I am going to twist her ankle right off or just break it, I get so mad at myself while trying to put her shoes on, it's one area of child care I have most definitely NOT mastered! So today while we were out and about she had only one shoe and one sock on... my Grandmother would gasp in horror, actually she would gasp in horror at me just taking her outside in this "frigid" weather! I think I caught a few questioning looks from older women. So, I guess the moral of this post would be, when it comes to parenting, I'm still wearing my baby shoes, but I'll get to wear big girl shoes some day!

Thank you for reading this pointless post... BABY SHOES SUCK : P

8 Years!

Today is Matt and I's 8th wedding anniversary, wow how the time flies! In a lot of ways it seems like yesterday that we tied the knot, but when I think of all the things we've been through and done together, how could it all possibly fit into 8 short years?

I'm so lucky and above all else, thankful, to have met the love of my life so early in life and to still be enjoying our growing relationship everyday. When I think about everything we have been through, I know without a doubt that I am a lucky woman, Matthew has always been my rock and he has always supported me and my hopes and dreams. He believes I can do anything and he will do anything to help me achieve my goals! I know that had I gone through any of the hard times with anyone other than him, the relationship would not have lasted.

Matthew just also happens to be an amazing Father. From the very beginning he has been up in the middle of the night with Hailey, always willing to change a poopy diaper, there is nothing he won't do, he is always there by my side, or being the nice guy that he is and letting me sleep! In fact I think he is far better at being a parent than me, well, at least some of the time, ha ha!

To all the single people out there, God Bless You, I don't know how you do it! If it wasn't for Matthew, Lord only knows where I would be and I don't want to be anywhere but here with my little familia. Matthew, Thank You for 8 incredible years, I know the next 8 will be even better, I love you!!!!

SidRock?

You might be wondering, what is SidRock? Well, at first I was trying to come up with a clever name for our family blog, and remembered Matt's old "gaming name" and then SidRock began to take on a whole new meaning... If our little family washed up on a deserted island, I think we would call it SidRock, kinda like Plymouth Rock, or Fraggle Rock, you get the idea.
So, this blog will be devoted to what is going on, on our little island, our family. I'm sure there will be a few rants as well about things that interest me or tick me off, imagine that, HA! I want to share my honest unfiltered opinions and experiences about life, marriage, and parenting as I see it.

To all of you fellow Gleeks, this will be my version of Sue Sylvester's "Dear Journal" moments!