Blog Friends Rock

Yesterday we took a trip to Tampa to visit my favorite blog friend Lauren & her husband, Josh. Our original plans were to do Busch Gardens and BBQ but the wee little one and the Lovenox shots changed those plans. I don’t think roller coasters would have been a bright idea.

So instead, we hung out under a cabana at her pool, raced kids half our height to the top of the water slide and lounged in the pool all.day.long. Best relaxing day ever!

 

Not only that, we played around with our cameras when we got back to her house, which by the way I fell in LOVE with. I have house envy- it’s just BEAUTIFUL!!! We went to dinner and had some more drinks and came back to their place and hung out on the back lanai for HOURS talking, laughing and tweeting.

Chris didn’t want to leave. Yes, I literally had to DRAG my husband out of his chair so we could drive the 2 hours home. I think it’s funny that just a few months ago when I first met Lauren, Chris thought I was crazy for meeting a ‘blog stranger’ at Starbucks for coffee. And here we are, months later… he’s now dying to move up to Tampa so we are closer to Josh & Lauren.

We had a blast guys, can’t wait to do it again. Cheers! (Raises my Shirley Temple) Yes, I am bad ass.

Food for thought

A thought.. it's something that has been lurking in my head lately so why not try to type it out...

I AM a MOM. I always feel like I have to remind myself. I have come across so many bloggers that are part of these communities known as Mommy Blogs, where they talk about their experiences and such and such. I really like blogging too and have done the same but I don't fit in. I can't add my site to a Top Mommy blog because quite honestly, I don't write about how I am mothering a child. I have no advice to give, no product reviews to write about and no new pictures to show of little ones. Yet, I can share my battle with grief and tell you how it is to live day by day, hour by hour wishing this pain would go away, learning to live a new normal and try to keep your babies story alive- I'm good at that. One example of this is on thebump.com they have this section for "Real Moms. Real Stories"

Ironic that they add this to the Pregnancy Loss/Miscarriage board- Where's the knife?

 

You think they would ever consider my story, naw probably not. It would scare the living crap out of people- I don't want to do that. I admit, I have a scary story but the part that I gave birth to a 13 ounce miracle who made it 3 days makes it pretty real and makes me a MOM. Right?

  It hit the other night when I went to add my blog to a list and it asked what category my blog is in...

Parenting (life with kids)
Fashion/Beauty
Relationships
Infertility
Politics
ect ect

I DON'T KNOW!
NONE OF THEM!
I don't have a life with kids but yet I am a Mother? Where would I fit in? Parenting (life without kids)?

I feel like I am in a constant battle reminding myself that I am a Mom, a mother to a 13 ounce little boy. The only time I feel like his Mom is when people talk about him or ask about him. It made my night last night when one of the x-ray tech at work looked at his picture on my name badge and asked if he could look at my little boy.
OF COURSE you can, that's right.. he was MY little boy. I had a little son.
Maybe this is all coming to terms that I am just a different kind of Mom. Does that mean when I have a baby in my arms I become the real Mom? or a living Mom? I don't know.. this all probably sounds crazy but it's stuff I think about.

I guess I am just in an identity crisis. I hold no grudge against those in the desired club, many are my friends. But I just so badly want to feel part of them too. I just feel like the kid left out in recess, or the last kid to be picked on a team. Get it?

So in attempts to connect with other Moms and feel like part of the club that is socially acceptable I figured it wouldn't hurt to join this twitter thing. Maybe it will help. (forgive me, I am still learning how to use this darn thing)


I am ashamed to admit, I like Twitter. I PROMISED and swore up and down that I would never get it, but it has slowly grown on me. So since I am always up to follow new people I had to post this when I read it on TaterTwins blog this morning.

Check out the Yo Tweets Twaffic Exchange CARNIVAL-

1. Click on my twitter Icon above. Follow me!
2. Shout me a hello on twitter. @smashrt I follow!! #yotweeps
Then I'll know you followed and I'll reciprocate. SO EASY to do this way! Especially if you use tweetdeck.
3. Do YOU want more tweeps? Blog about it.


4. Also for more tweeps, click on the dude above.