Mistakes in Motherhood

Yes, I know, I have been MIA this weekend, but I have been SUPER busy.

It started with family cleanup day, where we blasted tunes and did some much needed deep cleaning… trim washing, door scrubbing, stair vacuuming, house love. Things you don’t normally do like vacuum under the refrigerator or wash light fixtures.

Around 5 pm we had friends over; the same couple who hosted us last week and the other couple that was there too. So this time it was 3 toddlers fighting over our toys and 4 8-10 yr olds playing with Bobby’s xbox, the gamboys, gamecube, and toys. We made way too much food, had too much fun, and stayed up way too late. We were up until 2 am playing Phase 10, a card game that reminds me of a cross between Uno & Rummy. After dishes were loaded in the dishwasher I crawled into bed and just laid there. Oh! I forgot to mention we only had two kids last nigh, Austin went home with one of the couples for an impromptu sleepover.

Bobby let me sleep in this morning until 10 am, I wish I had actually gotten more than just a few hours of sleep, but I was not going to lay there wishing I could sleep. The table was delivered this morning around 11 and it much bigger than it looked in the store (isn’t it always?) but it looks so nice, and Matthew LOVES climbing up on the chairs. The table is tall and the chairs are barstools, so I am quite impressed he can get up there. Last night I was so mad that I did not have my new table… I mean how difficult is a dinner party with a dinky table that only sits 4 comfortably.

So that is my excuse for lack up posts. I hope you are all having a great weekend. It flew by too fast here.

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Ted Murphy is at it again, I swear this guy must eat, drink, sleep, and breath business. He has a brand spankin’ new website called RockStartup, that is a web based reality show that shows the behind the scenes action on what it is like to run a web 2.0 company. If you have never seen business reality tv, you should check it out, not only is it very interesting, but funny. Right now, they have two episodes up for your viewing pleasure.

Episode 1 focuses on how Ted was able to raise money for PPP and startup. He was able to raise 3million dollars and has some great ideas and a solid business plan. It also follows Britt as she tries to set up a trade show (by herself) in New York. Good job Britt, your booth looks FAN-TAB-U-LOUS!! What I love about this episode is that through all the hard work, mistakes, and accidents, Ted and Britt manage to manage it all with laughs, smiles, and a joke.

Episode 2 starts out at 4:30am as Ted and Britt prepare to head to The Today Show to pass out swag and spread the PayPerPost love. This is where Ted states his new motto is going to be “you do what you can with what you got”. Nice. After The Today Show, they head off to Ad:Tech, a trade show where they hope to gain more attention. Ted is able to remain calm despite all the pressure that is thrown his way.

I look forward to more installments. They really did a great job on these movies.

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Have you ever been at the store and seen a parent interact with a child and think to yourself “Wow, that is a horrible parent” or “I would never do/say that to my child”.  Did you grow up thinking how wrong your parents were with you and how you will never be the same way when you have kids? 

Parenting is so much easier before you are a mom (or dad).  I thought I had it all figured out, I even planned the names and genders and age gaps of my children… HAH!

I had planned on having a daughter, then a son 5 years after I married (which would have been right after I graduated from medical school as a physician’s assistant), I wanted to be in my early 30′s and space my kids 2 1/2 years apart.

I also thought I could raise children without getting stressed out, raising my voice, or saying things like “because I said so”.  I thought I could devote 100% of my free-time with my kids and still have time to prepare a home cooked, healthy, organic dinner.  I thought I would be able to play with them, and read to them, and sing with them from the moment they got up until the moment they went to sleep.  I could not understand why my parents did not want to play with me when I was little.

Well, somehow I managed to follow through with part of what I wanted to do with my children, but I also know I am only one person.  I also know that without children, I did not know what it was like to have children, and I now know not to judge.  Heck, even parents with kids will judge other parents.  Honestly, there are situations where I judge other moms and I am working on trying not to judge them… especially Austin’s birth mom.  I have not walked in their shoes, I cannot say I would have done it different.  Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  I am trying!

Isn’t it funny how smart you are until you become a parent?  It is like children humble you.  “You are not raising children you are raising adults, and everything you do today impacts what kind of adult your child will become.  You are building the future.” – Dr. Phil McGraw. 

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