Hello all. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing, or how to "correctly" format a blog. So....with that being said...sorry...I'm not sorry. My name is Jessica. I am a happy (most of the time...sometimes...eh) mother of 3 children and one husband. My kids are Stinky Feet (6) Tiny Monster (3) and Fluffy Cheeks (1)....names have been changed to protect the innocent. Going SVU style on this one. They are ALL girls. My poor husband lives in a sea of estrogen. We have a female dog also. Not a single sperm in site other than his own. Say a prayer for him, will ya?
So I talk about my kids a lot. That's because they are the only people that I am usually around. But...I am a realist. I don't sugar coat things or try to make it seem like my life is perfect and I have perfect kids. No such thing, folks. If that is what your striving for then might I suggest to find another goal?? Odds are that if those are the things your striving for then you aren't reading my blog anyways. Those people are most likely trying to create their own "perfect" blog filled with "homemade" recipes and cleaning regimens, what outfits are appropriate for family Christmas's....you get the picture. Let me paint a picture for you. I am in Halloween sweat pants (in December?! NO!) and a comfy t shirt, pulling my 1 year old who is dressed in grey sweats only off of my power plug and yelling at my 6 year old to turn down the music for the 11th time in 10 seconds. Welcome to my life.
I feel the need to produce a realistic blog of what motherhood (or parenting in general) really is. I think that a lot of the blogs that are around that are "mother" or "parent" based are full of BULLLLLogna.....I'm going to keep this one PG. They make people have ridiculous expectations of what it is like to have kids. Kids are a joy. I love my kids. I would die for my kids. BUT let's face the facts....kids are a huge pain in the @$$ a lot of the time. They don't always act perfect. They hardly ever act perfect. They NEVER act perfect. Other "prissy mommy stuff" or PMS as I will refer to it from now on, have a tendency to make normal parents feel like failures. Don't. I would be willing to bet that as those perfect people type their perfect blogs that they are wearing Halloween sweats and screaming at their kids too.
With all of that being said.....stay tuned. I like to find the humor in parenting. In living. I believe that God (I believe in God, and If you don't then you should) has blessed us all with a sense of humor and that we should use it to the fullest. When I am old and grey I would like to have laugh lines instead of worry wrinkles. One of my favorite quotes is "Don't take life too seriously, you're never going to make it out alive anyways." and well...it's true.
So let's pray daily, laugh it up, love our kids, drink a beer every once in a while, and smile like it's going out of style. Let's start LIVING.
