A Mom's Wish List

1. A personal chef
2. A housekeeper
3. TWO refrigerators and PLENTY of pantry space
4. ALL walk-in closets (not just in the master!)
5. Clean restrooms at the park
6. Voice-activated remote control
7. Clothes that fit after pregnancy (not too big, not too small, not stretched out, etc.)
8. Gorgeous hair that needn't be so much as blown out
9. A husband that genuinely enjoys his role as a father
10. Children that are healthy, safe, and (for the most part) well-behaved

Happy to have 9 & 10... working on the other 8!

MWM Turns 30

No Routine IS our Routine!

My son is 7 weeks old, my daughter knows only her whale pool and swings, and I am taking an accelerated graduate course in an effort to obtain my next level of professional licensure. We have no routine. When someone asks, "What would be a good time to...?" I have to reply, "I don't know. Let's try for... or If my baby is sleeping, then..."

Our routine is having no routine, and the sooner that I accept and appreciate it, the better off that I - and everyone else - will be.

MWM Turns 30

Who Am I Now?

It occurred to me this afternoon while eating lunch, and I will preface by acknowledging that I am prone to over-analyzing just about everything, that I may no longer know who I am.

In between trying to conceive each of my children (and thus, being a trying mom), I was stay-at-home nursing mom (Izzie) and grieving, working mom (Henry), only to be followed by anxious, pregnant mom (Isaac). Today, I am no longer trying, no longer pregnant, and (will soon be) no longer nursing. So... what am I?

Who I am has influenced the way that I eat, the way that I sleep, the way that I work... everything, for several years. If I am to simply be Renee again, I will have to take some time to figure out who that is now that my babies are here and my family is complete.

MWM Turns 30