Will I survive Mommyhood with all of my hair?

As I write this, my lovely, adorable, sweet baby girl is screaming her face off. Now you may be thinking; "Why are you blogging then?!? How terrible!" and I don't blame you. You may not agree with the "Cry it out" method, you have every right to your own opinion, but please don't vilify me for making this choice, because trust me, it wasn't an easy one. I don't enjoy listening to my darling daughter cry, quite the opposite. I have come to the conclusion that I am not doing my little one any favours by holding her to sleep. It may be comforting, and I may even enjoy doing it from time to time. She is 8 months old now and I know that one of the reasons she is crying is because she is pissed at me for having the audacity to think I have the option of putting her to sleep before she falls asleep in my arms. Ah, the age of awareness. She is also crying because she is exhausted. She will keep herself awake as long as she possibly can, as most babies her age tend to do. She doesn't want to miss a thing, and who can blame her. All I am attempting to do is enable her to enjoy these things happily, as well as safely. Now that she is 8 months old, she has also discovered that she is able to not only crawl, but pull herself up onto the furniture, so as to offer a better view of her surroundings and where she may next cause havoc. This is stressful enough, adding a baby who is drowsy to the mixture of corners, coffee tables, and hardwood floors is a nightmare. She is clumsy when fully rested, I don't think I need to elaborate on how things go with no nap. To all the Mommies out there who have, are or will be struggling thru the no-napping baby, hugs! I may not do it gracefully (I bawled my eyes out this morning...again) but I am a Mom to the best of my abilities and this is just another day, tomorrow will go better. I have to go though...her 20 min nap is done! :S

Pinterest...

Like I needed another reason to spend wayyyyy too much time on the computer. Good Lord! It is an absolute miracle anything gets accomplished around this house! Between Facebook, blogging and now this amazing new site, I am addicted. Good thing I don't have a cellphone, because I am sure Twitter would take the last little bit of my attention. Let me just assure my readers that this addiction takes place after the children are all snuggly in their little beds! There is only a very limited amount of neglect going on ;)

Some good has come out of my latest dependency though! Noah, Hailey and I were invited to dinner with a friend and her two wonderful little ladies this last Saturday, our only requirement for attendance was supplying dessert. I had seen this cute little idea for cupcakes on Pinterest and decided to give them a try, as an early homage to Valentines Day. I couldn't be happier with the results! While I will agree that the cupcakes would have looked slightly more appetising with some frosting or even some sprinkles, I decided to take it easy on the sugar, as one of the girls we were going to visit doesn't fancy sweet things too much.

The cupcakes were a hit, sprinkle free and all! My success with this project only makes me that much more excited to try all of the other wonderful projects I have discovered! So, if in the future, I am vacant from my blogging post, expect to find me Pinning! Oh and trying to find some way to add a few more hours into an already stretched out day!

The unexpected

Well, here I am, writing my blog on an unexpected new laptop while my soon to be husband spends the first of 14 nights night in Grande Prairie on an unexpected work foray. The laptop is a welcome addition to the family, when I can put the cost out of my mind and simply appreciate not having to be stuck to a desk while using it. Friday night our trusty desktop bought the farm, good thing we had plans for a trip to Kelowna already in the works for the next day, Revelstoke is certainly not the place to make electronic purchases!
That being said, Grande Prairie is definitely not on my list of happy surprises! Work is work, and it must be done in order to enjoy the better things in life (ie: laptops) but I enjoy having my other half a little closer that 12 hours away. Perhaps I will feel differently after a few years of marriage ;), but for now...

So, to all of the ladies and men out there who watch their partners leave for long stretches on a regular basis, you have my admiration.

On a happier note, 80 more days until the wedding! Hopefully only happy surprises until then.