The First One

Well, this is the beginning of what I hope will be a great adventure for me and all who choose to follow along.
I am a Mom of 4. I have one daughter who is 10 (just on the brink of ch, ch, changes!!) and 3 boys ages 8, 6, and 2 (yes, us girls are outnumbered!). I also have started taking care of my cousin's baby girl 3 days a week.
Sometimes I wonder what was I thinking??? I am one who has to usually do things to the fullest. So, I wanted kids, well, I also like even numbers....so I couldn't just have one and two wasn't enough (I would imagine holiday get togethers in the future and one uncle or aunt just wasn't enough for my future grandkids). Three definately wasn't fair when 2 could gang up on one (yes, I had that perfect thought of 2 boys and 2 girls). So I went for 4!! Wow! Three boys, now did I see that coming?!?! No! Husband of course was flying high, 3 boys to carry on the name, 3 boys to play sports, 3 boys to bond with!! Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade them in for anything, they are easy when it comes to their hair or clothes after all.
My three older ones are in school, I am a stay at home Mom, which was decided once my daughter refused to take a bottle from Daddy while Mom went back to work. See we had the perfect plan, Mom would work day shift and Dad would work 2nd shift. We lived 5 minutes from work. First day back for me ended up being my last full day of work. I went in the next day and left by noon. So we moved to the valley, bought a house, my husband commutes and I'm here for the kids.
Days fly and nights don't last as long as they use to. I hope I am able to help other Mom's feel like they arent' the only ones that are going through issues, thoughts, and feelings of craziness, frustration, and sometimes just pure loss of ourselves. Together, hopefully we can relate to eachother and even laugh at some of the things that aren't funny just at the moment they happen but later we can see the giggle coming out from it.
Tomorrow's a new day, a new thought, a new view....till then,

Just a Mom.