Post It Note Tuesday (Monday Style)

Here it is, the moment we've I've been waiting for all week.  It's Supah's Post It Note Tuesday!
So for real, it's Monday but Supah posted hers early so I figure I can too, right?  Right!




Last week when I found out that Stellan was going to have an ablation tomorrow (Tuesday) I thought I'd do a Post It Note Tuesday dedicated to him.  Well things went awry and he ended up having the ablation today so now I already know the results (talk about a homerun!) so instead of doing one just for him, I have decided to do some shout out post its for some of my fave blogs.  Hope that works for you! 

There are a lot more blogs that I love, so maybe I can do this again, but in the mean time, go check out everyone else's post it's!

I Really Am Just Curious

Fair Warning: I think this might be my first mini-rant on my blog.

Edited to add my final statement at the bottom.

I don't claim to be ANY type of expert, and DEFINITELY not a blog expert.  I have only been here in this "blog world" for a little over a year (which I love by the way) but lately something is sort of bugging me.  This has happened most definitely on MORE than one occasion so I don't think it's something that only the blogs I am reading are facing, and I really am just curious.

I don't chose to read every blog out there, and heck, I'll even go as far to say that I don't LIKE every blog that I've read.  Some you connect with, some you don't, it's pretty simple.  Actually, it's like life itself, you don't like everybody, some you do some you don't.  I'm just wondering though, if you don't like someone that you don't know very well do you go running to their face to tell them what you think are their flaws?  I'm guessing not.  If it's not someone you have to deal with on a personal level you probably just forget about them, at least I do.  (This is not to say I've never said a mean thing, please don't think that I am trying to portray myself as perfect.)

But why?  Why if you don't like a specific blog do you keep reading?  (Please tell me, I really am curious.) And not only do you keep reading, you comment anonymously and say hurtful things?  I get disagreeing, I really do.  You might not agree with what the author is saying or doing.  That's ok to disagree, even to let them know you disagree, but do you have to say it in a degrading way and also anonymously?

I understand being angry over being deceived by a blog.  No one wants to be taken for a fool, but if you just disagree with a parenting style, how one chooses to live their life or the choices they make for their children, does it really affect you?  I read quite a few blogs and don't comment on most of them, call me a lurker, that's ok.  But never have I ever thought, "Well I don't agree with that, so let me bash them for it."

While I care about many children I have read about and even prayed for in the blog world, I don't mind if you do or don't travel with them, let them watch t.v. before they are 2 (guilty as charged), feed them peanut butter before the "proper" age, forward face them at 11 months or anything else parent related.  It does not affect me.  I do have my own opinions for all the listed items above but I am not going to tell you I am right (because I'm sure on some I'm not) and I'm definitely not going to tell you that you are wrong.  I may ask your opinion because I really am just curious, but that's it.

My favorite (please note sarcasm), is not only when people bash another blogger, but a mommy blogger with a special needs child.  (This is where this post came from.)  I have NO idea what it means to be a mother of a special needs child (high maintenance? :-) I might have one of those children).  I barely survived my 4 days with Parker in between the picu and pediatrics.  So for someon who has NO idea what their life is like to judge another mom, I don't get it.  I really am just curious.  Aren't all of us mommy bloggers just that, moms?  If anyone should get it, it should be us, right?   

I know people make money by blogging (awesome!) And maybe this makes others jealous?  I'm sure every mommy blogger out there would LOVE to make money having people read about their children, but most of us are content with creating a "scrapbook" of our lives with them.  Having their life story on "paper" is good enough for us.

I really am just curious.  If you know why people do this (other than out of jealousy) please do tell me because you know  I really am just curious.

The only reason I can really come up with is to just plain be mean.  If that really is the case, then STOP, seriously, STOP.  I am sure unless you were raised by wolves that at some point in your life you were told by SOMEONE not to say anything if you didn't have anything nice to say!

End mini not so mini rant! ;-)

Sticky Note Tuesday

Supersticky post-it notes, post 'em if you've got them!  Visit Supah if you want the 411.




I actually tried a theme-ish style this week.  It is in honor of my weight loss blog, My Road to Healthy.

So here it is, weight loss edition:

Hopefully this will get me motivated again, visit Supah if you want to read more Supersticky notes!

Monster's Inc - The Love Story

8 years ago today I fell in love, with Pixar Aaron. (I already loved Pixar)

If you're not into mushy, please click that little box with the "x" in the corner, you'll thank yourself later. 
Ahem
Anyways.  We were watching this movie:

See, it's says in theaters Nov. 2.  I almost ALWAYS try to see Pixar movies the day they come out.  I love them, seriously, I do.  Not as much as Aaron, but you get the point.  Anyways, back to my story.  So in 2001 I was in my freshmen year of college down in Southern California and almost every weekend I would drive back to the bay area to see my family Aaron (sorry Mom!)  So Fridays I would get in late, hence us not seeing Monsters Inc. the day it came out, but the day after, November 3rd, 2001.  

I don't honestly believe watching Monsters Inc. made me fall in love with Aaron, but that is the place that I realized I loved him.  Don't let the fact that we had not even discussed exactly what our relationship was at the time, or the fact that I introduced him as my friend to anyone who asked.  I'm not even sure we had even kissed at this point. (Don't blame me, he was SSLLLOOOW!)  But I just knew it.

So at some point during the movie I remember looking over and just feeling it.  Weird, huh?  I can remember exactly how he looked, what he was wearing, and the fact that he was wearing his glasses (which I still wish he would wear more than his contacts).  The moment was special and I am glad I have that memory of actually feeling myself fall in love.  I don't know that he felt the same way just yet, we were definitely not just friends (come on, you aren't both willing to drive 6 hours every weekend both ways because you are friends), but I must have grown on him because that year for Christmas he got me a promise ring.  Seriously, Nov. 3rd we had not kissed, and the day after Thanksgiving he let me know he wanted to buy me that. That's when I asked the question, "Umm, Aaron, what are we?" He said "We're together" like I was stupid, but hey, if you never declare one way or another I don't want to be the moron who assumes.

 

I don't think I've remembered this date in a couple years, well at least not on the exact day and this morning it popped into my head.  8 years, wow, who knew then that it would be what it is now, I couldn't be happier about it.  I love you Aaron!

What A Difference

A Year Makes.

Here is last year on Halloween, Parker was 13 days old. 

And here was Parker last night, on the eve of his 2nd Halloween.

Wow!  What a difference a year makes!

Post 'em If You've Got 'em

And I've got them!  Superstickies that is!  It's Tuesday and it's time to play!  I love Supersticky Tuesdays!  Won't you join me?  Check out Supah for all the 411.

There ya have it!  Fun huh!  I think so too!  Thanks Supah, xoxoxo!

Homecoming - The Condensed Version

This is the season for Homecoming's right?  For us it is that season too!
Exactly 52 weeks ago today was Parker's homecoming.  This picture was taken on that day.

Yes, it took a little over a week to get him to his REAL home.  Between the 18th and the 26th we spent time between my parents house and the hospital so this was a good feeling.  We were truly home.  Parker was born on Saturday evening and we went "home" Sunday evening. It was a late release from the hospital and I had my spinal headaches where I could not even stand up so we decided that we would stay at my parents house that night.  The next day was Monday and I wanted to go back to the hospital to get a blood patch to rid myself of these awful headaches but the hospital insisted that I try to "ride it out". (By awful, I mean I could not sit up to nurse, couldn't walk to the shower, much less ride in the car for 45 minutes upright to get home.)

We had to bring Parker back on Tuesday for his 3 day check so we decided early on Monday we would just stay at my parents one more night.  (If you knew me before I was not the one to need to stay with my mom after having a baby, I didn't need anyone to come to our house after the baby was born, I was going to be independent, until the stupid headaches came.)

Monday night all hell broke loose Parker stopped eating.  At his 3 day appointment on Tuesday there was the issue of him not eating which concerned the doctors and the fact that while at the appointment he stopped breathing and turned bluish.  And you wonder why I call myself a worrisome mother.  Parker was not even 72 hours old! 

They admitted him to the hospital and that is where he stayed until Saturday.  To keep this story as short as possible there were several "diagnoses" and even a misdiagnosis that had us transferred to a bigger, better hospital.  Eventually Parker started to eat at this bigger and better hospital and as long as he continued to do so we could go home.  Friday evening I had a blood patch done by the head anasthesiologist and could sit up to hold Parker.  Saturday we got to go "home," and decided once again to stay at my parents house for one more night.  Although my headaches were gone I was still shaken by the week we had.  I wanted one more night closer to a hospital and closer to my family.

But Sunday, Sunday was our homecoming and it was amazing.  We went and showed Parker off to our neighbors (who took the picture above).  We fed Parker, held him and just hung out as our new family.  That is a memory that I will never forget.  I have that picture in a frame in Parker's room because I loved that feeling so much.  It was like our life was starting anew and it felt good!

Do we look tired in the picture?  Of course, even Parker is yawning.  Do we look nervous?  Perhaps!  But I know one thing, we WERE happy!