I found out about Top Momma through Mommy over at Mommy Daddy Blog. I submitted my blog to the site and then completely forgot about it. Then today I get an email saying I made it to the front page…I’m a new contender. So now the question is how long will I last? Well, if you vote for me (the black baby with the afro puffs stuffing cake in her mouth) I just might make it to the Top Momma hall of fame!
Another birthday has come and gone and I’m practically on 30’s doorstep. Highlights of the day:
Lunch with some of my work peeps.
A funky Bob Marley shirt my mom bought me.
A much needed GAS CARD!!!!
…still getting better with age…30, I’m (almost) ready for ya!
I had planned to write this post on Memorial Day, or at least the day after but it took me two days to recover from our trip to the zoo. Let me tell you, if you want to get a weeks worth of exercise in one day, visit the N.C. Zoo! At the entrance we were handed brochure guides and the first thing i noticed — 5 MILES of walking trails! Whew! glad I had my sneakers on…yes I saw a woman wearing heels, now what was she thinking?!!
I hadn’t visited the zoo in a looooong time. I was never really fond of it as a kid, the memories etched in my mind are of the caged animals, stinking smells, the heat, and being daggone tired from so much walking. Well…this time it was stinking, hot, and exhausting. So not too much different. BUT despite how much it seems I’m complaining, I actually had a good time. I think being with the kids and seeing how much fun they were having, made the trip so much more enjoyable for me. My niece (to the right, rear) was not satisfied until she saw Simba (the lions), Timon (the meerkats), and Pumba (a warthog…we had to settle for the Red River Hogs). My cousin’s son came prepared wearing his Curious George shirt 
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My favorite exhibits:
And these baboons were engaged in some questionable activity. I’ll let you use your imagination, I’ll just say that one in front was bobbing it’s head up and down.
We had a ball this past weekend! This year our city turns 200-years-old. On Saturday we enjoyed some of the bicentennial festivities, like the parade and downtown birthday bash.
Afterwards (yes, we were trying to wear the kids out), we went strawberry picking at a local farm. Locally grown, pesticide-free, juicy, sweet strawberries…yum!
Fact: 1-year-olds think slightly mud-covered strawberries with bits of leaves are just as delicious as washed strawberries. I tried to keep Nia from eating the strawberries before we had washed them, but my attempts were futile…she managed to gobble up 3 during our picking.
My mom has Nia for the weekend, including tomorrow. I planned to stop by her house today to deliver a few toys and Nia’s toothbrush. So I told my mom I would nurse her for a few minutes before heading to work.
“Well how about you use these days that she’s away from you to go ahead and wean her,” said my wise mother.
OK, so I have mentioned to my entire family, a few friends, and a couple of co-workers that I’m planning to wean Nia because I need my life back! The child thinks she owns my boobies! But that was all talk. Do I really have the strength to permenantly remove my sweetie from her milk-milks (as my niece calls them)?
Granted, I only breastfeed now twice a day — in the morning before daycare and at night before bed. But these are some of the sweetest moments, times I feel an extra special bond with my daughter. So I’m struggling…she’s 15 months now, is it time to wean her?
Meteorologists are predicting stormy weather for tomorrow. Incidentally, that’s Mother’s Day and although this may sound strange, the storms seem fitting. Let me explain:
This is my second Mother’s Day. I barely slipped in last year, as my daughter was just a wee little thing. So for the past year and change, I’ve endured my share of storms. According to my mother, and every other mom I speak with, I have yet to witness the really difficult stuff.
I feel that the love I have for my mother grows stronger with each passing day. I realize she surely weathered many a storm raising 7 children, and for many years as a single parent after my parents divorced. The thought is unimaginable that what I’m going through with my toddler she did 7 times over!
Mommyhood is such a beautiful experience, but the toughest job I’ve ever had! On this Mother’s Day, I will take the time to make sure my mom knows she is very much loved and appreciated. I feel so grateful to have a mom who exhibited the wisdom and compassion needed to raise loving and intelligent children. Because of her, my siblings and I are disciplined, determined, compassionate, intelligent, and myriad other attributes that we owe in part to our upbringing.
Happy Mother’s Day mom!
Thanks for all that you gave and continue to give that has allowed me to be a great mom to my own child.
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