So you are probably wondering how I became an Instant Mom.... I will give you the Cliff's notes version of he story.... I always loved Cliff Notes when I was in high school especially when it got me out of reading the long boring book I didn't want to read and then I had time for the ones I did want to read... But I ramble... I find I lose my train of thought a lot since I had kids.....
- In April of 2007 I became "Mom" to my crazy dog Rusty. She is a 70 lb Brindle lab and fully considers herself the first and only child.
- In June of 2008, Tom and I got married and began our life together. We had the house all the kids in the neighborhood wanted to hang out at. We always had freezepops and IBC rootbeer. A lot of times would order pizza for them.
- In August of 2008, my aunt Maryann, Mom of my cousins Arianna and Jasmine and one of my best friends had an accident where she hit her head, had brain surgery and began a very slow recovery that goes on still today.
- On June 20, 2009 Arianna and Jasmine came to live with Tom and I for the summer. They were 6 and 7. They came for summer camp. I spent my first anniversary in the emergency room with Jasmine.
- On July 7, 2009 two weeks later I found out I was pregnant.
There have been many adventures over the last year and a half when you are instantly a parent and you have no idea what your doing. Most people get 9 months to warm up to the idea and read all the books.... They get to go through the baby age, the toddler years. We have had many challenges, many include the school nurse who is not my friend. Through it all Tom and I have rolled with the punches and somehow kept our sense of humor.... at least we are still laughing even when we are on the verge of tears.... We are lucky to have a huge support network of friends with kids and our families who jump in when we need them.
I am hoping by "blogging" about them it gives me some perspective, a way out of the craziness.... and maybe a few laughs along the way...... And so the adventure begins.....
Fantastic Tina! I always look forward to your often bemused, sometimes panic-laden but always funny and loving posts on FB. If it's any consolation at all, even those of us parents who had the 'warm-up' period pretty much felt like someone cut the line on the dinghy and we were just afloat in a land of vomit, tantrums, ER visits and the frequent smiles that make it all worthwhile. You've always had a good head on your shoulders and a wonderful sense of humor and those are the only two things (4 kids later plus some adopted stragglers along the way) that any parent really needs. Bravo!
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