I am the poster child for "MOTHERS OF TWO"!

So we are almost at the one month mark of Hudson James' birth!! Its been so exciting so far. Its also been tiring at times. Its crazy for me to sit down here and think the Lord has blessed me with the awesome responsibility of raising these two beautiful, wonderful kids! As I sit here I have been thinking of what the last month has entailed and wonder what is to come. I know what to expect up to age two for a girl. But now I have a boy, how different or similar will it be? i find myself laughing alot because what I have encountered up to this point could be part of a TV comedy series and definitely has me as the new Poster Child for the campaign " MOTHERS OF TWO". Go ahead, get a cup of your favorite Joe, curl up and enjoy the following events as they have played out in my house since August 7th. And I am willing to bet there a couple of you that could star in this comedy with me.

1. On more than on occasion I have been "target practice" for my son if you know what I mean. I never gave much thought to a diaper change with Evie but now its as if I have to be on point at all times, covering ALL angles and always prepared for an attack at any time from any place. I have been a casualty of war more times than I can count and I believe my clothes and bedding have been washed more because of "battle stains" rather than just being dirty from the day :)

2. Late night feedings are never a fun experience for those involved. If you think about it, the poor baby is woken out of their deep sleep to a realization that they are starving and the only way they can let you know this is by screaming at the top of their lungs, hoping you will answer their call. Put yourself in their position. Imagine you are dreaming about your favorite boy band dancing at your 16th or 30th bday in some cases, ( NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, N'SYNC, anyone? ) when all of a sudden you start jonesin' for some food, you cant get up and get it yourself, no one understands you and all you can do is scream...frustrating huh?

And then you have the mom or dad in some cases who are awoken to the screams. The difference is that they are not in a deep sleep, they may have been in REM for a couple minutes here and there but they have become light sleepers and know that sleep is rare gift during this stage.

Last week was one such experience for me. I had finally gotten Hud down and was drifting off into a light sleep when all of a sudden he loudly announced to me that he was hungry, or maybe that his diaper was dirty, or was it that his tummy hurt? Needless to say, I got 1, yes 1 hour of sleep that night while my baby boy worked through his frustrations :) Dont feel too bad for me though, I was able to watch the entire season 1 of Basketball wives, the entire season of Heavy and started on Pysch! I now know all the drama dealing with the women of the NBA, have seen the emotional battles of those who are morbidly obese and been able to laugh at the show of a fake psychic.

3. Both of my children have been victim to what I call the "diaper switch". On more than one occasion my daughter has had to walk away with a huge wedgie and very little covered for me to realize I tried to put one of Hudsons diapers on her. ( not newborns but he 3s that I have under the changing table) And poor Hud, being MAYBE 7 lbs, he has been wrapped up or should I say "swaddled" in Evie's 5s. Poor guy. But hey at least I now know what to do if we run out of clothes for him :)

4. Some of my friends have fallen victim to the text message errors. I am usually on my game and great at texting. Sometimes I pride myself in being able to text faster than my students. Lame, I know. But since Hud has been born my text messages have gone from swift, quick, and I'd like to think witty at times, answers to incoherent ramblings of a women who has been "shot" at, is craving for sleep like a fat kid craves cake, and who is now a mother of two :) I look back at some of my text messages and if i have been able to make out a sentence at times I have cussed at people, written the exact opposite of what i actually meant or not even responded to the correct person. I want to go ahead and publicly apologize to all involved.

5. Even as I write this, I am sitting in the same clothes from yesterday, I am eating my breakfast with Evie's Dora spoon and fork because I didnt want to have to do the dishes yet and they were the only thing left and I dont think this entire week's sleep has collectively equaled a full night's

sleep yet.

But to all this I say, Bring it on! Ill be glad to smile and pose as the poster child for the "MOTHER OF TWO" campaign. You may have to wake me up a couple times, clean up the "battle scars" of diaper duty and fix my hair for me during the shoot but hey ill be there.... a proud "MOTHER OF TWO"