Sleep's Sweet Sound

Justin is sound asleep...it is such a comfort and an overall feeling of peace looking at him as he sleeps. He is my world and without him it would be incomplete.

Tantrum Tuesday

Tantrum: A Fit of Rage (Webster's New Pocket Dictionary)
: A State of being mad, annoyed. (http://dictionary.reference.com/)


This morning Justin and I were in the swing of our normal morning routine brushing our teeth when something happened...a TANTRUM broke out. Surprisingly though it was not from my two year old but from ME. I am not talking a small Tantrum but one that has left me to laugh at myself simply because Justin is going through this stage and I acted just like him.

Our bathroom sink is clogged and drains VERY SLOWLY which can be a problem when two people are brushing their teeth. The sink fills up with spit out tooth paste and Justin being a boy loves to put his hands in water and make a mess. For the last couple of days I have explained to him that the water is gross and not to put his hands in it. Meanwhile I have reminded Blake about that we needed to fix the sink.

Just a side note, all last week I was extremely sick with a bacterial infection that literally crippled me with 102.9 fevers for four days. During the last seven days, Blake has had to be mom/dad and on top of it, take care of me. My wonderful husband even set his alarm for every four hours to make sure I was taking my Tylenol and Motrin to keep the fevers down.

Well this morning, Justin not only put his hands in the dirty water but also threw my toothbrush in. That's when IT happened...I rushed into our bedroom where Blake was sound asleep and yelled "BLAKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE NOT UNCLOGGED THE SINK." I went on with my rant and of course over exaggerated saying "I HAVE BEEN REMINDING YOU TO DO THIS FOR A MONTH NOW", which is not true. I left my poor husband trying to wake up and comprehend what his crazy Tantrum throwing wife just said.

Just last week I found an article on www.babycenter.com talking about understanding your toddlers tantrums and how to handle them. One part of this article that stuck with me was the reasoning behind a toddler's tantrum which is a response to frustration. I guess in my defense, this morning I was frustrated.

So, has anyone else out there had one of these moments?? Let's share.

My first blog

So this is my first blog entry. Three weeks ago, I watched the movie "Motherhood" with Uma Thurman. It's about one crazy, hectic day for a mom of two named Eliza who loves to write. In fact, she has her own blog and throughout the movie, you see Eliza finding that brief moment in between laundry and running errands to sit down and type a piece of her life out in her blog. As I sat there watching this movie(mind you, it's 2:00am and I am packing for a trip to Virginia), I had this thought "I have those moments happen in life...I could blog my thoughts". It was a refreshing idea to know that if I was frustrated about something, sitting down at my laptop was so appealing.So here I am three weeks later and the idea of writing a blog has been swirling around in my mind. Why three weeks...I could not think of a Blog Name. I know it must sound ridiculous but the name of my blog would be my foundation of this project-the name needed to be just right in my mind.

Life's Puzzle Pieces came to me last night and was inspired by my two year old son. He LOVES to put puzzles together and is one of our favorite activities to do together(It is a great LOW KEY activity for him). He not only finds the right pieces to fit together, he tells me what each piece is. As I listened and watched him, I realized how little moments and memories truly created what my life is.

So here is my blog "Life's Puzzle Pieces"...a place where I can share little moments that help define me as a person but hopefully can give someone a laugh or a cry or even helpful advice.
A place that maybe other mom's can relate to my thoughts.
I look forward to sharing my puzzle pieces with whoever wants to read.