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Don’t we all have that fear of dropping a baby? As if somehow the baby will slip and launch out of our hands and SMACK-hit the floor? It’s got to be one of our biggest fears. I imagine it’s just the fear of losing control or something. I don’t know. I’m not a psychologist. So what about when it actually happens? I didn’t exactly drop my baby, but I may as well have.

Most of the time I feel like a pretty competent mom. I am a scatterbrained person in general, but I can be fairly organized if I put my mind to it. I am extremely patient and I can handle poop, spit up, hanging out all day, you name it. Nothing really bothers me.  Except one thing. And it’s a big thing.

About 10 years ago I noticed I was having a hard time hearing people, so I had my ears checked. I assumed they’d do a thorough cleaning and find some wax build up and I’d leave with squeaky-clean ears. Instead, I was informed that I had major hearing loss in both ears. “WHAT?” I asked incredulously (which I said partly because I was shocked, and party because I couldn’t hear).

When my son was born, I documented everything to ridiculous proportions. He opened his eyes! Wow! 20 photos. He YAWNED! Video. Oh look, sleeping on Daddy’s chest, another 50 photos, and another 50 the next night of exactly the same thing. Tummy time!? Yep, 20 more. 

Rainy days are here again. I love lying in bed listening to the sound of the rain on the roof, staying in my pajamas, drinking coffee, reading, watching movies, or catching up on DVR shows. Basically I think rainy days give people an excuse to be lazy and just relax. Oh wait. I have a 2 year old and a baby. Never mind. Scratch that. Scratch ALL OF THAT.

I used to be really crafty. As in arts and crafty.  I have a closet full of drawers filled with glitter, pipe cleaners, googley eyes, buttons, construction paper, markers, and yes, I own a glue gun and I know how to use it.

I learned quite a few interesting hand gestures from my parents.  Most of them aren’t fit for polite company, mind you.  I also don’t believe my parents intended to teach them.  More than likely I just picked them up with a child’s crafty ability to mimic what they see.  In later years I suppose some of those hand gestures might even be considered useful.  A man needs to know which finger to wave at another driver when he gets cut off in traffic, for example.

There are so many decisions to make once you become a mother, it makes your head spin. I never realized how many issues I would face as a new mom. Breast feed or formula? Vaccinate or no? Circumcise or not? How 'bout this new one to not give your child a gender? Really? OK, baby Pat.

I don't speak French. I have tried so many times to learn but I just can't seem to get it.

Planning is so....predictable. Life is so much more exciting when things spontaneously happen.