Am I the only one who thinks this way?

Now, don't get me wrong. I know Phin loves me, and when all hell breaks loose, I am the GO TO person. I take pride in that, and I love it.

However...does anyone else think that their baby likes everyone else, instead of you? This is a very difficult thing to explain. It just seems like there are days when I go from being center of the universe, to NOTHING. NADA. Momma who? He loves Daddy all the time, loves grandparents, loves aunts and uncles, and close friends. Always smiles, laughs, and does great. Then I have to take him home. He lets me know with his silence he is anything but pleased. For example-today I picked him up from a very good and social day with his grandparents. He was silly, giggling and eating. I load him into the car seat, immediately the tears start flowing. I can understand that. I am taking him out of a fun situation. However, when we get home, he almost IGNORES me. I try playing with him-NO. I try to play "catch the baby"-NO. I try giving him a bottle-NO. I try snuggling and kissing-NO. But, as soon as I get the hint and start doing something else that doesn't focus on him (like making dinner!) He is ALL OVER ME. Sigh.
Am I the only one who thinks their kids like everyone but them?? Please tell me no!!

This weekend was HOT. So, while focusing on keeping Phin cool, I of course went ballistic with the camera..someone really needs to stop me. He isn't going to recognize me without the camera infront of my face!! At this rate, the poor thing will be on the therapists couch by the time he is 5.
Gotta love nakkie baby bums, though!!

Tarot fun

Shamelessly stolen from Jeanne and Karyn:

You are The Wheel of Fortune

Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
intoxication with success

The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Old School Fun!

Last night, I had the unexpected pleasure of just hanging out with my good friend, A. A moved 'over the bridge' about a year and 1/2 ago, and it just hasn't been as easy to see her. Previously she lived .8 miles away!! Anywho, we did some errands after Russell came home and took charge of a very cranky Phineas. We did some shopping (can I just tell you how great the sales are at KMart recently?!), then we just drove around and talked. We visited all the filthy rich areas around where we live, and oogled at the big houses. In fact, I was oogling so much I almost took out of of the filthy rich peoples cars that was parked on the side of the road. D'oh!

In the near future, A and her husband are going to be moving back to the Cape. It will be nice to have them close again!
Love ya, kitten!

Well butter my biscuit.

Whoa. Big happenings going on here. The most important of which is GUESS WHAT??

Yesterday, as I was feeding Phin his lunch, I was again overcome with the urge to contact my cousin I told you about in this little doozy of a post...
http://chroniclesofaboy.blogspot.com/2007/05/openly-hostile-letter.html

So, I picked up the phone and called. SHE ANSWERED. After getting over the initial shock of hearing her voice I found out what had happened. I don't want to get too into it, and violate her privacy, but HUGE medical issues resulting from her pregnancy which was very difficult. It caused her to essentially lose a year of her memory, and not to mention, she is now legally blind as a result of complications. She is also suffering from severe post partum depression, and post traumatic stress disorder. She is getting the help she so desperately needs thru medication,supervision, and therapy.

Surprisingly, I have let go of all the anxiety, stress, anger and hostility. I believe her. And I am just so thrilled to have her back. I realize that it may not be the same, and it may take a while because she has so many other things going on. But that is ok. She's back.

And I am happy and content with that.

I admit it. I am an Addict.

Hello, my name is Sara and I am a photo taking, album making junkie. I developed this habit on March 20th, 2006. That was the first time I used the camera, and immediately got this instant high that I just try to keep recapturing. I love the instant gratification of a digital camera, to immediately see what I just saw with my own eyes, albeit thru a lens. And the pure adrenaline rush of visiting Snapfish, placing the order, selecting fun borders, adding text...it is overwhelming. The ultimate high, tho, comes when I get those precious blue envelopes in the mail. Now, THAT is pure delirium.

Yesterday I arrived home from work, Phin in tow, and saw the brown box sitting on the porch. I could not at that exact moment reach to get it, as I was weighed down with 2 armfuls of stuff. After safely depositing child and other miscellaneous crap in house, I rushed out to collect the goods. FOUR overstuffed envelopes of glorious, glossy finish photos.

I had to wait til Phin retired for the evening to organize all the pics chronologically and prepare to place them lovingly in their albums. Well, let me tell you. This set of pics (all 289 of them) essentially only cover THREE days. Of course, these days are very important-his birthday, his birthday party and his first haircut. I FILLED TWO ENTIRE ALBUMS. Phin is 14 months old, and has 12 albums to commemorate his first year.

Yep, I got myself an addiction.

All's well on the Mommy front

It has been a very busy past few days-May is a very busy month in my family as we are bombared with birthdays..my Dad, stepmom Sue, and myself. Not to mention, Mother's Day is thrown into the middle of the chaos.

But, this year, my birthday was WAY low key. And that is the way I like it! We all got together on Friday night, ordered Chinese and had cake and ice cream. They don't get much better than that. I hate being the center of attention-I remember when it was time for my wedding shower. There were a grand total of 4 of us that went to dinner and a movie. It was just perfect. The baby shower was a bit bigger, but still controllable. My friend, K, threw it for me with a rubber ducky theme. It was so much fun. No games were played, just a silly hat to wear and good friends.

Mother's Day was amazing...Russell surprised me with a trip to the local garden store and informed me we were ripping out the huge, nasty, overgrown bushes on the left side of the house. They were ok until we got walloped a few years ago with a nasty snow storm that killed 1/2 of one of the trees..See? The pictures are at the top of the post because I haven't finished my coffee and can't figure out how to put them in the right place. I think it looks good, no? We still need to seed new grass, and lay some mulch down, but that should be a cakewalk compared to the trauma (physical!) it was getting those trees and roots out...

I love May!!