BATHIES

I know I know, kind of weird for the entire family to be in the tub.
BUT I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
i think it is the most precious thing that all Bethenny wanted to do on her birthday was have a bath with her fam. HOW CUTE IS THAT. She is such an amazing mother, and it breaks my heart that she does not have a good relationship with her mom.

Despicable Me

I do not understand how people do not like kids. LIKE REALLY?

Watch this movie, it is amazing. I can only say that. SO EMOTIONAL.

active

i don't want to be a hypocrite so i will make this entry brief...

exercise is important. I hate it, but I am trying to have a healthier lifestyle, so I do it. Do not make your kids run a mile or do crunches, just keep them active. Sports are expensive, they are amazing for social skills and whatnot but they are not needed. Take your kids to the park, have family outdoor activities, go bike riding, just take a walk. YOUR KIDS WILL LIKE IT.

sex and drugs

As an avid viewer of parenthhod, which I LOVE, I would just like to say you should watch it.

Anyways there are so many different topics you don't want to talk to your kids about, and these same things, they don't want to talk to you about. two of which, SEX AND DRUGS.

sex- really all you can do about it is make sure they are knowledgeable and being safe, then pray for the best.

drugs- hope your children will never get into them. hope they are independent enough not to give into peer pressure. and again make sure they are knowledgeable.

ALL I WANT OUT OF LIFE IS TO BE A GREAT MOM, AND THEN A MARVELOUS GRANDMOTHER.
I know it will be full of challenges and obstacles, but that is what makes it so exciting to me. I can wait, I do not want it now... But I just know that is what I want out of life. I cannot wait to deal with every curve ball parenthood has to throw at me.

LOVE

Sometimes I take my family for granted. I have such a huge family that I do not get to see often enough, mostly because they live all over the country. However we do all get together for holidays which are happy, or when something bad happens. But is that how it should be? I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH. I know everyone works and has school and kids and responsibilities but really is money and material things what is important?

I have been trying to spend more time with my family, and I have been. But I just wish everyone put a little more effort in. It is so good to be around people that you know love you. When you can feel love, that is family.

disappointments

Sometimes life throws you lemons, and you try to make lemonade, but it just doesn't turn out right.
Sometimes you just want to have some time to feel vulnerable and cry over your disappointments, when you just are not ready to deal with them just yet.
Sometimes you just want to sleep for a very long time and then wake up to be refreshed.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS AND MOVE RIGHT ON THROUGH THEM, TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY.

back to life, back to reality

Bravo has a new show, "Pregnant in heels". I wanted to watch it to make fun of these ladies who think they are going to be great moms. However I really ended up enjoying the show. Rosie Pope is amazing and although she has to put up with rich bitches being even bitchier because of their hormone overload, she is fabulous at her job. She really has created an amazing business to get these high end people to realize that while they may be CEO of their company, they have no preparation or no idea what they are getting into as parents. I am a firm believer that parents should either take some sort of parenting/child development class or spend an ample amount of time with babies/toddlers/infants before they have their child, just to know what they are getting into. I am very excited to see what is to come in this season.The preview has shown some very crazy mothers.
One couple held a focus group to name their child. They wanted their sons first impression to be positive.
Another couple was 4 weeks away form the birth and they had absolutely nothing in their nursery and nothing was child proofed. They wanted to keep their home modern and didn't want to see the nursery with baby accessories.

Sometimes she does everything possible to help them and can't but she is amazing and has my dream job. AH
"They were so terrified that the baby would be the center of their world, and it is beautiful to see that he is." -I want to feel this way.

"When I finally see a mom who wasn't excited about having her baby have this glimmer in her eye about this miracle coming their way, it just makes my day. that is my job"