Is it cheesy to do an introductory post? Should I play the role of the elusive, mysterious vixen that draws you in by not throwing too many details at you at once, so you will be dying to know me?
Maybe.
But I really can't flatter myself that much. To be honest, I am not the type of person who would ever inspire a cult following like I've seen some other bloggers do. I'm a good writer, but my voice doesn't translate well in blogging. Or on the internet in general. But, I am not trying to impress anyone here. Just trying to chronicle my day to day life, in an honest and real way.
I see a lot of glorified living on other peoples blogs. Dinner photographed to perfection. Nurseries that look yummy enough to eat. Fashion sense I could never hope to aspire to. People having more fun than I can even imagine. And that's ok. The internet is THE place to hide, to glorify our lives and be able to get away with it. But I don't want to do that, because I have left one too many blogs feeling like crap about my own flawed life as a woman, wife and mother - even though I know there is no way anyone is doing it any better than I am because I am doing the best I can.
So that's what you're going to get out of me.
Some days you will see pictures of us at the beach that make it look like we had SO MUCH FUN, when in reality the fun we was having were heavily interspersed with my sons incessant nagging (he is a high needs child, so he can go from smile smile SMILE to major whining in a negative span of time. Seriously. It's that fast), too much wind, and lots of frustration and self pity. That doesn't negate the fun we had. The fun (almost) always outweighs all the bad. But as anyone with a kid knows, motherhood - or fatherhood - isn't all sunshine and rainbows. It's lots of poop, tantrums, and crying in the car.
I will try to be as honest as I can about this. If that's not the kind of blog you are looking for, that's fine and I don't blame you. But I hope you will read and follow along our daily adventures because, let me tell you, whether we spend the day in our pajamas or hike Mt. Everest, it's always an adventure :)
