Life is an adventure: Things they dont prepare you for.. Mom style

They day i turned 23 is the day I got pregnant! Yeppers, on my birthday. One heck of a birthday gift from my then boyfriend, now hubby.

If you read my first blog post on " Life is an adventure, come take a walk with me." you would know that I got married at 8 months pregnant. Something you might not know is that two things stand out from that day... 

1. I forgot to invite my brother Mike and his wife Linda, who was due that month...

We got married May 6th and they had their little girl two weeks later.

Yeah that conversation went something like this.

Mom "Jamie where is your brother?"

Jamie "Yummm, yeah let me call him."

Jamie, " Hey Mickey, whacha doing?"

Mike, "Nothing sitting at home, whats up?"

Jamie, "So I am getting married."

Mike, "Thats great, when?"

Jamie, " As soon as you can get here."

Mike, "Well let me get Linda."

Mind you, Linda was at her, I am going to get my first massage ever before I go into labor.

Yes, they made it.

2. There was sweat dripping off my butt.

I am always cold. It is 100 degrees out side right now and I am curled up with a hiding from the AC, that my husband HAS to have on... 

They DO NOT prepare you for HOW hot you are always going to feel being pregers. 

They DO NOT prepare you for how things can go wrong in the delivery room. I was in labor for 36 hours and had to have an emergency c-section. I was devastated and my birthing plan went out the window. 

They DO NOT prepare you for things like the BABY (aka tiny noise maker) is going to POOP on you or how it will be the first time you've been out of the house since tiny noise maker came along.

BUT MOSTLY!!!

They tell you, but they do not prepare you for what joy and love you will experience with your baby.

What is your mommy OMGosh they didnt prepare me for this moment?

Stay tuned for more funny...
XOXO

WifeMotherPhotographer 

Life is fun... Life is stressful..

So I am easily caught up in a whirl wind of excitement. I often see the small picture that looks good in retrospect vs. the whole picture and everything I am going to need to do to achieve my dreams or goals.


Kind of like the time I was like OMGosh I need to get married because I am 8 months pregnant and I will just redo the wedding in a year and everyone will come and it is this lavish wedding. Fast forward 3 years and that has still yet to be on the top of priorities... Strange how life plays out. Do not get me wrong I still plan on having a "big wedding" but it wont be lavish. The invitation might read something like, Pot Luck Wedding", "BYOB", and "Free Water for EVERYONE."
*Mostly joking*

Now as I move forward in my "adult" life I have learned a thing or two... Like yeah I love that SUV but do I really need it? You know because I haul horses and kids around all day, NOT.
Not to mention that if something breaks I am buying Mopar parts...
 Hm, yes  I'll take a Mercedes in my Jeep, please. 
It is kind of like going to Burger King and asking for a big mac. For people who are unfamiliar with the car its self. 


I really do like my Jeep though. Don't get me wrong, I just wish I had done a little more research and been a little bit more economically friendly to my budget because I have learned I really do not mind that 8 year old Honda. <3

In fact we just had to buy my husband a "new to us" car. Our old Honda had been ridden to its last give. In fact I am shocked that they took it as a trade in... It was literally about to blow up, you would have seen my husband on the 5 o'clock news with the news anchors talking about "Man that Arizona heat really takes a hit on your vehicles." Not knowing that it had well over 200,000 miles on it, and its last tire turns where about 10,000 mikes ago. No joke, thank God and his good graces! I do not know what we would have done if it had blown up.

I know I am not the only one, but I hope laughing at my life is a little easier for you.
I know I got a kick out of it.

Stay tuned for more funny...
XOXO

WifeMotherPhotographer