Welcome and Prepare Yourself

Hello there, World?  How you doin'? 

While taking a shower the other day and contemplating the fact that a certain completely clueless someone in my life is now expecting her first child I had this idea.  Really, the idea is an idea for a book, but I don't have time to write a book right now so for now this will just be a blog.  My idea is to document all the ugly beautiful truths about motherhood from creating a child to pregnancy to labor and delivery to parenting daily and on and on.  This may take a lifetime to write. 

I've been a mom to my first baby, a sweet wonderful little boy for almost 4 months now.  In that time I've been blessed beyond measure by the presence of my little boy.  Motherhood truly is beautiful.  But let's face it... it's an ugly job too.  There are poopy diapers, screaming fits, extreme guilt, spit-up, and exhaustion (and that's a good day).  I'm convinced that sometimes people like my clueless friend look at a beautiful pregnant woman or hold a newborn baby for 20 minutes and think that it is all just wonderful.  Well it is but it's not always so easy. 

My goal is to tell the straight-up, honest-to-goodness, no-holes-barred truth - the good, the bad, and especially the ugly.  Moms out there currently in the throws of experiancing pregnancy, a newborn baby, or toddler tantrums can find a place here to vent, commiserate, and laugh at ourselves.  We all know life is crazy and we'll all be a little better off if we can take a step back in our exhaustion and laugh at ourselves, each other, and our clueless friends who think mommie-dom is all pink and blue cupcakes.  Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a wild ride.