Stranger in a Strange Land: My 200th Post

Hello? Is anybody out there?

A stranger is exactly who I feel like since I haven't been around here in, uh, forever. I think I might have forgotten what to do here. :)

Maybe.

Nah. I'm just out of practice. A little finger flexing, neck stretching and a few minutes to ponder and I'll be on a roll again! :)

First, let me say Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all since I missed all those special days. What a slacker this stranger is!

When I started this blog, I never, ever, ever thought that I'd go MONTHS without writing but thus it has been. And I never thought that my 200th post would be about something as common as our everyday life...but it is what it is! :)

We are GREAT! Okay, that's kinda true. ;) Mostly, we're all good, except when we're not. P is now 8 MONTHS OLD (can you believe it!!?), sporting her first tooth, skipping right over crawling to pulling up and cruising and is generally running my household with her chubby little food covered fist. She is a diva for sure...and I'm pretty sure that I made her that way! :) She's still nursing, not taking a pacifier or a bottle, is eating table food like a champ, detests a sippy cup but will drink from a straw. She still doesn't require much sleep, only cat naps, and LOVES, LOVES, LOVES her Mama more than anything, much to my delight (unless I desperately need a shower and she doesn't want her Daddy). My house is still a wreck, we still don't get much rest and my husband has still got to be the sweetest, most understanding man on Earth as I am still utterly scatterbrained and my time management skills have gone out the window!

Sorry that I've been such a slacker...it was totally unplanned and unwanted. If you know me, you KNOW that I need to vent my spleen on here regularly to stay sane. As I haven't posted since October, you can guess my current mental status. ;p Now, I think I've got a good schedule down and that I can post after P hits the hay most nights, so I'm going to do my best to get things back up and running. Expect some changes, probably in the name and layout, in the coming days and weeks...I'm hoping to get a little construction done in my corner of the Internet to make it more like, well, ME and my life as a mom (which is absolutely nothing like I thought it would be and better than I could have ever imagined).

Here's a recent pic of the reason that I've been a little tooooo busy to blog. What a cutie, right?

Sooooo, if you're still around, drop me a line so I know who I'm talking to. I'll do my best to stop by your abodes as well and see what's up in your world. Thanks, Kate, for checking in on me...you're a doll and were the impetus I needed to get back on the wagon. Hugs!!