MORNING RAMBLINGS...

I had 2 dreams last night... The first one I had the baby. I went in for a c-section (which I will have to have for real) and out came the baby! I held it and kissed and hugged it... but had no clue what "it" was. The sex was unknown, like it is right now. The second dream was strange. I was being trained to teach English in space... Hmm... interesting. 

As I write this I'm sipping on some hot tea, MonkeyGirl is sitting next to me eating pancakes and drinking milk, Blue's Clues is on in the background, and HockeyStud is sound asleep upstairs (since he was up til 2am playing a video game called Call of Duty... we'll save that for another post). This same scenario goes on every Saturday and Sunday morning on the weekends HockeyStud isn't working. He will get up in about an hour or so, take his shower and come down for some "kawfee". I love it... it's so predictable and I look forward to it! 

There's a huge sale at this store called "Bump" today. It's a maternity store, but they are having a consignment sale of all baby gear/clothes/maternity clothes. People bring in there gently used items and WE buy them! My wonderful mother in law told me about this, so we are going today at 11. She's been to the store a couple times in the past 2 weeks and they let her in the "secret room" where they stored some of the gear people have brought already. She got a Graco car seat, brand new, only used once for $40, a Jumperoo, high chair, play mat, and bouncer! Can't wait to go today to see what else they're going to have.   When I was pregnant with MonkeyGirl, I wouldn't dare buy anything "used"! I wanted the best of the best for her, brand new and top of the line... Ohh, how foolish I was then. Now, the less expensive the better, which usually means used, and that's perfectly fine with me! 

Later this afternoon, we will be at the Rink! Have a beautiful weekend!  

- Jessica

WHEN MONKEYGIRL BECOMES SKATERGIRL

Let me start off by saying... YIPPEE!!!! It's Friday!

MonkeyGirl plays many parts... And SkaterGirl is one of them. She's in love with ice skating... She loves to watch it (we had an ice skating watching extravaganza during the Olympics) and she loves to actually do it. Her interest started about 6 or so months ago when it happened to be on our TV, she went crazy... Saying "I wanna do dat, I wanna wear pretty dresses, I wanna spin like dose pretty girls." Since HockeyStud has been skating for 33 years (yep, that's many more years then I've even been alive... Love you babe!) and has spent almost his whole life on the ice, he said let's take her! The first time we took her was freaking adorable! She put on her skates, like Daddy, and held his hand while she learned to walk in them. Before we knew it, she was walking all by herself! Then she gets on the ice... Daddy held her hands and her little legs looked like noodles. Then he would pick her up and zip around the ice, her hair blowing in the wind and a HUGE smile on her face. She did accomplish going in and out with her skates by the end of her first session. After a couple more times on the ice, she can now just hold one of Daddy's hands while she holds on to the side of the rink. Ohhhh, I am one proud Momma! Sometimes she skates at home. She will put 2 books side by side on the floor, one foot on each book, and "skate" around on the carpet.

Since HockeyStud works every other weekend, we go to the Rink on the weekends he is off, both Saturday and Sunday, for about 2 hours. She gets all dressed up in her little tights, skirt, sweater, and gloves (globes as she calls them). She's so proud once those little skates go on her tiny feet and she walks around in those things like she's been doing it for 10 years... Even though she's only been walking for 2 years! We haven't been to the Rink in a month, since 2 weekends ago we were in Key West for HockeyStud's birthday (WooHoo!). So, we are going this weekend and I am very anxious to see how she does after a month-long break.

I absolutely love that she's so eager to learn and is so interested in something pretty unique at this young age, but the part I love the most is that she's learning from someone she cares about and looks up to and loves so much... Her Daddy. We will support her in whatever she wants to do, even if she decides ice skating isn't for her, but for now, she loves it and we will encourage her to continue!

Here are some pictures from the first couple times in skates...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be on the look out for an update on her Ice Princess adventures from this coming weekend! 

- Jessica

TIME CHANGE

The time change always messes me up. For at least a week. We tried to go to bed earlier, but when the alarm goes off at 6:15am, I'm completely exhausted. Not sure if it's because the Baby is sucking the life out of me, or the time change, or a combination. HockeyStud has to get up at 4:30am on the days he works... well, actually his alarm goes off at 4:27 (not sure why he has it set to this?).  I don't know how he does it, especially with the time change. I don't think he knows how he does it either. I get MonkeyGirl up at about 6:40am. I go in her room, wake her up, turn her lights on, pick something out for her to wear, and then she insists on coming into our room and getting dressed on our bed. The other morning she looked out the window, at the dark sky and said, "Mommy, it's not wake up time, it's night night time." Ohhhh, how I wish. I tried to explain to her that it was morning time but it was just darker out. So, she came up with "Oh, so the clouds are covering the sun." Yes, my sweet MonkeyGirl... that's exactly what it is. She is just as confused as me when it comes to the time change. Her normal bedtime is between 8:00 and 8:30, but now... it's an hour later. We are working on this...

This morning I had to wake up extra early since I had to get bloodwork done. I don't like taking time off work to do these type of things because I would just have to stay late at work another day to make it up (I work 8-4). I was at the Lab at 7:00am, getting poked. It was pitch black out, that's not normal. Nothing to worry about, just routine prenatal bloodwork. Speaking of prenatal... We go for an ultrasound next Wednesday, the 24th, to find out the sex of our Baby!! Ahhhhh, I'm so flipping excited!

The only thing positive about this time change is that it gets darker later, which I enjoy.  

- Jessica

ABOUT YOUNG MOMMY

Updated on: 9/20/2012.

I'm Jessica, 26 years old, mommy to 2, full-time worker, part-time student, and dedicated wife. My kewl little girl, Morgan, is 5 years old and she is our world. She's so funny, has a personality bigger then she is, is obsessed with ice skating and organization (have NO clue where she gets that from).
 

My husband, Bobby, is not Morgan's dad, but she calls him Daddy, he treats her just like his own... according to her, that is HER Daddy, and she is HIS little girl! I got pregnant with Morgan when I was freshly 20 years old, I married her father 4 months after finding out we were expecting. I married for all the wrong reasons...because I felt it was the best thing to do at that time. We did not have a good relationship/marriage. I left him a month shy of our 2 year wedding anniversary. It was the best thing I have done... for me and my precious little girl. 
 

Bobby and I met at work, we both work at a Sheriff's Office. He is a Deputy and I am in Legal (my first and only job, have been there 10 years!). He is so handsome, understanding, patient, sweet, kind, and such a gentleman... the list goes on. I know, sounds sappy, but it's the truth! We have a little boy together, Parker, who was born in August of 2010!  

I have an extremely close relationship with my mother. She's very supportive of me and my family, she gives the best advice, she's such a wonderful grandmother (Jammie). She and I work in the same building, so I get to see her everyday! I try to be "put together" as much as I can everyday, hair, make-up, a decent outfit, but there are some days I can't even make it out of the house with matching shoes! I'm obsessed with learning about organization. I've never been organized. I want to be so bad, I'm trying! My mother is organized, my 5 year old daughter is organized... but me, not so much! It really is my dream to become organized one day. I love to cook and meal-plan.I go to school part-time, for a Paralegal degree. I take 2 classes a semester, which I can hardly handle at times, but I do it. I'm very grateful to have what I have at such a young age.

After reading and enjoying so many other Mommy Blogs, I started this because I didn't find many blogs about or for young mothers. We (young mommies) go through the same ups and downs as other "older" mothers, maybe even more so since we had to give up quite a bit at such a young age for our children, NOT that I'm complaining! Regardless of your age as a Mommy, I have much admiration and respect for all of you (especially those who are way organized!!)Needless to say, I LOVE my life and wouldn't trade any part of it for anything.