I'm having trouble deciding how to start my new blog and where I want it to go, so why not give a general description of what my life is like today? I am a newlywed, but with a full-fledged family even before day one! The hubby and I got married on April 1. I've always had this obsession with getting married on a holiday, and April Fool's day is what we ended up with! Hubby says our wedding day is the last one I will ever spend without a prank being pulled! (don't know how to feel about that one!!!) My husband and I are remodeling the basement in our new house to create the master suite of our dreams and a great family room area. It's going to be so wonderful and the hubby has done so much incredible work already. I am amazed just about everyday with the things he can do. We have lived in our house about a month, and there is still tons of unpacking left to do. Quite a bit is on hold until the remodel progresses so we have the space for our belongings to decompress. Much of the decorating is on hold waiting for the unpacking to progress. I'm fighting incredible urges to jump to the decorating phase as that's what I'm really passionate about, but I'm practicing patience. Some days are more successful than others!
I have an 8-month old baby girl. I have a 10-year old stepdaughter. My youngest is a wonderful baby! She's happy pretty much all the time and loves to play. She only gets grumpy when she's hungry and when she wants attention. We are anxiously waiting for her to crawl and for teeth to start popping in! I can't wait to watch her grow more each day.
Alex, my older girl, is with us every other week. She's a pretty good kid, and we seem to be getting closer every week. Our relationship has been a pretty wild ride, and honestly it's mostly because of me. I have some very strong feelings on blended families, having grown up in one and now raising one, so love me or hate me it's up to you. When my hubby and I got together, as I mentioned, I was not looking for something serious and was definitely not ready for dating someone with a kid. We had a lot of tough times as I adjusted to this role, and honestly I don't know that we would have toughed it out had I not been pregnant with Molly. I absolutely hate having kids split time in two homes. I think it is terrible for consistent parenting. I am not saying that only one parent should have a relationship at all, I do think it's important to maintain a close connection with both parents but I wholeheartedly feel that one household needs to be the primary residence. We do not have this, and are in a constant battle to give poor Alex some consistency. Enough of my rant for now, I'm sure it will be something I feel the need to touch on again in the future.
Right now I feel like I'm juggling so many responsibilities I feel like my mind can barely manage it all, but somehow we keep making it through day by day. Life right now is insanely busy but good.
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