Diary of a First Time Mom

Sharing the most gloriously heartbreaking experience that is parenting

  • He’s growing up, I don’t want to get old

    Day 118 I don’t remember. I do know I spent a lot of time talking to my mom on the phone. Went to work. Did the usual mom things. Seems like mom brain was strong on this day! Day 119 Same old, same old. Caleb is getting closer to crawling every day. He’s pushing up…

  • The Mundane of Mom Life

    Day 115 It was a quiet day. I did some grocery shopping, alone. A nice change up, I spent time on the phone with my dad, something I don’t normally do and was grateful I did. I spent time with the fluff (Oliver) outside. Hubs and I cleaned up a little around the apartment. We…

  • What even is sleep?

    Days 113 & 114 Exhaustion. That’s all I feel right now. The last 4 days have reminded me of the newborn days. Caleb is sleeping great! He has pretty much since the beginning, but I attribute that a lot to bed sharing and breastfeeding. No, it’s Oliver. I’m not sure still what’s going on with…

  • Reeling.

    Days 111 & 112 If you’re here before my website is complete, I hope you stick with me. I’ve hesitated with making the site live to start with as I wanted everything to be pretty and all settled before going live. But that’s not how parenting works. It’s not how life works most times. Today…

  • A Little About Us… Or A Lot

    If you’ve made it to this page, welcome! I’ll start by saying this is my first real blog experience. I sort of tried once before buuut… well, let’s just say I knew even less than I do know, and that’s not saying much since I know VERY little about blogging. Anyway, why you’re here. Something…

How it all began…

I've always had an on and off relationship with journaling. I used to as a kid, tried so many times as I got older, but never did it stick. I think my mind moves faster than my hands can write so I lose what I want to write down quickly. Typing moves much faster. Thanks to my middle school computer class for teaching me how to type quickly and efficiently!

Now that I'm a mom, I want to keep some sort of record of our days together. I want a place that my children can look back on and read. Will it always be solely about them? No. But they'll always be the reason this began, and the reason I came back to it day after day, year after year.