Luvley Award

I would like to thank The X Mom for giving me this Luvley award.

To continue this Luv-Fest please allow me to share my current Blog Luv list. Honorees, please follow these instructions and share the LUV!

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate the blogs which show GREAT ATTITUDE and/or GRATITUDE
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received the award.

and the most important new rule (That I am adding)

6. Include in this post the reason why you Love to Blog!

I would like to present this award to:

The X Mom she is so creative with her blog!

M @ And there there were two

Kia @ Good Enough Momma

Erika @ The Other Lion

Umma @ Basically FX

Kristie @ Life with my Xmen

Sarah @ Love and Survival with Fragile X

Beth @ Fragile What?

I forgot to add my own reason for why I love to blog...... First it is an easy way to keep all of our "first" grandparents and great grandparents updated on our daily lives. Living on the east coast they feel left out of a lot of things. It also is a chance to share my day with friends, and keep Joel updated with pictures of Holly when he is at work, but I also think it will be a great thing to look back on when Holly is older, I can barely remember last week let alone 3 months ago, so when she is 2 and I want to reminisce, I have this to remind me of what we did and what she was like. It is also a place to meet other moms, and process things I am thinking about.

Honest Scrap

I would like to thank The X Mom for giving me a bloggy award.

The rules for this award are as follows...

Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.

Show the 7 winners' names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap".

List at least ten honest things about yourself.

1. Before having Holly I wasn’t sure if I liked other people’s kids. I never knew how to interact with them, but hoped when I had my own I would know what to do. I think I have come a long way, and never expected to take to motherhood like I have.

2. I have terrible insomnia, or at least an aversion to inertia. I have trouble falling asleep, but once I am asleep I can stay that way for hours and hate to wake up.

3. I am easily entertained and enjoy very cheesy movies. Not “bad” comedies, but those girly tween types. My taste in TV isn’t much better. But I prefer it to being cynical, I like being able to find the joy in all things.

4. I used to want to be a Vampire, but now that I have Holly, if the opportunity presented itself, and I had to leave my family behind, I would not trade her for immortality. However “Twilight” has given me hope that I could have both J

5. I have my own logic. It makes complete logical sense to me, but is completely chaotic and irrational to others. After 15 years I think Hubby is starting to at least be able to follow that logic.

6. I tend to get a little obsessive and one track minded. Right now my life is all about baby. I emerge myself, and need to be reminded to keep a balance.

7. I don’t get sarcasm or dry humor most of the time, but I wish I could be more witty.

8. I sometimes feel like Holly and I don’t quite fit in anywhere. She is not quite developing typically, but she is so much better off then so many other kids out there, I feel guilty sometimes by how lucky I have been so far, but I fear that I will jynx myself.

9. I worry about what others think of me, and fear that I sometimes come across as too pushy, over bearing, or over enthusiastic. But I am really being completely genuine and want to be your friend. I put social interaction above most other things like errands and chores.

10. Being friends sometimes seems like so much work, having to keep up, call, write, and stay in touch. I sometimes want to be anti-social, or not have to work so hard and talk to casual strangers instead. But I wish I was better at the networking and long distance thing. I miss friends I have made and lost track of, the ones I cherish the most though, are those that I can pick up with where we last left off whether it was a week, a month, or a year ago. Around them I don’t have to worry so much.


So there you have it.. Ten honest things.. That was harder than I thought it would be. Not that I am not honest, but coming up with genuine and interesting things, that aren’t just facts like I live in Berkeley California and I am 33 was a fun challenge.

And now for the new Awardees...

M @ And there there were two
Kia @ Good Enough Momma
Erika @ The Other Lion
Umma @ Basically FX
Kristie @ Life with my Xmen
Chantelle @ Life unscripted
Kat @ KZ in AZ
Ona @ University Life
....and I will echo the x-mom's nominations of:
Sarah @ Love and Surviival with Fragile X
Beth @ Fragile What?

Rock Star

I received this award from Beth @ Fragile What!? http://fragilex.wordpress.com/

This Blog Measures Up Award

This award is for any blog that truly ‘measures up’.

Rules:

1. Say one nice thing to a man in your life.

Only one… For the guy who wakes up with the baby every morning so I can sleep a few extra minutes… hours, who rocks her to sleep every night because he knows my day was long and I need a break, who cooks me dinner after he has had a long day at work. Who is the best Daddy and Husband a girl could ever ask for, who is infinitely patient with me when I am irritable, crabby, or blah, and always so goofily enthusiastic over the little things that make him him.. It is too hard to say just one nice thing to him. Yet I will simply say I love you and hope he knows that I am thinking all the rest, and I know he does because he is that good.

2. List at least six ways that you measure success in your life (or for your blog).

This is too hard.. My life is upside down, and now that I am a stay at home Mommy I am not sure how I measure anything, my priorities have so shifted I am still finding my way, But I can tell you how I no longer measure Success.

1. The Salary I make
2. The Degrees hanging on my wall
3. The Promotions I have been given
4. The size of my house
5. How much vacation time I have
6. The car that I drive

That is not to say I was so materialistic before having a child and quiting my job, and that is not to say I don’t think School and Career are still very important in life and that they can bring you meaning, it is simply to say that these are things I measured my life with over the past ten years and now I am writing a new chapter and need new measuring tools.

1. How many times Holly has smiled at me today
2. How often have I told my loved ones that I love them

I will start with these and see where I get to from there.

3. Assign this award to six other blogs and leave them a comment telling the blogger that you’ve assigned them this award.

Nathan’s Mom @ All about Potential http://allaboutpotential.wordpress.com/

Because she has a really tough week coming up, and over the past month has gone through a lot of profound stuff that really spoke to me. So I thought she should know that she really measure’s up.

Sarah & Zak @ Love and Survival with Fragile X http://loveandsurvivalwithfragilex.blogspot.com/

Because they have a knack of talking about the really tough stuff, this blog can be a little philosophical and for that is very different from mine. It makes me think, they are very on-point, no beating around the bush. Plus they are very cool people that I got to meet in person, and Quinn is adorable. They certainly Measure Up.

Michelle @ and then there were two http://2under2whoknew.blogspot.com/

Because she is one crazy Mama who is always making me laugh, and because she finished NaBloPoMo even without a computer most of November, her Blog Definitely measure’s Up.

Erika @ the other lion http://theotherlion.blogspot.com/

Because I love hearing about Punkin’s adventures and Erika is raising her little one on her own which simply amazes me, her writing style is unique and she is an awesome Mommy and even finds time to post on her blog, so she definitely Measure’s Up.

Josephine @ Fragile X-traordinary http://fragilenotbrokenfamily.blogspot.com/

Because her little pup was the second Baby to do Dr. Hagerman’s Minocycline Trial so we had a chance to chat and get to know each other, I love reading her updates when she has time to post.

C’s Mama @What We Need http://asdmommy.wordpress.com/

Because her C’isms are simply awesome, and so many of her posts provide such useful information and insight, she is an awesome Mommy and Measure’s Up.