All About My Blessings…
Okay, so I’m new-ish to the blogging thing. Not as new to the kid thing. I’ve cared for kids since I was one. I take pride in my ability to change a diaper with my eyes closed while playing hide and seek and organizing a mass lego-building competition {with hidden educational lessons, of course}. Don’t get me wrong… I’m no super-nanny. I have my shortfalls. I despise doing dishes. I have roughly 10 bajillion great ideas pinned on my oh-so organized pinterest boards but how many of those freezer meals will you find at my house? Or how many of the perfect, magazine picture “easy” house updates have I done? Umm… zero. Of either. Back to the point… I kind of have a knack for the nannying/teaching/leading/tutoring thing. I was blessed by God with this unfathomable, seemingly inexplicable, insanely HUMONGO love for kids. Your kids, her kids, everyone’s kids. I went to the elementary after-school program as a kid so that I could watch the director’s daughter. I loved kids that much at a young age that I talked my mom into paying for me to go to after care to provide childcare for the employee {yes, I am my mother’s only daughter, and am definitely modeled after her heart, which may be why she agreed to fund this!}. While I have funny kid stories, my family finds the most humor in my horrid dating failures somewhat interesting dating history. I’ve probably dated more men than you know. I have a history of going through ‘em like … well… something you go through REALLY quickly! Nevertheless, this past spring, God decided to bless the men of the greater United States by sending me a man that I could stand bless me with a boyfriend who already has a child! Shortly after I met my boyfriend, I met another man who would also change my life more than I could ever imagine. Munchkin is my boyfriend’s {then 2, now 3 year old} son. Loooooooong story short, Munchkin’s mommy lives far away. She shares custody with his Daddy. Fast forward to right now {6ish months later}. The boyfriend and I have been SO BLESSED to have Munchkin all the time. My profession as a Nanny allows me to spend LOTS of time with Munchkin and I am continually reminded of both God’s greatness and the fact that my mother is a saint when it comes to patience! In a matter of months, my role has been changed from nanny-with-a-way-too-great-love-for-seemingly-random-kids to pseudo-mom. Munchkin’s bio momma is still in the picture and is great, so I’m not taking over her role. But what else do you call me other than pseudo-mom when I spend 24/7 responding to comments such as “I had a bad dream and need to come get in your bed because I couldn’t reach my milk” at 2am? {We’re still working on the concept of “bad dreams”, in case you couldn’t tell.} Moral of the story is, I skipped the first 2 11/12 years of this baby’s life {which I SO wish I could get back}, but now I’m pseudo-momma and I couldn’t dream of more. I find myself laughing hysterically as I go through each day with this insanely vivacious 3 year old. Feel like ya know me yet? Oh, yes, and we have some 4 legged friends as well. Kylee is my adopted pseudo-child dog. She’s a bonafide biffle. Then there’s Miss Kitty {whom I call Lily}. She’s Munchkin’s cat {can you guess who named her?}. Kylee and Lily aren’t exactly what I would call biffles with each other, but they co-exist for Munchkin’s sake! Now that you know us all, welcome to the family! I hope you enjoy my musings. They keep me sane and laughing.
You're a great pseudo-momma! You will love it! And blessings on this crazy thing called life. So thankful that you have a positive spin on all that happens in life. I LOVE you! 🙂
Aw thank you for your always insightful words Jos! Love and admire you in your mommyhood {and life in general}!