Comments on: Are We Better Yet?

By: Pics by Mic

Pics by Mic — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:01:07 +0000

I love the pic and what a story you wrote! It will get better! If it doesn’t, and you go crazy, make sure and take some people with you, I have been there and it gets kinda lonely! LOL Great pic and Good Luck!

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:41:29 +0000

I don’t have kids (and I honestly don’t know if I will), but I think about this a lot –I don’t know if I’m cut out to be a SAHM either! And in the circles in which I run (read: conservative Christian), it feels like a crime just to think that….

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:37:11 +0000

I’m not cut out to SAM, either. I give SAHMs a lot of credit, but it is just not for me (which is a good thing, since we could never survive on DH’s teaching salary!).

Ava’s favorite gift is her Little People blocks. She loves them because they stick together easily, so she is able to build with them without them toppling over. Little People have taken over our family room. Her second favorite toy is this incredibly loud, headache-inducing Brobee microphone (Yo Gabba Gabba) from my mother-in-law. It is honestly the most annoying toy I have ever encountered. When MIL calls, I am tempted to hold the thing up to the phone, while pushing the button for 15 minutes straight.

I hope Jasper feels better soon!

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:49:38 +0000

I waited to respond about G’s fav new toy to see if my first reaction would change.. but nope. He’s played more w/ the empty boxes over the last week. I taped up the Amazon shipping boxes and boxes from some of our gifts. They are big blocks to him – carry around the room, stack them, throw them, and CLIMB on them. He puts them next to the table or sofa and climbs up and down — with the soundtrack of him saying “UP”, “DOWN” over and over and over.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:03:37 +0000

Finn enjoyed each new thing for a few minutes max and then ran off to spend hours throwing everything out of his “assigned” kitchen drawer, trying to toss things he shouldn’t into the garbage can, pulling all of the books off of every shelf, yelling and pointing “UP!” and “DOWN! over and over again,” and spinning in circles until he got dizzy. I was so excited to give him his little wooden flute in particular, but all he wants to do it toss it across the room.

By: anne marie

anne marie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:12:04 +0000

you’re doing a great job being a mom. working or not! and i am sure jasper loves being able to be around other babies at daycare.

favorite toy.. i would have to say the cozy coup kid will not leave it alone. and the ball popper you push

By: pam

pam — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:50:56 +0000

oh man, there is NO shame in admitting you aren’t cut out to be a SAHM. i felt the same way over the holidays. I was literally counting down the minutes until i could brign the boys back to daycare and go to work.

favorite toys they got? anything choo choo or thomas-themed. sigh. oh, and the magna-doodles.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:37:51 +0000

Drew loved his slow-moving marble chute! We are so proud that he actually knows how to use it, too.

By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:25:57 +0000

Yuck! Hope you feel better soon, both of you. I am on the other side, I yearn to be a SAHM. But, of course, if I got my wish, I probably wouldn’t be able to deal with it all the time. I don’t think it is bad either way. I feel guilty being at work and only half here. Of course, my job is lackluster.. maybe if I was doing something I truly enjoy….. ok, went off track… by far the favorite toy was his Little Tykes guitar… has real strings and plays Love Shack, Message in a Bottle, and others. Maybe Jasper and Jack should start a band ;o

By: ariana

ariana — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:52:56 +0000

Thanks for the sympathy guys.. and for listening to my pathetic whining! :)

Lisa, Jasper has played with that ball popper at friends’ houses and always loves it!