A first time for everything :)

Alright...it took me quite a while to figure all this out and I'm a little embarrassed to admit that..but it's OK. The darling Juliana is asleep and the only other person that demands what little free time I get, is playing a video game...which means: let's do this! I think my very first blog will be about being a mommy. I mean it only seems natural because ever since she was born (no make that ever since I found out I was pregnant) that little girl is what consumes most of my thoughts, actions, goals and overall existence. Children have a wonderful way of making you strive to be a better person. Not that I was ever a bad person, just that it reinforces where you want your life to go and who you are as a person. I don't ever want my daughter to grow up and be disappointed in me...I realize she will discover one day that no-one is perfect, including her mama..but in her eyes I want to be pretty darn close! I will stop at nothing to give her the best childhood that I possibly can. We don't get to go many places but this child gets quality time like nobody's business! For anyone reading, I'd like to share a picture of the little monkey.
This was taken this past summer at Funland on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk. (great, great, exhausting day)

Ahhh, good ole Juliana, gotta love her. Such a crazy mixture of happiness, laughter, tantrums and pranks (yes, pranks!) She recently hid her diaper cream from me and laughed while I looked everywhere for it. All the while, she knew exactly where it was (in her diaper genie, she even flipped the lid so it landed inside the bag with all the dirty diapers..incredibly gross, I know) Don't even ask how I managed to find it in there...she certainly wasn't any help! As my irritation grew by the second, I continued to ask "Juliana, where is your cream?!" and she, being the wonderful 2 and a half year old that she is, kept repeating my same question back to me. This was a half hour ordeal. I'd say "Where IS it?!" She'd echo back "Where IS it?!" on and on until the game of cat and mouse finally ended when tired mommy found the beloved diaper cream. Scary thing is..I saw it, I saw the twinkle in her eye. She had stumbled upon the holy grail of one of the many many ways to make a mother go crazy. Which brings me to this: after sitting on the potty for 10 minutes, what possesses a child to poop in the tub? And then to take it to the next level, throw 5 disgusting pieces of poop in all their glory on my bathroom floor? As I type those 2 tiny little stories, I have to laugh now. She is an amazing kid, and I wouldn't want to live a day on this earth without her. That being said, I should probably get some sleep..as I will be no match for her tomorrow!