I Heart Shopryland
But I don't Heart Blogger! I typed this entire blog yesterday, but when I tried to publish, it lost everything I had written! For those of you who blog too, you feel my pain. Anyway, it looks as though Blogger has finally gotten its act together, so I will try again. I love this blog business, so if I am not posting daily, you can pretty much assume that there are technical difficulties.
Now, on to the story...as told from today's perspective.
Yesterday, Jack and I took a trip to Opry Mills Mall (affectionately called Shopryland, as it is located on the former site of Opryland, the amusement park I used to frequent as a kid) with Aunt Jenni and Jake. I love hanging out with Jenni. She is truly a SuperMom and, whether she tries to or not, she makes me feel like a SuperMom too! We have an easy, comfortable friendship. You know what I mean? Our husbands were in a Boy Band together, she and I used to work together and now we are raising our kids together, so we better be comfortable, right?!
We decided to ride together to the mall, so that meant re-arranging car seats and strollers. Jenni kindly offered to drive, so we transferred Jack’s car seat to her car and made the executive decision to face it forward since he is ALMOST a year old and he is pretty big and strong for his age. This was his first time ever riding forward and HE LOVED IT! You could tell he thought he was Big Stuff, just like his buddy Jake!
The boys chatted the whole way to the mall, and Jake must have been telling some really good jokes because Jack thought he was hilarious!
Upon arriving, we ate lunch at the food court and did some shopping. Jake got some new shoes and shorts and Jack got swimming trunks with matching T’s. (I think we bought some other stuff too, but perhaps if we never speak of it, Phillip and Phillip will never know.) I’m telling you, Shopryland is a very dangerous place for two Mommies with adorable babies and debit cards!
So, I think I am finally getting the hang of being a Mommy. I know that I will never be a perfect parent, but it seems that with each outing I am gaining confidence. (There’s that word again, Jenni!) For so long, I didn’t want to leave the house for fear that I would forget something I needed to care for Jack properly or that upsetting Jack’s daily routine would cause him extreme unhappiness. (He LOVES his routine!) I have finally realized, however, that if I forget baby wipes, I can improvise with napkins. If I forget diapers, there is always a drugstore nearby. If I forget the entire diaper bag (which I have done) the world WILL NOT END. And Jack continues to prove that he is such a Cool Cat I can take him anywhere and he just rolls with it. Thanks to friends like Jenni who are unwilling to let me hide out in my bubble forever, we are learning this Mommy stuff together, and hopefully becoming more of a blessing to our kids because of it!
Now, on to the story...as told from today's perspective.
Yesterday, Jack and I took a trip to Opry Mills Mall (affectionately called Shopryland, as it is located on the former site of Opryland, the amusement park I used to frequent as a kid) with Aunt Jenni and Jake. I love hanging out with Jenni. She is truly a SuperMom and, whether she tries to or not, she makes me feel like a SuperMom too! We have an easy, comfortable friendship. You know what I mean? Our husbands were in a Boy Band together, she and I used to work together and now we are raising our kids together, so we better be comfortable, right?!
We decided to ride together to the mall, so that meant re-arranging car seats and strollers. Jenni kindly offered to drive, so we transferred Jack’s car seat to her car and made the executive decision to face it forward since he is ALMOST a year old and he is pretty big and strong for his age. This was his first time ever riding forward and HE LOVED IT! You could tell he thought he was Big Stuff, just like his buddy Jake!
The boys chatted the whole way to the mall, and Jake must have been telling some really good jokes because Jack thought he was hilarious!
Upon arriving, we ate lunch at the food court and did some shopping. Jake got some new shoes and shorts and Jack got swimming trunks with matching T’s. (I think we bought some other stuff too, but perhaps if we never speak of it, Phillip and Phillip will never know.) I’m telling you, Shopryland is a very dangerous place for two Mommies with adorable babies and debit cards!
So, I think I am finally getting the hang of being a Mommy. I know that I will never be a perfect parent, but it seems that with each outing I am gaining confidence. (There’s that word again, Jenni!) For so long, I didn’t want to leave the house for fear that I would forget something I needed to care for Jack properly or that upsetting Jack’s daily routine would cause him extreme unhappiness. (He LOVES his routine!) I have finally realized, however, that if I forget baby wipes, I can improvise with napkins. If I forget diapers, there is always a drugstore nearby. If I forget the entire diaper bag (which I have done) the world WILL NOT END. And Jack continues to prove that he is such a Cool Cat I can take him anywhere and he just rolls with it. Thanks to friends like Jenni who are unwilling to let me hide out in my bubble forever, we are learning this Mommy stuff together, and hopefully becoming more of a blessing to our kids because of it!
Posted By Mary Alice at 6:22 PM
2 Comments:
Oh Mary Alice, you *are* supermom!!! Just have another baby, and then forgotten wipes will truly be a thing of the past. If I can just get the 3 of us clothed & into the car, I sit back & breathe a sigh of accomplishment. :)
And I had the same problem with blogger yesterday, too... UGH.
You are so sweet, girlfriend!! We
have to remember to always support
one another & know that we CAN be
SuperMoms---our kids believe in us,
so we should believe in ourselves!!
Much love~
Jenni
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