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luckymama616-blog · 7 years ago

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Introducing... me👋🏻

Until yesterday I honestly had no idea what Tumblr was. I’m still a bit confused as to what exactly I’m doing on here... maybe just using it as an outlet. Maybe I’m just ready to tell my story and feel heard? Maybe I just feel like it’ll help my anxiety and my everyday, as a mother, to actually tell my life to anyone who dares to stumble upon my page? I’m not sure, nor does it truly matter. Because here I am, and here I’ll stay, for as long as I find this useful.

My name is Erica, I am 29 years old and I have three sons. I married my best friend last year and our blended family truly became “one”. There are 5 humans, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 fish and 1 frog under our roof and we live for the chaos! I’ve actually been begging my husband for a third cat, don’t judge me! We reside in Henderson, NV - about 25 mins from the Las Vegas Strip, no it’s not cool to live here... most of the year the weather makes it feel like you’re living in Hell.

My husband & I met on Tinder. (Yes, that sex app thing) May 3rd to be exact and that is also our wedding anniversary. (Funny, ironic tidbits to our love story : I had seen him at work numerous times before stumbling upon his photo on the app, we lived literally 2 mins from one another when we met & neither one of us was looking for a relationship.) My husband is a lumberjack : big, hairy & bearded. He’s got sleeves and numerous other tattoos all over his body, he’s got the deepest green eyes I’ve ever seen and the worlds sexiest smile. He’s the only “man” that I’ve ever dated, he’s got his shit together and his family is always #1. I’m a lucky lucky lucky woman to have snagged him. He dealt with a LOT from me in the beginning of our story and I am so thankful for that. My heart is taken, forever & after 💚

Onto our kiddos...

Our oldest (& my husband’s, from a previous marriage) is 11 years old. His name is Jake and he’s a total preteen. He’s the artsy kid, the “I have two friends & im fine” kid. The kid who’d rather play Fortnite over getting his smidget of homework out of the way. The kid whose got a heart of gold but is pulled between two homes with zero idea of how to juggle two completely different families. The best hugger and the sweetest laugh lie deep inside of this soon to be teenager and I wouldn’t change him for the world. (Except his ridiculous need to please his mother and completely forgetting his father, daddy’s are incredibly important too!)

Our middle child is Eli, he is my son from my previous marriage. He is 5 years old (until September 16th) & he is our little sugar baby. Type 1 diabetics do NOT have it easy. No one directly related to a type 1 diabetic does. It is a constant disease and our blended, extended family, has been battling and maintaining Eli’s disease for over 3.5 years now. Thankfully Eli’s father & I communicate as best we can, for our son’s sake. Coparenting. Ain’t. No. Fuckin. Joke. We’ll dive deeper into all of that on another day. Eli started his first season of teeball this past Monday, hopefully it’ll improve his confidence level. He’s shy & reserved, yet silly & loving. My sons personality can change at the drop of a pin, due to his disease. I don’t think people really GET that type 1 diabetes changes your entire... mood, behavior, physical ability, etc. Blood sugar affects EVERYTHING. Again, we’ll dive into that on another post.

Now, our youngest is the first child that my husband & I share, genetically. One year old Mr Luckton. Our daredevil, our “physically the size of a 2-3 year old”. Luck has an infectious laugh, little boy sized hands and a heart full of love for his family. He misses his brothers while they’re at their other homes and fully welcomes them back with screams of excitement, their names included. He’s teething and truly contemplating whether he should decide to walk more than 6 steps, or not. It is an incredibly tasty breath of fresh air to parent with his father, in person, on a daily basis. Rather than barely communicate via text about our sons well being. Luck is exclusively breastfed and has been since day one, he refused purees so we are also a baby led weaning home. This boy can EAT. EBF was demanding enough, through in BLW and this mama is super grateful to be a stay at home mom.

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