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“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

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Cats imitate baby humans whenever they want you to feed them. Hungry cats emit a vocalized, high-frequency purr that’s in the same acoustic range as the cries of a hungry infant, and humans subconsciously recognize it as being more urgent than other purrs. Source Source 2

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Bonus:

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me, sitting in my bed, in pjs: *is anxious*

me: wtf. why

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me: let's do something productive

brain: too stressed, can't focus

me: ok, then let's do something enjoyable first

brain: can't do that either, feeling too guilty for not being productive

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Me: L, do you want mommy to have another baby?

L: Yeah!

Me: *Cool he's on board.*

L: LET'S HAVE TWO!!

Me:

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It occurs to me that there are people who weren’t on this website in 2012 and therefore never saw the magical gif that you can actually hear:

It’s been over five years and that still impresses the hell out of me.

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It's 3 am

And I'm wide awake. My anxiety is bad and I feel sick to my stomach. I made an appointment today to have my birth control implant removed. H wants another baby so badly. I want one, too. But I have a few reservations. We need a bigger space and the plan is to buy this summer after we sell in the spring. But do I really want to be a ticking time bomb during all that? Our original plan was to have another when A goes to preschool in a couple years. It is such a heavy decision, I'm just not sure yet. I'm going to take the next couple weeks to really reflect on this, talk, think, and pray about it.

Also, I've been MIA for a while. Unfortunately, I get like that every once in a while. Sometimes life is just too overwhelming and I need to disconnect for a few days. Thank you for hanging in there, if anyone even noticed.

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I feel that depression creeping in. That feeling of exhaustion and not wanting to do anything. Ugh.

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I'm obsessed

With the Good Doctor on ABC! Has anyone else been watching it??

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Thanksgiving

So my sister and I offered to cook for Thanksgiving this year. My dad normally does all the cooking and he's kind of a control freak so my mom offered to sit him down and talk to him about it and this is how the conversation went:

Mom: So the girls want to cook Thanksgiving this year.

Dad: *long silence* Okay. But I'll cook the turkey. And the onions. And I might as well do the gravy if I'm doing the turkey. And the stuffing, too. And if I'm doing the gravy I might as well do the mashed potatoes too.

Mom: Sooooo they'll cook...?

Dad: Green bean casserole, squash, and desserts.

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30 Day Mumblr Challenge

Day 14. Worst advice you were given?

"Just let him cry it out." Hands down the worst advice ever given to me. Babies cry for a reason. My heart as conscience couldn't take it if I let them cry for me and I say there and listened doing nothing.

Now, that being said. I will let them tantrum. If they are throwing a tantrum I give them no attention. There's a difference.

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"I'm not in love with him/her anymore" is bullshit

If your idea of marriage is being with someone you’re “in love” with, don’t you dare get married. Your marriage will fail, I promise you.

“In love” is that romantic, bubbly feeling. That thing that makes you sigh when they walk into a room, but disappears when their acne breaks out, or they get constipated and need you to buy them an enema, or when they’re vomiting from the flu, or when you’re fighting with them about money or children.

“In love” is no reason to get married. It is fleeting. It comes and goes like the tide and sometimes you have to work hard to create that feeling.

“He/she is my best friend” is a good reason to get married. “I will never leave” being at the front of your mind during the most hellish debate you’ve ever had is a reason to get married. “I want to understand their point of view” when you feel like it’s impossible to understand each other in that moment is a good reason to get married.

Real love gets ugly sometimes. Real love is when two people see the ugly side of each other and they still want to work together and be better for each other.

Real love deals with sickness, poverty, and misery together. It doesn’t point the finger or whine to your friends about the romance being dead instead of getting up and reviving it your damn self.

Don’t you dare get married to someone while you’re “in love.” Get married after you survive a struggle together. Get married knowing it’s going to be harder than you ever imagined it would be. Get married knowing you want your children to be like your partner as much as they’re like you. Marry someone you can argue with the right way, the productive way, the “won’t shut you out” way, the “we’re gonna talk this out even if I need a minute to cool off” way.

Don’t marry someone just because you’re “in love.” In love is easy. Love is a challenge two people take on together for the rest of their lives; and if either one of you is half hearted about it don’t you dare get married. And if it fails don’t you dare use “I wasn’t in love with him/her anymore” as an excuse. If you can say that as your excuse you never really loved them anyway

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30 Day Mumblr Challenge

Day 13. Best parenting advice you were given?

L was a very colicy baby. He was up every 30 minutes every night and had non stop crying during the day. It was extremely hard and I'm still surprised I survived and went on to have another baby.

That being said, at my baby shower we had people right advice on diapers. During a diaper change on a particularly hard night, through tears I pulled out this diaper and read it.

It was a beautiful reminder that this night and even this stage is just a chapter in my book and he isn't going to be little very long. It will pass and I will miss that little newborn baby. And I do. I wish I could go back. I wish I could sleep sitting up with him laying his sleepy little head on my chest. Because now he is almost 5 and he's growing up and he hardly ever wants to cuddle anymore. 9/10 he doesn't even want a kiss goodnight from me. I want to go back to when I could kiss his soft little head as many times as I wanted without being pushed away.

Soak it in, even when they are crying and you're exhausted because it goes by so fast. You'll blink and they're grown. I know it's hard, I know you forget. And thats okay. But if you can, remember: "Relax, breathe, smile. These are the good days."

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30 Day Mumblr Challenge

Day 12 because I still suck.

Would you be a surrogate?

WOULD I?? It's like my dream. I'm not sure it will ever become a reality, but I'm still clinging to it. I would love nothing more than to be a surrogate.