HO-ly MO-ly. it feels good to be back in the blogging world even if its only until Jacob wakes up from his nap. I tell ya, writing/blogging really is cathartic. Having a few uninterrupted minutes to just type away and have your thoughts be coherent is bliss. Don't get me wrong, I love my Jacob. And I'm not in the loony-bin yet. But sheesh! Motherhood is very time-consuming. Throw in a husband, a calling, a never-ending clean-up ritual involving loads and loads of laundry and endless hours spent at the kitchen sink washing and washing and re-washing bottles and you know...its sometimes just a little trance-like, a little robotic, a little "oh my heavens, isn't this the same outfit I wore yesterday?" Huh. Yeah right. I get spit up on at least once a day. And it's all good. (Remember, I live in Algood, TN?? :) Some days when that spit up  runs down INSIDE my shirt I just say, "It's all good." And it doesn't phase me. Such is life. But some days when it hits my hot off the press blowdry-ed hair--that I take the time to actually blowdry maybe once a week--I have the urge to cry.

But its short-lived. Because even with that coagulated white stuff sliding down my neck I look at that big grin--also covered in spit-up--and think, Wow. I love that boy. And sometimes I even kiss that spit-up grin. And sometimes--which is usually--I just let that spit-up sit there on my clothes. Because its all good. It can be cleaned up later. I am a mother. And spit-up happens.

Along with spit-up, so much has happened in the past month or so that needs to be cataloged. We've moved, unpacked, got callings, taken a trip to California, had a baby shower, started rice cereal, got 4 month shots, had our computer crash, given talks in church, started green smoothies, helped move my grandparents out of their house, wished Scott a happy 28th birthday, celebrated Halloween, etc. It's quite the daunting task at the moment to even attempt to blog about it all.

But I don't want my spit-up saga to remain as the first post on this blog forever, so hopefully something less "bodily-functioned-themed" will grace the blog tomorrow. hopefully. until then...its been a thin slice of heaven.