blog post numero uno

As my blog title states, my brain is rapidly dissolving and being sucked out of my boobs by my ravenous little nursling. Well, maybe it's not that bad, but I'm definitely feeling dumbed down. Is it caused by the nursing? Is it just motherhood in general? Is it the fact that I spend most of my days singing songs about poopy? I don't know, but perhaps constructing a legible, interesting blog post every so often will help.

What with my husband and daughter, our new house, and my new career as a stay-at-home-mom, I think I have plenty to blog about lately. A few weeks ago a friend wrote me an email to remind me of a conversation we had in 2007. It was just before I moved home from teaching in Taiwan. We were on vacation in Thailand, sitting on our hotel balcony, and I said "All I want to do is get married and have babies, Beth! I want to make BABIES!" And two years later... I've got all I wished for!

Another reason for starting this blog is because neither T nor I have done much to document D's babyhood in words. We have billions of pictures, but there's no baby book, no real journal. And as much as I think her dried, flower-shaped umbilical cord will fascinate her someday, probably what she'll really want are stories and more stories. Sure, I'll never forget the time when she was 6 weeks old and I ran out of gas on our way home from the midwife's office (worst parent moment), but what about the less dramatic moments? What about the day she... see, darned if I can remember! Better start blogging...