What happened to the year??

How freaking long has it been since I blogged? Good lord!
So since the last time the diva has turned one. ONE!! It's been an entire year since that child has exploded out of my vagina (you can't tell me there wasn't an explosion. I saw blood and there were stitches involved. If that's not an explosion I don't know what is). She's walking and has an unhealthy obsession with our stairs. Which is enough to send this bitchy mommy into hysterics. She has now discovered tv which leaves me utterly dumbfounded over this spongebob squarpants fellow. I don't understand the love for this sponge that lives in the sea. I only wish that her favorite show was true blood or maybe one of the law and orders. It would make tv time so much more enjoyable. So after a year of no sleep our littlest diva is finally going to bed at 8 and sleeping through the night. After a year of sleeping 2 hours a night we finally figured out what her problem is. She doesn't like her crib. Ummmm excuse me I don't know what's wrong with her. I would gladly crawl into that thing and catch myself a nap but no not my child. She prefers to sleep on a full size bed. I didn't get a freaking full size bed till I was 17. Must be nice. Oh my exhausting diva
What else has happened?? We added another member to the household. Like my animal pack wasn't insane enough we have now adopted a 3 legged dog. Ooohhhhhh yeah you heard me. 4 dogs....15 legs A stray showed up at our office. Malnourished and limping on his leg. After trying to find a rescue to take him we busted him out of the pound the day they were going to put him down. After taking him to the vet the only way we could save him was by amputating his leg. So that is how we got Ben. Ben the 3 legged dog. Ben who snores louder than any person I've ever met. Well with exclusion to my grandma. No offense grandma
Last and certainly not least is my other big announcement. I've started my own business. Along with our insurance agency I am now selling Stella & Dot. I am soooooo excited. I love it! So along with a walking toddler, a 3 legged dog, the insurance business and, 4500 sq ft house that for some reason doesn't seem to clean itself I have found a business that I love. I'm not going to lie. It's hard to find that balance of sanity amongst all those things when I was really never sane to begin with but I'm working on it. When my day is mostly elbow high in poop it's nice to have something that you can focus on that you really feel passionate about.

Life has been crazy...silly and chaotic in sometimes the most exhausting of ways. But if I changed it what the hell would I complain about.
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Boo Boo's and the new mommy

So as you all know I'm a new mom which means everything that happens is a crisis. We had several this week and I handled it like any insane woman would. First Monday morning came like every other Monday morning. Baby yelling for breakfast, the coffee maker working overtime and the dogs running amok. Then it happened.....the dog scratched Sophia on her face. Of course it was on accident but that didn't stop me from screaming that my 7 month old child was now going to be blind. I'm not sure who was screaming louder me or her. The husband had to come in and calm me down and assured me that our child was not going to be blind. In my mind I had already started scouting out which seeing eye dog would be the best to get her. So off we went to the dr where she received her second round of flu shots. Again she screamed and I made the dr see her to make sure that there was no permanent damage. There was possibly a cornea scratch so drops were prescribed. Home we go...a few hours go by and we are playing and my child like a drunk after a night of binging toppled over head first onto her blocks. Less than 10 minutes later and tears from us both she has a bruise and I'm convinced at this point bubble wrap is the only thing that will prevent her from being injured.  Fast forward to the next day....at this point I don't think I have put her down for longer than 5 minutes. Look Monday was rough enough no laughing! She's lucky I didn't crawl into the crib with her. Tuesday was going fine. We played, we ate, we watched our soap opera then I had to use the bathroom. Damn me for taking a water pill in the morning...anyway off to the bathroom we went. Now I put her into her little vibrating bouncy and she sat straight up.  I kept telling her lean back baby, lean back and she laughed and laughed at me like I was telling her a joke. As I'm pulling my hair back before i pick her up she throws herself forward right onto our hard floor. Cue the screams. So now my daughter has a scratch under one eye, a bruise on her cheek and a red bump on her forehead. At this point how has the state not intervened and removed this child from our home.
Look I know I'm crazy and I know that at some point bumps and bruises are going to be a part of our everyday life but I'm not quite ready for that yet. I am not going to handle this part very well. Remember I'm the woman who stays up at night worrying that someone is going to break into my house and steal my child. So the fact that my child is crying because she unfortunately got her mothers clumsiness kills me. How do you mother's handle it!!! I am now convinced that bubble boys mother just locked him in the bubble and there was nothing actually wrong with him. So as I prepare for more tears in the future....from me not her I can only do one thing. Go online and find the best damn bubble money can buy.