Hello World Wide Web!  As many of you know, I'm a mom to a beautiful 6 month old girl named Raven Hendrix King (Raven was named after the old Celtic name, my husband JD is Scottish/Irish aka Skyrish.) Also the bird has important symbolism in many Native American tribes (JD also has some Native American blood in him).  As for me, I always thought it was a pretty name regardless of its meaning or those who voiced their distaste of the name to me (yes, some people feel the need to voice their opinions when not necessary).  It beats Hashtag or Gertrude!  Raven's middle name is a pretty simple explanation, JD and I LOVE Jimi Hendrix and wanted Raven to have something musically inspired in her middle name.  This is Raven:

We are very lucky that our chunkster of a babe is healthy and is now smiling a majority of the day versus when she had colic and reflux during the early months.  Her toothy smile is better than having no lines at Starbucks, or a double rainbow.  Yup, that's how awesome her happiness is.

However, I still have days where I am like "WHAT THE **** AM I DOING?!  WHO ALLOWED ME TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO CARE FOR A COMPLETELY DEPENDENT HUMAN?!"  I have been known to neglect house plants or craft projects, so this is still so crazy for me even after 6 months.  Until you are a mom, I don't think you realize HOW MUCH your priorities change and how little annoyances don't annoy you anymore because you don't have time to even care.  As long as baby is happy, then good.  If baby is asleep, then HALLELUJAH! (not that I don't like her awake, but sometimes some peace and quiet is a beautiful thing)

Anyway, I don't want to be one of those moms that gushes about how their kid is better than anyone else's, I just wanted to make a blog to share experiences from a real mom's perspective.  She is changing everyday and this blog will bring me back to those milestones.  Or, if I get in some weird accident where I have severe amnesia, JD can show me this blog to remind me that yes I am a mom.  Oh God, I almost made a comparison to 50 First Dates, but that movie is so bad that I am embarrassed that my brain even thought of that movie.

One last pic of Raven and me, yes she has a big head.  Until next time!