Where They go to Die & Day 61. 304 Days Left.

Welcome to Surviving Motherhood.
The place bloggy awards go to die.

I am not an ungrateful person. Rather, I am a stay at home mommy of two wild toddlers who keep me busy. When I do have the chance to sit and read or write something, I am a bit, dare I say, lazy. I have gone months without posting. I most days lack the time, energy or creativity to keep up with the bloggyverse.

I have to admit, when I first began blogging and was trying to build my readership, I posted and followed the rules to every award. Then I got lazy and decided I really did not have the time or the ambition to search through bloggyland for newbies to pass along awards.

Am I really alone?

After all, how many of us can say we actually go back to visit or read post from the people we award… I don’t.

I have a handful of blogs I read- not religiously- but when I have a few. It is difficult to keep up with my blog let alone the gazillion others out there.
So I am going to finally accept the award that was giving to me in December with the hopes that no one ever sends me another award or tags me in another game. Ever. If you do decided to hand over one of those awards, don’t be hurt if you never receive the appropriate thanks and it certainly will not be passed along.

So thank you, Tricia from mom is the only girl for passing along the stylish blogger award. I am much honored you think my blog is “stylish” enough to award. I do visit your blog frequently but just never got around to actually accepting the award.
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Day 61
Watching Bambi

shit…Bambi’s mother dies. How do you forget something like that?

And the Award goes to…& Day 37. 328 Days Left.

ME!

I have the most amazing readers.
Mama Becky bestowed upon me the Versatile Blogger Award.


With all of these awesome awards and the “tell so many things about yourself” rules, there will not be much you don’t already know…

To accept this, there are 4 rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.
Thank you so much to the lovely, soon to be mama of three, Becky over at BeckyandJames.com: A peek over the fence.
I so appreciate you thinking of me!
I am looking forward to seeing that new baby boy of yours.

2. Share seven things about yourself
- Before Addison was born I had emergency surgery and told that conceiving may be difficult, possibly impossible. A year of “trying” we welcomed Addison and surprise Jackson was not very far behind!
- I LOVE Glee. Yup, I am officially a Gleek. I only just begun watching the show, three episodes and I am hooked. Season One on Amazon here I come!
- I Hate milk. I can’t drink it- I gag uncontrollably.
- I dream of Addison’s and Jackson future. Everday.
- I can't stand the cold; So. Fl is the perfect place for me.
- I am a crazy perfectionist. It drives those closest to me, well, crazy. Perhaps “control freak” would be more accurate…
- I NEVER wanted to be a stay -at-home-mama; I wouldn’t trade it for ALL the wine in the world! I have the most important job and I love what I do (good days and bad)!

3. Pass the award on to 12 bloggers you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic.

First Time Mama- First Time Blogger
Otto’s Mom Blogs… at Tidbits Parenting
And baby makes three
Our Precious Jas
Life Uncommon
525,600 Minutes
Not Just Baby Talk
House Hold 6
Polos, Pearls, & Pacifiers
Keeping Up With The Rheinlander's
The Chronicles of a Rookie Mom
Confessions of a Daydream Believer
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Day 37

I'm Gonna Get You, Sunshine for Mama Kimberly and Day 33. 332 Days Left.

Mama Kimberly tagged me in a friendly game of bloggy tag and I have been it for weeks!
Finally, I am gonna get you… so start running!

To begin, I had to answer the following:

4 Things in my Handbag:
First I must confess my handbag is a diaper bag and has been for the past three years!
1. Neosporin, band-aids and Benadryl (since the bee incident). With two kids under the age three I learned these MUST stay fully stocked in the bag.
2. Diapers
3. Tons of Target and Publix receipts.
4. Crumbs- crumbs and more crumbs- of all sorts…

4 Things In/On my Desk:
1. Pictures of Addison and Jackson
2. My broken laptop- sniffle.
3. Jackson’s birth certificate form- I filled out and never sent in- oops
4. Baby Monitor.

4 Favorite Things in my Bedroom:
1. Our Wedding Pictures which hang over our bed.
2. Other family pictures- I am a picture gal!
3. My big brown chair which was given to us by our neighbor who moved out. Even though it matches nothing in our room, I love that ugly chair.
4. My bed spread. I love it; our room is green and the bed spread is black and white. It makes our small uncomfortable bed, beautiful.

4 Things I Always Wanted To Do (But haven’t yet):
1. Go to Hawaii and Vegas.
2. Travel outside the U.S.
3. Have another baby- been working on the hubby but it is not financially smart at this time.
4. Play in the snow. As an adult not a one year old.

4 Things I Enjoy Very Much At the Moment:
1. Nap-time. Addison is sleeping and Jackson in his crib watching Yo Gabba while playing with his glow worm. I LOVE nap-time
2. Having a glass of wine with the hubby while the kids are still napping. Yummy.
3. Working on Addison’s birthday party favors and decorations (Yo Gabba themed).
4. Talking with the hubby about our day.

4 Song I Can’t Get Outta My Head:
This is so shameful…
1. There‘s a Party in my Tummy: YGG.
2. Animals on the Farm: Disney’s Choo Choo Soul.
3. Willy was a Whale: Justin Roberts.
4. I Don’t Like Candy Corn: Nick Jr's Moose and Zee.
Embarrassing to admit- I know!

4 Things You Don’t Know About Me:
1. I yell- A LOT! If you are my neighbor you already know this...
2. I speak my mind- probably a little too frequently.
3. I hate the garbage disposal. It freaks me out. I cringe every time I have to turn it on… I am a freak, I know. They could make a successful horror movie with what goes on in my mind.
4. I miss being close to my sister and my bestie Liz. Especially now that I stay home during the day.

Now’s my turn to tag 4 more blogs…
1. 8aPlenty
2. Haute Mom
3. BeckyandJames.com a peek over the fence
4. The Mean Mommy Club

I love learning more about the people behind their incredible blogs.

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And now for you Mama Kimberly; the Sunshine Blog Award.


You are truly an inspirational and amazing women and mother.
You always have a positive outlook and I truly enjoy reading your blog.

So with this award ,as all, there are a few rules:
The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.

The rules for accepting this award are:
Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.
Link the nominees within your post.
Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
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This year Addison embraced all that was Halloween

from her paintings of pumpkins and spiders:


to her movie selection
The Nightmare Before Christmas. Which we rented than purchased and have watched 50 times in four days.

Finally to her nap time...

My Rosy Glow of Appreciation & Day 15. 350 Days Left

The oh so funny tell it as it is Aimee from The Mom Who Stayed Sober
gave me a One Lovely Blog Award.

Thank you Aimee you are awesome mama!

When given the award you are supposed to accept it (which I have happily done) and pass it on to another 15 (rules are rules) of your favorites and newly discovered blogs (letting them know of course). Then they each pass along the award, until everyone feels a rosy glow of appreciation and recognition.

So how to choose my favorites?

When it comes to blogging I like to read through the eyes of the writer, soak up the purpose and feel what it is that makes that moment so true to itself. I like to see it in the photos as well as the writing, in full color, and if there is something I can relate to, then even better. I think that I must be a secret hedonist (or just plain greedy?), wandering through the blogshere in search of that perfect blog that awaits me.

Here are a few I have stumbled upon and can’t wait to read more from
(in no particular order)

Artemis Clover: A Real L.A. Love Story
Lolavie Laughing at Life
Shibley Smiles
Mama B: The Confessions Of A Stay At Home Mama
All Work and No Play Makes Mommy Go Something Something
The Mean Mommy Club
As The Forest{e} Grows
The Mommy Blog
Absolutely Bananas
Spoonful of Chocolate Sistah
The Esteps Missteps
Just an Ordinary Girl
Blonde Mom Blog: Just Another Manic Mom Day
2 Wired 2 Tired
Stark. Raving. Mad. Mommy.

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Today's 365. Day 15.

Proud members of the No Shirt Club and that is a smiley face daddy painted on Addison nose to highlight her new beauty mark located smack dab inbetween her eyes...