1. Are y’all watching Dancing With the Stars? I’m loving it this season. Some seasons I could take it or leave it, but having so many talented, incredible all stars dancing this season has made it so enjoyable to watch. I’m loving Melissa and Tony, Shawn and Derrick, and Cheryl and Emmitt. In many ways I cheer for the pro as much as the “star.” Who are you rooting for?
2. Some days I feel like my memory is going to be completely gone within a couple of years. Sometimes it’s just simple short term stuff like remembering what I ate for dinner last night. Or remembering what time my kids need to be picked up from various activities on different days. But sometimes it’s more “important” things that I’m forgetting. Take yesterday for example. I blogged about “baby’s first Christmas.” And when I wrote the post, all I could remember is the way we have celebrated Christmas for the last two years, and the way we’ll spend it this year. I completely forgot that we took a family trip to Gatlinburg for Hudson’s first Christmas until a sweet blog reader pointed it out. So I edited my post, but only after I felt like a moe-ron.
Mommy brain is real, y’all. It starts with pregnancy and goes downhill from there. I think it’s because I’m trying to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks on a day to day basis, and so many big things become fuzzy over time.
Anyway, I’m sorry if I confused y’all. I’ve officially confused myself.
3. We also watched Nashville last week. Wow! I just loved it. Seeing Tami Taylor again just thrills me, but I love her character on this show and I’m really excited to see how all these stories develop.
4. And Homeland? Y’all. If you haven’t seen Season 1 of Homeland, go ahead and watch it, and then hurry up and catch up on Season 2. This show is incredible. I’m afraid to say anything because any detail could spoil it.
5. Perhaps I’m losing my memory because I’m so invested in fall television?
6. Todd was out of town until late yesterday and I decided to take the boys on a walk before bedtime to kill some time and get out of the house. Hudson said he wanted a blanket, and I thought they just looked so sweet together. At one point Hudson was squeezing Hayes’s knee and doing everything he could to make Hayes laugh. And Hayes was just giggling so loud. Goodness. There are some moments where I can sit back and watch them interact and it makes my whole week. I don’t need to intervene or break up a fight and they’re just so happy. I love it.
7. I posted this on Instagram yesterday, but Hayes got a card in the mail from his Sunday school teacher, and it’s just the sweetest thing. I’ll admit I got a little choked up just thinking about my kids and their lives and their interactions with people when they’re away from me. What a huge opportunity they have to touch people’s lives and be salt and light.
I love saving things like this for their baby books.
8. Hudson’s teacher has been calling all the parents this week just to check in and see if we have any questions or concerns. And she called me last night. I was excited to hear that he’s adjusting really well, and seems to be a social butterfly. We laughed because I was pretty concerned at the beginning of the school year about how he would adjust socially. She said that he was concerned about his friends and that he loves to learn. And his only area of concern is remembering to clean up and being willing to clean up.
9. I’m thankful I have this blog to remind me of things when I can’t remember what we did yesterday or a week ago or three years ago.
I’m loving Dancing With the Stars too! I couldn’t get into it last season and thought I’d given up, but this season is so good I tune in live and suffer through the commercials. That’s huge for this DVR addict 🙂
i didn’t watch last season, either. there are some seasons where they’re just not anyone worth watching. this all star season is so much fun to watch!
Love, love Nashville! Homeland is so good too, but I get soooo stressed out watching.
it can definitely be stressful. Todd and I love watching together and we just hate it when an episode ends.
Hate to tell you but Mommy Brain doesn’t really go away. I had a busy year this year and filed an extension on my taxes. Then forgot to formally file them. Whoops.
ha! oh no! i’m going to end up with sticky notes all over my house, i’m sure!
Oh yes, mommy brain. It’s definitely real. And what a sweet note from the teacher!
Erin – I’m totally with you. tamitaylor4life 🙂
she is the greatest!! Cammie, it was so great to meet you this past weekend! i’m excited to follow along with you now!
Isn’t this Hudson at #22? Just thought you might want to be aware of this!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/if-you-laugh-at-this-post-then-youre-a-terrible
I found your blog through Kelly’s Korner and I have enjoyed reading your posts :). I enjoy DWTS this season, too. I think everyone does a great job, I loved seeing the different dances this week. And got a chuckle that everyone is trying to do the flips like Shawn. I also enjoy Nashville – it’s my favorite new TV show this season. I’m more than happy to sit in front of the TV these days, I’m due to give birth to my baby boy on Tuesday, so it’s a good way to relax! And pregnancy brain has totally gotten to me – I seem to lose my train of thought more than I’d like these days!
Just wanted to say that I love this post!
Oh believe me, mommy brain is absolutely real! I seriously thought that I had super-unbelievably-early-onset alzheimer’s for a while there after I had my second; I really was nervous about it! That’s one of the beauties of reading blogs–seeing that lots of other moms are having the same experiences. So I don’t worry about it anymore, I just know that I, as the head of everything other than earning the money in our household, have so incredibly much to keep in mind and on top of at all times, it’s not surprising at all that things would get forgotten, big and small. So you feel a little embarrassed that you didn’t remember what you did for Hudson’s first Christmas. . .well, I bet you can’t top the fact that I honestly don’t know what time either of my girls were born! That is so embarrassing to admit! I’m going to blame it on the fact that I don’t keep a journal, either written by hand or online, which I feel really guilty about (I tell myself my girls *will* have memories of childhood because I’m *really* good at creating thorough, chronological annual photo books, but. . .). But honestly when the girls were born I just couldn’t imagine that I would EVER forget those times, so I didn’t, you know, write it down somewhere. But now? I know that my first was born just before 7pm on a Sunday (6:47? 6:43? Something like that?) and my second was born sometime between 12 and 1 in the afternoon on a Wednesday, but that’s it. My husband claims to know the exact times, but because it’s not firmly in MY brain, I just don’t trust it, isn’t that awful? Anyway. I felt like the very worst mom in the world until my cousin, who has two children almost the same ages as my girls, told me that she has to seriously stop and think anytime she is asked to give her childrens’ birth dates! Ha! And she’s an extremely sweet, conscientious mom, we’re not talking about neglectful women here. That made me relax a little and realize that I’m not the only one who can’t remember some really important things. So don’t let your little lapses worry you. . .especially because you do such a good job documenting everything and you can go back and find it!
I love that picture of them in the stroller and the note! okay, I love it all.
I didn’t get to see all of Nashville, but what I did see I felt like there was a lot in that first episode. I think I need to re-watch it!
We are finishing up Parenthood..obsessed…but then plan to start Homeland.. can’t wait!!
I feel the same way about my memory, Erin. It’s scary.
Such a sweet note from Hayes’ teacher
I seriously forget things all the time. Sometimes I feel like such a space cadet. I was never that way before I had my son, but between being a mom and a teacher, I think I’ve lost all my memory cells.
Erin,
I just found your blog. I love your idea of the back to the basics. Great post!
#5, ha! I hear ya!