I’ve toyed with the idea of blogging for a long time. I even created a food blog a couple years ago, but after about 3 posts, life intervened and it was pretty much abandoned.

But twenty-one months ago I found out I was going to be a mom. It was a Monday. It was September. I was alone, in my mother-in-law’s house, taking a pregnancy test. The digital one, you know, the one that reads, in clear, easy to understand even for an idiot “PREGNANT”. I stood there, waiting, not sure what I really wanted the answer to be. But sure enough, it flashed that life changing word at me. In that moment, as cliched as it sounds, my life changed. Turned completely upside down.

I’m a life long, self admitted control freak. Being pregnant meant I was going to have to let go of a lot of things. Pretty much everything, actually. I see you moms nodding your heads. Even our bodies are out of our control. It can be scary. I had no idea how much so, or how absolutely wonderful being a mom would be to my little girl, my little Ava, my precious Avacakes.

I also have a frightfully bad memory. So after kicking the idea around for so long, here I am. Blogging. Hoping to put some permanence on my journey into parenting. Something I can look back on in the future, and laugh, or cry, or roll my eyes.

So here we go, my journey in to being mommy to Avacakes. Hope you come along, and if you do, I hope you enjoy the ride.