Mommiedaze

About

Sometimes motherhood makes me dizzy.

I love my son, and I love  being a mom. But let’s face face it, there are those days that are a lot more difficult than others. Motherhood is hard work. It’s not all hugs, kisses and giggles. Though there’s plenty of that around here too.

At times it feels like I’ve entered some sort of alternate universe where Disney’s Cars movie runs on a continuous loop in the DVD player, rocks and sticks scavenged from the yard are more precious than gold and it seems perfectly normal to have to remind someone to please put their pants back on after every trip to the potty. That’s what I call a Mommie Daze.

I’m Colleen, a  33 year old Christian wife and SAHM.

My daily ramblings cover lots of topics — Motherhood, Marriage, Recipes, Fashion, Humor, Pregnancy, Faith.

I also like to offers my readers a little something extra from time to time with fun giveaways.

My son, David, is 4 years old. He’s funny, smart, mischievous and full of energy.

I’m about to get even more dazed, because our second son, Wade, is due to arrive in June 2009.

I’m happily married to my best friend (and our son’s namesake), Dave, who always gives me something to laugh about, whether it’s with him or at him. He works really hard to support our family, and is a talented singer, songwriter and musician.

We live in West Michigan. The blue skies and lake shore are fantastic in the summer. The cold temperatures and snow in the winter, not so much.

It took me about 2 1/2 years to recover from the fog of new motherhood and decompress from my old job. There were a lot days I woke up, and was just so happy not to go to work, I didn’t mind having nothing to do but cook and clean all day. Then I realized that I did miss having a creative outlet, so I started blogging.

How I got Here

I grew up in Northwestern Ohio and Northeast Indiana. I am fortunate to have two loving Christian parents. I’m a pastor’s kid, teacher’s kid and an only child. Somehow I managed to survive all three.

I graduated from Bethel College in Mishawaka, IN where I majored in Communications and met my husband. After college I worked for a year as a newspaper reporter, but quickly discovered that with a non-confrontational personality, it wasn’t the right job for me. I left that to manage marketing and communications for a small company.

I grew up thinking that I would be a career woman. But sitting in my cubicle day-dreaming of all the “homemaking” things I could be doing instead, I realized what I really wanted was to just be a wife and mom. So after seven years, I quit my job and had a baby.

When I quit my job, we cut our income in half. It was a big leap of faith, but we learned to live on a smaller budget and the Lord has provided everything we need. Sometimes we have a little extra, sometimes we have a little less, but we always have just enough.

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