Hello Everyone!

This is my first-ever blog. I just wanted to do a little introduction for everyone out there. My name is Amanda. I am 24, married, and have a 16 month old son, and a dog. We live in Pa in a crappy little house(you will probably hear a lot of bad things about our house from me). My family lives about 30 mins away from us and my mother-in-law(MIL) lives about 20 mins away, but we don't see her much. We actually don't see much of my parents either because my sister is in a nursing home(I'll explain later). My family is very close though. We have family dinners at my grandparents house often and we talk to each other almost everyday. If anyone has a problem we work together to help them.

John and Michael in Pittsburgh this summer.

Michael(3 months old) and Rocky.

So about my little family... My husband, John, works the night shift at the county jail. so that makes things hard. He doesn't get weekends or holidays off. He works for 7 days and then has 3 or 4 days off so its not all bad. My son, Michael is 16 months old and I think he is already going through the terrible twos. As I type this he is throwing everything off the kitchen table. I practice attachment parenting, and my husband is more old school. I don't yell(often) and I don't spank. Michael is allowed to do whatever he wants, within reason, as long as it doesn't hurt him or anything else. If he doesn't start out in my bed, most nights he ends up there around 3 am. Our dog is a red heeler and can be a pain. He loves Michael and is fairly well behaved though.

I try to cook dinner every night, not always from scratch. Even though John isn't always awake for dinner its nice to have something good for Michael and leftovers in the fridge for John. I also bake something every couple weeks. I don't do it all the time because John and I both are trying to lose weight.

Well that's the gist of life around here. I hope that I can provide all the moms(and dads) out there with encouragement, maybe some inspiration, and undoubtedly a few laughs.