New Mommy Files, Part 22

The holidays are here! Thanksgiving was great! It was a smaller than usual gathering, but the sentiment was still the same. Raine’s first holiday season is so exciting. She had creamed corn, gravy and mash potatoes as part of her Thanksgiving feast. And, it was straight off my plate! No Gerber’s here. She can eat real food. It seems like only yesterday when I was a one-woman feeding machine. She also likes her auntie’s pasta salad. I’ve never seen gums work so hard! She has a hearty appetite. She got it from her momma.

It is true that the holidays get a bit (or a lot) of a boost when kids are involved. Any jaded feelings that may have latched on to you over the years melt away. I’m so excited for Christmas and scared that I won’t be prepared. I was even one of those crazy people who shopped at midnight on Black Friday (gotta be one of the first 500 to get that $10 savings certificate)! But since that disaster (I wasn’t one of the first 500 despite arriving at 12:02 and I stood in line longer than I shopped!), I haven’t ventured into a store. I think this is going to be an online year. Good luck to me with that since Raine can really get around these days. She crawls and walks herself around the table. Anything that she’s not supposed to have she wants. I hear that’s typical.

So I’m making this short; I’m diving head first into the holidays today—baby in tow. I guess we’ll come up for air tomorrow.

Marcia Caster
Senior Editor, Beauty and Fashion
mcaster@heartandsoul.com