mommyhood memo #13: you know life has changed when...

You know life has changed when...


...you and your husband consider it riveting entertainment to watch your baby fall asleep on the video monitor.


Not that we did that.


Ok, maybe on the first night. And the second. 


But not any more.


But honestly... it was super funny. And interesting. And cute. And...

{sigh}    ...we're totally first-time parents.

back to watching normal tv,

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mommyhood memo #12: you know life has changed when...

...you get two showers a day: one in the morning, and a bonus one in the evening when you give your baby a bath. (Forget bath time... can anyone say splash time?!)

soaking wet but very clean,

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mommyhood memo # 11: you know life has changed when...

You know life has changed when you get undressed at the end of the day and realize you're still wearing the same shirt you had on when you were peed-on that morning.



True story... from today. {sigh}

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so you think you're funny?

mommyhood memo #11: 
you know life has changed when… you're asking your five-month-old to please use his "inside voice" and wondering why he's not responding to your completely reasonable request.

AND, announcing this week’s winner…

Hanan from Lilac City Momma said:

“You know life has changed when… the only “date” in your vocabulary is playdates!”

Well, hopefully this isn’t the case… but I’m sure we can all relate! {Congratulations on being funny Hanan – heh heh.} Hanan got bonus points for the cute story and photo that went along with her entry. {grin} Please go and visit Hanan and tell her “well done”!

Honorable mentions this week go to Ros from A Little R & R and Morgan from The Little Hen House. You ladies are so funny!

If you want to link into this week’s mommyhood memo meme for your chance to be featured, here’s how:

1) Write a post with your own mommyhood memo one-liner beginning with: “You know your life has changed when…” Please keep it to one sentence! (Check out these examples for inspiration.)

2) Add the mommyhood memos button to your post:

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3) Link up your mommyhood memo post (not your blog home page) here anytime during the week while the linky is open so we can easily find your entry.

That’s it! No mandatory follows or comments… but please do visit as many other linked blogs as you can, and tell ‘em I sent you! And of course, feel free to encourage your readers to write their own mommyhood memo as well.

At the end of the week, we’ll choose a winner and you’ll be featured for the rest of the week at the top of my side bar!

So dear mommy-friends, let the memo-swapping begin!

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mommyhood memo # 10: you know life has changed when...

...instead of having songs by U2 or The Cure stuck in your head, you now walk around all day with "I'm a Little Teapot" or "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" running through your head on repeat.

And announcing this week's winner chosen by my handsome husband Ryan......... 

Cameron from Ingenue Mom! 


She said: 

"You know your life has changed when you take a picture of your baby's poop diaper just to show your husband what he missed." 

Make sure to visit the Ingenue Mom and tell her well done! Ryan's choices for this week's runners up were Mommycrat and The Planet Pink. Great memos ladies!!!

And now... If you want to link into this week's mommyhood memo meme, here's how:

1) Write a post with your own mommyhood memo one-liner. It must begin with “You know life has changed when…” And it must be no longer than one sentence. (Check out some examples here if you need some inspiration.)

2) Add the mommyhood memos button to your post:

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3) Link it up here anytime during the week while the linky is open. Important: please link up your relevant post (not your blog home page) so that the guest judge can easily find your entry!

That's it! No mandatory follows or mandatory comments... But please do visit as many other linked blogs as you can, and tell ‘em I sent you! And of course, feel free to encourage your own readers to write a mommyhood memo as well! 

At the end of the week, I’ll have a guest judge choose the "winning" memo and then I will feature your mommyhood memo and your blog link for the rest of the week at the top of my side bar! (Isn’t that so fun?!)

NOTE: This week I am going to try something different. I'll use a "blog hop" linky, meaning that you can paste the html in your own post and your readers can also join in... just make sure to copy over the three "steps" from here into your post (let's not call them "rules" *grin*). You can also enter your own memo here without adding the "hop" part if you'd prefer. Just link in your post here and don't worry about the html part. Clear as mud? 


So… dear mommy friends, let the mommyhood memo-swapping begin!

P.S. If you're going to join the "hop" so that the linky thumbnails show up in your post, don't forget to copy the three "steps" from above, send your readers to my sidebar to get the grab button for their post, and copy the html code from the linky (see below).

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mommyhood memo # 9 
you know your life has changed when…

...you no longer have to clean under your fingernails because your baby's sucking—which could rival a Hoover turbo-vac any day—has left them "cleaner" than they've ever been before.

Do you want to be featured in the mommyhood memos? I’m now opening up this meme to other mommies that want to get involved and pass around a little ammo for a chuckle. 

I'm keeping this simple, so here’s how to link in:

1) Write a post with your own mommyhood memo one-liner. It must begin with “You know your life has changed when…” And it must be no longer than one sentence. (Check out some examples here if you need some inspiration.)

2) Add the mommyhood memos button to your post:

<a href="http://www.themommyhoodmemos.com" target="_blank"><img alt="The Mommyhood Memos" src="http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/adrielbooker/Mommy_Button_sized.jpg" /></a>

3) Link it up here anytime during the week while the linky is open. (Important: please link up your relevant post, not your blog home page!) 

That's it! No mandatory follows or mandatory comments... But please do visit as many other linked blogs as you can, and tell ‘em I sent you! And of course, feel free to encourage your readers to write a mommyhood memo as well!

At the end of the week, I’ll have a guest judge choose the "winning" memo and then I will feature your mommyhood memo and your blog link for the rest of the week at the top of my side bar! (Isn’t that so fun?!)

So… dear mommy friends, let the mommyhood memo-swapping begin!

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mommyhood memo #8: you know life has changed when...

...you’ve developed an uncanny talent for making up songs about things like cleaning someone’s bum, folding the laundry, brushing your teeth, taking out the garbage, or walking to the mailbox.



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mommyhood memo #7: you know life has changed when...

...your friends are leaving after a lovely (adult) dinner party and you wave from the door saying "nite nite!" in a soft, high voice... with eye brows raised and an over-exaggerated goofy grin. (Oops.)

mommyhood memo #6: you know life has changed when...

...you head out the door (as baby stays home with daddy) with your wallet, phone, lip gloss, and keys in a small clutch and feel as if your left arm is missing. (Buh-bye diaper bag!)

mommyhood memo #5: you know life has changed when...

...your family heads out for a quick over-nighter somewhere and—upon seeing your packed car—the neighbors think you are leaving for a week.

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mommyhood memo #4: you know life has changed when...

...picking someone else's nose becomes not only normal, but expected.









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mommyhood memo #3: you know life has changed when...

...your best workout of the day revolves around trying to cut your baby's fingernails. (Whoever said these little guys were weak and helpless anyway? Mine's definitely strong--and wiggly--enough to make me break a sweat!)





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mommyhood memo #2: you know life has changed when...

...you have packages of wet-wipes stashed in at least six different places, including two separate places in the car, the stroller basket, your handbag, and of course the obvious: the baby change table and the diaper bag. Like I said... at least six places...

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mommyhood memo #1: you know life has changed when…

...you find yourself in the middle of the aisle at the supermarket comparing prices on frozen pizzas, only to realize that you’re rocking the shopping cart back and forth to keep your baby calm and soothed… even though he's actually at home with daddy.








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