Why Blog?

So instead of the 1,000 other things I could (or should) be doing, I've decided to create a blog. I know there are people who think of blogs as a self-absorbed, narcissistic means of self-promotion and I'm sure there are people out there who use them for just that. So, why am I doing this?

When I was a little girl, the only thing I ever wanted was to get married and have kids. In fact, when my 11th grade Child Development teacher asked us to write out a ten year plan for our lives, mine went something like this:
17-Graduate high school and go to college
22-Graduate college and get married
24-Have Baby #1
26-Have Baby #2
28-Have Baby #3
With the ultimate goal being to have 4 children by 30.
On that list, I can check off exactly TWO items-graduate high school and graduate college. I didn't even meet my husband until I was 24. We got married a few weeks before my 27th birthday and my first child, David, was born a few weeks before my 28th birthday. I turned 30 exactly 5 days ago. Sometimes I think back to that list and laugh; mostly at how completely ridiculous it was.
Regardless, here I am, 30 years old, a mother of two (yes, two-Luke came along just a short 16 months after his brother, much to our shock but delight) full of all sorts of tales to tell about this crazy, sometimes lonely, always exciting and new adventure they call "motherhood." Please know I am no expert on anything, by any means nor do I claim to be. These are just my stories as I remember them and a way for me to combine two things I love: my kids and writing.