To Blog or Not to Blog

I am a bit of a techno dork and very new to this "blogging" thing. I have Facebook (just to keep up with the cool kids) and Gmail and that is where it ends for me! Most of my status updates on Facebook are about my girls - Caitlyn and Lilly. I use my status updates to vent about the kids but my friends find it quiet entertaining. Several people have commented on my status's saying "you should start a blog". And that is how I got here!  

So to give you a background...

I have two little girls, Caitlyn (3) and Lilly (2). Caitlyn was born on the 10th March and Lilly was born on the 15th of March a year later! NUTS I hear you say... but there was method in our madness! We thought that we would get it out the way - done and dusted - shut up shop... finished and kla...you get my drift! We wanted our girls to grow up closely like my sister and I did, play together and entertain each other. So I was stoked when I fell pregnant (first go) with Lilly, 3 months after Caitlyn was born.. STUPIDLY we never EVER thought about the cost of child care and having the kids so close together! So I am faced with a $4800 child care bill a month (once the Government rebate runs out). It is crippling us financially as it exceeds our mortgage! HAVE YOU EVER! 

Caitlyn and Lilly were both born with reflux. Caitlyn had silent reflux and Lilly "presented". Being a new mom and way out of my depth, I was at the pead's office in tears every week, sometimes twice a week. I couldn't take the screaming and I didn't know how to make it better. The one visit I just sat and sobbed my heart out. When the pead felt it was safe to approach he walked around the desk and put his arm on my shoulder and said "You know what the difference is?" I said "What?" He said "You are just not as good at lying as the others!" Confused I said "Um I am confused, what do you mean?" He said "all the other moms are going through the shame thing, but they don't want to be seen as not coping, so they smile and act as if it is the most wonderful thing in the world!" He said "I can assure you, you are not alone!" He then smiled, tapped me on the shoulder and said "learn to lie better!" I guess I still haven't mastered the art of lying because I'm a "tell it like it is" kinda person. No frills because "it is what it is"....

Anyway so I try and have a laugh by posting what you might think are funny (but they are actual) stories about the girls!

I hope you enjoy the posts... or blogs... or whatever they are called?