One Month Alive

1 Month Old

(Don't worry, mom - she was 

only barelegged for the pic)

Congratulations to me! 

I've managed to keep The Cheeks alive

pretty much on my own for an entire month; 

this is huge! Yep, today The Cheeks turns 

one month old; I've decided to celebrate her 

monthstones on the day she was born (the 28th)

 instead of every four weeks so today we are 

really partying, which means she is eating extra

formula and I am sticking stickers on onesies

in an attempt to capture this moment in a decent pic

(we're both kind of failing at our respective celebrations).

There have been a lot of ups and downs this past 

month and there will continue to be but I gotta say,

I'm enjoying this adventure more than I dislike it.

Earlier today, I took a moment and scrolled back

through the posts I've written since she was born 

and couldn't help but wonder, have I become

a "mommy blogger"?  Ugh, that's a classification 

I gotta admit I'm not crazy about.  At all.  Not one bit.

Why? I don't know.  I'm just not comfortable with

the word "mommy".  I don't like it and never have; as

a matter of fact, it's on my list of words I hate, along with

disgusting gems such as "panties" and "potty" (ugh,

just typing those words makes me cringe). I wish

I could come up with a substitute title that I like

because The Cheeks is going to have to call me 

something and as rad as I am, it's not going to be Ali.

Momma is better than mommy, in my opinion, although

I can't decide if it's better to spell it like that or "mama".

I looked up "mother" in about 30 different languages and

although there are a few variations, it's pretty much

the universal root so there's not a lot of hope there.

So, you can see why I'm not too keen on having

that title define my blogger status: I'm still me.

My subject matter may have increased with

the addition of this new topic but I'm still the same

writer, writing about issues that are most 

pressing to me and my experience and lately,

those just happen to center around motherhood.

On the bright side, if I accept and embrace 

the "mommy blogger" classification, then I'll

finally have a niche in the blogging community,

something that I've not been able to establish.

Something to think about, I suppose.

So, what have I learned this past month of motherhood?

A few things, the most important being this:

My life may have changed significantly

 but I am still the same me.