Huffin' It

This weekend since the sun decided to grace up with it's presence, we decided to take the ferry to Chiba Mother Farm. It was really a lot of fun but we spent a lot of doe and for some reason worked ourselves pretty hard. Especially me.

I guess I'm starting to realize I'm not as light on my feet as I was a couple of months ago. Today was my gym day but I skipped it. I was really worn out.

In other news, I felt the baby kick for the first time on the outside of my stomach last night. However, when Mike came upstairs all was quiet in the oven. I think it was because I jumped up from bed in a panic because I left the sausages that I bought in my purse. No worries though. They were vacuum sealed. We had them for dinner tonight and to quote the famous TV chef Rachel Ray, "YUMMO!"

Wednesday I'm holding a Mommy baby play group at my home. I'm "moderator" of a yahoo group. I use that term lightly because I never really like to be in charge of a group of friends. I'm rather the secretary for the site. There have been a lot of new members to the group that started about 2 years ago. The playgroup was something that we did originally in the group. However, after many of the babies turned into toddlers and then preschoolers our (mommy) lives started to become separated by different school schedules and such. With the new members being a little left in the dust. I'm trying to add the cohesiveness that we had before. Part of this is selfish on my part. Many of the "originals" of the group are leaving and it's been a long time coming that I've got to put myself out there and make new friends. Another selfish move is that pretty soon, I'll be part of the baby group once more and will need to be reminded of all of those little things about babies that I forgot.

Lastly though, I want the group to stay true to it's original form. In the beginning we were a fairly small group who all knew each other one way or another. Some of our husbands had similar jobs but the best part was that we came together as a group of mothers above all else. We weren't an official spouses group. These are wonderful & helpful to have don't get me wrong. Spouses groups are so useful during the first few months here and throughout a tour overseas or in the military in general. However, having a group of ladies/moms separate from a spouses group, just to vent, ask for advice, or feel comfortable around (without worrying about professional anything) is so helpful. To be able to find friends that aren't necessarily related to your spouses career. I love my husband and support him 100% but I don't always want to be recognized as 'This is Mike's wife he's a *fill in blank* for the Navy'. I always felt this Mom group (because of all the fantastic friends) gave me a sense of identity. So, I'm trying to go back to the basics. Keeping it fairly small, supportive, and helpful.