Jeff & Stacy's Bed & Breakfast

If you could overhear my recent water cooler conversations, you would most likely overhear me joking that I feel like I am running a bed and breakfast at my house lately. Jeff and I...always the consummate hosts, love to have the people we love come to visit (...or maybe I should say that I love it, Jeff is probably in the neighborhood of not-hating it.) But in the past few months we have had my parents, Jeff's parents, my sister in-law and niece, as well as a few of our close friends over to stay at our house for a night or two, or even a week or two. Not to mention the other dinner guests we've had squeezed in there during "vacancies". This weekend, my parents and my nephew and other niece will be occupying our B&B. (And my nephew will stay for another week after my parents leave.)

At Jeff and Stacy's Bed and Breakfast you can always look forward to a comfy bed with clean sheets (the washer and dryer are on overload, keeping up), a hot shower with clean towels (again with the washer and dryer), a great cup of Joe (made from Dunkin Donut's fresh ground coffee beans and an ample supply of cream and sugar), breakfast made to order, and nightly dinner specials (just think about all those dirty dishes), as well as a personal tour guide (or two) with shuttle, to show you all of the Gulf Coast's greatest attractions. (View photo of B&B below...)


I am verging on exhaustion! In addition to the B&B, for every weekend in the past few months we have had something to do...work, either at my usual job or for my Coast Guard drill; trips to Atlanta or to the beach. And don't forget about school, complete with homework and tests to study for. Now, I know what you must be thinking...'that doesn't sound too exhausting' or 'I'd love to take a trip or go to the beach'. To those of you nay-sayers out there, I say...'Good, you go! You can take my 9 month-old little wiggle worm with you, and I'll take a break!'

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining (well, just a little, but mostly just venting) I enjoy having things to do and to look forward to. And I absolutely love seeing my friends and loved ones. I just need a break every once in a while. And throwing a 9 month-old, very active baby into the mix requires much stamina...stamina that I, frankly, do not posses.

So, to all of you super moms out there in blog land I pose this question...how do you do it? And to all of you B&B operators out there...got any openings for a vacationing Jeff and Stacy? Oh, yeah...and does anyone want to baby sit?

Testing...testing...is this thing on

Ok, so I did start out this blog with a warning...I believe it was something about how I'm not the most reliable blogger. So, I guess it was a self-fulfilling prophecy because I haven't posted anything since before Colten was born last September (sheesh). Well, I don't guess there's any rules about this anyway, so I won't apologize. And I won't play the catch-up game except to tell you that since the last time I posted, my life has changed profoundly. All of you parents out there in blogger land will recognize this as becoming a first-time parent....mommy, to be exact. So, other than that, I guess I'll just talk about whatever suits my fancy.

Here's my favorite subject right now...my baby has three teeth...and counting. It's not so fun for him (translation-not fun for me either) because, of course, it hurts. It's funny, because I've spent 8 months knowing that he'd soon get that first tooth and it seemed exciting but not that big of a deal for me. But when I reached in and spotted that first tooth, it was as new and exciting as landing on the moon for the first time. I guess it's just a silly mommy thing, but I love to talk about it. On the other hand, I am realizing that my little guy is growing up and soon won't be my cute and cuddly little baby any more. It came as a realization to me the other day that at some point...I'll embarrass him in front of his friends, he won't want me to hug and smooch him anymore, he'll find a new woman to love, and I'll be his old un-cool mother. But I guess I'm getting ahead of myself. I guess I'll just keep looking forward to watching this little person that I made, grow up and lead a life of his own. Meanwhile, I will treasure every moment and hope to be the best mommy he could ask for!