Parenting is so OVERemotional, no-one can argue with that.
In February, Fisher-Price will be launching their OVERjoyed Campaign, celebrating the Real Joys of Motherhood. Launching soon, you’ll be able to share a photo with your ‘OVER___’ caption, marking a special moment of your journey.
As a Fisher-Price Mom Ambassador, I’ll also be sharing my memories. Being the first, I thought I’d start from the beginning. The moment that started my motherhood story.
When I was expecting my Isabelle, circa 2004.
I call this, OVERexcited as she was highly OVERanticipated and while at times I was way too OVERstimulated. Yet I embraced pregnancy and what was to come, 100%.
I dived into reading parenting books and journalling my pregnancy {I guess you could call it my first blog!}. As well, I embraced new projects like shopping for gear and decorating the room. While I didn’t know that Isabelle was a ‘she’ until she was born, I must have had a feeling. Looking back, what I bought and how I decorated was so feminine. She was meant to be!
So, here’s the beginning of ‘my Motherhood‘.
Link up and tell me in a comment, What would your OVER___ moment be?
… and yes, I am never, ever wordless. Call me OVERchatty.
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I’m apart of the Fisher-Price Play Panel and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation
with being a Fisher-Price Play Ambassador {#FisherPriceMoms}. The opinions on this blog are my own.
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Char says
01/22/2013 at 10:59 amWhat a pretty room Tammi!
Cheers,
Char
Anna C says
01/22/2013 at 11:02 amI have to say over-paranoid. When I had my first child I read through all the illnesses and such. But good to know!
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 1:16 pmYes! With my first I was OVERparanoid too, I recall running away from lunch meat in fear. Everything, good and bad, was a learning experience, right?
stevebethere says
01/22/2013 at 11:06 amWhat a nice photo
Have a superlicious week 🙂
Tammi says
01/27/2013 at 6:53 pmThanks Steve, hope you had a great weekend!
Jottings From Jersey says
01/22/2013 at 11:35 amBeautiful room. And congrats to you if I haven’t already said so in previous comments.
Theresa says
01/22/2013 at 11:37 amI would say Over-Sick. Morning sickness the whole 9 months, even vomiting as I was delivering lol. Needless to say, I am not one who enjoys being pregnant.
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 1:17 pmOh no Theresa! So, after birth you’d have called yourself OVERrelieved?
🙂
Paula J says
01/22/2013 at 12:47 pmI was over-sick too! Was just awful…but it was worth it in the end 🙂
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 1:18 pmAnother! ok, we need to form an OVERthetoilet club guys!
😉
Wayne says
01/22/2013 at 1:09 pmCongrats! Hope all goes well with the upcoming birth.
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 1:18 pmThe pic is from 2004. nope, not me now. lol
@ParentClub says
01/22/2013 at 1:25 pmSuch a beautiful lady – you are absolutely glowing!
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 6:49 pmI know, lol. Cliche but I can see that it’s true!!
kristi says
01/22/2013 at 1:47 pmWith my first pregnancy, there was a lot of OVER eating! It was my license to eat. I gained 65 lbs. Yikes! But once he was born I was OVER joyed. What a blessing both kids are. 🙂
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 6:51 pmYES!! Same here, OVEReat – that was me as well. I gained as much with my first as I did with the twins! Chips and dip with slurpees, that was my craving with my first. I went at it hardcore!!
Judy Haughton-James says
01/22/2013 at 2:37 pmBeautiful shot! Thanks for hosting Tammi! Happy WW!
Dawn Lopez says
01/22/2013 at 2:45 pmHow fun! I loved reading this. Hmm.. I have to get back to you on my over moment.. because right now I am OVER tired, lol!
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 6:51 pmDefinately OVERtired, always!!
🙂
Danielle says
01/22/2013 at 2:54 pmI’m definitely OVERextended right now. I never stop and have a hard time saying no. Especially to events the kids want to go to.
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 6:52 pmWe do stretch ourselves way too thin sometimes, don’t we?
Monica says
01/22/2013 at 3:00 pmI remember my first pregnancy so well, every milestone was full of excitement, I would say I was OVERjoyed!
Alissa Apel says
01/22/2013 at 3:03 pmYou look great!
With my first I was just so excited. I have to say I was scared of the birth. I had to have a c-section.
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 9:18 pmSurgery is always nerve wracking, and I guess you can lump it all together and say that nothing in parenting ever goes as planned!
Not So Average Mama says
01/22/2013 at 3:07 pmYour preggo pic looks great! All of mine are horrible…I was so sick every pregnancy!
Randa @ The Bewitchin' Kitchen says
01/22/2013 at 3:11 pmOVERstressed. I take everything to heart and worry about every little thing. I didn’t enjoy my pregnancy because of it, which in the end didn’t matter because what I was so worried about and trying to avoid happened anyway. Turned out to be not the end of the world and I have a beautiful son 🙂
Tammi says
01/22/2013 at 9:19 pmYou had an incredible journey bringing your little man into this world, Randa. Maybe you had a sixth sense the whole time, maybe it was all underlying stress..?? Ya, I also OVERthink everything!! lol
Florence C says
01/22/2013 at 3:14 pmCongrats. I remember my first pregancy, I was sick for the few few months, I had heartburn. It was all worth it.
Melanie S. says
01/22/2013 at 3:34 pmI have to go with what Theresa said. I was sick the entire length of both of my pregnancies. I’m glad I did it, but I’m also glad that part is over!
Kathleen Kennedy-Leon says
01/22/2013 at 3:48 pmYou looked great–we must enjoy each moment as they come and don’t be OVERworried
Amy says
01/22/2013 at 4:20 pmI was overparanoid for sure!
Danielle Royalegacy says
01/22/2013 at 5:48 pmSo many congratulations coming your way.
Joyce says
01/22/2013 at 5:49 pmYou looked ready. Best wishes.
Tarasview says
01/22/2013 at 6:28 pmoh my… the memories of the first baby eh? lol
Sophia says
01/22/2013 at 7:24 pmThat’s a great pic of you. One thing I can remember about my motherhood journey is being OVERworked. Not by the kids, but work. I really wish I could have been a SAHM. There are many more things I wish I could have taught my children myself.
Sophia
twentyfiveseasons.com
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:24 pmGoos one Sophia! I worked right up DD with my oldest, it was tough since it had lifting involved. Then, I worked right until before I had the twins – I know exactly what you mean, I missed so much when my first was little. Makes me sad to think about it.
Lynette says
01/22/2013 at 7:54 pmWOW,,, look at you. You looked great at 36 weeks. At what gestation were they born?
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:26 pmThat was with Belle – she was born 4 days before her Due Date. I was induced with the twins at 36 weeks, since i was measuring 50 weeks. Seriously. I was a whale. I think I have a photo on FB, of us at the fair just before – walked all day out there in the blistering heat and they wouldn’t budge. I wasn’t happy, so I decided to evict them. lol
Diana @ Toronto Teacher Mom says
01/22/2013 at 8:11 pmAwww! You did such a beautiful job with the nursery!
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:27 pmpretty at the time, funny how I already see it as terribly outdated! 2004!
I must be getting old…
Karren Haller says
01/22/2013 at 8:40 pmI love your blog, your kids are beautiful and the twins must be identical. Your a very pretty girl.
Happy Week!~
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:28 pmHi Karren.
Thank you and nope, they are fraternal – so different in each and every way.
In fact, I have strangers that argue with me about them being twins. Honestly.
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Mimi says
01/22/2013 at 9:17 pmI would say I’m OVER enthusiastic sometimes! lol You looked so cute preggers. I looked like the Michelan Man. Ha!
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:28 pmSpeaking of, did you see me when I was PG with the twins? Michelan Man and a half. Whoa!
veronica lee says
01/22/2013 at 9:57 pmCongrats! You look gorgeous!
Jason says
01/23/2013 at 7:57 amI’m a Daddy, but I was OVERwhelmed with joy when my son was born, OVERcome with a little helplessness as I couldn’t do anything to ease the pain, and now I’m OVERwhelmed with fear/anxiety as my son is going to be starting school very soon 🙁
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:29 pmNice to get a Daddy’s opinion, you said it perfectly! You’ll have to snag a photo and put that up when Fisher-Price launches that section of the site!
Isra {TheFrugalette} says
01/23/2013 at 8:33 amThat nursery is so beautiful! These days Im over-extended! I really have to say no to things and start scaling down, just too much to do and too little time. 🙂
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:30 pmAmen! What is it about parenting and the inability to say no, and take on way too much?!
Rosey says
01/23/2013 at 9:29 amThat’s a great picture, and the room did look nice!!
I’d say overextended…I often times find myself overextended, but I do it to myself.
Tammi says
01/27/2013 at 6:51 pmThanks Rosey – and yes, I still feel so totally overextended at times!
❤ Julie Maloney ❤ (@Momspective) says
01/23/2013 at 12:40 pmI’m over confident. It’s kind of my niche 🙂
Tammi says
01/23/2013 at 9:30 pmAwesome! Love that!
Tonya says
01/23/2013 at 12:43 pmI was OVERtired, still am…..
Tammi says
01/27/2013 at 6:51 pmWhat’s that, I’m OVERtired too… Zzzzzz
lol
Anne says
01/23/2013 at 7:16 pmI was over joyed.
Art of RetroCollage says
01/23/2013 at 7:34 pmYou look overjoyed…& that’s as it should be! Hats off to you for doing the most difficult (& important) job in the world.
Leah says
01/25/2013 at 10:21 amSo sweet!! congrats!
Heidi C. says
01/25/2013 at 8:21 pmPregnant with twins both times and working full time until close to the end both times, I would have to say the word was OVERwhelmed!
Tammi says
01/27/2013 at 6:52 pmWhat?!!? TWo sets Heidi? Wow woman, we need to chat more. Are you on Twitter?
OVERwhelmed, yes and yes!!
shine says
01/25/2013 at 10:15 pmYou look so happy!
Tammi says
01/27/2013 at 6:52 pmThank you!
🙂
Areta says
01/26/2013 at 6:03 pmCool pic!
Gvenny says
01/28/2013 at 6:25 pmAbsolutely beautiful….and you still look just as beautiful today!!!!
Tammi says
01/30/2013 at 6:34 pmYou are a sweetheart Gwen, really, I’m so blessed to know you!!
🙂
Gvenny says
01/31/2013 at 6:34 pmThat’s EXACTLY how I feel about you….Blesssed….. to have you in my life!!! 🙂
Carmen says
01/29/2013 at 9:02 amI was overjoyed at the thought of being a mother. Our kids bring me joy each and every day. Love them!
Tammi says
01/30/2013 at 6:32 pmSo sweet Carmen, OVERthrilled!
🙂
Julia says
01/29/2013 at 11:22 amLove that Cabbage Patch kid in the crib. I was OVER pregnancy by 36 week with my first. I had been on bedrest by 6 weeks at that point and wanted out! LOL
Tammi says
01/30/2013 at 6:33 pmThat one is Wayne, hubbys cabbage patch from when he was a kid. I also have my 3.
I’m glad I was never put on bedrest, I’m not the type to lay and relax, how did you pass the time?
Julia says
01/30/2013 at 7:28 pmCrosswords, word finds and solitaire. I was only allowed up 15 minutes a day it was awful.
Sydney D says
03/16/2013 at 7:41 pmVery cute picture! 🙂
Olivia L says
03/20/2013 at 11:40 pmI remember that OVERwhelming sense of anticipation too. (Gorgeous pic BTW!)