"Mom, Tickle back"

I think that I have created a vicious cycle. Ever since I have been married, I have often begged Jake to tickle my back. I have never been one that likes the "deep tissue massage". It hurts to much and is simply not relaxing. As I was growing up, my mom would tickle my back and arms when we were just hanging out watching TV or sitting in church. I didn't realize how much I loved it until I got married and moved away. Since becoming a mom, I have found myself tickling Tylie's back and I didn't even realize I was doing it. Tylie has started waking up at night from nightmares and I has been calling me in to comfort her this last week. A couple of nights ago, as I was stroking her hair trying to get her to go back to sleep, she flipped over on her tummy and whispered "mom, tickle back". As I giggled to myself in the dark, I wondered what I have done. I am afraid that I have doomed some little boy out there that will one day marry tylie. He does not know the cycle that I have created but one day soon after his wedding day, he will be lying in bed and Tylie will flip over and whisper "Honey, tickle back".

Here we go!

I decided to finally join the world of computerized scrapbooks and start a blog. My first experience with a blog was when my friend from California started one and has been doing it for years now. I thought it was a cute idea but never had much interest in it. That is until I opened my eyes and looked around. I was looking at one of my neighbors blogs that she had just set up, and I realized that I was the ONLY one in the neighborhood without a blog. I continued to put it off but when my grandma started a blog, I figured it was time. I must admit that I am nervous about this. I am a terrible scrapbooker (as jake will testify) and I am afraid of failing at this too. I guess I will just have to suck it up and see where this goes. I hope that Jake will help me with this since he is the writer of the family, but I am not counting on it. I will do my best and who knows, if this all turns out ok, I might take on the world of real scrapbooking next year.