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well well, it was mother's day today, eh? so here's my top 10 (15? 5?) things about being a mom:
1. i have very animated purposes in life now (you know, adeline & amelia)
2. i have a front row seat to seeing two amazing little girls grow from birth (well, in utero as well).
3. never to i find myself twiddling my fingers thinking "what is there to do, i have nothing to do...?"; i always have something to do.
4. i get to teach these girls things about life, love, politics, jesus, friendship, etc etc...this is daunting & also very awe-some.
5. i know so much more about myself now that i'm a mom (such as, i have much less patience than wes does but i can calm both girls down faster than wes! hahaHA!)
6. everyday i get to help make memories for my girls; right now, i'm even a main character in their lives. ya know, i'm the BOMB to them, right? (well, unless adeline is being naughty, then she doesn't so much like me).
7. i can feel super-human after some days...those days when at the end of the day i am mystified as to how i am still sane, awake, & in a half-good mood. not even mentioning the fact of growing two babes in my uterus, then delivering those wiggly babies. now that is pretty darn super-human (but a very regular occurrence in this world, but it still is amazing, each & every birth).
8. i have leaned how to multi-task even more than before not being a mom...AND i have learned how to use every part of my body. even the pinky toe has a purpose beyond general balance.
9. having wee ones has also taught me to appreciate the daily things more & to also pay close attention to the small things, such as a bird chirping/flying or a neighbor walking by (we MUST say hi, right) or to smell a dandelion in the sidewalk or to love something so much (ie: going to the park) that you are willing to cry & flail around for an hour b/c you are so sad that it didn't happen...
10. i have learned that naked baby butts are very adorable indeed.
11. taking care of the environment & our national issues (politics, terrorism, social security, health care, etc) is more important to me now than ever before. i want my girls to have a stable future, right?
12. somehow taking care of a dog seems so simple when compared with a kid. sorry griswold, to think at one point i thought you were difficult!
13. i never thought i would get so excited over a new dryer. (but it dried a full load of clothes in 31 minutes today! i can hardly fold the last load fast enough!)
14. staying in pj's all day isn't as wonderful as it may sound, especially when it's the 5th day in a row (& yea, sometimes in the same pj's all 5 days, lol).
15. playing the game "guess what bodily fluid that stain could be" is actually sorta fun.
16. a trip to the grocery store with 2 young kids can last about 2 hours (during which most every person who passes us in the aisle will stop & give us either an annoyed grimace or a aren't-you-so-cute smile. we are no longer able to be ignored as strangers with 2 kids in a store, we are highly visible).
17. going to bed at 9 p.m. isn't luxurious, it's necessary.
18. i know at least 2 dozen kids book by memory but can't stinkin' remember where i put my phone/keys/water bottle or to put my shoes on or what my home phone number is or what amelia's birth date is (yes, this is a sad development in my days as a mother. i keep giving out the wrong birth date! i say 8/24/08. it's actually 8/26/08. DOI!)
19. i now see the full amazing-ness of my husband as a father/husband/provider.
20. having an emotionally conflicted day is totally normal & in no way should be mistaken for mental health problems. lol.
adeline & grandma sue sitting at the new kid's picnic table. yes, that would be my 6 foot tall MIL sitting under a tiny kid table! that's love, i tell ya.
2. i have a front row seat to seeing two amazing little girls grow from birth (well, in utero as well).
3. never to i find myself twiddling my fingers thinking "what is there to do, i have nothing to do...?"; i always have something to do.
4. i get to teach these girls things about life, love, politics, jesus, friendship, etc etc...this is daunting & also very awe-some.
5. i know so much more about myself now that i'm a mom (such as, i have much less patience than wes does but i can calm both girls down faster than wes! hahaHA!)
6. everyday i get to help make memories for my girls; right now, i'm even a main character in their lives. ya know, i'm the BOMB to them, right? (well, unless adeline is being naughty, then she doesn't so much like me).
7. i can feel super-human after some days...those days when at the end of the day i am mystified as to how i am still sane, awake, & in a half-good mood. not even mentioning the fact of growing two babes in my uterus, then delivering those wiggly babies. now that is pretty darn super-human (but a very regular occurrence in this world, but it still is amazing, each & every birth).
8. i have leaned how to multi-task even more than before not being a mom...AND i have learned how to use every part of my body. even the pinky toe has a purpose beyond general balance.
9. having wee ones has also taught me to appreciate the daily things more & to also pay close attention to the small things, such as a bird chirping/flying or a neighbor walking by (we MUST say hi, right) or to smell a dandelion in the sidewalk or to love something so much (ie: going to the park) that you are willing to cry & flail around for an hour b/c you are so sad that it didn't happen...
10. i have learned that naked baby butts are very adorable indeed.
11. taking care of the environment & our national issues (politics, terrorism, social security, health care, etc) is more important to me now than ever before. i want my girls to have a stable future, right?
12. somehow taking care of a dog seems so simple when compared with a kid. sorry griswold, to think at one point i thought you were difficult!
13. i never thought i would get so excited over a new dryer. (but it dried a full load of clothes in 31 minutes today! i can hardly fold the last load fast enough!)
14. staying in pj's all day isn't as wonderful as it may sound, especially when it's the 5th day in a row (& yea, sometimes in the same pj's all 5 days, lol).
15. playing the game "guess what bodily fluid that stain could be" is actually sorta fun.
16. a trip to the grocery store with 2 young kids can last about 2 hours (during which most every person who passes us in the aisle will stop & give us either an annoyed grimace or a aren't-you-so-cute smile. we are no longer able to be ignored as strangers with 2 kids in a store, we are highly visible).
17. going to bed at 9 p.m. isn't luxurious, it's necessary.
18. i know at least 2 dozen kids book by memory but can't stinkin' remember where i put my phone/keys/water bottle or to put my shoes on or what my home phone number is or what amelia's birth date is (yes, this is a sad development in my days as a mother. i keep giving out the wrong birth date! i say 8/24/08. it's actually 8/26/08. DOI!)
19. i now see the full amazing-ness of my husband as a father/husband/provider.
20. having an emotionally conflicted day is totally normal & in no way should be mistaken for mental health problems. lol.
adeline & grandma sue sitting at the new kid's picnic table. yes, that would be my 6 foot tall MIL sitting under a tiny kid table! that's love, i tell ya.
millie shoveling it (food) in
on other amelia news: she's crawling! it's not the zippy fast crawl yet, but she is no longer doing a few knee jerks here & there; she's crawling, getting into everything, chasing her sister (slowly, but still chasing). so far today she has knocked over a glass of water, tangled herself up in a cord, pulled another cord out of the socket, knocked over an adeline lego structure, emptied addy's snack bowl, followed adeline out of our bedroom & into the bathroom where she then tried to eat a diaper, pulled plastic paint drop cloths onto herself, played in the mud outside, tried to climb onto the slide outside, got lost in the tall grass outside. basically: she's mobile! we're really enjoying it so far. but it's been a bit difficult to remember to shut the gates again (we just have them at the top & bottom of the stairs, though). it was so adorable watching her concentrate on moving her limbs in synch today, then BAM it just happend & off she went.
stupid me: i grabbed the camer, opened it & pushed the 'record' button at the same time, then after amelia was finished crawling hit the 'record' button again to end the recording...& then started actually recording. meaning, we could have gotten some of amelia's first true crawling moments on tape, but i was too idiotic & didn't actually record it.
hhh...
so for lunch today we gave adeline the plates & asked her to take them to the table...this is the table she chose, her picnic table. so i had a wonderful mother's day lunch outside on our porch squished under a kid table. it was perfect!
stupid me: i grabbed the camer, opened it & pushed the 'record' button at the same time, then after amelia was finished crawling hit the 'record' button again to end the recording...& then started actually recording. meaning, we could have gotten some of amelia's first true crawling moments on tape, but i was too idiotic & didn't actually record it.
hhh...
21. accept that when it comes to electronics, there is a reason god put me with wesley.
so for lunch today we gave adeline the plates & asked her to take them to the table...this is the table she chose, her picnic table. so i had a wonderful mother's day lunch outside on our porch squished under a kid table. it was perfect!
& this was addy's response this morning when i told her it was mama's day: "MO! MO! MO!! addy-d! addy-d!" translation: no! no! no! addy day, addy day. i know she loves me by her actions not by her words *smile*
now i'm off to eat my mother's day dessert: chocolate lava cake with whipped cream & ice cream & hot fudge (don't be jealous *wink*).
2 comments:
love the top 20...great idea. I am so jeolous of the lava cake. Punk. I am glad you had a good mothers day. You dererve it!
Addy looks like such a big little girl now beside of Millie - so tall and "lengthened" out.... And I say go Millie -- she has been waiting for this mobile moment for a long time I think.....
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