It's my first Mother's Day as a full fledged Mom and as I picked my little baby girl out of her crib this morning- it felt amazing! At that moment I was sure that there was nothing that could compare to being a Mom. So, for all of you I wanted to tell you what being a Mom of a 3 month old is like, from the viewpoint of a first time Mom!!
Being a Mom is...
-never getting another full night of sleep- you're either waking up because the baby is crying or waking up to make sure they're still alive because they aren't crying!
-cleaning up spit up off your baby and not even worrying about the pool that has congregated on your left shoulder
-taking at least three walks a day because that's all that makes your baby stop crying!
-having conversations with yourself in baby language- in the grocery store!
-finding yourself having hour long conversations with perfect strangers at Walmart, just so you can talk to someone other than yourself
-smiling and saying "good job Hailey" every time your baby burps or fills her diaper- even if it is in public
-getting excited for a few minutes of uninterrupted time with your husband- even if it is at 5 in the morning and he's barely coherent
-getting little smiles and giggles from the only person in the world who doesn't care if you brushed your teeth or did your hair yet this morning
-spending hours getting lost in a beautiful pair of blue eyes that don't belong to your husband
-thinking that the most beautiful child in the whole world is sitting right next to you and wondering why the rest of the world doesn't immediately notice
-spending more time and money shopping for diapers than anything else on your list!
-planning your showers around someone else's sleeping and feeding time
-carrying five things with you to the grocery store, only to get there and realize that you forgot your purse and the grocery list!
-having your husband not get up for work on a Saturday and realize that you've missed an entire week!
-looking around your house before bed and wondering how you did spend the day- since it, obviously, wasn't spent cleaning up the house!
-looking forward to sitting down and feeding your baby so that you can have a good excuse to get on facebook
-at the end of the day realizing that you didn't say anything other than "oh yeah, really" and "yes" or "tell me more about that story" all day long!
-rocking your baby to sleep at night and wondering how you managed to relax at the end of the day without her.
-finding yourself calling your Mom at odd hours of the day, just to tell her that you appreciate all the sacrifices she made for you throughout the years
But, most of all, being the Mom of a 3 month old is waking up in the morning, picking up your baby and being completely in awe of God's amazing grace towards you. It's hard to believe that just a little over a year ago Korey and I were praying and wondering if we were ever going to have a child in our life. I hope that I never get over the wonder of how great our God is.
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