Love being a mom!

It doesn't matter how many times in a day I have to read "spot's first walk", or "brown bear brown bear what do you see" I love being a mom. I was made for this gig. Those are currently 2 of Aleigh's favorite books. She also loves any book that has horses in them. That thought excites me, maybe we will have a horseback rider in the family! I believe she is about to start talking. She has learned so many words. In the books I ask her to point to such and such and she is really good about remembering animal names. How can she not be an animal lover as jake and I are her parents? ;)

It doesn't matter how tired I am from my morning run I will gladly still chase Aleigh through the house. I go running 3 times a week now. I am training myself to run in a 5k. Out of the 8 week program I am in week 5! Where we live has a ton of hills so it is exhausting, but Aleigh's favorite game right now is chase and to see her happy I will happily chase her around the house until we are both exhausted.

It doesn't matter how I want to just sit down and relax when I can, instead I have to wash bottles and sippy cups,  the laundry, do the dishes and make meals. I try my best to be prepared so when Jake is home we can all have fun together. Sometimes I get Aleigh's food ready for the whole day the night before. It doesn't matter what tv shows might be tempting me my family is more important. Whatever way I can spend more time with them is the best time spent.

It doesn't matter how many times I have to pick up all of Aleigh's messes. She loves to explore and she loves to make a mess. I am currently taking pictures of all these messes to put side by side in a photo album. Every mess to me is a memory watching her discover and learn something new. One day she will learn how to pick up the mess so I won't have to but every kid needs to make a mess once in a while, it's another way to learn. Aleigh is very particular about her books. If she walks in her room and sees them in the bookcase where they belong she immediately throws them on the floor, even if she doesn't look at a single picture apparently they belong on the floor. Who am I to tell her no? This is part of her personality. I will show her how we put them back up and as long as she learns one day to pick up her mess why stop her from making the mess.

It doesn't matter how many times a day I have to sing the "winnie the pooh" and "mickey mouse" theme song, I will love seeing Aleigh smile and dance to the songs. Aleigh has a few pooh bear stuffed animals and one mickey mouse stuffed animal. One day she brought them to me so I decided to sing their songs while making them dance. What a fun mistake that was haha. Throughout the day she kept bringing them back to me and dancing asking me to sing the songs and how could I say no? Now months later everyday, multiple times a day I have to sing those songs who knows how many times.

It doesn't matter how many times through the night I have to wake and feed Amelia. Thankfully she usually only eats twice a night now, but even when it was 4 times a night it was ok. If it meant I got to see the smile on her face as she fell back asleep with a full belly, I was in heaven. She is just a precious little girl. I love hearing her giggle in the middle of the night. I just can't wait until she giggles while awake. The last couple days she had given slight giggles while awake but I almost missed them they were so slight.

It doesnt matter how many times I have to sing lullabies to both of them. When I feed Amelia I have to also preoccupy Aleigh because she gets a little jealous. Usually I give her something to drink. Sometimes I try and time her snack time to be when Amelia eats. Sometimes though when Amelia is hungry and Aleigh is jealous and crying I just sing to them. They both calm down and to have two calm quiet happy little ones at the same time is always music to my ears no matter how many songs I have to sing.

It doesn't matter how many booboos I have to kiss or how many tears I have to wipe away all the smiles, hugs and giggles make up for all the difficult times. I wouldn't have my life any other way. I just love being a mom and am so incredibly blessed to have these 2 girls to take care of everyday, they amaze me no matter how many dirty diapers I have to change, which can also be pretty amazing. ;-)