Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Being a mom

These last 5 months have been somewhat of a blur. Madelyn and I have gotten to know one another these first few months of her life. She now recognizes me when I pick her up from the nursery at church. And I have to say my heart swells every time I get a big smile from her!





I love being a mom. It is hard work, and don't let anyone tell you differently! Believe me. I have worked full-time at an extremely stressful job, and I have to say being a mom is harder. It is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. What do I do all day? Let's see: change dirty diapers; clean up spit up on Madelyn, me, the floor, her blanket, her bed; make bottles, clean bottles, make bottles, clean bottles...and more. But I wouldn't want to do anything else right now. I am watching a person discover life! It is an awesome experience. Yesterday, Madelyn laughed out loud for the first time!! And I was there to witness it. Last week she learned how to do this:




I will conclude with a question for all of you...

Who can still do that?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I consider my job to be high-pressure. However, as I have said before, I would not trade jobs with you! I have learned from watching you that being a mom is quite a balancing act. You are doing a great job at it!

I play DDR regularly for exercise, so I am still pretty flexible. So, I bet I could still manage to get my foot into my mouth, but I will not force you to look at any pictures :)

Margaret said...

Do you mean you can't?

Madelyn is beautiful. I'm glad that you are enjoying being home with her.

Cindy said...

Sounds like you all have had a fun five months! Glad to see the pictures on the blog and email - she is precious.