It's a Wonderful Life

I love being a mom. It is seriously the best job ever. Today Audrey and I had so much fun! We played with toys and rolled over and she helped me fold laundry. We also got a little ironing done, but mostly during naps because Audrey didn't really like it when I ironed. We played with her stuffed bear, which she told me she named "Oooh-aah" and she sang her a song and told her a story. She is getting so talkative; it is so fun to get to make up things she might be saying. We sang more songs and told more stories, and took 3 naps! We also got to play in the bath with our fun squirty toys that Grandma Ellen gave us! We had a very good day today.

I love how motherhood has me talking about myself in third person and in plural terms. But I really do feel so great about my day, and really about the last few weeks. I feel like I'm learning how to structure my days around naptimes and running to lessons to accompany and rehearsal times and making dinners and lunches and feeding the baby and all that great stuff. I feel so much more like a wife and a mother now. Rather- I feel so much more successful. I think I'm doing a good job of balancing work and play and cuddle time. I want more than anything to be able to enjoy my beautiful baby while she is little! She is growing so fast! She can almost sit up by herself now- she still needs a little propping or something around her like a blankie or pillow so she doesn't fall flat over, but she is doing so well. If she had more chub on her then she might have an easier time with it. Oh well- I love my skinny baby.

I am learning the importance of being present wherever I am, and to whoever I'm talking to. Life is so busy and moves so fast, and everyone has 10 million things to do all at once, but it is so important to make people feel they are important to you, and that they aren't just another thing on a list to check off. People need to be looked in the eyes when you talk to them, and to hear you use their name when you talk to them. I feel like I haven't really done a good job of reaching out like that in my life, and I really love people now like I never have before. I think I've had more experiences in my life, and I understand a lot more of where people are coming from. I'm trying to treat other people more like I want to be treated, I guess. A lot of this comes from my efforts with my Mary Kay business, some from my thoughts about spirituality, and a lot just from where I'm at in life right now. I'm learning how to love people and help them feel uplifted because they know me. It is such a wonderful feeling to know I can be a positive influence in other's lives just by helping them feel happy. I know when someone takes the time to make me feel good about myself, my whole day is changed and I go about my tasks with a smile rather than dreading it and just trying to "get by" until it's bedtime or naptime or whatever. I want to enjoy the time I have and the opportunities I have, and I'm trying to really love my life- it really is wonderful.