Days Go By...

Now the birth story is officially inked, the real fun begins.  The last two years have been the most amazing time of my life.  To go from being a newborn to infant to full on toddler has been quite the journey for Lady S and us.  The first two months are a blur of breastfeeding, diaper changes, inspecting baby poop, and cooing in Lady S's face for endless hours.  Ah....but lets not forget the sleepless nights.  For any of you that are thinking about getting pregnant or are pregnant right now, you will have many sleepless nights.  MANY.....You will walk around like a zombie.  You won't remember what day of the week it is even if you have gone back to work.  You will be amazed at how much you can function on as little as 4 hours of sleep. Yes folks that is real life when it comes to parenting an infant.

But it does get much better.  Once that beautiful babe starts sleeping through the night, which Lady S did at 9 months, you won't know what to do with yourself.  It will be like God himself came down and blessed you with his holy grace.  But you won't know what to do with all that free time.  Maybe wash and fold mounds of baby clothes.  Perhaps dust your house that has dust bunnies doing the cha cha slide all over it.  Or perhaps find the strength to see if your mojo still works.  In any case, it's a joyous occasion.

After the kiddo becomes mobile, the fun starts!  Your house will never be the same.  But this is when your child's personality really begins to shine.  I will say that 10 months until now has been the best time of our lives.  The language development is astounding.  Lady S picks up on words that I have never imagined she knew.  Note though this is a double edged sword.  Those four letter words that kids shouldn't say probably should be guarded for when they go down to bed.  That way you have all that precious time while they are sleeping though the night to be as crass as you like!

The downside to all this wonderful growth is that the kids grow so fast.  In a blink of an eye you have a talking, demanding, loving, opinionated toddler who is quite good at telling you were to get on and get off.

In the end the days go by.....they go by too fast...but the ride is so much fun!

Mom to Lady S