The Day After Mother's Day

Mother's Day is such a wonderful day!  Though it should be everyday, it allows us children to remember our mother's and the sacrifices they made and continue to make for us on a continual basis.  For me, it's also a day to remind myself how little I actually know.  It seems the older I get, the dumber I (and smarter my parents) actually become.  I aspire to become as smart as my mom one day.  It's gonna be tough, she's set the bar really high!

As wonderful as Mother's Day is, I can't help but think about the day after Mother's Day for it holds special meaning.  Last year, the day after Mother's Day was the day we found out we were going to have a baby.  First of all, I can't believe it's been a year since then.  Time has flown by all too quickly.  Second, I think about the wild ride both T and I have been on. 

Through the newness of the whole thing; the nausea, the mood swings, the soreness, the ballooning, the swelling, the worry, the waiting, the pain, the pain, the pain, the first cry, the look your husband gives you after delivering his child, the first time laying eyes on your child, the first time you're together as a family, that first night, the spit up, the baby crying, the mommy crying, the frustration, the confusion, the feelings of inadequacy, the baby smiles, the recovering, the feeling back to normal, the beginning of teething, the rolling over, and the love unable to be described.

It has been four and a half months since this child came into our lives.  Things haven't been a fairytale.  Things haven't been easy.  Things haven't been perfect.  I don't have the perfect baby.  I don't have the perfect husband.  I don't have the perfect body.  I am not the perfect mother.  

Sometimes, I feel like giving up. 

On days like this, days when you can look back at all you've been through, days where you can look at yourself from the other side; it was worth every moment. 

This picture was taken the same day we found out.  If I could say anything to that person it would be, "'You have no idea what you're in for!"

I wonder what this next year holds for us...I'm sure I'm in for another wild ride!