To see my little muffin grow to become an upright standing, quick hands snatching, speedy daytona 500 racer – crawling around the house , it amuses me.
It’s so funny because I see that consistency is the greatest teacher. Now when I try to do anything that we’ve been doing on a daily basis, she attempts to help or just downright take over. For example, when I try to feed her now, she wants the spoon and tries to feed herself. Then, if I try to dress or undress her, she’s trying to help me by putting her own hands in her jacket and brushing her own hair. She even refuses to allow me to put her Dora skully on. Instead, if I put it on, she snatches it off and tries to put it back on “by myself!”….It’s so cute.
I'm ready to eat...give me the spoon mommy!
I have truly come to love motherhood. It is such a joy. I can’t imagine my life without her. I’d probably still be a compulsive work aholic, often sifting around looking for anything to do that catered to my “million dollar ideas”. It doesn’t sound too shabby, but the fulfillment of still pursuing those things with her in my life is a much greater feeling.
I’ve decided to go back to work and I often wondered what I would feel like when this day came. I’m a bit nervous for balancing out family and work, but I’m pretty excited to get back into the swing of things. I was reminded of why having a child in my life balances out everything because when I went to pick Chloe up from school today, they were playing in the playground. The minute she saw me she started fussing so I took her out of the exersaucer and put her in the swing. She thoroughly enjoyed the swing to the point where I probably pushed her and her classmates for nearly 20-30 minutes.
The joy of family!
After the swing, we went for a ride in the “kiddie car”, where I steered her around the grass filled yard in an attempt to give her a “smooth ride”. it was bumpy, but she really enjoyed it. Before picking her up, I laid numb, thinking about the huge transition taking place in my home/work life. I must say that I was pretty spacey and blank…..but after playing with her and the other kids, the kid in me came out as I played in the world of “no worries” for all of the time spent in the playground…..
The joys of being a child;)
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