Life of Mae's Mommy

I always try to be honest, open and positive while blogging. It's really like therapy for me to write out my thoughts and to dissect my day, or week depending on how often I'm able blog. It's also helped me seek out those little moments throughout my day that welcome me into motherhood time and time again. Everyday, small moment that still leave me in wonder that I'm a mommy. Cuddling with Mae and Nate in my lap, watching Mae attempt a new task and helping her work through the frustrations that might bring, seeing Nate learn to crawl and feed himself, and the list goes on. When you're a stay at home mom you don't necessarily have a daily task sheet that you can mark off throughout your day and then have someone come behind you to check your work. It's not a job that has promotions or pay raises. In fact, the tasks only get harder, the rewards become fewer and demands increase as you have more children. This isn't sounding very positive, but the point I'm trying to make is that a mommy can find those rewards, that joy from small everyday moments...even if it's just a minute long tickle-fest, or one second cuddle from a busy toddler, a kiss on the check (muffled by a pacifier) when Mae climbs in our bed at 2am, and the list goes on. Mae and Nate are growing at lightening speed and I want to savor and hold these thoughts and moments in my mind forever. Always thinking of our future, but also holding onto the present.

"It's not like we're going to wake up tomorrow and they're going to be three. Tomorrow they're just going to be one day older than they are today. [That's just how we have to look at it so it doesn't become too overwhelming]." -Kate Gosselin