People keep telling me, "You've really changed since you've had Maelin." I know this...there are many things that have changed: a few of which I've talked about before. Here is an extension to the list of the ways Kevin and I have changed since little MaeMae has come:
1. You are no longer freaked out by throw-up. You just don't panic and clean it up as best you can because it's guaranteed there will be more of it later.
2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.
3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices...who cares if you can't go to happy hour on Friday night??? You get to stay home and watch your baby laugh and squeal and coo at you!
4. You respect your body ... finally.
5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.
6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own...you would do ANYTHING to be sure your baby is never hurt.
7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.
8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.
9. Your heart breaks much more easily.
10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day.
11. Every day is a surprise.
12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)
13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.
14. You become a morning person...(I am doing much better at this one than Kevin is...)
15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.
16. You'd rather buy a plastic tricycle than those shoes that you've been dying to have. (or baby clothes, or baby toys, or baby anything...)
17. You don't mind going to bed at 9 p.m. on Friday night!
18. You realize that the 15 pounds you can't seem to get rid of are totally worth having.
19. You no longer rely on a clock — your baby now sets your schedule...up at 6:30am on a Sunday? Yay!
20. Your kitties — who used to be your babies — becomes just kitties(although our two kitties are doing a great job hanging out with me again. they are sleeping with me again and Gizmo just LOVES the baby)
21. You take the time for one more hug and kiss even if it means you'll be late.
22. You learn that taking a shower is a luxury and you can go for longer stretches than you ever thought pre-baby.
23. It's the best thing you will ever do with your life: bar none!
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Ah, so sweet. Very true... glad you have settled into mommy-hood so graciously! ;)
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