Change

Here's the deal... I have approx. one hour left of naptime. I shouuuuld be stacking the dishwasher, sweeping the floor, folding some laundry and picking up this mornings playtime. Or, I could blog instead about the things that are randomly on my mind. Hmmm, I'll blog ;-)

I've been thinking about how my life has changed. I started thinking about it last night when Stephen and I were discussing our dinner plans. His one week vacation officially started yesterday and we had spent the day together and really wanted to celebrate that night. In the past, we would have taken the Outback gift card I got for my birthday and gone out to dinner! I contacted a few of my babysitting options and nothing panned out. This is life though! I mean, we could sulk about it, feeling sorry for ourselves that we couldn't do what we wanted to do, or we could make the best of the situation. Stephen went to get takeout and I fed David, bathed him, and sat with him on the bed in his room reading stories while he sipped his bedtime bottle. I felt the weight of his head on my chest and smelled that sweet smelling Johnson and Johnson shampoo in his hair (that stuff is like crack to me) and I was immediately happy that I couldn't find a babysitter. I got to get those last cuddles of the day, I got to kiss him goodnight, I got to say prayers with him. No steak and potato could beat that.

I feel like before I had a child, I had an idea of what it would be like. I truly didn't get it. Even now, I'm amazed sometimes at how good it is. The baby stage is fun, but it just gets better and better! To see his little smile when I go get him from nap. To hear him say "mama!" when I come in from the kitchen, oh my heart!

So yes, Stephen and I don't get "date nights" as often as we'd like, we don't get to take romantic trips together anymore, we can't just decide to do something last minute in the day (that's naptime, hun) but what we get is so much better than what we gave up and I love the stage we are in right now!

I hope has a great weekend! We're heading to Myrtle w/ Stephen's family and I'm sure we'll take tons of pics.

Now, stacking dishwasher, folding laundry, picking up, and all in about 30 min!! :-)