Before I was a Mom

I found this on my friend Shelley's blog and thought it was so right on! I stole it from her! Thanks Shelley!!!!



Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom, I
never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,the joy,the love,the heartache,
the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

New love...popsicles

Lydia was recently introduced to popsicles and she LOVES them now! She insists on holding them all by herself...she's such a big girl.

Santa picture

We took the cousins...Addison, Keegan and Lydia to get a picture with santa. Addison went right up to Santa and hugged him and said "I just missed you so much"! It was so cute!! They all did great, no tears!

Merry Christmas!

Uncle Mike reading with Lydia


Loving her new chair from nanny & papa

Lydia in her Christmas dress



Loving her new doll from Wendy & Kindred

Opening a present with Great grandpa
Lydia had a great Christmas! She woke up Christmas morning early(we had to wake her up)and Matt brought her upstairs to see what Santa brought her. He brought her the Rose Petal Cottage! She looked around with sleepy eyes and took it all in and then she said..."ALL RIGHT"!! It was hillarious! She got Dora bubble bath and new jammies and socks, and tons of toys! We went to nanny and Papas house in the morning to open more presents and have Breakfast, then to Uncle Mike & Aunt Jana's house to open more presents! By the time that was over Lydia was ready for a nap and slept for 3 hours! Then we headed to Grammy and papa's house for Christmas dinner. She was such a good girl all day. She even got to spend the night with papa & grammy!

Finding the perfect Christmas Tree

We went with Matt's parents on Wednesday to the Whidbey tree farm to get our Christmas tree! Last year we got lucky and it was snowing when we went...not this year. Matt had to cover Lydia's ears a few times to block the sounds of the Navy jets flying over-head. We searched and searched for close to an hour...it seemed to be slim pickings this year. Don and Marg found a great tree and cut it down! Matt and I actually saw one in the pre-cut section when we first arrived and ended up taking that one home. Lydia loved watching the machine that shakes the tree to get all the loose stuff off. She got to ride on Matt's shoulders almost the whole time...how fun!

New favorite passtime

Lydia has discovered that she can get on the furniture...not a big deal if she just sat on it! What she likes to do is jump on it, walk around on it and most of all she like to sit on the coffee & end tables. She also likes to climb up on the chair by the shelf with all of our dvds and knock them onto the floor...fun game!

She also says "cheese" every time you point a camera in her direction! We've been working on her colors and she knows yellow, blue and pink.