Hello world! One exhausted mama here. Coffee is my new best friend and sleep is a long lost friend I wish I could connect with more. Laundry and I get together every weekend. She is an annoying but necessary friendship... what are ya going to do? My brain no longer comprehends silence, or peace and quite. I'm singing Elmo songs and Baby Einstein music continuously. Oh! My child clapping her hands was the most exciting part of my week! =D It was her most exciting part too.
This is where we are on our parenthood journey right now. A place where the words "I'll babysit!" are tear conjuring on a hard day. A place where, some nights she sleeps just fine but then she will go three nights in a row of waking up every couple of hours just because she is lonely....
Can I just say by the way, playing peek-a-boo with my daughter is the greatest thing on the planet. She hides behind a doorway, or hides part of her face with her tiny little hand and starts playing with you. That smile.... priceless.
I can think of nothing on this earth I would rather be than her mom. We can have a really horrible day. She will be constantly screaming, irritable and everything. I can be at my wits end.... but then I sit down to rock her to sleep for the night.... she snuggles into me.... and I tear up..... This little girl is MY daughter.... I take a few moments to thank God for such a wonderful blessing and then sit there to soak up the snuggles before bed.
So here we are. She is almost a year old (time please stop!!), and I am still in awe of the blessing God has bestowed on us. She will be walking so very soon. She has a tooth! She can clap, play peek-a-boo, blow kisses (when she wants) and I am still constantly amazed. Her smile melts my heart.
There are days where motherhood can be so hard (as I know many already know), but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't stop and thank God for allowing me the privilege of getting to be her mother. For the good and the bad. The ups and downs. The laundry, the dishes, the mess, the exhaustion and the annoying little songs in my head.
Thank you God for motherhood and all that comes with it!
La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's world.... wait... sorry...
-Kelcy J.
