1. You, your child, and your house are all clean on the same day.
2. You leave the house on time.
3. While reading What to Expect books, your child has a skill that falls in to the "may even be able to" category.
4. You actually find a play group where the other mothers don't annoy the crap out of you.
5. Your child plays quietly by themselves for 30 straight minutes.
6. You complete the Mommy Triathlon of grocery store, bank, and post office in the same day, without crying.
7. Your husband gets all the poopy diapers in your weekend diaper rotation.8. Your babysitter is available when you call her at 5pm on a desperate Saturday night.
9. The pediatricians office is running on time.
10. Your child eats something green.
11. Silence.
12. The baby weight is gone.
13. Your birth plan goes off without a hitch. (um, yeah right)
14. Your baby latches on like a pro.
15. Girl's Night Out.
16. Spontaneous sex.
17. Triple Paste is buy one get one free.
18. You say, "Hey look at that new tooth! I had no idea it was coming!"
19. While out for the day, your child's diaper leaks and you actually have an emergency outfit, and that outfit is not 2 sizes too small.
20. Nap time.
The beauty of motherhood though, is that even if none of these events ever happen, you still believe in miracles every time you look at your little angel.
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Ha- these miracles all ring SO true!!! especially the SILENCE one. :)
ReplyDeleteLove this!!! Totally agreee. Each and one of those are totally mommyhood miracles :)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, didn't know Boyton had a 'bath time book.' Totally going to look for it!
I stumbled on this because of Zoila's post to facebook and read your comment. Came to this website to check it out- Great articles!!! I am at work, so I can't catch up on all of them yet, but I LOVE every one I have read so far-great ideas and so well written.
ReplyDeleteI also want to say how very much it means to this Grandma (Mem to Ella) that Zoila and Ella have you and Jon Jon in their lives. Nothing like good friends to help you through the challenging times and to celebrate the good times!!
Thank you so much Robin! We love having Zoila and Ella in our life too! You are exactly right - good friends who "get it" are so important!!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog. i have a 10 day old who both pooped and peed on me today, and i am a new mother for the first time. Your writing is a relief and really funny as well. Ever thought of a book:)
ReplyDeletei live in boulder, and am friends with Calyn Acebes-
All the best to you-
erin
HI Erin - Thanks for your nice comment! And congrats to you!! I hope you are enjoying motherhood! I have thought of a book, but as you have become well aware - free time is not really on the agenda with little ones! Heck - I haven't even updated my blog in months! Perhaps when Jon Jon goes to school.... Thanks for reading - hopefully I'll figure out how to get back into blogging again. :)
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