Realizations

Every morning I wake up by my two natural alarm clocks; my baby and my motherly intuition. One or the another always gets me up between 5:30am-7:00am. My day is then followed by bottles, diapers, wash, cleaning, being spit up on and finally time to sit down and take a mini break. I had a mini epiphany you may say during my "break" about my life. I am an adult and a parent, wow...It made me panic. I cannot believe how much life has changed in the past seven years. College, life after college, marriage and now parenthood, which is a lot to tackle in seven years. It is amazing how all of these experiences strengthen our minds and bodies for the future. I sometimes look at all the craziness of stress, money issues, and family drama in my life in addition to being a new mom, and think how am I still standing? It is amazing how the grace of God helps us move forward and adapt to everything given to us both good and bad. I am no different than everyone else, I have those wicked awful days which I feel will never end and that I may not survive them. I then wake up the next morning to a new day, which I am forced to get up and face. I feel having my daughter has forced my personal laziness to take a backseat, and to strive to live positive.

Although I have those mornings where I don't want to move or face the day, I have no choice because another little person depends on me and I also adore her :)

My Discoveries in the Past Seven Year:

-The need of approval seems to always stick with us like a bad habit

-Drinking too much after kids is never the same as it was before them (you always have to get up and go back to your day to day, no more lazy days to milk the hangover)

-Friends will come and go, and the true ones never leave you despite the circumstances

-You will always love your husband, may you may have days you don't like him very much

-When you have a child, you will say and do things like your mother and it will freak you out

-Nights out are a privilege and sometimes your too tired to enjoy them

-You will envy your single friend's ability to be spontaneous

-Facebook can become addictive

-Wine gives you bad headaches in the morning if you drink too much of it

-You may never do shots again after you have a child, in fear you will feel as you did when your pregnant (sick and throwing up)

-Clothing started to be short, and sexy, and evolved to practical and comfortable with a bit of style

Please share anything you have learned in the past seven years....I am curious :)