Things I have learned being a Mom

Little boys smell like wet dogs even after a nice long bath.

Kids are NOT impressed by how clean the house is and will never say when they are grown "Boy, I remember how clean Mom kept the house when I was growing up." So, give up on the neat-freak stuff and have some fun.

As a Mom you gain the ability to be a poop expert. You can analyze color, texture, frequency and how it came to be that way.

3 year old boys (sorry don't know to much about girls) really don't care one way or another if they ar wearing underwear.

Any bodily function and the result of that bodily function is ALWAYS funny to little boys.

Dirt and cat food tastes good to a toddler.

Little boys don't care if there zipper is down or who might see it.

Hearing a little boy's first armpit noise is a proud moment.

Hearing your kids tell you that you are "cool" really means something.

Hearing your kids tell you that you are a great Mom is the best.

"Don't sit on the baby" is actually something you may hear yourself say.

"Don't ride on the dog" is also something you never thought you would have to say.

When kids fall asleep it looks as if they actually collapsed mid-movement and never intended to actually fall asleep.

Breastmilk really can squirt very far.

Silly putty DOES NOT come up when you freeze it.

You will never again be the first person to sit down and start eating your dinner.

Staying out until the wee hours at night was no problem in college, waking up numerous times with a crying baby just about does you in.

Syrup can be used as hair gel in a pinch.

Every baby is your first baby no matter how many you have. They are never the same.

Little boys think their Mommy's are the most beautiful (at least for a while).

There are times that I can't wait to get a break from them and when I do, I am ready to run right in and see them, no matter how long it has been.

Kids tell on you if you don't put something back where you got it at Walmart.

It's ok for them to think you are the meanest mommy in the whole world when you are doing something for their own good.

I do not remember what it was like to be bored.

Minivans are COOL!!!

And..

The labor, the two-hour breastfeeding schedule, the diapers, being thrown up on, losing sleep, the choas...It's ALL worth it.

When I was pregnant with Austin my mom told me that you will love your baby more than you ever could imagine. She said that it was a kind of love that she really could not describe. I didn't understand what she was talking about until I had these children. Even when I am at my wits end with them, I know that, if anyone tried to take them away from me or harm them, I would fight to the death.