Year Three...

1- I have a little piece of my heart and soul walking around exploring this crazy world. That's both exciting and terrifying all at the same time.

2- Patience...Patience...Patience.

3- A little one wanting more independence is both a curse and a blessing.

4- Potty training is hell in a hand basket straight from the devil himself.

5- A nuclear meltdown from a three year old in public can send a mom straight to tears of embarrassment 

(see year two #3 ).

6- I know becoming a mother is the most humbling yet gratifying gift that I could ever be blessed with.

Year Two...

1- Anything your baby does is amazing/entertaining... literally anything.

2- Having a social butterfly for a child is a blessing, even though I would love to be clung to, or missed every once in a while.

3- The terrible two's have nothing on age three, Nothing.

4- Children make holidays that much more fun.

5- Taking family pictures is a joke.

6- Your children love you as fiercely as you love them.

Things I Have Learned Since Becoming a Mom...

I'm a mom...I've been a mom for three years now and in that three years I have learned some things. Some good things, some funny things, some useful things, some random things. I've decided that taking the time to jot down a list of  these lessons I have learned by the year, would be both reflective and therapeutic in a way for me and entertaining to my children in the future. Who knows maybe these lessons learned will eventually be cherished by me and my children...maybe not. Whatever they do my kids will know how becoming their mother affected me, challenged me, and changed me for the better. To me that is priceless. 

So that's the plan, every year around Mother's Day.  I have some catching up to to do so bare with me for the next three days...Thankfully the past three years are pretty fresh in my brain.

Year One:

1- Great things come in small packages.

2- Sleep deprivation is inevitable.

3- It is amazing how you can love something so fiercely...immediately.

4- When a diaper comes off...Boy Scout Motto; BE PREPARED.

5- Our lives changed forever on 10.12.09