Happiness in the backseat with sunglasses and sippy cup.
God has blessed me with the most happy, jovial, outgoing, fun and energetic first child. It's no surprise, really. I often need the lesson that he is here to teach me. He made me a mother and I never take this job for granted. I'm honored every day to be his side kick, and thank God every night that I get to be Harrison's mom.
I think every mother out there has her own style of raising her children. It's interesting to see how my friends do things differently than I would, and what their styles teach me. For me motherhood means....
- Caring less about a messy house and more about a happy child {I wish I could be better about cleaning up...but I'm just not}.
- Affection, affection, affection.
- Figuring out what makes them tick and nurturing their strengths.
- Modeling behavior that I want them to emulate someday.
- Letting them know that, above all else, they are the greatest miracle of my life.
- Constant "I love yous" and "I'm proud of yous" go a long way....every child wants their parent's approval.
- Taking comfort in knowing that "you reap what you sow" and that one day all this hard work will come back to you in the form of a loving, good, happy adult.
Here is a little clip of a typical afternoon moment. The best laugh in the world happening over dropping a little wooden pig on the ground while standing on a step stool...
Happy Mothers Day.