Motherhood is made up of a bunch of little things. And it's those little things that help keep a smile on my face. There are plenty of moments when being a mom is hard and terribly frustrating, and then I come across these little moments that remind me just how great my life really is when I take the time to notice. I may not cherish every single moment of being a mom, but I wouldn't want my life to be anywhere other than where it is right now.
It's not very easy to capture pictures of the little moments with Shelby so these are all about Shasta. It's also possible that some of these pictures have been on Facebook or even previous posts on my blog, but the purpose of this post is to remind me of those moments that make my life so great and therefore they will appear here too.
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| The time she put panties on her head. This picture makes me giggle. A friend and I used to do this in High School when we went swimming to keep our scalps from getting sunburned. Okay, we did it just because too. |
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| All the crazy hair styles because each day is a clean slate so why not have fun with it |
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| All the times she puts on my shoes |
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| "Look mom, he's signing dad" |
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| Every time she's nursed her stuffed animals and dolls |
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| All the time we spend playing in the sensory table |
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| The time she put her doll, Lucy, in timeout. Then she sat next to her and kept asking Lucy if she understood why she had to sit in timeout and if she was still listening. |
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| The time she called this her "Jesus toy". That's when I knew it was time to start being more consistent in teaching her about Jesus! |
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| The time she put my sports bra on while I was putting away laundry |
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| The time we shared apples, grapes, and trail mix for a snack and she picked out all the chocolate and ate it first. There's no doubt she's my daughter! |
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| The time Nick took her shopping and came back with these pictures |
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| Every time I find one of her babies using one of Shelby's toys |
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| The time she fell asleep on Nick during story time. Also, any time she wears those slippers because they're so dang cute! |
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| The time I didn't make her change her clothes because we were only going to sit outside and have dinner with daddy at his work. She picked out her whole outfit, even her shoes! |
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| Every time I find her dolls tucked in a blanket |
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| The time she put on Shelby's size 0-3 months pants. Why yes, she is 2 years old here! |
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| The countless hours we spend playing with babies. Dressing and undressing them, feeding them, changing their diapers, wrapping them in blankets, comforting them when they're crying... I love how motherly she is! |
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| The time she got into my makeup not once... |
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| not twice... |
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| not even three times... |
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| But four times. FOUR! In my defense, I started occasionally putting blush on her while she watched me get ready so it was a hard habit to break trying to teach her it wasn't okay to play in my makeup without permission. |
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| The time I was doing dishes and looked up to see this. She loves Shelby and wants to be just like her. |
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| The time I put Shelby in Shasta's bed and Shasta thought they could take a nap together. |
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| The countless times we played tea party before we actually had a tea set. I love her imagination! |
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| The time she helped me decorate the Christmas tree and put all the bells in one cluster. |
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| The time I found her stuffed elephant, Bubblegum, sleeping in my bathroom. Not the most sanitary place for her to sleep, but she fit so perfectly in her little "bed" and her dryer sheet "blanket" was the perfect size. |
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| All the times she wears my boots around |
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| The few times she's prayed like this at the dinner table. Also, she's not wearing clothes because she was helping me with the dishes... those are moments I love too |
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| The times she lays on the couch like this to watch a movie or read stories |
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| The time I looked down and saw she put a napkin in her lap while we were out to dinner. |
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| The time she fell asleep in the middle of the day at Grammy's and Papa's house. She must have been having too much fun with her cousins |
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| The time she played on the teeter totter with Carter, but neither one of them weighed enough to make it work so Papa had to help them |
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| All the times we play with blocks |
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| The way she wears her princess crowns |
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| The countless times she's played with my hair |
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| The time she was invited to a princess tea party and I did her hair like this. She was so excited that it looked like a crown! |
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| How stinkin' cute the princess tea party was and how excited she was about it |
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| The time I took her with me to the church so I could work on the bulletin board and she sat and read books to Daisy the entire time. |
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| All the times she holds hands with her cousins. Cousins really do make the best of friends. |
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| All the times she "reads" books to Shelby. |
And in the spirit of things I'll include a few things about Shelby even though there are no pictures.
- All the things she does when she's nursing, the way she plays with my hair, smiles, caresses my side, sometimes she hums
- The way she gets so excited to see me
- The way she laughs at Shasta
- Her contagious laughter
- Her sweet cuddles
It's all the little things that make being a mom so fun. And entertaining. And crazy. But mostly fun.
2 comments:
I love it! All the little things really add up to be a big thing. :) like how Lou wears her sunglasses upside down, and that she recently started saying "gee gu, Mommy" (Thank You) all on her own. :)
Love this post, i think being a mom it gets to easy to get caught up in how hard motherhood is, and we forget to enjoy all the little moments. I need a post like this... i need to take more pictures.
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