Bizzy Dizzy

We are going to be so busy this month! Just to give you an idea, here is a list of what will be happening or beginning in the next two weeks (more or less in order of occurrence):

My mom coming to town
Jed's parents coming to town
School begins
School carpool begins
Trip to the New England Air Museum
Trip to the Joseph Smith's Birthplace memorial
Apple picking
Teta Daria coming to town
Abigail's Baptism and Confirmation
Sam's baby blessing
Mike and Aidan's soccer season begins
Destination Imagination begins (Abby will be on a different team than the boys,
so we'll have it two days.)
Watching Brandon on Julia's working days
Abby's violin lessons
Dr.s Appointments for Sam and I
Sam's immunizations

Yeah, that's just the next two weeks. And that's just what's currently scheduled! *faint*

The upside is, most of those are wonderful things and many pictures will follow. :D

The Rewards of Motherhood

Moms go through so much in the first few weeks of their baby's lives. I totally forgot how bad the sleep deprivation is, for one thing. Watch out for me when I'm driving, seriously. And when babies cry, it's as if every nerve in Mom's body is attached to every sound wave. It's stressful! Then there's the fact that a baby's body leaks fluid at pretty much every pore pretty much all the time. Motherhood is WET! Last night alone Sam sweated, peed, and pooped either on me or in my immediate vicinity, and topped the morning off at 7 am with a quantity of spit-up that spread over my chest, shoulders, neck, and on into my hair.

Right about the time you have just about HAD it with motherhood and please take him back Lord, oh please....your baby learns to smile. There is nothing cuter, nothing more rewarding, in this whole world than your baby's first smiles. The only times I've felt something even approaching this level of amazing were the day Jed proposed to me and the day he married me. Even finding out about a new baby and giving birth just doesn't hold the strength of emotion as when that baby smiles at you. It's like the baby is saying "I know I've put you through a lot, Mommy, but I love you! Thank you for my life!" You are SO welcome, Sam. SO welcome.