Never in my life would I have dreamed of saying "Gosh, I miss when Mia was 12 weeks old and all she did was eat and sleep!"
Never in my life would I dream I would have had to say on a multiple time a day basis "Mia, do NOT put my shoe in your mouth!"
Never in my life did I think I would have to wrestle my child to the ground to change her diaper or her clothes.
Never in my life did I imagine I would sit on my couch for 45 minutes after my child went to sleep and make a list of things I needed to do when she napped, only to have her wake up 5 minutes later....
Never in my life would I have ever thought "Geez, Mia's been awake for almost 2 hours....she MUST be ready for a nap"
Never in my life did I ever think I would put something in my mouth that had already been partially chewed by another human being
Never in my life did I think I would go for a full day wearing a shirt that had been peed on first thing in the morning.
Never in my life would I have ever imagined drowning out my child's screaming by turning up the stereo in the car
Never in my life did I ever think that I would have to tell my daughter that "we don't stick our fingers in the dogs bum..."
Never in my life did I think I would need to explain to people that "that" sound was just my 9 month old's "fake laugh" ;-)
Never in my life did I think I would have to explain to my child that "we don't EAT the rug" or "drink the bath water"....
and never in my life did I think that I would take my child slapping me repeatedly as a sign of affection and just explain to everyone that she's "just a patter".....good times.
Month 9 has been a doozie.....in lots of good ways and in other "challenging" ones ;-) I have also caught myself thinking on a daily basis (both the good and bad days).....never in my life did I think I could love someone so much. But can you blame me? Look at this face.....
