Things I never thought I would do… until I became a mother…

1) Turning EVERYTHING into a song (and I am not even a good singer…)

Yes, my life is now a musical. It started innocently enough; humming when I change my baby’s diaper; creating little songs to distract her in the car; making up songs to make thunder less frightening; then came the toilet training and hand washing songs… and now, we just sing about EVERYTHING and anything! Though I admit, it is incredibly cute that my little one has started to create her own little everyday songs to sing to me. The problem is that she wants me to sing the song she made up with her…

One other warning about making up songs… MAKE SURE you REMEMBER the words and tune. You never know when the little one wants a repeat performance of a song that you made up months ago…

2) My obsession with bodily fluids…

Honestly, until I became a mom, I never thought twice about the colour of bodily fluids... now I find myself looking up stuff and asking other people (mainly other parents because they are less likely to look at you funny when you ask them these questions…) about what green snot means… and what colour should poop be….

And of course...

Finding myself so much in LOVE with another person. To be filled with so much wonder and anticipation to see what she will do everyday. And, to do silly things, just to see her smile.

Oh...

And be able to somewhat function on so little sleep….

Happy New Year!

I do not believe another year is over.... I do not believe I am another year older! Granted, it has been great being 29 for the last couple of years now.... I guess I should start to move on. It would be easier if I did actually feel another year wiser though..

So as usual, my New Year's resolution rule is to not have a resolution... though I do have some new year wishes...

In no particular order....

- Try to fold the laundry in less than a week....

- Attempt to keep the house cleaner... that is vacuum before the dust bunnies

start speaking to me

- Try to Finish unpacking the house from the move (granted my parents never did finish packing from their first move, and that was over 20 years ago, so I am

ahead of schedule right now)

- Try to write more

- Try to read more books that have more than 4 sentences per page

- Try to make me happy, and with that, help other people to be happy

- Try to worry less about the small stuff... and debate on whether I should worry

more about the big stuff...

I am sure this list will grow as the year progresses....

But the Most Important Thing...

- Try to be the best Mother I can be

Like I tell my little one... the most important thing is to try. BUT no half-ass trying... that does not count.