Play at Home Mom.

Being an at home mom, gives you a lot of duties, many of which cause you to forget to even take care of yourself. Can be both a blessing, and a burden at times. Of course it gets hard when you go through half the day so busy with the kids and the home, that you forgot to even grab a bite to eat for yourself! (By the way, I'M STARVING!) A blessing in the fact that, how wonderful is it to have something, and people, that are so important that you don't even have the time, or the want, to be selfish, or even think about yourself in the littlest manner? It's a bittersweet thing, to take care of everyone and yet sometimes forget about even your very own hunger. In that though, are you so busy that you aren't LIVING with those people you love so much? By living, I don't mean waking up each morning and breathing throughout the day, I mean living life to the fullest with those whom you care so much about. "Don't spend so much time making a living, and forget to create a life." At the end of each day, yes your kids were fed, well taken care of, clothed, and cleaned, but did you enjoy their company? Did they enjoy yours? Did you laugh together today? Did you play? Did you take the time to LIVE with them today? Or were you too busy making sure everything was good enough to get by for another day? When your kids grow up, would you rather them say, "My mom was great, she always fed and clothed me, the house was always clean and she always made sure I was okay," or "My mom was the best, she always knew how to make me laugh, she always made time to give me the love and attention I needed, some of my most joyous moments were with my mom." I know which one I hope my kids say one day, what about you? Yes, it's great to sit down at the end of the day, nice clean house knowing you got through another day in this chaotic career called motherhood, but it's even better to sit down at the end of the day, completely battered and exhausted from the amount of playing, laughing, wrestling, and fun you had all day. Now no, I'm not saying have one of those houses on the Febreeze commercials, yes you have duties around the house that need done, but do it when they go to sleep, or when they're in independent mode and don't feel like playing with you at the moment. Like any mom, I'm not perfect, I never will be, I have my times where they ask me to play but I really needed to get the dishes done, or cook (they always want me when I'm cooking! Why is that?) But I do try to regularly remind myself about the mom I want to be, it's a daily struggle, but one that is worth it. Everyday for the rest of my life, I will do my very best to insure that I laugh, play, and enjoy my kids' company that day, because in the end, i'll be "going out" before they do (I better at least!!!) And I don't want them to remember how clean our house was, I want them to remember all the times I put the world aside, just to sit and laugh with them, just to play with them, and tell them how much I love them (whether they fully understand "love" yet or not.) I am a PLAY at home mom, and the only mom I wanter to be better than, is the mom I was yesterday. So everyday I will fight to be better than I was the day before, because my kids are worth it, and they deserve it! So my mom friends, I challenge you to this, tomorrow, let the dishes, laundry, whatever it is, wait until bed time, take the entire day to just enjoy LIVING with your children, and at the end of the day, after you rush to finally get the house done when they're sleeping so you could watch your shows, and you sit down, see how much more exhausting, yet, amazing you feel about your day.

"Life is about moments, don't wait for them, create them."

HE STOOD UP! 6 months!!! Strong boy!