Today's Top Ten

Top Ten Things I Love About Being the Mom

of a Seven Month Old

10. The baby smell - Kinda like the "new car smell". I'm not talking about the newly acquired solid food poop smell (here we are at poop again). I like the lavender bath, fresh laundry, baby hair smell.  

9. Buying baby food - I'm the crazy lady with 400 types of baby food in her basket. I love buying every single type of baby food out there. They have such cool flavors (peach cobbler smoothie, yes please!)! And not so cool....beef with gravy, blech! I try a little dab of what she's having, so I know what I'm feeding her. I get so excited for Lainey to try a new flavor. Today, she tried peach yogurt melt-in-your-mouth puffs. I can't believe the stuff they come up with. We haven't had any losers so far!! She likes everything (at least she eats it...you couldn't tell by the faces that she makes, but I think that's the texture)! I hope it sticks.

8. Nice comments in the store - Note that I said comments....this can be done from 5 feet away, in individual personal space without touching the baby. And, "Awww, look at the cute little boy" does not count as a nice comment when she's wearing PINK and flowers!! That comment is disqualified.

7. Funny new faces - Please see above pictures. For the one on the right, she likes to snort in and out through her nose (see #6, new noises) and for the one on the right, she likes to view the world sideways.

6. Cute new noises - Screams, coos, raspberries, etc. Her newest is bababa and mamama which has convinced me that she is the smartest baby in the world and should be considered for the Harvard Medical Program! I know that what she is saying is very profound!

5. Watching her get around - Lainey can get anything she wants. Remotes, phones, papers...anything she is not supposed to have. What I have figured out about Lainey, though, is that she has to really want something to go after it. She's very laid back and will crawl only when she feels it's necessary.

4. Baby clothes!!!! - Need I say more? I'm obsessed. The ones that look like little bitty grown-up outfits really get me. I love the frilly dresses, too. Who am I kidding? I love them all. My child makes them all look cute.

3. Excitement when I pick her up - I know she won't always love mom, so I'm embracing this one! When I get her out of her carseat or highchair, she kicks her legs and reaches out with the best look on her face. She hugs my neck when I hold her. It's gotta be the best feeling in the world. She doesn't care what my hair looks like or that my breath smells like a mule's butt. She just knows I'm mom.

2. Each new day - She's such a little sponge, absorbing and learning so much everyday! In Hobby Lobby yesterday, she figured out that the basket made a squeaky sound if she rocked back and forth quickly. She amused herself the whole time with that. She rocked and giggled. That small thing was one of the highlights of my day.

1. Getting her out of the crib in the morning - See #3. She has the most amazing smile when I go to get her when she first wakes up. This is the way everyone should start their day. I've gone to a real grouch (just ask poor Jared) to a fairly pleasant person in the mornings. This sweet smile and noise could warm the coldest of hearts. I am very blessed and hope that I am able to see all of the ways that I have been blessed.