Two years ago...

Two years ago, on this day, all of the baby clothes were washed, folded, hung neatly and fresh smelling. The burp clothes and bibs were stain free. The lavender scented baby lotion bottle was full. The walls were freshly painted yellow, the house was clean as a whistle and everything was in it's place. And, with nothing left to do to occupy my mind and my time, I was sitting at my desk at work wondering if my little Matthew would ever make his appearance (and hoping my water didn't break at work). I had been counting down the days since... forever. I was anxious to see his face and to hear him cry. And might I add, ready to move without feeling like I'd pee my pants (ha!).

Little did I know how much my handsome little Matthew would change my life. Today as I watch him drive his cars around the house, inspect the Christmas tree, make fish faces at his goldfish, and snuggle right in to my chest I began to cry reflect on some of the changes that just make me giggle.

Instead of... "I wonder what we'll do on Friday night!" It's... "I hope we don't have any plans this weekend..."

Instead of... "Let's go out to eat around 8 p.m."  It's... "We need to be seated by 5 with food by 5:30 or we're not gonna make it through this meal!"

Instead of... the Sunday night blues, because work is right around the corner... It's... the Sunday night blues, because Dada has to go back to work tomorrow and we were having so much fun!

Instead of... heels... it's sneakers...

Instead of... staying up late... it's, "I better get to bed now, they're going to be up at the crack of dawn!"

Instead of... worrying about myself... it's all about my boys...

Instead of... the Today show... it's "Super Why!"

Instead of... Express... it's Children's Place.

Instead of... Starbucks... it's Chick-fil-A.

Instead of... one cup of coffee... it's three cups of coffee.

Motherhood has brought me so much more than all of these things, but sometimes this is just where my mind wanders...