RUP: You're JUST a Mom?

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Anyone that has a dimple in their elbow is deliciously yummy in my book... i.e. third picture down :)

My cousin got home from his mission today and we had a big lunch at his grandparents house. I went and said hello to his grandpa, and he asked me how being a mom was. He jokingly said, "It's a cinch isn't it? Being just a stay-at-home mom?" He then went on to say how he thinks it's the hardest job there is and that people do not give it enough credit. I'm 100% with him. I think it's so sad when some women, when asked what their job is say, "Oh I'm just a mom." Just my butt. As awesome and amazing as it is caring for this little bundle of joy, cause trust me, it is... it's also the hardest thing I have ever done. I am slowly learning what selfless love is all about. There have been so many mornings when I am starving or thirsty and three hours later I look at the clock and realize, "Wait a second? I am still starving and thirsty..." Or sometimes when I'm changing his diaper for the fourth time that morning I think to myself, "I remember the days when I had time to go to the bathroom." And when I'm giving him a bath to wash off the remains from the major blow out diaper he just had, I think fondly on the memories when brushing my teeth and showering were part of my daily routine. I have listened to cries, done more laundry, touched more poop, pee, and spit up than I ever thought possible and in all of this ranting I'm doing, my point is... being a mother is hard work. I never realized or have given enough credit to my mother, or all the mothers out there, like I should have for the millions of sacrifices they made and continue to make for their children. After having my own, I have a new found respect for mothers and if I ever hear anyone say, "Oh you're just a mom?" I just may open a can of you know what on them ;)

So thank you to all the wonderful mothers out there for everything you do. It doesn't go unnoticed.

You rock.

BUT... with all that hard talk above, I don't think any other job in the world has a higher reward. At night when I'm cuddling my little man and he looks so peacefully into my eyes, my heart just melts and I can't wait to do a another whole day of poopy diapers and holding my own :)
Linking up to The Pleated Poppy

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