Reflections Of Being A Mommy

..."But there never seems to be enough time, to do the things you want to do once you find them. I've looked around enough to know, you're the one I want to go through time with."
- Jim Croce "Time In A Bottle"

I've been doing a lot of reflecting since this past Saturday, which marked the 9th anniversary of September 11th. I've been thinking of what I was doing that particular day. I've been thinking of how my life has changed in 9 years. I've been thinking about the different responsibilities I had then and now. I can't tell you what I had for dinner last week, but I can tell you exactly what I was doing on that day 9 years ago.

Nine years ago, I was a senior in college. I had just bought my first car and life was awesome. Fast forward nine years and life is more than awesome...it's just about perfect. I have a hard working husband who would do just about anything and everything for me and our Madore-ables. He works his tail off so I can stay at home with our girls so we don't have to worry about daycare costs, or who's taking care of them. We have two healthy, beautiful girls who keep us so very entertained and on our toes each day.

Being a stay at home Mom is fun, and a lot of work rolled into one. There are days where I feel like I need to take what I like to call a "mommy time-out". When would I need to take a "mommy time-out" you ask? Well, hypothetically after a bowl of yogurt is thrown all over a nice clean kitchen floor, or just when I'm about to leave for a doctor's appointment a diaper needs to be changed. But, of course you need to take the good with the bad. I melt when I hear "I love you Mummy" or "You're my best friend Mummy". I smile when I see Sarah blowing kisses at me, and listening to Sarah "sing" her ABC's. "Mummy, will you come snuggle with me?" *Sigh* I love those moments.

I found the following video while I was doing my usual morning blog reading. I was teary eyed after 30 seconds of watching it...so be warned :)