-making sure your baby has a fantastic view of his first parade
-changing your child's clothes after he gets muddy and wet from random puddle jumping (say even on the way out the door) but forgetting to change yours or wipe the mud off your cheek
-having constant dish pan hands
-loving the constant enthusiasm
-hearing, "uooogh Shaaaadden!" repeated back to you
-choosing grocery stores based upon truck carts and going on mommy mission to make sure your son can ride in one while you're there
-hearing the words, "hep" (help) and "self" (as in, "self do it" aka do it by myself) almost as much as "momma!"
-knowing your normal pre-baby tardiness is now considered flaky no show
-being sure the missing sock will turn up somewhere
-packing bags
-trying to remember what you know you need to remember before you leave the house
-thinking your child's speech is the cutest thing in the world
-finding slugs outside and remaking them inside with playdoh
-being exhausted but saying yes to ball outside because you know how much he needs it
-being overwhelmed with pictures
-letting him crack the eggs every time even though you sometimes wish you could
-loving the way he runs after neighborhood boys
-having a helper to feed all the animals
-talking out loud about a grocery list to hear in reply, "apples, 'nanas, pink yoert, eggs, more apple sauce..."
-sharing the joy of a morning donut run
-singing partial songs with fill in the blanks for him to sing the missing lyrics/reading the same way or having the book read to you!
-deeming every sporting item a new necessity
-not getting your hair done for an entire (gasp!) year because it's ridiculously expensive and takes way more time than you can spare even though you dream about trim ends and dark brown locks
-walking around like hag lady while your son looks cuter than cute for a nothing planned day
-trying to find woodpecker in a forest because your son can hear it
-getting twenty-five kisses on the lips when he's just not ready for nighnigh (who knows how to work it?!?!)
-listening to stories of the day being recounted in son specific details
-teaching the word brave
-having this amazing trust between you and your son that you just know when he is safe and can run a little farther than you
-falling asleep holding hands and bodies
-not knowing how to say no night nursing
-playing lawn mowers and checking out lawn tools
-checking out every leroy mccoy music book wishing the illustrations weren't so creepy
-beginning prayer and letting googoose complete the rest
-wishing lois lenski was still alive writing and producing winners
-listening to your husband play drummer boy on the keyboard with your son's fingers as they sing harmony and turn pages to Ezra j. Keats
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