Growing Up

It's hard to believe that in four months my baby girl will be 2 years old. It feels like just yesterday that I brought her home from the hospital. Everyday she learns new things and picks up new words, phrases, or sentences. I have been struggling in teaching her to clean up after herself but then today I asked her to please clean up her kitchen before going to nap and she did! She cleaned up everything and then headed to her bedroom, but she noticed she was still holding a pretend doughnut and quickly ran back to her kitchen and put it away. It's the little things like this that make you feel like all the work of being a parent is definitely worthwhile. And now as I look forward to bringing another child into this world I definitely know that it is hard work but every smile, every hug, every kiss makes up for everything else. The only thing is I have to get used to waking up every hour and a half again!!