Little Joys

Transitioning from a full time working wife to a full time stay at home mom has proved to be a little more difficult than I thought. For the first few weeks of my baby's life, I border-lined on feeling a little...down. I was still happy, but just the transition of going from doing whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to being at home in the same place for hours/days/weeks on end was not something I was truly prepared for. Now that Haylie and I go out and about and see more than the living room walls, it really make me see the little joys I have in my life.

• Play groups with other stay at home moms. This helps me realize I'm not all by myself!
  
• Sporadic conversations on phone/text/g-chat/facebook with friends. Now that I'm not at work, I can talk whenever I want to good friends. (My cell phone bill proves it!)
  
• Sonic happy hour! When we do venture out, it's nice to know that between the hours of 2-4, I can get a half price treat. I love great deals! This also includes any drive-thru that doesn't make me get the baby in and out of the car.
  
• Finally getting Haylie to sleep and putting her down in her crib for a nap...and she stays asleep! This guarantees me just a few moments to relax.
  
• Daily showers. Never taking this for granted again.

In all honesty though, the little joys I get now throughout the day is being with my baby girl. She provides me with a joy I never thought I could feel. She is truly a blessing from God and everyday that I have her with me, I never want to take it for granted. A year ago, I was really starting to doubt that this day would ever be here when I would be home with my daughter. God is so good!!