This weekend my daughter got sick for the first time and even though I knew it would be hard, no one ever told me how emotional I would be! I cried and cried from the time I got the phone call at work, all the way home, and even more so once I saw how pitiful she looked. She had a 102 temperature and was pretty lethargic. Talk about breaking my heart! So all day Saturday we just sat around and I nursed her every need. It's pretty amazing that they learn at such a young age that they can play up their sickness in order to milk it for everything it's worth! Ha. By Sunday she was pretty much back to normal, though she was up until midnight that night. So other than extreme exhaustion and a dire need for everything to go back to normal, things have pretty much returned to routine.

As much as I loved my little snuggling up to me when she wasn't feeling well, I am DEFINITELY not anxious for her to feel unwell again. It's so much more frustrating than I imagined since she can't actually TELL me what's wrong. Poor little babe...

That past 15 months have flown by ( 9 months of pregnancy + 6 months of baby time)! It's funny how much can change in a little over a year's time... This time last year I was planning, planning, planning... trying to manage a job and school and trying NOT to freak out as much as possible. Now that I've had 6 months of practice with my little one, I can't even imagine what kind of structure my life had before. Everything seems to have fallen into place and, even though I'm still learning, I truly have begun to feel that being a mother is what I was destined to do.

I must say though, when out at the grocery store, mall, restaurant, etc., and I see these mothers with 2, 3 and sometimes 4 children I wonder... how in the heck do they manage all of THAT? Having one little babe to take care of takes all of my time and energy, I can't even imagine stretching that time and energy across other babes, and all at the same time! But who knows... perhaps one day I'll have another of my own and then we'll see if I can morph into one of those "Super Moms" as well. I do have to wonder... do we get the spandex (hopefully stretchy) brightly colored costumes?? If so, count me in :)