Love makes you..........

I just put the babe down for a nap -

before I forced this nap on her,

she wanted to squeeze a banana but not eat it,

Tried to put a new shirt on but couldnt do it alone, and of course refused help.

Completely trashed the house I cleaned, organized, and vaccummed not even 24 hours ago.

Hit her dad, and rolled her eyes a new thing she recently mastered.

I am apart of a Moms group - 13 of us total - all of our children were due

(or came) in the month of August.

Several of us are first time moms, but we are blessed to have a few Moms who have gone before us.

These ladies have the patience of Job - I am better parent

because of them, and I love that we share the daily dealings with

our kids and lives together.

So back to nap time - I kept my cool put MacNcheese in her

crib that she almost climbed out of, she was almost hysterical....
....I scooped her up and rocked her for a minute.

Love makes you be patient, talk softer, repeat yourself

8 times, choose not to do it yourself - yes it would be

faster but she takes pride in being a helper.

Love makes you, want more then you had for your kids -

and makes you make the right choices to do so. It makes

you be consistent when you are exhausted and makes you

read the same book 2o times IN A ROW.

Love and desire to live a legacy are way bigger then pride,

and can overcome anything!