Oh, how life changes...

We’ve all heard it a million times.

“Life will never be the same when you have kids.”

And you think, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Things will be different. No biggie.”

But…this is one of those situations where you don’t really know, you can’t really know, until you have one of your own. I thought I knew how my life would change. Ha! I had no idea. I was pretty clueless.

Here is a list I have compiled of things that have changed in my life since my sweet son joined our family in October.

1. Sleeping in. I know what you are thinking……..DUH! Yes, I knew that sleep would never be the same. But, I don’t think my brain fully understood the depth to this statement. My child wakes up at 6:00 every morning. Not just Monday through Friday. Every morning. Sleeping in used to mean 10:00. Now it means 6:30. Change #1.

2. Never on time. I am a punctual person. Always have been, thought I always would be. Nope, I was wrong! I’m good to get out the door in one piece and with everything needed to get my son and me through the day. No matter how early I begin to get us ready, I can never manage to get us out the door on time. What happens to that extra time I give us to leave on time? Y’all. I have no idea. I’m not going to tell you how many times I get down the road and can’t remember if I put deodorant on that morning (too many times to count). You’ll be happy to know that most of the time I can smell the fresh scent of my deodorant. Sometimes I’m not so sure. ;)

3. TV Shows. Ask me how many shows I have piled up on my DVR that I have yet to watch. And probably won’t get around to watch. Now ask me how many Mickey Mouse Clubhouse shows we have on our DVR. And those all get watched. Multiple times. My shows feel neglected. I don’t even know when my shows come on, but you bet your bottom dollar I know the exact times Mickey Mouse comes on on Disney Junior. I see new TV series that look really interesting, and then quietly laugh to myself because I know there is not a chance.

4. Enjoying a meal. Meal time is very different than it was 4 months ago. We no longer savor every bite, enjoy the different flavors in each dish, or take our time polishing off dessert. Meal time has a use it or lose it method now. You better shovel it in quickly if you want to eat before you are needed by your sweet child. And dessert…who has time for that? You’d think I would be losing some inches around my waistline since I’m skipping out on dessert, but that’s a whole other blog post. :)

5. Shopping. I love clothes. Love fashion. Love perusing clothing aisles looking for the latest styles. That frame of mind is completely different now. Now I get to shop for my little person. I get to dress him up in the latest styles-it’s even better! Whenever I visit the mall, I head straight towards the baby stores. Oooo and Ahhh over all of the cutest little clothes I’ve ever seen, and spend my fashion funds all on him. But it’s so worth it! Who cares if I’m wearing old jeans and last year’s top? My little guy is stylin’ and profilin’! I can live my fashion dreams through him.

6. Date night discussions. My husband and I have been on a couple of date nights since we’ve had our son. Our discussions consist mostly of one thing. Every. Single. Time. I bet you can guess what that one thing is. Ding Ding Ding! You are right! We talk about our son. We talk about every little thing our 3 month old does. It doesn’t matter how miniscule or gross it is. Date night talk is all about him, which is pretty easy to understand because he is our whole world. Our everything. Even when we aren’t with him, we think and talk about him constantly. That’s normal, right??

There are many, many things that change when you start a family. The list goes on and on. I don't miss one part of my life before we had our son. Ok, maybe I miss sleep a little every now and then. ;) But other than that, not a thing! He hasn't taken away one thing from our old lives, but he sure has enhanced every part of new lives.

So the old saying is true in more ways than one.

“Life will never be the same when you have kids.”

Absolutely true. Life will never be what it once was, because it gets so much better. It becomes so rewarding, full, and complete in every sense of the word.

Children are the greatest blessings from above.