Top Ten Ways you know you're a Mom!

So…yes, I’ve been slacking once again on this blog posting quest I’ve been on, but in my defense it’s been a little hectic.  Welcome to life right!!! 

Lately as I browse Facebook and Instagram I’ve been seeing all of the lovely Mother’s Day posts depicting the sweet, wonderful, inspirational, and downright amazing side of mother hood.  So in honor of the recent holiday that just past….quite possibly the best holiday on the calendar….I thought I’d take a minute to make my own list, most of which apply to those with young children….but you’ve all been there!

Top Ten Ways you know you’re a Mom!

10.   You’ve started adding a “Y” to the end of random words.

9.       You look forward to bed time so that you can pee alone.  

8.       You lie about everything just to avoid meltdowns or conflict: “Sorry, there are no more cookies”  - no worries, it won’t be a lie anymore when you finish them off after bed time, after you’ve had time to pee in peace, and are now watching 4 months worth of backlogged shows on your DVR.

7.       Calling your glass of wine “Mommy Juice” starts to become an acceptable term. 

6.       When your house becomes quite you start to panic at the thought of the destruction that is currently happening in the next room.

5.    Potty training is taking over your life.  You’re Googling methods, and downloading Apps in your spare time.  And chances are high you told a coworker you need to use the potty at least once this week.

4.    You sing a song about everything!  In the last 24 hrs I have sung a Night Night song, a wake up song, a potty song, a teeth brushing song about sugar bugs, and a song about how I don’t want to sing a song anymore.  I should really be up for a Grammy, I’m AMAZING at the on the spot lyrics! 

3.    While carrying on a conversation you can throw “No, that is not ok, that is not what we do” in mid sentence picking back up the conversation without ever missing a word….and you don’t notice you did it!

2.    You realize that a ridiculous number of “kids” movies are NOT kid friendly.  Don’t believe me, wait until your 2 year old decides to mimic Donkey from Shrek! 

Drum roll please!!!!!!  The Number one Top Ten Way you know you’re a Mom is……….

1.       Despite all of the crazy, silly, frustrating, hair pulling moments that come along with motherhood you wouldn’t trade one single second for anything in the world!!!!!!  We all can agree it’s the most amazing gift. 

I hope everyone had an amazing Mother’s day.  I couldn’t have asked for a better little princess to spend mine with.