Better

I have now been a mommy for 4 months. I always knew that I would love being a mom... and I was right. I feel like my life is better as a mommy. My heart is fuller and my smile is a bit brighter because of Addie. She is absolutely everything I prayed for! I still feel like my love grows deeper everyday! I am borderline obsessive about her. I kiss her probably 200 times a day and tell her I love her just as much. When I have to work I will cuddle with her all day. I just give her the boobie buffet so that I can rest for a little bit. Side note: the boobie buffet naps are going to stop once I start weekend option- I really need to get her back to her good nap schedule. When she got sick a month ago her nap schedule got all messed up and since I have returned to work I haven't had the patience or time to fix it.
It is wonderful being Addie's mommy and I hope that I feel this much happiness with my future babies. I feel pretty strongly that my future pregnancies won't be nearly as much fun as Addie's was. All the feelings that I had during my pregnancy with Addie were so brand new. My only true worry was that Addie wouldn't be healthy and I was somewhat worried about the changes that would be coming to Joey and I's relationship. But, man I sure loved being pregnant! I worry that with my next pregnancy I will be so worried about how Addie will do that I won't enjoy it as much... I guess I will just have to make sure that that doesn't happen. ;) Right now I am just enjoying watching Addie get bigger and reach new milestones (more about that in a future blog entry).
Here is a list of everything that I loved about pregnancy:
*Watching my belly get bigger every week
*Being able to feel Addie kick- I could be sitting at work and she would just be kicking away. No one else would know that I had this adorable little life kicking the crap out of my uterus- and I loved it!
*Reading about my babies development every week.. and sometimes reading the next weeks development because I would get so excited.
*Talking to people about the baby I was growing. I loved it when people would ask me questions regarding my pregnancy. i.e. How far along I was, Boy or Girl, How I was feeling...
*Knowing that no matter where I went.. Addie was always with me.
*I loved having this amazing baby growing in my belly... but since she wasn't outside of my body, I could sleep whenever I wanted. LOL

I could pretty much continue this list forever. I loved every single moment of growing Addie... and I am enjoying every single moment of raising her.