Well, last night when I changed into my pjs I realized I had spit, barf, formula and cereal on me. Sometimes the things that become normal to you as a mother are pretty hilarious! Our preacher recently gavea a sermon on finding joy in the Lord, and I have to tell you that it's not hard with Maelie around our house. The hardest thing about being a mom is really just the constancy of it. There is always something to do, and unlike life before Maelie, the majority of those things cannot be put off. You have to get up at 4 am to make a bottle, feed her, change her, rock her. However, if I find myself being grumpy about being up as I walk toward her room with the bottle, that goes away instantly when I pick her up. She never fails to crack me up when I go to her late in the night. She'll be crying, but not really awake. As soon as I pick her up she immediately opens her little mouth and shakes her head looking for her bottle - still without opening her eyes! In that moment I think I feel the most like a Mommy. It's like she knows that I am there and I will take care of her, and she doesn't even really have to wake up!