Moments

Both my coworker and myself are pregnant and due about 8 weeks apart.  She has two children already, and thank goodness for her and her patience with all of my "new parent" questions.  She really gives unbiased answers to my questions, although I think most of our parenting techniques will be fairly different.  It is nice to see someone else's way of handling a situation, and their thoughts about a particular topic.  I really only know the way my parents raised me.

Today she forwarded me two blog posts by to other moms.  They were both about the "not so fun" parenting moments.  I guess I never really thought much further than the first few months when the baby cries and doesn't sleep.  I mean I've thought about my child's life at 3, 8, 10, even 20 years from now, but mostly about the happy times...birthdays, graduations, football games, dance recitals, etc.  I've never really thought about having multiple children and trying to grocery shop with them screaming in the cart.  

The second blog was about the first time you fall in love with your child.  Some people say it happens the first time you see your baby.  Others say its when your baby first smiles at you.  The writer talks about feeling guilty for not being in love with her baby from the moment she first saw her.  But says that as she gets to know her baby, her personality, and as the baby gets to know her, she falls more and more in love. 

I'm really looking forward to falling in love with our baby, and especially seeing Michael hold him for the first time.  I think those are the moments that I look forward to most.