Letting Go

Since having children (especially now with 2 kids!) I have learned to let a few things go:

• Socks and shoes will dry, if Hayden wants to stick his feet in the water - well, I guess I can get over it.
• Toddlers WILL have bad moments, hours, mornings, days...but they have good ones too. This doesn't mean I'm a horrible mother.
• Sometimes french fries for dinner is OK.
• We will be exhausted after a day of chasing a toddler and holding a baby - and that's OK.
• If I want a 44 ounce diet coke after afore mentioned exhausting day, driving through Sonic on the way home is OK.
• Although we can barely manage two right now - I still want to have more babies, and even though that is NUTS, it's OK.
• Daddy can't always comfort the baby, sometimes he just needs his mommy, or his mommy's boobs, and that too is OK cause that makes me special.
• Husband and kiddos WILL get sick, and that's OK cause I can deal with it one day at a time.
• I will never be a millionaire or even live in my dream house, but that's OK cause I have more than I ever wanted or needed right here where I am.
• Sometimes I forget to be thankful for the wonderful family I have, and that's OK because then I remember...and everyone gets hugs.

So yeah, even on the hard days - like today (when we are dead tired from running after our toddler at a church outdoor event by a pond of all things - with a baby in my arms) it's OK, but that doesn't mean I'm not ready to duck tape my kid to a chair...