Conversations with the babe

Me, as we are folding laundry: Baby, I told you not to throw your socks into the laundry all bunched up! They don't get clean and they don't dry.

Baby: Okay. Okay.

Me: Don't say "okay." You always say "okay" and you don't do it.

Baby: Sorry.

Me: Don't say "sorry".

Baby, laughing: Okay, then what should I say? Caramel?

Hahha! I have the best kid.

Clean eats

Growing up, I can't say I had the best eating habits. A product of the American diet for sure, I was eating sugar ladened cereals (luckily I actually hated milk - esp non-fat, must've been my body's early intuition), LOTS of candy, loved McDonald's..etc.

Growing together

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about how they say your child picks you. When I look at myself now I feel like I have grown by leaps and bounds since I've had my child. I look at my life prior to baby and though it was much easier, it certainly wasn't as "full."

In having my child, I've had to do a lot of self reflecting in order to be a better person for her. And sometimes, I really do wonder, "Who is the teacher here?" My child...she just has so much love for me. And on days when I'm not feeling like she's doing what I'd like her to be doing. She responds with a big hug. She always has a hug for me and that just feels so nice. I really feel blessed.

I wonder if she picked her father too because he is really good for me too. I see that in so many great couples. They just work!