top five list

here's the thing about being a mom: it rocks. it rocks for all sorts of reasons (reasons that include keywords such as "snuggling" and "loving" and "more snuggling"), but here's my top five list of the less obvious reasons why it's the best (in no particular order because my mom brain can't handle such high levels of organization...):

5. "mom brain"

becoming a mom is kinda like a get-out-of-jail free card. you can now blame any blond moment you have for the rest of your life on being a mom. how fantastic is that?? i've been doing stupid things for, like, ever but now i'm JUSTIFIED in doing them. rock on

for example

over the course of my life, i've lost countless pairs of gloves by forgetting they were sitting in my lap while driving and then letting them carelessly fall to their demise when i got out of the car. pre-baby: stupid blond moment. post-baby: mom brain! score

4. catalogues

what i once used to throw away without a second glance, i now love flipping through with quincy, because the illustrations in catalogues offer WAY more opportunities to teach your kids some good, solid adjectives:

hilarious

 freaky

fantasatic. but let's face it, even that adjective can't describe how great this picture is

3. you get to live vicariously through your baby because social-rules don't quite apply to them yet
when a baby crawls on top of a drum to show how much she loves it, it's considered cute. when an adult crawls on top of anything to show how much they love it, it's usually considered illegal

2. costumes are cool again

what better excuse to throw on a costume than to say, "my kid (who can't even talk yet, but please ignore that small detail) was begging me to dress up with her" even though it's a complete lie because really you just secretly love dressing up in costumes

1. we now have a bi (tri?)-lingual household
we can't tell if quincy's talking in russian, chinese, or a nice mix of both, but jabbering is a special talent of hers

did i also mention it's really fun to snuggle with her?