Note to self:

Remember, when you are at the doctors office for the 5th time in 6 weeks and are struggling for patience after an hour there, a flu test and a breathing treatment that there are still precious moments to savor.  Moments like when your 33lb baby asks you to just hold her. Just as your back is hurting and your arm goes numb (because she is getting far to big to be held) she falls into the sweetest sleep.  Hold her tight and just stare.  Stare as you did when she was 3months old and fit perfectly in your arms and you told yourself that you never wanted to forget that time.  That time when it took all the patience you had to get up for the 4th time and it was only 3am.  Remember this too will soon be just a moment in your memory.

Remember that it will be okay if she falls asleep on the way home at 5:15pm and she will eventually fall asleep tonight!  Smile knowing that she must have had a really exciting day. After all her and her Monkety Monk are really cute snuggled in the car seat.

Remember when you are posting a blog about mommy duties and kids projects and all the work it means for mommy, that the smile at the end of the day when your baby wears her ribbon shirt to school is priceless.  When she comes home telling you about how the kids loved it and her teacher let her go around to show her shirt to the other teachers and it was a very exciting day.

Remember when they have a big idea about a class project to run with it because the next day may be the day they tell you how nervous they were about taking their project to school because they aren't sure if the teacher will like it or if the kids will pick on her.  Then don't forget to share the lessons about working hard and being proud of what you have done no matter what the kids say and remind them that no matter what, you are proud of them.  Then remember to smile because somewhere down the line you have done something right for her to even come to you and share that she was nervous!