What is your favorite thing about being a Mom?

purtz

Trying to be positive and thankful today! My favorite thing about being a mom is the feeling I get when I look at my daughter and swell up with pride, thinking, "What an absolutely beautiful child we have created!" We are so blessed. I love kissing her hair and it smells like shampoo. I love that every age seems to get better!! And I love it that she stills goes to bed at 7:30pm every night so mommy & daddy can have some quiet time!

KC1212

I love creating memories for my son. I saved all his 1st birthday cards from friends and family. I PLAN (ie if I can get off my butt) to make a little book of them.

I go ALL out for holidays for him. Any Christmas or Halloween event/pastime we can do I'll do it. Last year I wrapped up a Christmas or winter themed book for the 12 last days before Christmas. I let him "open" one per night and read him the story. I ended with "The Night before Christmas" on Christmas Eve.

I want to create this rosy colored cookie cutter childhood for him. So anything I can do that will give him that sense I try to do.

Anyway, everything. I love everything. I also have a great sleeper! He doesn't get up til 8 am!

+SouthernMomma+

Ditto!! My favorite thing is also looking at my daughter and swelling with pride! I am such a SAP at times, lol. I will tear up over everything she does (as long as she isn't being rotten, lol). I love watching her try and achieve new things and I love seeing her contagious smile that reaches ear to ear!!

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purtz said:

Trying to be positive and thankful today! My favorite thing about being a mom is the feeling I get when I look at my daughter and swell up with pride, thinking, "What an absolutely beautiful child we have created!" We are so blessed. I love kissing her hair and it smells like shampoo. I love that every age seems to get better!! And I love it that she stills goes to bed at 7:30pm every night so mommy & daddy can have some quiet time!

I second all of this!! I will also add I love that being a mom has made me a more selfless person. I love/hate that I am so much more emotional now & empathetic of other children.

roughkat

I've also turned into a big sap when it comes to kids.  

I love hearing the things that come out of his mouth - he can be so hilarious sometimes!  His sense of humor is always amazing to me because I can see his personality developing and he is becoming such a boy now, not a baby.

And sleeping 12 hours straight with a 2 hour nap is pretty awesome too!

purtz

Thanks everyone for sharing!  We are a lucky group of moms.   Hopefully we all get to grow our families and enrich our kids' lives with a little brother or sister soon!  Happy Sunday!  

CheesyPeas

This is such a hard question because I really love everything about being a mom.  I think the sense of pride is probably the best part.  I know all parents are biased but I have a darn stinkin cute kid, and he's funny and smart to boot.  When I walk into day care and he runs to me, all excited that I'm there, I scoop him up and think how lucky I am that I get to take him home with  me. 

And the hugs are pretty nice too.

Amores0121

I love when my daughter hugs me and tells me "I love you so much, you're the best mama in the world".  It doesn't get any better than that.

freakyfast

This is a tough question... Besides everything he does and is...  I think when he tells me he loves me out of the blue.  Or when he makes me laugh.