Drowning in Diapers: What I'm Thinking About: September 18, 2006

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What I'm Thinking About: September 18, 2006

My son, Henry...

Quote of My Day...

"Know what you're doing.
Love what you're doing.
Believe in what you're doing."
--Steven Musseau

What I'm Thinking About Today

I started visiting this blog by Ali Edwards called "What is Your Happiness Today?", and I've realized how important it is for me to take a moment and recognize what makes me happy. I've never been one of those "glass half full" kind of people. I tend to see the negative and my anxiety level is often high over things really not worth worrying about. So when I found this website where each day a quote or experience or tangible or intangible item in this woman's life stands out as making her happy, I began to think about how I don't do that and that I need to start doing that every day. So here goes...

Today what makes me happy is doing laundry. I don't know why, but it is making me happy. I am getting my sons' clothes clean and stains removed. I am creating space in their room where the laundry was piling up. I feel productive when I hear the washing machine at work and the buzzer go off on the dryer. I love the smell of clean clothes and the warmth they evoke when I pull them out of the dryer. It makes me happy to see a stain that was there yesterday gone. I am actually looking forward to folding their clothes, putting them away and taking a look at them hanging all neat in their closet or folded in their drawers. Perhaps the happiness I find in these tasks have something to do with the fact that I love their cute little clothes. I love dressing my kids. I love seeing how they look in outfits their grandparents' bought them, I bought them or they were handed-down from their cousins. I love seeing my infant son, Henry, wear the clothes Sam did when he was that little. In a way, it brings back a lot of memories. I remember places we went and things we did when Sam wore certain outfits. I remember being sad when some of my favorite outfits for him got to be too small. And I remember the joy in going out and getting a really cute outfit or a brand new pair of Robeez. And now I get to relive all those moments simply by doing laundry. That is my happiness today...

Baby Product I Love Today...

I mentioned above about buying my son Robeez. That is the product I love today. These little leather slippers are just about the cutest things I've ever seen for babies. My son Sam had several pairs throughout his infancy and now Henry gets to wear those plus a new pair I bought him before he was even born. There are a lot of knock-offs out there at the moment--Wal-mart and Target have their own version and there are a ton of people who make them and sell them on ebay--but the original Robeez are still the best and they seem to come in the cutest colors and designs. Check them out.....

Baby Product I Hate Today...

Today I hate formula. I know it is one of those things I have to have since I am unable to nurse, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. I hate the smell of it and the way it stains my baby's clothes and mine. I hate that it makes him gassy and constipated all the time. Sam had the same problem with formula and that just makes me hate it even more. But I am stuck with it for a year and it is one of those things I'm just going to have to deal with whether I like it or not. Today I just really choose not to like it...

My iTunes Kid Picks of the Day...

I haven't mentioned this yet, so now would be a good time...all these songs I list are cool songs that my kids like and my husband and I can tolerate or even enjoy ourselves! They can all be purchased at iTunes...