Time may change me, but I can't trace time! (L)

Hello!  I'm the "little" sister (my big sister is physically smaller and has been since I was about SEVEN).  This is what I look like when I'm standing in my bathroom:

I have an almost-18-month-old son and in a little over 6 weeks (if things go according to plan!) I'll have a beautiful baby girl as well.  I've been married to the coolest guy I've ever met for about 4 and a half years and every day I wake up happy to be me! (although most days I'd like to wake up happy to be me a little bit later....)

I'm sure you'll learn more about me through these blogs, but since you already know that I think my sister's obsession with gift wrap is a wee bit over the top, you might be interested to know that I used to wrap a mean present. I too loved the ribbons and bows and complimentary wrapping paper colors... These days my motto is, "Ain't nobody got time for that!" In fact, the family party where my sister presented that pristine pug-adorned package, my family gave our gift in a red gift bag with pink tissue paper. That's right. It didn't even match. Why?  That's what I had in my house. Do I care? Nope! The gift was well received and the birthday girl barely paused to toss the mis-matched tissue paper before digging into the PRESENTS! My sister and I laughed about it, but I doubt anyone besides the two of us even noticed.

Here are a few other things that I used to care about that I gave up on when I became a mom:

#1 - Keeping the Baking Soda in my refrigerator fresh:
"Ain't nobody got time for that!"
I'm actually very impressed that the baking soda in my fridge right now is only expired by 3 weeks.  I'm fairly certain that the one before that was from 2012.  In my pre-mom days I would argue that fresh baking soda helps to keep your whole fridge fresher and healthier.  Is it true?  Maybe.  Do I care?  Nope. Why? Because I have too many other, more important things to do!

I wonder if the ricotta cheese next to the baking soda is expired... 

#2 - Washing my jeans every time I wear them: 

Gone are the days where my pants went in the laundry nightly!  I have exactly 3 pairs of maternity jeans and if they're not covered in some form of goo that came out of my son, and they don't smell, they don't get washed!  (if either of those conditions are not met, they do get washed...) You may think that this is pretty gross.  If you think that, it is unlikely that you have children! 

(just a note - I did pick these pants up off the floor as soon as I took this picture because clothes on the floor is something that I DO care about very much and I fight the daily battle to keep them all in their proper drawers, closets, or hampers.) 

#3 - My pedicure:

I'm going to spare you the picture of my gross toes, but just so you can create your own mental picture, I'm still rocking the pedicure that I got with my sister the day before her wedding two months ago! Before my son was born, I enjoyed bi-weekly pedicures in beautiful salons where I'd lazily page through Hollywood gossip magazines. Now I paint my own nails after the little man is sleeping and the laundry and the dishes are done... when I remember.  Even this hasn't happened in quite a while because for the moment, when I look for my feet, I see this: 

There are many more things that have changed since I became a mom, but it's getting late (almost 10:00!!) and I have to go to bed.  10 years ago I would be thinking about starting to get ready to go out soon... My how things change!  And it's all wonderful.  It was wonderful then and it's wonderful now.  I can't wait to see what the next 10 years bring!