My Busy Mom-Life

I remember sitting in the hospital bed after my first child, (my daughter Lily) was born and thinking to myself, 'I'm not me anymore.  From now on, I will be thought of as Lily's mom, not Sherry.'  I felt redefined. Of course I was still the same person I was when I walked on to the Labor and Delivery unit; I still liked snowboarding, my favorite food was still Korean food, pink was still my favorite color, I still liked to dance, listen to music, and tell corny jokes, but there was something about the responsibilty of the little heart I had to protect in my arms that opened up inside of me a door I hadn't known was there until that moment.
That was seven years ago.  Hard to believe...seven years, two more children, 10 years of marriage, a home, a parent lost to cancer, career changes, several attended weddings and births, and more days filled with laughter, tears, and moments than I can recount.
So here I sit, about to turn 37, and what I don't want is to miss all the little moments.  The moments the boys are in the tub playing "squirters", the moments Lily spends in the mirror singing to herself, the moments Nathan, with his little lisp, say, "Love chew too maa-ma." I don't want to be so busy folding laundry that I yell at the boys to stop getting water on the floor, or too distracted brushing little teeth that I tell Lily to be quiet. I don't want to wake up one day and realize that my three little birds are flying the coop and I can't remember what their little voices sounded like; the controlled chaos of mealtimes replaced by the silent clinking of forks and spoons on our red Fiesta ware plates as Josh and I sit by ourselves at the dinner table.

My "Three Little Birds".

Kai and Lily in awe of the spinning teacups.

Kai, "Um, we kind of got into a marker fight."

It looks like Nathan got the upper hand.

The past ten years have flown by, and if they are any indication of what the next ten years will be like, I'd better grab on and hold tight. Whatever happens, I know that with these three little birds, our life will be one awesome adventure and I'm going to be here to capture every breathtaking moment.