Things I never knew (brought to me by Alex)

Alex has taught me more than I could have ever taught myself. Before him I didn’t know what patience was. I still have trouble with this one when it comes to being patient with my husband, mostly, but I’m really working on it! Right honey?? :o)


Before Alex I didn’t know how much I slept, or how much I took it for granted.

I didn’t know that I could not want to throw things at someone who woke me up at 5am on my day off.

I had no idea how special the tiniest bites of food could be.

I never thought of how much skill or thought it took to get a teeny tiny piece of food into your mouth without dropping it four or five times first because it just keeps slipping through your fingers!

I didn’t know that anyone’s arms and legs could move so fast just because something exciting passed by.

I never realized how quiet and boring I could be at times until he brought out the goofiness in me.

I didn’t know that my husband and I could spend hours in the same house and not even share two words because there’s just so much more to do now…

..so I never valued our quiet time together as much as I do now.

I never knew what it was to have a family of my own, that I made. I always had a family, my parents and siblings were always there for me, and still are, but this family, we created this!!

I never knew how hard it would be to make decisions for my child. Even things as small as which cereal to buy, whether or not to give juice, how to arrange the furniture, what kind of cleaning supplies to buy, paper or plastic, reusable or disposable, none of this has ever mattered to me until I had someone else to think of. every little decision that we make, every thing that we bring into our home affects him in some way.

Sometimes the only solution is to laugh. When you’re so tired you feel like curling up and ignoring everything until you fall back asleep, the best thing to do is grab a pick me up cup of coffee to wake my butt up (even though it’s 6 am on my day off) and sitting on the hardwood floor with my little boy and playing peekaboo!

I never ever knew what it was like to see myself slowly emerge in a younger person’s expressions! Everyday he becomes more of me and more of my DakerDad.

I never ever knew someone could get SOOO excited about taking a bath! I’ve got to videotape how fast and loud his little legs kick on the floor when he knows it’s bath time!

I never knew how fast eight months could go by!

I never knew I could love so much!