{"id":1649,"date":"2011-02-02T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/laurie\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2011-02-01T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T22:42:24","slug":"things-i-love-about-being-a-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/laurie\/family\/things-i-love-about-being-a-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I love about being a mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were many things I looked forward to about becoming a mother.  Watching them grow up, teaching them new things, doing things together as a family, etc.  But there are so many little things that remind me everyday why I love being a mom.  As Jonathan says, &#8220;it&#8217;s the little things that get you&#8221; and it&#8217;s so true&#8230;for example, I just got my old (I&#8217;m talking 6-7 years old) toaster oven back from my brother who got a new one for his wedding, and I have never been happier.  Thanks Brian! <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Here are the top things that make me love being a mom:<\/p>\n<p>I love love love all their little noises, especially the sound of them sucking on their pacifiers, it&#8217;s soo cute.  I love seeing their smiles (and they looove to smile) and hearing them laugh &#8211; I&#8217;ll do anything to get them to laugh. Its funny to watch them laugh in their sleep&#8230;what does an infant dream about to make them laugh?! I love getting them up in the morning and watching them stretch, Hayden especially loves to stretch.  I love watching them get all fidgety and fiesty when its time to eat.  I love watching them try to suck on their fingers (they still jerk them out of their mouth too much to actually suck on them).  I love Hayden&#8217;s little &#8220;goat&#8221; noise and Ian&#8217;s noise he does when he&#8217;s hungry.  I love giving them baths because they love bath time.  I love watching them watch Presley and now each other.  I love to snuggle with them, but I think they love it even more.  There are so many things I love, I could go on and on but I won&#8217;t.  I&#8217;ll leave you with a video I put together of the boys laughing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Wbc80u12Pc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were many things I looked forward to about becoming a mother. 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