Before I was a Mom

This is probably one of the best poems I have ever read. I don't know who wrote it but it is so true...

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her/him down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom .

TGIF

Thank God its Friday! Its been a LONG week. Owen has been sick the last three days. We took him into the Dr. yesterday and of course its just a cold and he's teething on top of it. I have been up with him for the last two nights on and off all night. I am now getting a cold my self and have a sore throat as well. Ugh. I hate being sick. I did get to get outside yesterday to enjoy the 70 degree weather. I guess were supposed to have a chilli weekend. What can I say... Its Wisconsin. This weekend I hope to catch up on some sleep and if its nice I hope to enjoy the weather.

GB Packers vs. Stockbridge Area Players

The Green Bay Packers will be taking on Stockbridge Area Players in Basketball (yes, Basketball) on March 28th at Stockbridge. Eric will be one of the lucky players : ) Owen and I will be there to cheer him on and hopefully snap some pics. Go team!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD : )

New Happenings at the Olsons...

Well whats new at the Olson's. We got a new vacuum cleaner.. A Dyson and I absolutely love it. The cat/dog hair doesn't stand a chance against this beast. We also purchased a new/better camera thanks to Aunt Kelly's advice. We absolutly love that as well. Were just stimulating the economy like crazy this past weekend...

Owen had his 6 month pictures (can you belive he is 6 months already, we sure cant!) and they turned out so cute. I cant wait to get them printed. He looks like such a litte man.

Other than that. Eric has been student teaching at Stockbridge which will wrap up in the next week or two and then he is off to Menash HS.. YIKES! He is really enjoying his teaching and working with the kids. I think they are enjoying it just as much. Who wouldnt, he brought our Wii in one day for the kids to play... how fun is that!

Well, we will try and be better at keeping up with our blog (grams) : )

Updates...

Well, quite a bit has happened in the last few weeks/days. Owen started sleeping in his crib. It was really hard for me the first couple of nights. We received a camera baby monitor from my boss and its so AMAZING!! I don't know if I could live without it now that I have one. Its worth every penny. He had no problems adjusting at all, it was me that was having the trouble : )

He had his 4 month well baby check up a few weeks ago and he weighed 13# 8 oz. A little peanut! He is in the top 50% for his height. He will be 5 months on the 17th of February and then were going to tackle baby cereal. That should make for some cute pictures!

My dad made us a new bed and it arrived today! We had a queen but this one is a KING! Its so amazing. We absolutely love it. I cant wait to sleep in it tonight. We got a free box spring and mattress so we couldn't go wrong.

Here are some pictures of Owen I took today from my camera phone.

He has been trying to tackle sitting up on his own but hasn't quite mastered it yet. He has been pushing himself in mom's walker and really enjoys it. He also rolls over from back to front and front to back. Sometimes he actually scares himself when he does it. Its so cute. He is defiantly getting his own personality and is beginning to interact with us much more which makes for some fun times.

I bought some letters to spell Owen at Hobby Lobby to put above his crib but I painted them and didn't like how they turned out so mom came over today to help with the bed and decided to paint them for me. They turned out really cute. I will post pics of them when they are hung up as well. Thanks mom : )