The Mom I Want To Be

Swim confidence! I thought 9 months was an especially adorable age (before Baby started getting very loudly opinionated). I sometimes miss the teenie tininess of my newborn who weighed so little and would lie beside me for hours. But boy do I LOVE being a 1-year-old's mom. I love being a mom in general--watching over my baby, seeing him grow and learn, taking care of his needs, and loving him every day. And don't get me wrong, it can be exhausting to try to work from home, entertain your child, and clean up his messes at this age. But he is such a sheer delight to parent right now (I know terrible twos are right around the corner, so let me have this moment). He walks everywhere. Which is not only adorable to see him act like the tiny human he is, but is also a game changer. Like I can be eating ice cream in the kitchen and see his little head as he moves from the living room toward me, giving me just enough time to either hide the evidence or fetch him a spoon. He can f