These Days....

Countless times over the past couple months, I have been asked:
"How did you do it all those years having 3 babies in 4 years???!!!"
My answer?
"Coffee...my beautiful amazing Mama...coffee....chocolate...coffee...Jesus."
And today? We are still as busy as ever...but Mamas of littles....I will tell you this. It gets easier...it gets better..it's breath-taking. This journey of parenthood. It's hard, crazy, wild, messy, heart-wrenching, beautiful, mind-blowing, and the most fantastic thing ever all rolled into one.
If you can just hang on thru all the poopy diapers, temper tantrums, late night/early morning feedings, sassy pant toddler days, never ending spit up laundry days, snotty noses, paintings with booger walls, spilled/smashed/thrown/crunched/squished/tossed/smeared food particles in every nook and cranny of the house, never ending toy litter, whiny little adorable monkey business, mess your hair up/puke all over Mommy right before she is ready to leave the house stages, won't fall asleep unless you rock/bounce/coo/sing to them........it will be worth it all.
Let me tell you: that first time they put their sticky little hands on your face and look you in your eyes and tell you that you the prettiest and best Mama ever....and how much they love you? Yeah...it's a Hollywood moment...but jacked up 1,000 times.
And they reach that age where they can tell when you are having a hard day....and they wrap their dirty, sweaty, smelly arms around your muffin top waist and tell you it's all going to be ok?
It's magical....it's seriously the best drug fix you will ever need.
And these days....I'm still relying on coffee, my Mama, chocolate, and Jesus.
Because honestly? I'm pretty sure I can't live without any of them :)