Lists

Things I rarely do anymore because they take two free hands:

• Write thank you notes
• Cook
• Take out the trash
• Do the wash
• Read The Economist
• Read a book
• Text
• Brush my teeth
• Wash my face
• Get dressed
• Fix my hair
• Put on cosmetics

Things I can do with one hand:

• Write this blog
• Check Facebook
• Talk on the phone
• Read In Touch Weekly
• Surf the net
• Read with the kindle
• Answer the door for the UPS man

Things I have grown to appreciate more since having a baby:

• Showers
• Silence
• Hot food
• Prime-time television

Things I miss from before the baby was born:

• Pedicures
• Baths
• Adult conversation
• Nights out
• AA meetings

Things I thought I would miss but surprisingly, I don't:

• Sleep
• My modesty

Things I should give up, but can't seem to:

• Soft cheese
• Movie theaters
• Staying up until 2:00 AM

Things I didn't think I would like, but it turns out that I do:

• The color Pink
• Giving my baby a bath
• Finding out my baby has gained weight
• Poopy diapers

Things that made me happy (before baby):

• A new silk dress from Anthropologie
• A table filled with friends and flowing conversation
• A hot cup of coffee and the bookstore
• Sleeping in till noon on a Sunday morning
• Dinner in an amazing restaurant
• A fresh pedicure
• US magazine
• A lengthy massage
• Window shopping
• The squeeze of my husband's hand
• The way heads turn when I walk past a table of men
• Biting the skin on the back of my hand
• Photos of me and my girlfriends on my MySpace page
• Sitting in the park with my baby

Things that make me happy (since baby):

• Nursing tanks from Old Navy
• A refrigerator full of food
• Hot tea and the bookstore
• Sleeping on a Sunday morning
• Being cooked for
• A freshly cleaned baby
• Baby and parenting blogs
• Giving my baby a rub down after her bath
• Shopping online
• My baby’s fingers tightly gripping mine
• The way Story stops crying when mommy holds her
• Rubbing my lips over the peach fuzz on my little baldy's head
• Photos of my baby on Facebook
• Sitting in the park with my babies