Motherhood is...

Motherhood is coffee. Lots of coffee.

Motherhood is filling your son's squirt gun with a baby attached to your breast.

Motherhood is learning to fear the quiet because it usually means your three year old is up to something. 

Motherhood is not showering for four days in a row. 

Motherhood is copious amounts of dry shampoo. 

Motherhood is learning to function on five hours of broken sleep. 

Motherhood is embracing the smell of sour milk. 

Motherhood is cold dinners and cold coffee. 

Motherhood is sticky fingers and messy faces. 

Motherhood is an endless supply of dirty laundry. 

Motherhood is an overstuffed diaper bag. 

Motherhood is lots of Paw Patrol Band-Aids. 

Motherhood is running out of diapers at the most inconvenient times. 

Motherhood is a constant struggle in choosing between going to bed, taking a shower, or catching up on the latest Game of Thrones. 

Motherhood is top knots and yoga pants. 

Motherhood is making sure your kid's iPad is constantly charged

Motherhood is a balancing act. 

Motherhood is that first suckle.

Motherhood is that new baby smell.

Motherhood is first smiles and giggles.

Motherhood is first words. 

Motherhood is tears and laughter.

Motherhood is watching your little boy learning to jump with both feet for the first time. 

Motherhood is early morning snuggles. 

Motherhood is hours in a rocking chair. 

Motherhood is reading "Goodnight Moon" for the millionth time. 

Motherhood is late nights and early mornings. 

Motherhood is long days but short years. 

Motherhood is feeling your heart double in size. 

Motherhood is hard. It's exhausting and emotionally draining. Motherhood is full of some of the hardest challenges you may ever face, but it's oh so worth it. 

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