perspectives

i was noticing the other day how much your perspective changes. for example, when you have your first child you find how much you took for granted doing everything by yourself, whenever & however you wanted. i suddenly realized after having elise that i could do just about everything i had done before, only now i could do it one-handed, holding a baby. shopping, cooking, cleaning, all took on new meaning. it makes me wonder why in the heck i couldn't get more done before i had her. then just when i was getting comfortable, i had ian. then i realized that i could do everything i had done before, only now i could do it holding a baby and keeping tabs on a toddler. the funny thing is, that now if i only have one of the kids everything is a piece of cake. where before it was so much more difficult, now after taking care of two kids, watching one is soooo easy. the other day, elise spent the afternoon at cory's new office (yay cory!) and i just had ian. we went and got ice cream, took milo to the vet, cleaned out and vacuumed the van, and made a couple of other stops that i has been putting off. and it was sooooo easy! the same is true if i ever go shopping with just elise. it's like nothing. it's really not so much in how easy or hard the task is, it's just what your perspective on it is!