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Since my 30th birthday is quickly approaching (almost 2 weeks away) I thought I would do a blog post with 30 life lessons. Cheesy you say? Well your right but it's better than sitting in the corner and crying and trying to convince myself I miss counted and I am only 22. :)

30. When you become a mother: You will have a relationship with God. You will understand what miracles are and will be forever thankful to him for your children and the things he has blessed you with.

29. When you become a mother: You will have more patience than you thought you would ever need. There is something to be said when your kid spills an entire glass of water and yells "Oh Mommy, I spilled my water" and you don't freak out you just get up and get a towel and begin cleaning telling your child that it's ok accidents happen. Not all situations are like this..sometimes they yell “I spilled my water” and you instantly start crying, then while you are cleaning it up your other child starts climbing the stairs only to fall backwards, while the kid who spilled is yelling while running in circles “I have to pee I have to pee!” Some days you are graced with extraordinary patience others not so much

28. When you become a mother: Nothing will phase you when it comes to your child's bodily fluids. Whether cleaning pee off a toilet seat, poop off your hand or a wiping a booger from your finger. You won’t even care.

27. When you grow up: The amount of sleep you can function on is unreal. Remember your teenage years when you slept until 12 everyday of summer break? Well you do that because when you’re an adult you have to fight for sleep.

26. When you become a mother:  A trip to the grocery store without your kids is heaven. If you’re a mom of more than one kid or maybe even one there is nothing better than walking every aisle of target, or managing to get everything on your list because you didn't have to rush out of the store because one of your sweet child decided to throw a fit. 

25. When you become a mother: There is no such thing as on time anymore. There is only "we are late, again" and I managed to get out of the house 1 minute before I wanted to, only to remember I forgot the binky on the counter when you get a few minutes away, therefore making you 5 minutes late rather than one time. 

24. When you grow up: You realize that the game of MASH gives you false hope on life. Your vision of 30 was 6 kids, a mini van, a mansion, with Johnathan Taylor Thomas, a pool in the backyard, being a stay at home mom, in the mountains of Colorado. SHAM You find your real life of 30 is trying to convince your  husband into one more child and hopefully winning, your daily dinner conversation being "If you sit down and eat 5 bites you can earn a sticker and when you get 5 stickers you get to go to GG and Papa's house,” date nights are being in bed by 8pm, and getting up at 7am to go get the kids because well you miss them and the house is too quiet.  

23. When you become a mother: You realize the term don’t cry over spilled milk was written by someone who had never spilled a bottle of their freshly spilled breast milk. Crying may be an understatement of how you react. Atleast for me it was followed by crying, cussing, and cookie eating.

22. When you become a mother: The words "I have to pee" can no longer be taken as I can hold it, it’s more like I need to find a bathroom asap and I might have to stop and "hold it" in the middle of the aisle.

21. When you grow up: You actually know what all the taxes they take out of your paycheck are and how much you pay for Health Insurance, what it covers, what a deductible means.

20. When you grow up: You are envious of the person eating alone rather than feeling sorry for them. 

19. When you become a mother: You can count the number of times you hung out with your friends in the last 3 months on one hand. If you manage to get to 2 hands you instantly start the whole "mothers guilt" process and begin thinking you are self-centered 

18. When you become a mother: Grandparents are really here to spoil your children, to feed them too much candy, and love them unconditionally just like your grandparents did for you. Embrace this don't challenge it unless your kid is in danger. 

17. When you become a mother: You will spend countless hours researching car seat, strollers, schools, sports teams your kids want to join, then you will doubt your decision until you find the next thing to research. 

16. When you become a mother: There will be a day you say something and think to yourself "I have just become my mother" 

15. When you grow up: You will marry your best friend, and spend countless hours thinking about the perfect marriage, and then one day you will realize there is no such thing as the perfect marriage it was myth.

14. When you grow up: You will learn that marriage is a constant compromise, and hard work. But just like life hard works pays off.

13. When you become a mother: This thing called mother's guilt can eat you alive. Just remind yourself you are amazing every morning your feet hit the floor.

 12. When you grow up: You stop expecting everything to be easy and embrace that you worked your butt off to get the things you have.

11. When you grow up: You learn that being an adult is such a fairytale, going to work sucks, paying bills sucks, and worrying about everything under the moon well that sucks too.

10. When you become a mother: You realize it’s exhausting, there are days you feel like locking yourself in the bathroom and crying and then there are days where you really do lock yourself in the bathroom and cry.

9. When you grow up: You learn that sometimes it’s ok to just have a good cry. There is no shame in this game.

8. When you grow up: You learn that time goes faster than you could ever imagine

7. When you become a mother: You must write everything down because like time going fast your memories fade even faster. Don’t worry you don’t forget the big stuff.

6. When you grow up: You learn that trust is something that gets you through every day. You have to trust yourself, your spouse, your child, God, your friends, your family, and the stranger in the car next to you is going to stay in their lane.

5. When you become a mother: You stop worrying about the life you could have had but starting make the life for you children that much better than you could ever imagine.

4: When you grow up: You will find that there is more than enough love in your heart to go around the world millions of times.

3. When you become a mother: The love that goes around the world a millions of times doesn’t even come close to the amount that you love your children.

2. When you grow up: You stop doubting yourself and realize that you are who you are and as long as you are doing the best you can. You are perfect because you are you.

1. When you grow up and become a mother: You realize that you are the luckiest person in the world to be a mom. Whether it’s to 1 kid, 5 kids, your dog or to your fish. You are an amazing mom and if you doubt it even for one second just remember all the things that you have learned in your lifetime have brought you to this very moment. The good, the bad and the ugly; you became this person because of your life experiences and well you may be “30” but as long as you walk into another chapter with your head held high you will not only survive but thrive.

Here’s to embracing the aging process of life and to many many many more life lessons I will get to learn in my next 30 years!