15 things that have changed in the last 4 1/2 months

Everyone said that having kids would be life-changing, and I believed them to a certain extent. Still, there are a lot of changes that I didn't expect.

1. I have to plan 30 extra minutes for anything I do outside the house.
2. If I want to go anywhere by myself, it takes so much time to plan it's almost not worth it.
3. My stomach looks like a deflated inner tube, and my hair is falling out in clumps (normal, I'm told).
4. Travis and I spend more time talking about poop and spit up than anything else.
5. I've been a neglectful dog owner (poor Jax. Gotta remedy this one).
6. I don't pay attention to music. I have no idea what is on the radio now.
7. I can function on so little sleep, it's amazing to me.
8. Having said that, I do really stupid things at times because I am brain dead from lack of sleep. The other day I walked to another teacher's classroom to ask a question. She reminded me that I had already asked her like an hour earlier.
9. Travis has become the big reader in the house. Since I am in charge of the bedtime routine, he has read about 5 books to my 1. I am going through withdrawals.
10. My current favorite song is Will I Am's "What I Am" from Sesame Street. My mom uses it to distract Eli so he takes his bottle. It's on constant rotation in my head.
11. I am giving assignments faster than I can get the papers graded (gotta remedy this one too).
12. I can eat lunch in exactly 7 minutes.
13. I'm never lonely - there's always someone around who wants to cuddle.
14. I get to see my parents every day (since they are the saintly daycare providers).
15. That baby's smile makes all this crap (literal and figurative) worth it.