Enjoying life as it is

So last year I threw a pity party via blog entry. I'd link it buttt..I'll make you find it if you really want to read it.
Yes, I want to be a mom. There's no hiding that. And I will be someday (FYI: We are not trying at the moment. I get asked almost every day by a strict Catholic elderly lady with some memory problems when we are going to have a baby...complete with a belly patting action..my belly not hers. Well as a strict Catholic, I'm not entirely sure she realizes that birth control is part of my daily schedule...I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm infertile..anyway..)
When people find out we do not have children yet they tell me all sorts of things to enjoy before we have kids. So I've been taking this wisdom and put life into a new perspective.
A list of things I enjoy doing baby-free:
1.) Spending so much time with Brand uninterrupted. I love hanging out with Brand and I know that will change when we have a baby because I'll be with Brand a lot but not without a baby attached or smelling like spit up.
2.) Sleeping. This may be the thing I enjoy the most. I love sleep. I nap a lot. To me: this is birth control alone.
3.) Showering when I want.
4.) Going out to eat. Brand and I made a decision the other day. We could save a lot of money for our future by not going out to eat ...and be really bored. Or we can go out to eat baby-free and really enjoy it because once a baby comes along..it's a different story..so I hear...from many people.
5.) Road trips and vacations. We are SO happy we went to Ireland this year. Because once babies come along that is not going to realistically happen because it's frowned upon to get drunk off of oozo at your uncle and aunt's house in Greece when you have kids.
6.) Seeing movies, grocery shopping, plane rides...etc. All things easier baby-free.
7.) A clean house. I'm a clean freak and I have been told this may be something I have to give up when my offspring come along. What's more important: a super clean house or spending time with baby? I'll take time with baby and I'll just try not to think about the unoiled furniture, the dirty windows, and the baseboards not being vacuumed.
8.) Leaving within 5 minutes of the time that we planned to leave. Babies require a lot of things and those things need to go with them everywhere they go. Plus, I do not get along with carseats. They hate me and at least with Ollie's carseat one side is always tight and the other is always loose and it takes me a good while before they are normal.
9.) My body. I know it's shallow but I will enjoy my pre-baby body. Everyone says I'll go back to my shape after I have a baby. Like they can read the future??! Please I appreciate the encouragement but let me be realistic and recognize that having a baby changes your body. I'm ok with that but I'll enjoy what I have while I've got it (there are a few clothes that I'll be sad to give up when I can't fit in them anymore).
10.) Less worry. I worry...a lot...I can't even imagine how much I'll worry when someone's life is in my hands. 
11.) Sleep. This deserves to be said twice.


So you moms out there, I'm sure you can add like a million more (hello having both arms available!) but I think you can all agree that you'd give up these things time and again if it means to have your bebe. So I'll take the advice I've been given and enjoy the heck out of these things while I can. Because sometimes I think the ETD (Estimated Trying Date) is far away but as Brand keeps reminding...it's really not :)