it could light up the room

So, since writing this post about struggling to feel like my new (and underpaid) position is a rewarding one, I have been making an effort to look for the rewards around here. I’ve discovered that there are about a million of them*. I know I have had bouts of frustration about this whole new motherhood thing, but I’m here to tell you that when I’m level headed and the crying has paused for long enough for me to hear myself think, this job rocks.It rocks because I can tell you first-hand how my son has learned so much and grown by leaps and bounds in the last 5.5 weeks.It rocks because I can’t even describe the joy it brings me to see him smile, even if it’s in response to his digestive system. It rocks because I don’t miss a single cooing sound or vocalization (that he’s making more and more everyday).It rocks because I can tell you all about how fun it is when he grasps onto my hair or necklace because he couldn’t do that last week. It rocks because he has been making eye contact with me for extended periods of time which is also a brand new milestone we’ve reached.This is the most rewarded I have ever felt.*On good days. Tough days have only 999,999