A tough job but someone's got to do it...

No one ever said parenting was easy...in fact, everyone says the opposite. Although through the tears, whining (and whatever the child might do too) you find those days of joy. Most of the time it is moments of joy, surrounding a headache: need to do laundry, dishes, vacuuming, laundry again (oops he spit up all over the freshly changed changing pad, AGAIN), feed him, feed myself, change the diaper, acknowledge that you still have a jealous dog who follows you every step of the way (chew toy in mouth, with hopes you will throw it just one more time)...

But joy it is, when your little one speaks and shares his newly-found voice.
[NOTICE: I did say their newly-found voice. For those with adolescents, this does not refer to you. I realize that joy is hard to come by with their vocal skills highly intact at that point. But please remember we are first time parents, so at this point everything is cute adorable and priceless...In time we too will be as jaded as you find yourself today:) ].