having a kid makes you do the right thing more often. i'm pretty sure this is the reason that God gives them to us. you swear and swear you'll never be one of those adults who forgets how to play and thinks life is really serious, and then one day you realize that you can't remember the last time you really, truly cut loose.
tonight, d is away and instead of catching up on sleep or getting extra work done, ali and i went to my friend tim's house to play with his wife and their fifteen-month-old son ethan. play instead of work? when was the last time i made that choice the right way? but having ali makes me remember that play is very important, and must be prioritized.
i could go on, about how we are starting to eat more balanced meals, watch less scary tv, use better words, and make time to see family. you can do all of these things without having a baby, but we didn't do them, not as well as we're learning to do them now.
life is better with an ali.
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