To Be....Cute...Or Not To Be

There is a wonderful time and place for women to feel "cute".

It can make all the difference. A good hair cut, a new bargain-find shirt, maybe all it takes is your husband whistling when you come out of your room.

(This is especially cute when your 3 yr old catches on and then whistles at you as well)

-----Enter the 3 month old infant----

Oh the changes a baby brings! For all their cute slobber and adorable sweaty smell, they tend to "rub" off on you...literally.

My new and temporary outer-wear goal before leaving the house:

Is it clean?

Am I relatively snot, drool, spit-up or pee free?

Did I remember mascara on BOTH eyes?

UP-DO for hair, shirts with spit-up can be washed, hair takes longer.

Then I'm good to go.

I know, there are those moms out there that somehow maintain this 24-7 illusion of "I can be a hot mom"...More power.

But something tells me that I'll pull my baby a little closer, remembering his smells and sounds a little more vividly if I'm not worried about how he'll mess me up. Mess away Liam my sweet little man, I'm all yours this year.

(Disclaimer: When my MR MAN offers to take me on a real date, then I will gladly go back to "cute for him" for a night)