What I've learned the last two weeks

Since I have a few minutes, I thought I'd share what I've learned over the last 16 days of being a mom.
First, I never understood how stay at home moms could have messy homes. I mean, you're home all day, what else do you have to do but pick up after yourself, right? Well, I've learned that staying at home with an infant is a recipe for a messy home. Now, my house is still really clean by most people's standards (plus, I have a maid come every two weeks, so it better be), but still, the clutter is beginning to pile up. I try to pick up/start a project and the baby cries. He's hungry, needs changing, wants to snuggle, etc. Or, I just want to sit and cuddle with him. After all, that's what babies need most! So, I've just learned that just because you stay home all day you aren't going to have a house cleaner than those who work. In fact, it's more likely your house will be more disheveled than that of moms who work.

I've also learned what it's like to love someone so much you would die for them. I have only known my son for 2 weeks, but I already feel that way. Case in point, today, I feel when I was holding him. Now, what went through my head, was, oh my god, I'm going to hurt the baby. So, instead of chucking the baby like I would if I had been carrying the laundry basket and landing on my hands, I maneuvered so that I landed onto both of my knees onto the hard, cold tile. Luckily for me my knees have sustained major damage from years of snowboarding so they're pretty tough. But my right knee is now swollen and doesn't look pretty. The baby was okay, he just sat there and smiled at me! So, it made everything okay.

Finally, having a baby has made me closer to my daughter (who is not mine biologically). She calls me mom and now I know what an important title that is and I feel very lucky that she decided herself to make me her mom.

any other parents learn a thing or two once they had their first baby? I'd love to hear about it!