You know you're a parent when...

I've had two recent revelations about how things change when you become a parent:
1. You know you've got a little boy when one of the first criteria for buying a rug is if it will be good for driving tractors on (not too thick, good pattern for pretend roads, etc.). I'm serious; I know he's only 1 but tractors are a big part of his world already so I might as well buy my flooring preemptively.
2. You know you're a parent when your best come on is "I've got thirty minutes, do you have any energy?" :P Pathetic no? If anyone has any better suggestions, I'm open to them. Man, I really am getting a lot of "adult content" in here lately. :)

Also pathetic was what I found myself saying last night. We had a really nice couple over for supper; older than us though, more grandparent age. They were talking about the 16 person dinner party they threw for several of their friends. Later I found myself thinking, gee I wish I was old so I would have some friends around here. Then I realized how ridiculous that sounded. But it's true. If you want friends in this area, you kinda have to have been born before 1960. Not even sure how to go about fixing that problem. There's one young couple that moved here recently that I want to have over and get to know better. They've just been married a few months and are expecting a baby. However, I just found out that they ended up moving to a town 45 minutes away so I don't know if I should even pursue it....I don't blame people my age for not wanting to move here but I sure would appreciate it if they did. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against friendships with people older than myself, in fact I think they are very valuable. But I would like just one, nearby friend that is at a similar stage in life as I am. Just one. I have a few mom friends around here and I appreciate them, but they're still at least 6 years older than me and while not much, it's enough to feel the difference sometimes. I just want to be inexperienced and confused together!

It seems that all the people I do know at a similar stage in life as I (none who live close) are pregnant again. I kinda feel left out because I liked all being pregnant at the same time and having kids the same age. But not feeling enough left out to jump on the band wagon. Mike and I agree that we want our kids a little more spread out. We want to enjoy Parker by himself awhile longer, especially now that he's becoming a little more enjoyable. Also, neither one of us feels capable of handling two just yet; we're still recovering. Now that's not to say that God's will can't come in to play here and we would be fine with that. We're just not feeling called to add to our "quiver" right now, but if God thinks differently, we won't be shocked or appalled. This morning I suggested to Mike that we just wait till all those guys were on round three and then we could have twins and catch up. :) He didn't really like that suggestion.