Hi everybody, welcome back to the related podcast. I have your host Amanda Bible and I am so excited that you are here listening to today's podcast.

So first of all, it's my birthday, February 16th, 1988. That makes me 35 years old. When I say that out loud, I am actually like, what the fuck like where did the time go?

Because I was actually texting one of my friends during her 35th birthday and we literally still feel like we're in our early 20s.

In fact, I feel like I'm still in high school, like just age-wise. I don't feel like I'm 35 and every single time I like celebrate a birthday, I'm like, this is crazy.

Like another year has gone by and that's just your reminder guys that like time, freaking flies, no matter what, whether you are working on yourself, whether you're not working on yourself, whether you're doing something you love, whether you're doing something you hate, like time still goes on.

So just make the most out of every single day, out of every single year. I was trying to think of like things that I wanted to reflect on today and I am so excited to be chatting with you guys on my birthday.

Before we get into today's episode, I was actually sitting in the other room. So if you're watching here on YouTube, then you see I'm in my headquarters. This is my happy place. I love my office so much.

But I was just in the other room getting inspired just like, I mean, I think that's important to like get into that inspired energetic mindset, right?

And I got a text from Julian School. And okay, so like this has to be like the high, like the highest of highs of like my day and also my week because I bring them to daycare every day.

I call it, we call it school because it just sounds more fun. And he loves going to school. However, he always like gives me a little bit of an argument in the morning when it's time to leave the house to go to school because he wants to stay home and snuggle.

It's a cute thing. He goes, Mommy snuggle couch now. Okay, honey, we'll snuggle on the couch when you get home.

And he went over to the school today. I dropped him off and then I got a message that like they were doing their circle time and during circle time, they sing songs, they dance and all of the things. And they sent me a little message of him.

And he was jumping up and down during circle time. So like little Julian, first of all, is like the most loving adorable child I swear. I think I talk about him all the time, which is, which is, I'm sorry.

I don't know if he's too much for you, but he's my life, my camera is my life, my husband's my life. This is like my life. So I like to tell you guys all about the things that are awesome.

So it was a cute thing because first of all, we take him into school and he'll get like a little bit shy when we first drop him off.

But by the end of the day, he's like, you know, we pick him up. He's like coming up. He's running, giving hugs, kisses, showing me where his cubby is showing me all the artwork that he did that day, which is like the most adorable thing. But during circle time today, they have this song, um, Julian, Julian jump up and down.

And then we sit back down and he was legit like doing like Superman jump and I was just watching him like, how are you so cute? This is the cutest thing. They're like holding hands, doing circles together.

So I was just like crying happy tears because I just thought it was the cutest thing ever. And you know, it just like has you feeling like this warm like sense of like happiness, at least for me in my soul, like this joy in my soul, just like how sweet and innocent that age is.

And I know at times like I can get caught up in the like what I want to do right now and like, you know, having a toddler is hard feels hard because it is hard. And sometimes like navigating those waters, especially since I haven't been here before can feel difficult because it is difficult.

So parenting is no joke, but it just has me remembering like they're supposed to be that way, like they're supposed to be that way there's supposed to be fun and innocent and like, you know, experience life and trying new things. And it was just like one of those reminders this this morning when I got that message that like, life is so short and like this stage is so innocent.

And then the other happy point of today of the high of today, my mom is home with Cameron and I think I told you guys this last week, but she's with him every single Wednesday.

And then you guys got this on, you know, have the episodes on Thursday. So it's not technically my birthday yet, but it will be.

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