A Question For Moms Out There

It is quite known that when women become pregnant, they experience a surge of hormones that causes them to act irrationally but they don't think they're being irrational at all.  I was a crazed woman when Lucy was in my belly but I had "valid" points to justify all of my absurd and sometimes harsh demands and NONE of them had to do with the fact that I was hormonal- dang it! At least that's what I told myself, my family, and Shawn.  Poor Shawn....but what a good sport he was!
Anyway, we have the babies, and we are once again swimming in a pool of hormones for those first blurry, sleep deprived weeks of our newborn's life.  Then we breastfeed, and again, we have intensified hormones that linger until you stop breastfeeding....right?  I was under the impression that soon after I stopped breastfeeding and was back to "normal," I wouldn't cry at the drop of a hat...(or in this case, the drop of a pacifier).  So how come, 8 months after I gave birth, I still feel extra emotional???  It's not bad emotions.  It's just...heavy emotions.
Example: Today I tip-toed into Lucy's room to put something away in her closet while she was taking her nap, and I looked into her crib and burst into tears.  She is just SO beautiful, and there is something wonderful and precious about a sleeping baby.  I have seen her sleep a thousand times, and each time I look at my sleeping beauty, I almost always get teary eyed.  Granted, I've always been a crier- movies, books, songs, etc.  But now it's like, I see a cute puppy on TV and cry.  I see a little kid trip at the playground and I hurt (even when they don't get hurt).  I see a cute baby outfit at the store, and my heart drops.  What the heck???  Certainly motherhood is a roller coaster of emotions- that one's a known fact.  And TRUST ME- I've already experienced the days when I want to scream in frustration because Lucy WILL. NOT. STOP. SCREAMING!  And then 24 hours later she's cuddling with me and kissing me, and pulling my hair because it's fun for her, and it erases all frustrations from the past events.  But I didn't think that I would get so emotional over the smallest things!  I am NOT pregnant again- hahaha trust me!  And I realize that I'm extra emotional (as opposed to when I was pregnant I wouldn't acknowledge the fact that I was).  So, is this what I signed up for when I chose to have kids?  Will I be this way for the rest of my life?  Or does it taper off a little bit....? Tell me, sweet, wise Mommy's out there with more experience- is being on an emotional high my new way of life?  Man.... I better warn Shawn now! ;)

This is the moment I talked about; in between my blurry, teary blinks, I took a picture of her.  To you, this is a sweet, sleepy baby.  To me, this is my whole world.  And I guess I cry because it hurts to love someone so fiercely.  I just hope I can reign in the emotions a little bit down the road...or else on her first day of Kindergarten, they're going to be escorting me off the premises! ;)

...Oh, the life of a Mom.....