Well, I’m living proof that yes, a baby changes everything! I’m not saying that is a bad thing or a curse…..I’m just stating an undeniable fact! Most of you know how organized, detail oriented, and quite honestly, borderline superwoman I was before I became pregnant or a mom. Since the birth of Samuel, not much else matters. Although my mind is still a nagging weight…better get this done, clean the house, work on his baby book, not much of that actually occurs each day. To be real blunt, I’m not even sure where most of my day goes!! A quick run down would include, nursing, changing his diaper, trying to jump in the shower and get “made up”, eat a little something if I’m lucky and the cycle starts again. Like I said earlier, I’m not complaining. It is absolutely amazing though, how work is the furthest thing from my mind most of the time.
Being a mom has taught me a lot, rather quickly! For one, you don’t matter much anymore. Anything and everything that was relatively important to you prior to parenthood has now gracefully faded into the background and to the land of “Did that really matter?” I never thought that I could love someone so much whom I barely met for more than a few seconds, but holding his little hand sealed the deal for me! Oddly enough, I can no longer just run in and grab something from the store. Naively as I was, I thought toting around this little bundle of joy would be a piece of cake. Do you know how much one of those car seats weighs AND with a baby in it? It’s not so easy getting it in and out of the car either. You’d better be prepared to lift some weights if you are contemplating a child! There’s a lot of muscle that goes into this job!
I could go on and on and list every little thing that has shifted in my world since July 22 but I’m going to savor some of those memories for just me and vow to never disclose some of the crazy discoveries I’ve made along the way. Bottom line…..I’m not trading my new life for one second of the old!
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