On May 26th I became a new mom. I cried when I heard his little voice and knew that he was safe and sound. I can't complain, he's a good baby. He only cries when he is hungry or gassy so we consider ourselves very very lucky and blessed to have such a healthy baby.
There were many times during my pregnancy that people would tell me to rest up, my life is going to change. To say goodbye to sleep and that it will be the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I always looked at them, smiled sweetly for the warning but quietly thought.."its a newborn, how hard can it be". Well, God is laughing at me now. I've been pooped on, peed on, thrown up on and screamed at. I used to consider this a night out on the town but now, this is my new life as a mom. I clearly underestimated how hard this would in fact be. I'm very thankful for a handful of friends and family that have gotten me through hard moments. There were many mornings I would cry from exhaustion but I push through because at night when I'm rocking him to sleep and he looks at me with those HUGE blue eyes, it becomes very clear why I changed my life. I'm grateful for my son and love him more everyday. I used to feel bad for the tears but now I just chalk it up to hormones and lack of sleep. One day I cried because my husband went to Walgreens for me. I thought I was the luckiest wife on earth...he thought I was losing my mind. So now I laugh... whatelse can you do right?
I'm a new mom and have no idea what I am doing but I'm doing my best and hoping to raise a contributing member to society :-). My husband hopes he contributes as a very succesful baskeball player.
