New Roles

It has been nearly two months since we welcomed our little bundle into the world.

I am going to be honest, it is so hard! It is so hard being a mom. I absolutely love my son and would do anything for him; I am just so worn out already. I had a case of the Baby Blues during the first couple weeks of being home but luckily I have such a great support system. Everyone around me helped out whenever they could so that I could re-group. I was able to leave the house at least once a day to spend some time with myself. Man, that made such a difference.

Mitchell broke his toe, literally the day after we got home from the hospital. Although this is very unfortunate, I am incredibly glad this happened. He has been able to stay at home with the baby and I the past two months. He has been helping me with whatever needs to get done around the house and with the baby.

So here I am, still adjusting to the role of being a new wife and mom. 

It has taken a little while for me to get used to the fact that I cannot control everything around me. For example, I thought that my baby was going to be the perfect sleeper and boy was I wrong. During the first month, the baby was extremely colicky. He was overtired all the time and because of this, he wouldn't sleep. Sleep begets sleep, I guess. Those weeks of an overtired baby was extremely hard.

I had to embrace the fact that our child was extremely fussy and my plan was going to change. Mitchell reminded me that we had a smooth pregnancy and delivery AND a healthy baby. Thank you, Lord. 

Today was one of those days. One of those days where I forget how incredibly blessed I am to be a mom. God has trusted us to create and raise this little human, so who am I to question whether we are ready or not? Of course we are ready, God has prepared us for this adventure. 

THE DAY'S MILESTONES:

• Mateo put himself to sleep but kept waking up every ten minutes
• I was able to cut fabric for our Halloween costumes
• Mitchell went grocery shopping, cooked dinner and cleaned the kitchen
• I started lifting weights again and it was brutal