Weeks go by quickly now. Quickly! I'm still not believing the weekend is over by the time wednesday comes around. And a good amount of predictability has returned to my life; we've got the whole routine thing going. Part of this routine involves going to work and dropping my baby off at my friend's house, and the other part of the week is my friend going to work dropping her baby off at my house. Which means there are 2-3 days every week where I have two babies. And this, a little surprisingly, is kind of hard. Well not hard. But not easy. Those babies are not synced up and I realize I have been blissfully enjoying my baby's multiple hour naps during the day, because baby number 2? He takes mini naps. I don't get that multiple hour quiet time as I chug down my fourth cup of coffee and geek out on the gagillion blogs I'm following. So if you've been wondering why my postings have been weak here's why.
But this jobshare/babyshare thing that I have going on is a good thing. I love being able to talk about the joys of parenthood and the joys of hospice nursing with my friend Sarah. We have such an unbelievable amount in common, including babies that were born just 4 days apart, and what a treat that is. Because there are very few people that I can talk to about my kid's sleep schedule and the benefits of a morphine pca pump. God I love Sarah.
But the little jewel of my week has become thursday nights where me and my good friend Betsy (new mom of twins) go out on a date and literally burst with joy as we do the most mundane of tasks like going out to eat(!) or going to the mall (!). I can't tell you how much fun I had tonight as I got food court food and slow shopped at the Carter's outlet. It was pure joy! I mean you should have seen the bargain baby clothes. And this, I know, is a true reflection of the state of where I'm at right now. I am such a mom. Wow.
And speaking of that you would not believe how insanely cute my little girl is. My God I could just eat her up and she's doing all kinds of totally amazing things like rolling over and putting her whole hand in her mouth and pretty soon I'm pretty sure she's going to be doing crossword puzzles and singing advanced choral music. She is so, so cool.
And so I admit that occasionally I mourn for the freedom of my child-free life. Sometimes I look at the state of my breasts and feel a little tear coming on. Sometimes I am down right mystified that a person so small could create so much laundry. But then I look at her, at her little upturned nose and her sweet sweet smile and all of that melts away. I am a mom now. Wow.
But this jobshare/babyshare thing that I have going on is a good thing. I love being able to talk about the joys of parenthood and the joys of hospice nursing with my friend Sarah. We have such an unbelievable amount in common, including babies that were born just 4 days apart, and what a treat that is. Because there are very few people that I can talk to about my kid's sleep schedule and the benefits of a morphine pca pump. God I love Sarah.
But the little jewel of my week has become thursday nights where me and my good friend Betsy (new mom of twins) go out on a date and literally burst with joy as we do the most mundane of tasks like going out to eat(!) or going to the mall (!). I can't tell you how much fun I had tonight as I got food court food and slow shopped at the Carter's outlet. It was pure joy! I mean you should have seen the bargain baby clothes. And this, I know, is a true reflection of the state of where I'm at right now. I am such a mom. Wow.
And speaking of that you would not believe how insanely cute my little girl is. My God I could just eat her up and she's doing all kinds of totally amazing things like rolling over and putting her whole hand in her mouth and pretty soon I'm pretty sure she's going to be doing crossword puzzles and singing advanced choral music. She is so, so cool.
And so I admit that occasionally I mourn for the freedom of my child-free life. Sometimes I look at the state of my breasts and feel a little tear coming on. Sometimes I am down right mystified that a person so small could create so much laundry. But then I look at her, at her little upturned nose and her sweet sweet smile and all of that melts away. I am a mom now. Wow.
1 comments:
You are doing a great job momma! Ellie is such a cutie and it is only going to get better and better, and of course different with new challenges...LOL. We always have shopping and coffee!
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