“Vacation” is Over…

In the blink of an eye…. I’m back. Honestly, this is a difficult entry to write. I haven’t quite gotten my mojo back. Call it newborn fog or maybe I’m just out of practice, but I’m finding it hard to come up with witty words to tell you… having a new baby is T-O-U-G-H. But, wait. Y’all are moms. So you know that already.

I’ve been told that your first kid is just for practice; you aren’t a “bona fide” mom until you have two. Well darn-it, I’m in the club now. Although, my initiation fee was a little more than I had counted on. I’ll pass on sharing my birth story with you. It wasn’t easy (call me Captain Obvious) and there were some post-delivery complications that threw me and Hubby Harding for a loop, but we all survived. Thank God for modern medicine.

I also wasn’t expecting to have the “baby blues”, a.k.a. total mom-insanity, that hit me the first few weeks after having my second child. I mean, I know I was just practicing with the whole first-kid business, but I’ve done this before. Those hormones sure showed me. Thank God for zoloft and my doula.

Five weeks ago I became a mom of two. It’s sweet, exhausting, terrifying, wonderful, draining, and awesome all at the same time. I do not know how I will manage to keep up with everything in my life. I will probably have to accept that my house may be messy and my laundry may sit in the dryer. For days. My husband will have to accept that frozen dinners are in our future. You will undoubtedly have to put up with grammatical errors and rants about lack of sleep. We will all suffer. And love it. Because I said so.

So glad to be back!

P.S. A much deserved, albeit belated, Happy Mother’s Day to all of my fabulous mom-friends… whether you have one child or five, I hope you got a good day of rest. Or at least a shower.

Will was born on April 1st and weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces.