The Heart of Life: Absent

Sooo, I started this blog well over a year ago after reading blog after blog and thinking, "I can do that!" Well, turns out it's not that easy...go figure. Since last Spring when I started this, we found out we were pregnant, prepared for this new and amazing life changing event, and then our son was born in January 2012, A. I went back to work in April and we are still adjusting to the chaos of having a family.

Phew...talk about exhausting. He is now almost 7 months old and I am just starting to feel somewhat "normal" again. I am still working, although my dream (as well as my husbands) is to have me stay at home with the kiddo(s). Right now there is only A, but we want there to be more :). We have been getting by, one day at a time and soaking in every minute we have with our little love bug. It really is the best and most amazing thing in the world. He brings so much joy to our lives that we never thought was possible.

To be honest, I was nervous before he was born, how it would affect our relationship. The hubs and I go together like hot chocolate and marshmellows, spaghetti and meatballs, and little kids and puppies. We have such a great relationship and I was worried how everything, our lives, would be stressed becuase of the added responsibility. Boy, was I wrong! It has made us more of a team than we were before...raising our son together is awesome. Yes, we have our days, our moments of frustration and stress, but when it is all said and done, we couldn't ask for more. We are so blessed to have a healthy child, a roof over our heads, food on the table, and friends and family that love us.

Since A was born, we have taken A TON of pictures; been stressed and exhausted that the tears wouldn't stop; watched dad play in a college alumni hockey game; been sick as a dog; traveled to ATL for a wedding; had our baby baptized; took an 8 hour road-trip; taken continuous deep breathes just to get through the day; went to a first birthday party; gone to bed at 8 oclock on more Friday and Saturday nights than I can count; watched our son roll over, and over, and over; watched the joy on A's face as the dogs run to him; said goodbye to cousins moving overseas; and fell more in love than before....it's all worth it.