Motherhood break

It’s been a while, just as I thought it might be, since I’ve been able to make it to this space. But I’m hoping I will be here much more frequently now as I continue to adjust to being a mom. Basically I’ve just come to accept I will be adjusting to being a mom for the rest of my life so I might as well jump back in now ;-)

All that to say I am loving being with our little man. I hoped I would love motherhood and I’m thankful to say I definitely do. It has its many, many, many challenges {like the number of times I tried to complete this post before I was successful} but even still, it is pretty fantastic.

However, there are a few things that are not so fantastic. Things like post-pregnancy weight. I am a firm believer that we, being all moms, should be blessed with the weight simply disappearing after we endure labor and delivery. The fact that you, or at least most of us, are stuck with the extra pounds for quite some time is simply not fair. Oh, and the fact that you have to wait 6-8 weeks to work out, well let’s just say that drove this active lady NUTS.

Sleep deprivation is from the devil. Hormone crash plus sleep deprivation is from the devil and all his comrades. Those first two weeks were especially rough for me but man, the light came and we survived. Mr. Z would come home at night and peer his head through our front door wondering what version of his wife he was going to find—just a little weepy or inconsolably crying—ahh, he got both more often than not ;-)

And now here I am trying to get back into shape while juggling the home, baby and marriage. I’m not working for now and frankly, I don’t how I could add that to the mix {mad respect for working moms}. When the day comes that I do go back to work though, I know God will give me the grace to handle it all.

All that to say, I am back in this space and going to try to post much more frequently. I even have a list of goodies to write about ;-)

I hope all of you are well and for those that have continued to check back here and see how we’re doing, thanks so much! I finally have something for you to read.

Our little man