Yesterday someone said to us, “Don’t you just wonder what you did before you had a baby!?” My husband and I both gave the expected giggle and nod. I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but our *normal* activities haven’t changed very much! Now, don’t get me wrong, our lives were tremendously enhanced by our new smallest edition. We now have someone else to take care of, have to be less selfish, etc. But, we are so blessed with such an easy going baby that our daily activities have been able to remain fairly stable. Our baby will let us sit through the occasional movie, he’ll sit through me writing in this blog, he’ll sit through my husband playing video games. He’s content *most of the time*, and when he’s not, he’s easily comforted or quickly gets over whatever was wrong.
People said this about marriage too, that it would be so hard and the first year is the toughest and all that. I have to say, I didn’t find the first year of marriage all that rough either! Before you go on hating me, I must say that I am not naive enough to think that being a parent or wife will constantly remain steady and easy. I know there will be rough patches and as the little guy grows older he’ll require more and more attention (different than the constant holding and cuddling of the newborn stage). I know that my husband and I may not always agree on the best way to raise him. I suppose what I am trying to convey is that, no the things we do in our daily lives have not changed that much, but the reason for getting up in the morning and loving life has changed significantly.
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