After having a dear friend over all day today so that I could get some rest and chores done, I started to ponder what this experience has shown me. I feed ashamed that Parker is now almost 1 month old and I am finally writing this Blog, but I feel a little justified because the lack of sleep has made my brain a little slower.
We have been showered with love, kindness and charity from family and friends through this baby process. From baby showers from dear friends and co-workers, to many many gifts/cards (many of which came from unexpected donors) including an amazing baby photo shoot, to meals (2 weeks worth from my amazing mother alone), to advice, to text messages, to phone calls and to babysitting, there has been an overabundance of love.
I don't even know where to begin to express our gratitude and appreciation. To be honest, we were entirely taken by surprise! When Chad and I received his job offer to move to Marietta, GA, we were both a little uneasy. Chad was from Colorado and I was from California - both attended college in Utah - we were west coasters through and through. It was going to be hard for us to move across the country to a place where we knew NO ONE. I even thought about when we would have our first child and was sad - how would we do it? Would I have help? Would I even HAVE a shower? Who would come?...etc... I feared change and did not know if we would fit in, in GA.
From the minute we moved here we felt it was right and have been embraced by those around us. What we never expected is the out pour of love we would receive from all our friends and family when Parker was born. We have been completely overwhelmed and feel so blessed and ashamed to even doubt the Lord's plan for us and our move down here.
I wanted to publicly thank all our family, friends and co-workers (that are also friends ;) ) for everything that they have done for us. We cannot express our appreciation or explain how loved and at home it has made us feel. Georgia truly is our home and we love living here!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Sleep
I never realized how much I rely on a good night's sleep. When Chad and I were first married it was really hard on me because he was a night owl and I just could not keep up. However, as the honeymoon stage melted away, the need to stay up late and spend every waking moment with him diminished and 6 out of the 7 days of the week you would find me in bed much earlier than him. In fact, Chad and I stopped carpooling to work together because even though I went to bed before him, I STILL got up much later than him and he did not like getting to work as "late" as I did.
Funny, how having Parker changed decades of habits. 1 night (Parker being born) and life is different. I am able to not only stay up late, but I am now able to function (pretty effectively might I add) on very little sleep. Not only that, but seeing Chad in zombie form has been quite entertaining. Chad IS able to stay up later and get up earlier, however, when he is actually sleeping, he is a zombie. Several times during these past 3 weeks of Parker's life, I have asked Chad for help in the middle of the night only to realize that my husband has NO IDEA what is going on - I don't even think he knows that he is on planet earth when sleeping. We have both laughed at some of the funny events/things Chad has done when asked to do something while sleeping. And NO, it's not an act folks, he really DOES want to help, but has no sense of reality at night time...at least last night I stopped him from opening and spilling Parker's bottle all over the bed after asking him to fill it up. Apparently, he must have been dreaming that he was in the kitchen or something, because he proceeded to open the bottle in the bed and was in the process of pouring it out, before I stopped him. We both laughed in the morning.
Sleep. The most precious gift a husband and wife can give each to one another after a baby is born. Something I took for granted. Something I never knew would matter so much to me. Something Parker does not like to do at night ;)
Despite our lack of sleep, Chad and I are smitten with our little man.
Funny, how having Parker changed decades of habits. 1 night (Parker being born) and life is different. I am able to not only stay up late, but I am now able to function (pretty effectively might I add) on very little sleep. Not only that, but seeing Chad in zombie form has been quite entertaining. Chad IS able to stay up later and get up earlier, however, when he is actually sleeping, he is a zombie. Several times during these past 3 weeks of Parker's life, I have asked Chad for help in the middle of the night only to realize that my husband has NO IDEA what is going on - I don't even think he knows that he is on planet earth when sleeping. We have both laughed at some of the funny events/things Chad has done when asked to do something while sleeping. And NO, it's not an act folks, he really DOES want to help, but has no sense of reality at night time...at least last night I stopped him from opening and spilling Parker's bottle all over the bed after asking him to fill it up. Apparently, he must have been dreaming that he was in the kitchen or something, because he proceeded to open the bottle in the bed and was in the process of pouring it out, before I stopped him. We both laughed in the morning.
Sleep. The most precious gift a husband and wife can give each to one another after a baby is born. Something I took for granted. Something I never knew would matter so much to me. Something Parker does not like to do at night ;)
Despite our lack of sleep, Chad and I are smitten with our little man.
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| Parker sleeping on Mommy while she attempts to hold him and pump |
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| Chillin with Steph Lynes while Mommy took a nap |
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| Parker laying on the bed (yes that is a plastic sheet) right after soiling the real sheet during a diaper change - Mommy looked away for 1 second... |
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