Life really does change when you have a baby. Who knew? I wish someone would have warned us.
Gone are the days when we grab our car keys and hit the open road. Now just getting out the door means packing a bag bigger than a carry-on would have been in my old jet-setting life.
Days are now made up of three hour chunks of time in between Lauren's feedings. Even that three hours gets whittled down, by the time I feed her, change her, pack the bags, get myself ready and load her into the car seat, three hours has become two or less. I am constantly asking myself "Can I get there and back in two hours?" "Do I have enough time to do what I need to do?" "Is it worth going out?" Many days the answer is no, but I try anyway.
Gone are the days when Norm can fill his Sunday afternoon with Xbox or when we can watch a movie without pausing five times while Lauren melts down for a variety of reasons both known and unknown to us.
However, being the glass half full kind of person that I am, I do see the trade-off is worth it. Every time I hear her goo goo and ga ga, or I see her little legs kicking in the air I know these days are exactly where I want to be.
She is a total pain in the ass, but she is our pain in the ass and we love her.
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