Where does time go?

***Editors Note: This blog was actually typed on 2/4/09 at 9:30am. I am not sure why it has the wrong date listed.***

Time flies when you aren't sleeping. I can't believe that Andrew will be 12 weeks old on Sunday. He has kept us busy for sure. It is hard to find a free hand to type so posting has been a little difficult. Becoming a mommy has been the most extreme thing I have ever done. People tell you how much you are going to love you child but you really don't understand until the little one arrives. It is truely extreme love. You are also faced with extreme responsibility, extreme joy, and extreme frustration. Oh! And did I mention the extreme exhaustion? It is impossible to ignore a crying baby for very long. Not sleeping was probably my biggestest fear of becoming a mom. But it is funny...I (usually) want to get up when the baby cries. Yes, I am tired but it isn't so bad when you look down in the crib and there is that sweet little face. The sleeping has actually gotten better. It went from up every 2.5 hours, to every 4 or 5, and is now sleeping through the nights some nights. Sleeping through the night now feels like a real luxuary.

Being home everyday is harder then I thought it would be. I miss my job...well I miss the people at my job more accurately. Andrew and I spend our days cleaning house and doing laundry (well actually Andrew sits in the swing while I work. I don't have him doing chores...yet.). We go shopping and out to lunch with Dad. We go to Mommy and Me and visit friends. I try to get out of the house at least once every day. I make an effort to shower, do my hair and put on make up. And it really does take effort when you are juggling the baby. I understand now how the Mommies from "What Not to Wear" on TLC end up in the sweat pants rut. It would be so easy...

This past week, Kyle and I made an offer on a new (larger!!) house and it was accepted. We will be closing on Feb. 27th at 11:30am! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am. Our current home while perfect for the two of us is too small for the three of us. We have run out of room. Every nook and cranny is filled. Kyle tried to implement and one in-one out policy...if I brought something in I had to take something out...I am sorry to say it didn't work so well. So now things are beginning to pile up. Our new home is 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, with a large open greatroom/kitchen, dining room, office. It has a large flat back yard that will be perfect for a playset in a couple of years. It is large enough that we can have friends AND family over for Birthday parties and dinner. It will be sad to leave our little house but I am exited about all of the new possibilites in the new house. You will have to come and visit.

Well that is it for now...I am going to try to do a better job keeping up with this Blog now that life has gotten back to a new normal. Check back when you can...and feel free to comment so we know you were here!

Sarah