How Our Life Has Changed...

Everyone says that when you have a child your life completely changes. Which is so very true; however, no one really says how it changes. I was thinking the other night while trying to "wear Callen's energy out" that our life has changed drastically over the past 9 months.

For one, I feel like I am back in college with the amount of sleep I receive. Except in college there was only the responsibility of class...now there is the responsibility of taking care of a child, house, family, etc. It is amazing how your body gets adjusted on such little sleep. For those reading, this means Callen is still not sleeping through the night and most nights he sleeps very restlessly...which is just fine, wouldn't have it any other way. I know we could do the whole "sleep training" thing, but it just breaks my heart to hear Baby C cry...so for now we rock him to sleep and give him lots of kisses when he cries and he sleeps in bed with us. I love every minute of it.

Then you move onto things that you took for granted before having a child. Such as, showering, going to the bathroom alone, cooking, cleaning, watching TV that you want to watch, going places with out checking to see if it going to be "too hot or too cold", and the ability to go to bed at any time you want. I am slowly adjusting to these things, and I have come to the realization that at some point I will be able to shower without Callen trying to crawl in the shower with me or going to the bathroom without Callen crawling up my leg or sticking his fingers through the door. Before Callen I was one of those people that my house was spotless, everything was in its place and their was nothing on the floor or counters. Now, I am lucky if my house gets a good cleaning once a month. My house isn't "dirty" it is just lived in now. When you come to our house you are told to please step over the toys and follow the path.

Now, instead of planning lesson plans for my students at school and living my life through the school calendar; I am now living my life on Callen's nap schedule and checking into preschools and creating "lesson plans" for Callen, so he will be prepared for school. What a 360.

I thought the other night, "What did I ever do before Callen?" I know...I cleaned house, cooked, showered for more than 5 minutes, got a full nights sleep, didn't have hours of TV shows DVRed, didn't worry about leaving home to early/late etc, ate a full meal without interruption, went places, and talked to people about normal things. The joys of parenthood. I wouldn't change my life now if I could. There is nothing better than being a mom!