Life with a Baby!

I just read a funny blog about parenting and they listed activities you only do when you become a parent. It got me thinking about how our life has changed in only 8 weeks and I made my own list!

Rachel's New Experiences since having Max:

- Getting to work before 6:45. This has never ever ever happened before in my life. It is no longer worth being late and staying a few minutes over at the end of the day when I could be spending that time with Max!

- Getting to work before 7:00

- Okay lets be honest.. getting to work before 7:15

- Choosing to buy clothes for another person over clothes for myself because tiny clothes are so much cuter!

- Cheering with Justin over a dirty diaper.. didn't seem weird at the time but looking back...

- Journaling every day. Now i have better things to write about.

- Taking 700 pictures of the same person within 7 weeks. No one is surprised by this.

- Tearing up because someone smiled at me

- Ignoring Pinterest and my Google Reader for 8 weeks

- Not fitting into my jeans that I've worn for YEARS

- In related news, not exercising for so many weeks in a row. Maybe I'll leave Max and go to the gym when he stops being so cute. That seems reasonable.

- Singing songs about someone please not spitting up on my work clothes

- Singing songs about Daddy coming home

- Singing songs about cute chubby bellies

- Thinking so much about Fathers Day

- Being excited about sleeping in until 4am!!

- Finally understanding a LITTLE bit what it might be like to take care of twins

- Loving Justin even more than I did before when he gets up in the middle of the night to check on Max

- Loving Justin even more than I did before. Period.

- Taking 30 minutes to prepare for a 6 minute Target trip

- Taking a 6 minute Target trip. In case you are wondering- its still lovely, even if you are only there for 6 minutes.

- Calling ourselves Mommy and Daddy.. its the best : )