Random Things

For those of you on Facebook you know where I got the idea for this post from, for those of you who are not you can read about how people spend time they don’t have here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/fashion/05things.html

So here is my list of random things about being a new mom.

25 20 Random Things about Becoming and Being a New Mom

1. I have never been so exhausted and so happy in my life.
2. The look on Andrew's face and the sound in his voice when Julia was born will be a memory I'll have forever.
3. Being called "mom" makes me feel great.
4. I can't believe how excited I get over poop.
5. Breastfeeding is incredibly difficult but worth every bit of the effort.
6. I've never laughed so hard before at just the expressions on someone's face.
7. Who knew baby fingernails grew so fast?
8. Or that babies are the world's loudest sleepers?  Whoever came up with the phrase "sleeping like a baby" obviously did not have one, at least not one like ours!
9. It has helped to have very low expectations of how much sleep I was going to get. Every extra 5 minutes seems like a huge bonus.
10. I could just stare at Julia for hours.
11. It's amazing how much time taking care of one baby takes even when she's sleeping for 2 out of every 3 or 4 hours.
12. I had no idea that there were 3 sizes of diapers before you get to newborn.  We've used two of them.
13. I am really glad that I exercised and did yoga through the whole pregnancy.  I think that it has helped tremendously with my delivery and recovery.
14. It's been really hard not having family close by; I just want them all to meet her.
15. It's amazing how quickly modesty goes out the window when you give birth.  In the recovery rooms they have privacy curtains but it seemed like nothing to me to have anyone walk in when I was in complete disarray or breastfeeding.
16. There's nothing like hearing the words "I'll need to give you a catheter" to get you up and moving regardless of the medication you're on!
17. Taking a long, hot shower while Andrew watched Julia was one of the highlights of my first weekend home and I think will be of most weekends to come.
18. I'm very lucky to have such an incredible husband.
19. I know that someday it will be hard to believe that Julia was ever this small:

20. That's all the random things for now because I need to get 5 more minutes of sleep...