Between moving, welcomed houseguests, bright and happy holidays, newborns, and plans for traveling back home, life has been spinning and we feel like we are running to stand still. It has been a happy busy, but exhausting all the same.
I think I am starting to learn the lesson of motherhood, though. I am beginning to see that life has no intention of slowing down anytime soon.
Ben is 8 weeks today and I have no idea where the time went. I am already putting away his newborn clothes and I feel like he barely got to wear them.
Everyday since he was born, I have been striving to live in the present. I have been conscious to not wish for the future and to savor each day for all that it is worth.
It has meant dropping less important items on my to-do list and learning to lean into the stress of life and not wish to escape it. It has meant being one of those parents that takes and unashamedly posts endless pictures of my baby doing the mundane everyday baby things.
Because soon it will not happen everyday. And I want to make sure that I enjoyed it while it was happening. Then when it is gone I can look back and smile. I will be able to tell Ben what life was like when he was born and his parents set out a whole new adventure.
