Here is (some of) my story.

4 years ago my life was MUCH different.

I watched crappy reality television, ate crappy foods, stayed up wayyyyy too late, worked at a crap job, and just lived.

now i do all those things...but my life has more meaning :]

i had no idea i could love someone so much. no idea i could love someone more than i loved his father. it was incredible.

i was in love from even before i was pregnant, even before we started trying, and failing and then trying again, i knew he would be the love of my life. i didnt realize he would be my soul mate.

i gained 65 freakin lbs when i was pregnant, despite trying not to. (since have lost it all please refer to www.imfluffynotfat.blogspot.com if you care to know that story.)

i went from a vegetarian prepregnancy to a carnivore mid pregnancy (yes i feel guilty about this fact but HELLO? have you TASTED steak and bacon? no brainer.)

i gained back pain that makes me feel like im 30 years my senior.

and holy crap i became a family.

i learned many a thing:

infants can projectile pop up to their necks.

they can also vomit out of their nose and it is terrifying.

they can stretch in ways that every adult man wants every adult woman to stretch.

they will be awake when you are tired' and once you get your second wind, they will sleep. you arent likely to "sleep when they sleep".

Babies arent as expensive as people make them out to be...if you dont factor in diapers. i find it a crime that you can pay 25 bones for either 120 newborn diapers...or 80 size 5s, additionally newborns use twice as many. I call TOTAL bs!

you may not ever correctly know your childs shoe size until they slow their roll and you might very well buy a pair of shoes that are too small.

you will forget something EVERY TIME you leave a friends house or event, be it a bottle, a pacifier, or something else equally important. furthermore, to add insult to your injury, you will get that sneaking suspicion ahead of time that you HAVE forgotten, only to ignore it and then realize how critical that instinct was.

you will begin to hate all of your friends who offer unsolicited advice, but you will really only surround yourself with friends that are parents, at least for awhile...and then you may, try as you might, let something unsolicited slip out. fuck. you have become one of THOSE parents.

there are a lot of things that have changed in my life since my son was born.

this blog is simply a catalog of the events and thoughts that have transpired. also blogs from other mother friends written for your entertainment.

"baby book" you can find it at www.dear-julian.blogspot.com

and remember ladies (and gents), we're the luckiest people alive to be parents, but we have always been alive. :]

ma.