waiting...

My son, Charlie, is due to be born in 3 days.  So really I am just counting down the days till he decides to come meet us.  Right now I am just waiting.  I am no longer working so I spend a lot of time at home while my husband works and I have discovered that it is hard to be productive everyday.  It is weird how when I spend most of my adult life working full time jobs I would always think "man it would be so nice to be able to not have to work..." but now that I am at home I find myself being bored and wishing I had something to do.  I guess that is why I decided to start my blog.  I have been thinking about starting one for a long time so I figured that with Charlie being born soon this might be a good way for my family who lives far away to keep up what my little family is doing.  So just keep in mind if you read my blog that I am no writer.  I am just doing this for fun.

Since this is my first blog I guess I will write a little about myself and what my hopes are for this blog.
I am have been married for over 2 years.  We finally decided we were ready to have a baby nine months ago and were fortunate enough to get pregnant right away.  Since then my husband (Shad) and I have been so excited to become new parents.  I have always felt that my calling in life was to be a mom more than anything else.  I am also a fan of photography.  I was in school to be a photographer when I got pregnant.  I knew that I would have to put my schooling on hold to be a mom but that was fine with me because like I said I have wanted to be a mom more than anything else.  I do plan on putting my photography skills that I learned to practice while I am home taking care of Charlie.   Hopefully that is something that I can share on here as well.  I hope with this blog that I can share my adventures of being a new mom and trying to meld my "old life"  with my new one.

I am so in love with my son already.  Sometimes I think that I must be crazy because I don't feel scared for labor at all.  I am actually really excited for it.  I know that it will be painful but all I can think of is what it will be like the first time I see him.  I find myself constantly wondering what he will look like and how I will feel when I see him for the first time.  I think that helps me to not be scared of labor.  I decided a long time ago that I wanted to go natural for delivery.  I feel that at least once I want to know what it feels like to give birth.

In my opinion being pregnant is one of the most amazing experiences that we are given as women.  My pregnancy has been one of the most incredible journey's of my life.  To have created another human is an amazing feeling.  I love feeling him move around in my belly and talking to him.   Admittedly I have had a really easy pregnancy.  No morning sickness or  any of the bad pregnancy symptoms.  So really anything difficult about my pregnancy has certainly been outweighed by all the good things that Charlie has already brought to Shad and I in our lives.

Well I could go on but I guess I will stop so I have something write about later!  Until next time!  I think I will end with one of my favorite quotes by Mother Theresa "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."