It’s March and finally spring! I am so excited about this new season. I’ve been trying to post for the last couple of days about the joys I’ve experienced lately, but I keep getting sidetracked or pulled away, only to come back to a blank blog page. So let’s try this again…
Prepping
The last time I blogged, I mentioned that I was preparing to welcome a baby boy. And he’s finally here!
But before he came, I had to get the nursery ready…
I had so much fun decorating the nursery! I was on Pinterest pinning away, and was shopping online until my heart was content. I made sure to take my time until I found all the pieces to bring the room together. We spend so much time in the nursery room and we absolutely love it!
And Yoko loves the nursery too…can you find her? LOL.
And also, my friends showered me with virtual love over Zoom…
They also brought me some balloons, cake and cookies since we couldn’t be together in person, so I definitely felt all the love.
Then it got real.
Not Prepared…
The night after my baby shower, we received a call from our surrogate saying she was having contractions. Luckily, it was a false alarm, but that got us all the way together because we were not ready. That night we were flailing around the house, (I was tipsy from sipping champagne just a few hours earlier from the virtual shower), pulling out suitcases and throwing random things in a bag, yelling, freezing up, then coming back to our senses. Needless to say, the baby did not come that night, but it was just what we needed to get ourselves all the way together.
We had a couple of more calls like that over the next few days, so we basically stayed on edge until the real call came, then we made our way to welcome our baby boy!
Meet Pilot
Here is my baby boy!
His name is Joaquin but I call him Pilot. He is the baby that my mom told me that I was going to have. I used to roll my eyes when she told me about him, but here he is in the flesh. Pilot came into this world looking for adventure, so he is truly my baby boy!
Mom-Me?
I still can’t believe I’m a mom. I’m still adjusting to my new role, but so far I’m managing and I’m actually learning how to get some sleep. Joseph has been so helpful and I feel blessed to be on this journey with him.
I’m still figuring some things out, and I think the fact that everyone is home anyway has helped with this transition. This is only the beginning of my journey, so I’ll have to give an update on how I’m doing as a mom later.
Time
I need more time in my day, or maybe I just need to learn to prioritize my time better. Either way, I am not doing all the things I want to do. This is something that I have to learn to accept as my new norm, or I just need to figure out how to do better with my time.
I know I’ll figure it out, because I want to start putting up new art in my Etsy shop, I want to continue blogging, I want to do some personal things for myself, get out more and I just want to relax. I feel so blessed to have this tiny human being living with me, but he is a little time sucker. LOL.
Spring Dreams
Lately, I’ve been dreaming of what I plan to do once everyone is back comfortable being out and about and congregating. I haven’t done much in an entire year, and it’s waaaaay past due for me to get out and explore what life has to offer. I’m ready! I just scheduled my vaccine, so hopefully my spring dreams will become reality soon.
Do you have any plans for spring? I just want to be surrounded by love, fun and good food.
This post is starting to become really random, so I’ll end it here, and hope to catch up again soon. But I have a lot of time reclaiming to do…even if it’s with a baby strapped to my chest!
Catch up soon!
xo,
Che
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