I have been a mom for about a month. Ethan Michael Webb was born on the 28th of July and I was about as thrilled to not be pregnant anymore as I was to be a mom.
As we left the hospital, I was certain motherhood would be something like this:
Happy, sleeping baby curled up on my chest. He'd smell like Johnson's baby shampoo from the bath I gave him and I'd be freshly showered and clean. He'd coo and smile and sleep most of the day and I'd recover from labor in a couple of weeks.
We quickly learned that THIS IS NOT REAL LIFE.
Motherhood is an incredible learning experience. It has been far from perfect. I have given everything I have to it. I am completely exhausted and so happy. I get to hang out with the cutest little bugger every day and having him rely on me for everything is the greatest responsibility. That being said, here is the reality of it. If I shower there is a 80% chance that I get pooped or spit up on within the first half hour of being clean. I change dozens of diapers each week and most of the diaper explosions happen while I'm changing him. This means, I have more clothes with bodily fluids on them than I have clean.
He gets a bath when I have time or when the current diaper experience is more than wipes can cure.
Getting ready for church will always include a crisis. This week it was two diaper explosions on new furniture and a change of clothes for both of us. Luckily, it ended like this. (Isn't he the cutest?)
Our saving grace is a super hero dad
armed with a binky
and desire for a napping buddy.
Naps are our favoite time of the day.
The grand adventure little E has been on in his short life is a 12 hour move from CA to UT. Moving day looked a little like this:
but was mostly lots of car naps.
All in all it has been a whirlwind the last month and we are so grateful to have little Ethan. I love being a mom; craziness and all!
