Well, here I am! I have a renewed interest in this blog after realizing how long it's been since I've done a proper post.
I've been posting a lot on June's blog--trying to keep it updated for friends and family. It's easy to forget about one's own self and especially one's own blog. But I don't want this thing to disappear into the black hole of forgotten blogs, so I vow to keep it going!
So like I said before, the past two months have been a complete whirlwind of baby madness. Ways I have found myself describing the experience: Exhilarating, exhausting, exciting, heartwarming, sweet, awesome, rad, frustrating, challenging, isolating, crazy, happy, sad, hilarious, and most of all heart-bubbling-over-with-pure-love-for-this-crazy-little-person.
Colic is not fun. I will be the first to tell you that. It started right around three weeks, peaked at about seven weeks, and has been on the downward curve ever since. They say magically it subsides at three months of age. Right now we are at 2.5 months and it's getting much better, although it's still hard to get out in public. Unless she's sleeping. She is a very happy baby, she's just a homebody who likes to cry. Which is fine by me, let me tell you--my house has never been cleaner. It has been a huge challenge and I don't think I will ever get used to hearing her cry so much--it is hard to deal with when there's not much you can do to console. But I just pop some earplugs in and power through it. Like I said, it's getting much better since we made it over the hump. And then I can go buy a June (and myself) a T-Shirt that says "I SURVIVED COLIC". Yes!
Phew! I've been meaning to write about my experience with colic for a while now but I didn't want to do it on June's blog. Not that I'm trying to hide the fact that it's a part of her life, I just think it's more my issue than hers. She's just doing what she's been born to do, crying is her thing right now.
But in all honesty I have nothing that interesting to post about myself... yet. My life has steadily revolved around the baby for the past few months. But slowly--very slowly, glimmers of my former hobbies and interests have begun to return. One thing I've found is that it's really hard to have interests when you're tending to a newborn. There is not enough time to devote to music and movies and TV shows. Internet is convenient because it's quick and speedy and you don't need to commit any set amount of time. Part of me has really started to miss my music obsession. It has always been such a huge part of my life. I mean, I haven't even heard the new Kanye. For shame!
Thankfully, I'll be heading back to work soon, a place where I get paid to keep up on music. So that's good. And then maybe I can update this blog more often--when I find the time. Which I might not have that much of once I start back to work. But we'll see!
So that's that. Baby is waking now. Talk to you later!
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