26
Oct
Still alive
Hi everyone. Just so you know that I am still alive. I am still trying to get used to this new life of mine. It’s amazing how priorities have changed in such a short period of time. Last night I had about an hour of free time when the baby was sleeping. And you know what I did? My wife and I sat down and watched “baby TV”. We just sat and watched him sleep, watched the expressions going by on his face, and chatted with each other about how life is going. It was a wonderful way to spend an evening.
I haven’t entirely forgotten about this blog, though. I am trying to figure out how I can fit in writing at the same time I am making sure that my family is taken care of in a way that works for me. And right now, that is 100% of my time. So I haven’t been writing much (OK, I haven’t been writing at all!). I hope you all understand.
As for something financially related, having a baby has really helped our eating out finances! In the two months that we have had the baby, we have eaten out a sum total of twice. And those times were special occasions (our 11 month wedding anniversary. For our 12 month, we had a picnic, just like our wedding.) Right now we really don’t feel comfortable taking the baby out because he is still feeding unpredictably and sometimes for a long time. We don’t want to sit at a table in a restaurant breast feeding the baby for two hours. We might as well just do it at home.
So that is an unexpected bonus from having the baby. I had actually thought that we would eat out more (technically that we would get more take-out food), but we have been really good about cooking our own food and we have also been very lucky that people have brought us a ton of food so that we don’t have to cook. It’s been a great two months. I hope everyone has a good weekend.
