With Eben I was SOOO ready. I was dying to be a mother, excited for everything that motherhood was going to bring me. And then he came out and I was like, um...ok, put him back in my belly for a while because I NEED more sleep. Sleep deprivation ongoing for months and months is terrible, along with the post partum hormones that are regulating back to normal, and not to mention recovering from a major surgery. I do, however, think this time will be okay. I know what to expect - it's not all rainbows and butterflies like new parents often picture. I will have tons of help (mostly needed to help with Eben) - my parents are coming for 11 days and Dane's parents are coming for 10 days with just a few days of overlap - we are SOOOO lucky for this!!!! (also I have great friends in Ann Arbor who I know would be there for me if I needed them). I can totally do this and love it.
We CANNOT wait to meet this little baby. Boy or girl? Oh, that mystery is just killing me. Weight? Will this be a 9 pound baby again? My OB thinks it will be smaller and I think so too. What will he/she look like? I picture him/her to look a lot like Eben... Temperament? Oh, please bless me with a chill baby again! How will Eben handle it all? Right now he LOVES babies and is so interested in them, so it seems to be a good time for a baby to enter his life.
Once baby comes, I will be going nuts with taking pics of him/her with my new props, backdrops, floors, etc. I have done TONS of reading on this stuff and have had a lot of fun with it. I always need to be working on a project/hobby to keep me going in life and photography seems to be sticking as I enjoy it so much. I practiced with Eben this past week. Seriously, toddlers are SO hard to photograph. He would not sit still for more than a few seconds, rarely looked at me, kept pulling on the tie, taking off the hat, and saying, "No" while destroying my set up. So, with all things considered, I was very happy with the outcome. I posted some of these on FB, but not all, so here are all of them.
P.S. It's one WEEK from tomorrow, but I felt like posting tonight :)
Wow, one week! So excited for your family. As for your post, this could have been taken out of my mind...these are the EXACT feelings I am having with baby #2. With baby #1, it was all about the unknown, not knowing what to expect, and the excitement of being a mother. With #2, we KNOW whats coming for us, sleepless nights, hormones and that wonderful c-section...all with another child. Whew, sounds exhausting as I write it :) Can't wait to hear the gender, weight, and name, best wishes for a safe delivery!
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