Thursday, January 31, 2013

I need coffee- STAT

Angela Christine Valenta made her way into the world 3 weeks ago today. 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long.
I ended up being induced at 9 am on January 10th, being that I was a bit over a week overdue.
She came into the world at 6:25 pm.

Life has been crazy since then. My whole schedule has been changed to accomodate her and now I devote my entire day to her care.
Exhausting, confusing, scary, overwhelming... you name it, it's been a roller coaster of a ride with the emotions.

My mother was here for the first week which was a huge help to allow me to try and get used to the idea of having a little person around to take care of. Unfortunately, I was strucken with the baby blues, so I spent a good chunk of the first week bawling my eyes out whenever possible.

Every day is a new day.


We are also very close to our closing dates, moving out of this house into another one. Most of our belongings are packed and moved into a storage unit closer to the new house- which is about 45 minutes further upstate. The past week we've been getting more things packed up and ready to ship out. It's going to be challenging trying to move with a newborn- especially with the roadblocks that have been thrown our way with both our buyer, and the seller of our new house. I guess it's never easy when it comes to purchasing a house, right?

That's pretty much the extent of any updates. My life the past 3 weeks have consisted of me camping out on the couch, waiting for the next feeding, burping and diaper changes. I've watched just about every crap show/movie on TV that there is. Every so often when she is in a deep sleep, I'm able to pick up the house and maybe get a load or two of laundry in.

I hope all is well out in the world.... seems I've lost touch with it for the time being....