An Ambitious Endeavor

I have decided to take on a blog.  These first two months of motherhood have already provided an overwhelming abundance of heartfelt, hilarious, ridiculous material.  Many of my friends with young children have told me that they are unable to remember when their babies were so young.  There must be some sort of "parental amnesia" that has evolved to protect our exhausted minds from completely shutting down or actually reverting to our primitive sides and figuratively (or literally) eating our young.  "Survival of the fittest" at its finest.  Admittedly, I have less free time now than ever before and so it may be considered a bit insane that I am choosing this time in my life to take on such an ambitious endeavor.  Despite the odds being stacked against me to continue, I believe good parenting is all in the follow-through.  Therefore at the very least, I am committing to recording some of these experiences for my own nostalgia; sharing them with those who care to read (and hopefully enjoy) is an added bonus.

The only place I know where to start is at the beginning.  Some day my Son may read this blog and as such I must apologize to him up front.  In his two short months of life (plus 41.5 weeks in-utero) he has already provided me with more joy than my 29 years prior combined.  He has also tested my durability in ways I never thought possible.   I would like to use this blog to express both aspects and as such, he may be quite exposed.  Perhaps I can program this blog to self destruct at the time when he may actually find it an interesting read, and avoid the confrontation altogether.

As my first post I attempted to retrace the steps that led me to this point, but I found it quite difficult to "make a long story short."  Rather than an extra lengthy first post, I have divided it into a few entries for easier reading.  Mommy life lesson #1, true time management.