I wrote back in February about how we kept hearing all of these huge changes were coming to our lives. This is the after post where I revisit my statements, and eat them if necessary.
- Your life is over.
My life has just begun. Seriously. In order for my life to have been over, I would have needed one to begin with. I’m an incredibly boring person, and I enjoy it. Now, I have things to do. I have a person to take care of (an additional person. I’m pretty good at taking care of Mr. Polish). No, I don’t have the free time I once had. I don’t sit and read entire books in a day, but I also don’t want to. I want to hold my son, and I want to spend time with him and my husband. My life is far from over.
- Are you sure you want kids?
Of course I’m sure, and of course I do. My feelings on this matter haven’t changed at all. As much of an adjustment it has been bringing Isaiah home, I’m already thinking about our next child. Of course it wouldn’t be easy if we had another newborn right this second, but if it happened, we would do it.
- You’ll never see your friends again.
Does this start after they’ve all visited? I’ve seen more of my friends in the past week than I did in three years. Seriously. We have things in common again. They have kids, and we joined that club. We have things to talk about again. I know we’re just starting in this, but I don’t anticipate this being true.
- Your marriage will never be the same.
Preach the truth. My marriage will never be the same, because once you add depth like this, it won’t go away. We both agree that since Isaiah was born our marriage has gotten much stronger. We are working together as a team. We love each other. We rock this.
- Your XBox time is over.
Whoever managed to make this happen, please let me know. I’m seeing no such evidence.
- I will become Mr. Polish’s manager.
Not in the slightest. I have thought about this statement a lot though, and I think it has to do with the personalities of the husband and wife. We went into this consciously avoiding the manager/managed situation. We both still do what we want. We talk more about things before they happen, but I’m not his boss, and I don’t want to be.
I will admit that the one thing I didn’t understand before Isaiah was born was the amount of overwhelming and all consuming love that I feel for him. Never in my life has my heart melted at the sight of a sleepy smile or yawn. I’ve never instantly loved anyone, but I can’t say that anymore. If I ever tell an expectant parent that they don’t understand, it will be the love that I speak of.
I mean really. Look at that face.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Your enthusiam is infectious!
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
Beautiful!!! I’m so glad you are doing well. It’s true that until you are a parent you don’t understand. But it’s not the business, tiredness, or loosing your free time. It is absolutely the love that us unexplainable!
papaya / 10473 posts
I got to the “your marriage will never be the same” part and lost it… Yep. Crying at my desk. This is beautiful! That little sleepy smile on your son’s face is heart melting.
cherry / 141 posts
Your baby is precious
cherry / 116 posts
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I like the debunking of the manager myth. You choose the dynamics that you and your spouse will have as parents. Also, I feel that the dynamics are perhaps more balanced in adoption (at least in our experience). My husband and I went into it assuming that we would share the load. We have different strengths (and weaknesses), which make us a good team.
GOLD / olive / 70 posts
I couldn’t have said this better. I totally feel more connected to DH now our LO is here. So happy for you all!