One thing I had to get used to with Dan’s family is that everyone is SO spread out! I’m used to having all of my close relatives within 10 miles of me. I still haven’t gotten used to the fact that he has several close familiy members that I’ve never met!
Needless to say, this weekend was special because there were lots of his family members that came into town. I took a few pictures over the weekend and I wanted to include some here. Forgive me, I’m not going to include names here…because I’m horrible with names…
I have to say that in addition to having a lot fewer pictures of the new baby at this point as opposed to the vast number of pictures taken of Brittain, I’ve also immediately taken cover if anyone attempted to take a picture of me. I don’t know what it is…I guess it’s that unrealistic expectation that we as new mothers have on ourselves. We allowed ourselves 9 months to become huge and let ourselves go while we house this other human, then suddenly when the baby is finally out we expect to look like we’re ready to walk down the runway immediately. I have certainly NOT been runway ready, and for some reason it has taken me even longer than the first time to even get to a point where I didn’t mind being seen outside of my own home. All of this to say that these pictures were taken almost 3 months after Coleman’s birth, and I ain’t likin’ what I see. But I still love these because it’s with my two sweet babies…
You never think it’s true until you have your second child. I couldn’t imagine that I would be more laid back or any less stressed. But when Coleman came along I found out very quickly that life couldn’t come to a screeching halt like it did after Brittain was born. From the beginning of Coleman’s life he has had to share the attention. He’s pretty much along for the ride. The up side is that he seems to be game for all of it.
