Mommyhood

Oh blogworld, I don't even know where to start! The past couple weeks have been a flood of new experiences and feelings, I can't even pick and choose what to write about...

So I went home from the hospital the day after Parker was born, Steve and I just kinda looked at each other like soooo.....now what? What do we do with this kid?!

Shout out to my mom who was there of course and kinda helped us figure out the whole life with a kid thing.

She cooked, the cleaned, did diaper duty, burping duty, holding duty, shopping duty, ("dead guy duty...maybe I need some different duties!" Name the movie...)

It was amazing sharing this experience with my mom, totally brought our relationship to a new level that you can't get without going through childbirth and the first week of motherhood together. Can't believe she did this 6 times! With other kids!

She was a lifesaver and it was super hard for me when she left :(

Our friends were so sweet to come and visit, it seems like we had at least 1 visitor every day the first week! We love all of yall!!! 

The Florences were so sweet and brought Cafe Rio for the newest Anderson when he was 3 days old :)

Steve's family had arrived a few days later to check out the new addition, and we got to see our newest little nephew, Caleb. He's a doll, and it was crazy to imagine Parker that big one day (only 4 months)!!!

We went on our first outing as a little family to eat at this Mexican place, patio seating (my fav), it was so nice to get out. 

My sisters-in-law, Katie and Lori, sporting our new H&M goods

Steve's mom, her 5th grandson (no granddaughters!) 

Remnants of Parker...

3 am, Steve and I were dying laughing by the end of this massacre...

and now to show off my sweet little boy...

milkdrunk

Parker's first bonfire! He loved it, just sat in his carrier mesmerized by the fire and his new surroundings

He LOVES to stare at the picture frames above our couch and the lightswitch adjacent to the changing table when he's being changed and either smile at them or pucker his little lips into a tight little circle as if he's saying "oooooh"

Listening to Queen and Bieber with mommy

Lunch with Erica

Motherhood has been an amazing, crazy, emotional experience. I loved him in the beginning, but it's taken time for that love to grow into what it is now. I don't know if it was me recovering from childbirth and allllll of the implications that come with that or the huge adjustment transitioning into motherhood from wifehood and me-hood is or what? You always hear about that intense surge of love and emotion you feel for your child as soon as they're put into your arms for the first time, and I can't really say I felt that high I was looking for. 

Later that day, a flood of emotion and love and belonging did hit me, but then over the past few weeks, that love HAS grown into that love that makes mommies adore his little features and facial movements all day, coo and giggle at him in that annoyingly high-pitched voice, get comfortable on the couch and try to nap with him already in your arms after he's fallen asleep instead of putting him down, and secretly wish your husband would end up rushing him to you during the third hour of church because he just can't comfort him like mommy can (OK, almost on that last one).

Steve has been absolutely smitten by our little guy, LOVES diaper duty, and may or may not have affectionately nicknamed him 'fatty' because of how much he eats hahaha. I'm gonna miss him next week when he starts school again :(

Agh I love both of my boys so much, so in love with our little family!!!