I had forgotten

You would think I would know about this baby stuff by now, and yet there is so much I had forgotten.

Such as...

• Typing is tricky with a baby on lap (and, thus, it is very easy to not email or update for weeks).
• Somehow, this little one who sleeps so much still takes up most of my time.
• 8 or 10 or 13 pounds gets very heavy after a few hours.
• How quickly I can lose my heart to a stranger.
• I think very slowly (and imperfectly) when I sleep like a baby.
• How much my family needs me to be the mom, even when I don't want to.
• How overwhelming it all can be.
• The reality (and suddenness) of depression, even when it only lasts for a few hours or days at a time.
• How kind the Professor is as he deals with an emotional rollercoaster of a wife.
• There is never a good time to clean.
• Little babies are divine right after a bath.
• It is very hard to take only one picture of my boy (once I find and get out the camera, that is.)

Young T, back in October