My cousin,Meredith, left me a voicemail not too long ago. Towards the end of the message, she said she understood what it was like to be in the pregnancy cave. That phrase completely sums up pregnancy and living with a newborn baby to me. It's not a negative thing- its just how it is. When I was pregnant, I was too tired to want to do anything at night other than vegging on the couch. I didn't want to alienate people, but other than my close family, I slacked on keeping in touch and socializing like I normally do. Everything felt like too much effort except my spazztastic cleaning spree that lasted the entire ninth month. Bennett Reid Brown was born on November 30, 2011 at 11:10 a.m. and he is so precious and wonderful. He completely melts my heart, and I could snuggle and cuddle him for hours on end. My house may have dishes sitting in the sink, there are days where pajamas are worn all day, a shower might not happen til Steven gets home, the grocery store visits are further spaced apart (with a newborn and a preschooler there is extremely limited space for purchases so Steven has to go with me most of the time) and I may fall asleep sitting up. With Lily, I was out and about a lot quicker, but with Bennett, I hesitate to go out much because of the cold weather. So for me pregnancy cave has lingered on into newborn cave. Somedays I do get a bit stir crazy, but for the most part it has been an amazing blessing and I am cherishing every bit of this precious time- they grow too fast not to savor every second!
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