Catching up...

So there's been lots that's gone down...

O is 3 1/2 months old, and is starting to develop his personality - it's finally starting to be fun and feel somewhat rewarding. I still don't think I'll ever do this whole "having a baby" thing again, but I'm starting to see why people say having kids is so worth it.

O is SUPER social, and SUPER verbal. People jokingly wonder where he got that from (me)... When he is talking/jabbering to me and we have a "conversation", and when he givces me those huge, toothless grins even I have to admit that this is pretty damn cool.

Being a parent is totally crazy. I don't feel like a "m-o-m"... I feel like someone who just happened to have a baby. It's nice to go to work and feel like a multi-dimensional person, as opposed to feeling like I'm only a parent.

I don't mean to disparage parenthood, or people that choose to be stay-at-home parents, I just recognize that I could never do that. I do think the meds have helped a lot.

Before O was born, I had a friend tell me that being a parent was the most bittersweet thing she'd ever done/experienced. I wholeheartedly agree. It is totally bittersweet.