1 Day Postpartum!

Here is my dad, my son Caleb, me, and my daughter Anndi! My delivery was better than perfect and less than too painful. Now I'm ready to start SHRINKIN'!

Total Weight Gain: 54.5 lbs.

Barely Surviving

I am at that point finally. Looking at gaining over 50 pounds... I am at that point where I dont know if I can ever do this again. I am swelling and gaining weight still. A lot of people gain no weight their last month. With Caleb, I gained 11 pounds in the last month. ELEVEN. Count em. I feel so alone in this. I dont understand why my body insists on gaining so much weight. I am sure I will lose it but what a rollercoaster for my poor body in a short period of time!

BEING POSITIVE:

Motherhood, as I have discovered, is not easy. But, I know it is a commandment, and that God is the one in charge. And I know that God blesses mothers every single day. It is a blessing to simply hear, "Mommy!" out of my son's mouth. Or even to hold his little body and have him happy to be with Mommy. I think so many moms get caught up in how different their lives were before motherhood. News flash ladies - your life is changed forever. That part before being a mom is over and was merely prep for what lies in store now. It's time to embrace it and enjoy the new beginning of forever. Forever as a mother, which truly is a NOBLE calling. And an immense blessing.

Sure we are tired and need to continually have support from others. But let's be positive supports to each other, rather than dragging each other down. Moms can do hard things. And it may not make life all warm and fuzzy 24 hours of the day, but that does not matter. What matters is that we are bringing up the rising generation. The generation that needs mothers who are there to support them. Mothers who are there to say, "I am so happy that you came into the world and into my life."