Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Adventures of being a new mom!

So at the end of October my doctor decided that it wasn't safe to continue my pregnancy further than November 1st. On October 31st I was induced at 8 o'clock at night and by the next day November 1st at 1:22 pm my son was born. It was a long pregnancy filled with a few scares that to me and my husband made our sons arrival so much more important and special.

Patrick Stuart was born on 11/1/11 at 1:22 pm, he was born on All Saints day at 1:22 pm exactly 11 minutes after 1/11. He weighed 7 lbs and 0.4 oz, was 19 1/4" long. Patrick means noble servant and Stuart means steward, on top of that St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, engineers and paralegals. My husband is an engineer and I am a paralegal (even though I don't practice and haven't in years). We thought it was fitting, a month later and I can officially say that we are in love.

I never thought that you could love anyone that much, I love my husband don't get me wrong but I am head over heels in love with my little guy. I adore him and there is nothing that I wouldn't do for him, he cries and I cry with him. He smiles at me while he is eating or we are cuddling and my heart just melts. I love taking care of him and being what I have always wanted a mom finally, it is the best feeling in the world. Now many of you are wondering what this means for my writing and my show....well I have an answer sort of.

I still write I just don't have a lot of time, Patrick has to be taken care of at least every 3 to 4 hours, in between that time I have to cook, clean the house, still do laundry and get some sleep. When I'm not sleeping and other related items I write, so far I haven't made any new developments with West Lake sadly, honestly that drive hasn't been there in a few months, so another creative idea and project has been floating around. What this means for West Lake I'm not entirely sure at the moment, but I can say this project feels right and is something that I have been passionate about for years, also if you are wondering it is not Dangerous Tides.