A New Journey

It's 2017. It's been a long while since I have come here. At that point in my life I felt I didn't need to post anymore. Since then, a lot of things have been going on in my life and I have come to a point that I think it's time to come back to the blog. Here is a little bit of what has been going on without going into a lot of detail.

Back in early 2014 J and I decided to try again to have a baby after my fibroid surgery that previous December. We worked with our reproductive endocrinologist and we were successful on the second try. I ended up quitting Zumba because I was so nervous that I would harm the baby (crazy right). But everything seemed to be going well. We kept hitting milestone after milestone and though it felt like forever before we would see the doctor again, our RE said we were good to go to our regular OB for the rest of the pregnancy. I can't begin to explain the joy we felt every time we would see the doctor and she would tell us how great things were going. Days turned into weeks that turned into months. Until finally.....

Fast forward to November 2014. Audrey Renee' was born on November 14th 2014 happy and healthy. So many emotions were happening that day. But I will save that for another time. It was a new journey for all of us. J and I had to figure out what we were like as parents. We were coming to a crossroad in our life that would either make or break us. Yeah, we had had oh so many talks about how we wanted to be as parents. But once you get to the real thing, all of those "theories" go right out the window. We were officially parents. We did it! Now what?

Well since then there has been so much. Audrey is now 2 1/2 and she is growing by leaps and bounds. But what about me? I have learned so many things from being a mom. I have learned what my tolerances were and were not with certain issues. I have actually learned to communicate better with J and I feel as though we are better partners because of it.

And as I have gone through the journey of a new mom, my perception of who I am has changed. Which also means that my goals have changed. And in fact, the reason I decided to start this blog all over again is because I feel like I need to get it out some how. I have recently been searching for something in my own journey through my life as a wife, mother, sister, friend and overall person.  I came to the realization that there were aspects of myself that I was ignorant about. I wasn't actually as organized or put together as I thought I was. I kept wondering why I couldn't seem to get things done as well as spend time with my family. So I started listening to podcasts. Not only was it a new thing to listen to on my commutes to and from work, but I thought it would be a way to figure out what I was doing and how to improve. And at some point I thought "I need to start writing this down. I think it will help me". And then I thought  "That's stupid. No one wants to hear about this." But that's not the point is it? I am not writing it for you really. I am writing it for me. 

Here I am. I am ready. Are you?