As most of you know I am a first time mom. This means I am completely unaware of what having a child entails. Just to preface this story so you are aware of what I am getting into.
When John and I moved to Montana it was July, Caleb was about 3 months old, one day we were sitting downstairs in the basement of the house we share with some friends in the living area/Caleb's room/craft area and I said to John I think I want to make every ones Christmas Gifts this year...why did I say this you might think...Well I thought to myself. I don't have a job, all I do is stay home with my son and he takes 3 naps a day and goes to bed around 6 it should be no problem.
Well here I am 5 months later and the realizations that have come to light are 1. no job? How about exhausting job of saying hi all day long to a 7 month old trying to run to the grocery store in the hour and a half I have before he needs to fall asleep again. 2. Do you remember above when I said our living area is also Caleb's room as well as the craft room. This means that the sewing machine is in the room where my child naps, which means no sewing during naps. And while he is awake I am busy saying Hi. 3. On top of that I seem to have managed to sew enough that my 100$ 6 year old sewing machine went on strike for a week until we took it to the spa. But she has return oiled and buffed and with a new set of bobbins. 4. My lovely son is working on his 3rd tooth which means he sleeps twice as much and the hour he is awake between naps means 15 min of happy/eating time and 45 min of being worn in the Moby so he isn't hysterical.
But despite the trials I must face I am still making all my Christmas gifts and today with all the sleeping and no sewing machine I sewed by hand and finished my brother in laws gift!
P.S. I also gave up caffeine...
