Making New Friends :)

             Ok, so when I was childless it seemed as though I had a lot of friends who were mothers, but now that I am a mom I only have a few mommy friends. I know plenty of women that had babies this past year, but I only hang out/talk to about two maybe three of them on a weekly or even monthly basis. I wanna make new mommy friends, but I don't want to be weird. I feel like I'm in high school all over again because there is the single ladies crew, the dating grew, the married childless crew, the single mommy crew and then there is the married mommy crew.....whew!  When I was pregnant I thought that I would automatically be whisked into this secret moms club LoL. I wanna make friends with other moms and have play dates, but I have no clue where to go to find these other mothers. Hopefully new friends will come along eventually. If you guys have any helpful tips I would really appreciate them.

                              Xoxo,

                                   Lauren

It's getting boring!

     I never thought that being a stay at home mom could be boring. Don't get me wrong not everyday is boring, but it seems to venture down boredom lane often. It's only so many times you can sing the ABC's, count, play peek-a-boo, and sing songs in a day. I feel like I spend my days singing, counting, feeding, and changing diapers. We live in Atlanta, but it doesn't seem as though their is much I can do with him. I wanna take him places and let him see new things, but I don't know what to do. It's currently freezing across the US so outside activities are not optional. I only have a few mommy friends and they work so play dates are like once a month. Am I tripping? Am I expecting too much? Can I really have loads of fun with my 7 1/2 month old outside of the same daily activities? Is anyone else feeling this way? I would love some suggestions for fun things to do with him. Please share your ideas! Have a great rest of the day ladies!

                         Xoxo,

                              Lauren

Bringing baby home

Hey ladies,

       How many moms out there can share in the fact that bringing a new baby home with no nurses or doctors is a very surreal and almost scary thing. Well, I'll raise both of my hands because I definitely felt that way. Thank God I was blessed enough to have my mother come stay with us for the first month, she was a real life saver. My husband could literally sleep through a tornado so it was great having help through those long nights, which lasted for 2 1/2 right at 3 months. Being a first time mom is sometimes a little confusing and overwhelming for some women and I was definitely one of those women. Unfortunately for me I ended up suffering from postpartum depression. I didn't realize it at first and my husband had to tell me what was going on with me. I was in disbelief, I thought I was just having a hard time adjusting to becoming a new mom, but boy was I wrong. Thoughts of death and suicide are definitely not normal ladies so if you are feeling as though you might have postpartum it is very important that you seek help. I won't bore you with the months that's I suffered, but it got better once I acknowledged my issue and got the help that I needed. Well, it's now 7 1/2 months later and of course I am feeling much better. I actually started feeling better when my son was about 5 1/2 months old (Thank God). My son is now 7 1/2 months old and of course he's doing amazing and I'm not doing to bad myself. I'm getting ready to start back school in a couple of months so I can finally get my Associates in Education and then figure out what to do from there. Oh, I guess I never told you guys what we named our baby....well meet Ashton Chase Embry.

Xoxo Lauren