They say life is a juggling act and this is certainly true as a new mama.

It seems life has been on fast forward lately and although our days have been full of good things they have been FULL – - Make that overflowing.

I lay my head on the pillow each night trying to make sense of the blur of events throughout my day and do my best to hold on tight to the moments that are slipping by so fast. Baby giggles, chubby toes, tiny mow hawks and high pitched squeals. There are so many firsts and changes every single day that I feel as if I’m struggling to keep up, to savor and enjoy each moment knowing that the next will be filled with something new.

I’ve been making a conscious effort to slow things down as best I can, and if I can’t slow down the actual events and number of things on our “do to list” I’m working hard to mentally slow down. Stop. Breath. Enjoy. You might have noticed my absence from this blog over the past week, this disappearing act was just one of the ways I’ve been pushing pause.

I’m feeling the balance slowly creep back in and savoring these quiet nights and 9:00 bed times. The laundry is still piling up, the lanai enclosure is still a pain in the ass, the fridge is still broke and stinky, the ants have officially proclaimed my car as their palace and I still have about 10lbs to lose but I’ll eventually get to all of that.

In the meantime I’m going to stare at my babe a little longer, eat another brownie and snuggle my honey knowing that these are the things that matter and everything else can wait.