All of the grandparents have left & we are on our own for the first time!  They have been a tremendous help but Erick & I are excited to try this whole parenting thing by ourselves for awhile.  Joshua is going to have quite a shock, since he’s used to being held almost the entire time he’s awake, but that will be difficult with fewer arms around to hold him.  He’s been one spoiled little boy with all the love he’s gotten, but hopefully he will become able to amuse himself so that I can get a little done around the house in short spurts.

Since we were advised to not put Joshua into daycare at least for the winter months because of his higher risk for RSV complications (a respiratory virus that babies with heart conditions like his have a harder time fighting), I will be taking time off from full-time work.  Being a stay-at-home-mom is definitely going to be something much different than my work as an occupational therapist, but I am excited to be able to spend so much time with Josh.  Plus, it should allow Erick to better survive medical school with a newborn.  This may even give me a chance to dig out my pediatrics books from school.

I’m not sure how much time I will have to post updates & photos in the near future, since I anticipate most of my days (& nights!) will be spent holding, playing with, & feeding Joshua.  So many people have asked for more updates & photos, so I will try as much as possible to get to the computer.  If there aren’t any updates, just know that Josh & I are enjoying lots of important mother-son time.  Bear with us in this transition, as I’m sure it will be a difficult one for all of us getting used to being a family of 3.