Summer of Jude
Baby Jude.
Hey guys! Long time no see. Looks like I unexpectedly took the summer off. I have a great excuse though. I had a baby! Jude was due July 15th but surprised everyone by coming on June 6th – two days after the last day of school.
That was not his first surprise. His first was being here at all! I’m forty-five years old. My other kids are fifteen, thirteen and nine. My first child was conceived with the help of fertility treatments. After my second child was born, my husband and I tried for a few years for a third child. Nothing happened and we ended up adopting our daughter. I never went on birth control because what would be the point, right? Well, after twelve years – surprise! When we told the kids, Cash, the oldest, said, “How’d that happen??” I said, “Cash, you know how it happens.” To which he replied, “Yeah, but I didn’t think you guys were still doing it!” Geez, we’re not THAT old!
Proud siblings!
I had a C-section to deliver Jude and when the doctor cut me open (sorry, graphic) she said, “Did you know you have really bad endometriosis? I’m surprised you could get pregnant at all!” Our little Jude was definitely meant to be here. Even though he was six weeks early, he only spent two weeks in the NICU before he came home. He is the light of everyone’s eye. His older brothers and sister love him so much and truly are a big help to me. I don’t know if I could do the newborn thing at my age without them!
Now that Jude is a little better at taking naps in his bed instead of in my arms, I should be able to start blogging again, although posts will still be sporadic for a while. I have been doing quite a bit of reading – that and watching TV are what I do when I’m nursing the baby and he eats pretty often. Hopefully, I can remember what all the books I’ve read are actually about and start cranking out the reviews.
How was your summer?
