Teamwork

Raising a baby=teamwork.  Tomorrow Braxton will be one month old and I honestly can not even begin to think about what this first month, or any month for that matter, would be like without a supportive husband.  Before we had Braxton, I loved the feeling of cleaning the house and cooking dinner for my husband, but since Braxton I can barely find time to even shower.  This has made me rely more on my husband to help with these things.  From the time Braxton was born November 30th, it's almost like a part of our relationship changed.  Sure, we were a team before but it was in a different way.  I can truly say that we are a TEAM now, we have to be a team or I do not think that either one of us would survive.  I went into maternity leave thinking this is going to be a breeze, I am going to get to enjoy time off of work, be with our baby, take care of the house, etc but I quickly learned that taking care of a newborn for 12-1/2 hours a day while my husband was at work was hard, exhausting work.  In the beginning I felt so bad asking my husband to do anything after he got home from work because I knew that he had a long day too but he is so willing to do anything that helps!   He has cooked numerous dinners, has helped clean numerous times,done lots of dishes, done laundry, and the list goes on and on and on and on.  I remember one night I needed a burp cloth and I asked him to please hand me the one off the couch and he got it for me and then I began to cry (what's new right?).   He asked me what was wrong and I just sat there and thanked him over and over for all of his help.  He has been so great with telling me to get out of the house in the evenings, even if it is just to the dollar store or the grocery store.  We (my husband and I) are falling into a night time routine so that we are able to tackle everything that needs to get done. I have quickly learned that our house will never be completely clean, the laundry will never end, and there may be dishes sitting in the sink for a day or two, but eventually our "team" will get it done!   I am truly so blessed to have a teammate like him!