Hello World

My life changed drastically just a little over seven months ago. You probably think I am talking about the worldwide pandemic that forced everyone into a quarantine. Covid-19 is terrible, life altering and it scares the bejesus out of me on a daily basis, but it is not the life altering change that I am referring to.

One day in early March at 12:01am, Hannah Banana came screaming into the world. Screaming, squirming and, I think, swearing a little. Who knew four letter words could be so easily understood through the echoing screams of an infant in an OR.

For the duration of my pregnancy, at every single doctor's visit and every single ultrasound, I heard the same thing, “She’s a little on the larger side.” Well they were almost right, “8 to 9 pounds if we had to guess' ' became blatantly incorrect during my C-Section. My little precious bundle of joy was 10 pounds 6 ounces when she was born. I guess I can’t say “little”, although indeed a precious bundle of joy.

Hannah, or just simply Banana as she is often called in our household, not only came screaming into the world, but screaming straight into my heart. Although she was a total stranger to me, grumpy and covered in god only knows what, by the time our eyes locked for the very first time at 12:02 am, I already loved her more than I could have ever imagined. She quickly became my favorite person in the whole world and we had only just met. Right then I knew without a doubt that I would do absolutely anything for her.

Fast forward 7 months and my husband and I are raising a sassy, messy, funny and beautiful little girl that the hospital insisted we take home with us when we left. Insisted even though they must have seen the look of terror on our faces or the nerves bubbling out when we spoke. They were right though! Hannah constantly makes us laugh, she makes us cry, she makes us want to pull our hair out but she has made life so much better. The most beautiful part is that she does so effortlessly.

When I was pregnant with Hannah I spent hours in my bed (propped up on 12 pillows because I was harboring a 10 pound toddler in my belly) reading every article and every blog about having and raising a baby that I could find. I own all the “what to expect” books, and they are helpful, but the candid thoughts, humor and recommendations of other moms have helped me the most.

I am going to share my adventures in parenthood and products that have been helpful in hopes that someday it will help another mom as I was helped by so many mommy bloggers before me. An added bonus is I get to document my little Bananas journey. Something that she can read when she's older and understand everything we went through to keep her loved, healthy, happy and clean! Trust me when I say clean can be the most challenging part!

“Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up” - Ray Romano