Friday, June 18, 2010

A differernt kind of summer....


It has been almost a month since my last post and time has just flown by. No one ever told me how exhausting, demanding, but incredibly rewarding motherhood would be. Well...maybe they did, but you can't know until you are immersed in it. Collin is 6 weeks old and is growing like a weed. I retired his newborn onesies today for the 0-3 month clothing. He is smiling and interacting with Ryan and me and it is so fun to see him growing and changing.

I have spent the last weeks mainly inside the house. I went out a couple of weeks ago to find that Bermuda had fully changed over to the tropical tourist paradise that we love. I had forgotten how hot, humid, but incredibly beautiful Bermuda can be in the summer. We are trying our best to get out of the house and I have been getting out, but it seems to be that one of us stays home while the other gets some time with friends, golfing, scuba diving, or playing volleyball. I got the okay to start exercising since it has been 6 weeks since my c-section. I have even been out on my scooter again.

My life has quickly changed over from housewife attending the International Women's Club meetings to a mother attending La Leche League and Meet a Mum meetings and events. Meet a Mum is an organization that gets mothers across Bermuda together for play groups and other child related events. I went to a 0-12 month old play group this week. While Collin slept in his carrier, I met other moms from Canada, the US, and the UK that are also stay at home mothers. While I will start my job in September, I will still have time to get out and meet other mothers. The support is wonderful since most of us are living in Bermuda without family members close by.

Collin is on his way to USA citizenship. We went to the US Consulate last week to apply for the US birth certificate, his passport, and his social security card. I had the task of taking a baby photo of Collin for his passport. He will have this passport until he is 5 years old. I think he will greatly change from 5 weeks to 5 years! We should have his passport by the end of the month and have a trip planned to the US in August.

So far our Bermuda journey is moving along as planned, but our summer is greatly different this year. We can't wait to get Collin out to the beach to swim and play. I think we may have awhile to wait for that. He has been to the beach twice, but has tiredly slept in a Baby Bjorn or his carrier. He doesn't even know yet how beautiful Bermuda is.

Until next time...