Twilight Zone

The funny thing about having a baby is that it forces me to rest and to stay inside a whole lot more than I am used to.  I didn't venture outside of my bedroom for two days following Lily's birth and it took another day after that for me to make the trek down our stairs.  Two days later I went outside for the first time.  It's such an odd feeling that everything in my life can change dramatically while the rest of the world hardly notices.  When I went on my first car ride nearly a week after Lily's birth I was shocked to see that the same stores were in the same places, the parks we frequent were still there, and most people I saw wished me a Happy New Year without saying anything about my new baby.  It all just seemed so...normal.

I made a list of things to get done before Christmas and posted it on my fridge.  I made this list on the 23rd. Lily was born the 24th.  Nearly a week after she was born I stood in front of my fridge, amused as I read the list.  It seemed like a different person had made that list in a different life.  I only got about half of the items crossed off the list before labor really set in.  I feel sad that we didn't get to do some of the items on the list, like look at Christmas lights and make our traditional Christmas breakfast casserole.  Oh well.  We have next Christmas to look forward to, and we got a pretty awesome Christmas present this year in exchange for not crossing everything off the list.

Do you ever feel this way?  When something monumental happens in your life and you feel like the world should stop and at least acknowledge the fact that your universe has changed, but it doesn't.  Below is how my world has changed.  Isn't she a beauty?