Month 7 Wow. I haven't written in almost four months. I'm upset with myself because I fully intend to keep track of every week. But of course that's a new mom's wild fantasy. This not-so-new new mama understands a bit more now; how life can take over and what you once dreamed of doing is a distant memory. It feels like yesterday that we brought Z home from the hospital. The attention and excitement has long passed and we've entered into our new normal. Two full-time working parents who have less time for each other because all of their physical, mental, and emotional time is spent raising a full-time 7-month old and a part-time 8-year old. I didn't know life could be so complicated. Each phase of your life you think: "this is so hard", "I wish I could be young again", and "life used to be so easy". It makes me wonder what life will be like when I'm 40. Or (eek!) 70. Isn't it supposed to get easier? At least it's more f...