James Joey Fernandes - Mockingbird Knits

Last year our little family of 3 (yes we consider our dog our fur baby) became a family of 4. James Joey Fernandes was born September 19th at 10:49 am weighing 8lbs 1oz and measuring 20.75″ long.

Keith and I found out we were pregnant last January and we were thrilled to be expanding our family. Contrary to what everyone made us believe, it happened quite quickly. Only one month of trying and bang we were pregnant. We weren’t expecting it to happened so quickly, we planned on it taking a few months but nonetheless we were excited.

It took no time for exhaustion to set in and it was no joke. I spent an entire weekend sleeping and I still woke up tired. It does disappear during the second trimester but it comes back with a few friends in the third. And by a few friends I mean heartburn and tiny bladder. I also had a major lack of motivation throughout my entire pregnancy. I had no motivation to write a blog post or update my Etsy shop. I was torn with knitting and crochet projects too. I wanted to make sweaters so badly but I couldn’t decide between girly or manly sweaters and I was not feeling unisex at all. So I simply didn’t knit anything until I found out the gender of our baby – a boy!

The first month or so of parenthood was a complete haze. My days were spent in a sleepy fog nursing my baby and changing dirty diapers. My mom stayed with us for a 3 weeks after James was born and it was a glorious. I would have never been able to do it alone! And I hate to sound like a cliche but its so true. No one can prepare you for parenthood and a baby. I was so sure I was ready and knew exactly what to expect. I’m still laughing at my old self – and I’m sure every other mother out there is also.

I’d say by the middle of November I was starting to feel like my old self again. Maybe I was finding my groove with the baby or maybe I had just gotten used to sleeping in 3/4 hours stretches but I wanted to start knitting and crocheting and blogging again. I started with knitting and crocheting when the baby was napping because he napped on me. I know I know a baby sleeping sin but it worked for us. When I noticed that James no longer slept peacefully on me or even in his swing, I moved him to his room for naps, about mid-December. Now that he naps for about 2 hours 3x a day I find I actually have some time to get things done. So here I am.