Chelsea loves...ignoring her blog

I apparently have something against this blog. And I know what it is - when I created this blog I had the idea that I would post here what I couldn't post on Zoe's blog...all of the things non-Zoe in my life. Well, the thing is...there's not much non-Zoe in my life. And that's the way I like it. So, I'm easing up and posting things here that are about me and my relationship with Zoe and me as a new mother. Still things I probably shouldn't be posting on Zoe's blog as that's really for her fans...not mine.

Travis sent me an article this morning called, "Motherhood: a changed brain, wisdom gained" that he found on CNN.com. I love this article. Before I had Zoe, one of my biggest complaints about my friends with kids was that they were JUST SO ABSORBED by being mothers. I used to think, "I love how my mother was a great mom but she never lost herself..." because it's true, she didn't. But I'd be willing to bet (I guess I should ask her) that she spent her babies' first years in a baby cocoon and the reason I remember her always living HER life is because I was old enough to remember...I wasn't a baby, I was a bigger kid.

Anyway, I'm going to stop fighting the idea that just because my baby is the most fascinating thing in my life right now my brain has turned to mush and I'm no longer my own person. I am totally giving myself over to motherhood - the most consuming and joy-filled role I have ever known in life.