How our baby boy changed us.

Its true what everyone says about your whole life changing when you have a baby. 

For me, and my partner life changed for the better. Our son gave our life and most importantly our relationship a new meaning, and gave us hope for our future. When I fell pregnant my partner and I lived about 2 hours away from each other. 

We had been in a long distance relationship for years.

It was a time in both of our lives where we were both jumping from job to job, we had no goals or aspirations for our future and no idea in which direction our relationship would go in, literally. #strugglewasreal To save the boring life story, throughout my pregnancy everything changed.

Dylan made the move up to the Coast to be with me, after years of the back and forth up the Freeway, the lonely days & nights and the sadness & anxiety that comes with a long distance relationship, we were finally together.

He got himself a stable job that he is still in now, we both got our shit together and started feeling like maybe we could actually succeed at this parenting thing. 

When I was 35 weeks pregnant, Dylans mum passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.

I know that it was the hardest thing he has ever had to go through, it was also the hardest thing we had faced together as a couple.

Not only did he have to come to terms with losing his mother, but we also had to face the fact that Walker would never have the chance to meet his beautiful Nan who was sooo excited to meet him.

The one thing that helped pull Dylan through that dark time was the impending arrival of our son, the hardest weeks of his life were made that little bit brighter as he had our boy to look forward to. 

Not only Dylan but our whole family, Walker gave everyone that piece of happiness when it felt like their whole world was falling apart. 

He was the light at the end of the tunnel. 

I hate to think how different things would have been for Dylan had we not been expecting Walker. 

The changes Dylan went through when he knew he was going to become a father were just incredible. 

He turned his whole life around and I could not be any prouder of him! 

Walker has taught me so much in his 16 months by my side, he has taught me how to be a better person, showed me how to love unconditionally and how to be patient. I've learnt how to keep it together when all I want to do is break down and cry, and most of all he's taught me how to be a mother, a good one too. 

Oh and of course I've learnt how to survive sleep deprivation. Haha. 

I now have a whole new outlook on life, my days are filled with watching the Wiggles on repeat, making food that ends up on the floor, cleaning and doing endless loads of washing, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I know that this is exactly where I'm meant to be, this is the good life. 

I've never felt love and happiness the way I do when I look in to my sons eyes. 

Your baby gives true love a whole new meaning. 

The things we sacrifice, the sleepless nights, the tears, the tantrums they're all so unbelievably worth it. 

Through my darkest days when I feel like nothing's going right and I want to give up, one look at my boys beautiful, smiley face and suddenly nothing else matters. 

It's like having your best friend around you 24/7, every day you're both learning new things about life and one another. 

You may be that little best friends constant slave but you enjoy it. #mumlife

Because of my son my life has a whole new meaning, I now have goals and aspirations for my future, my relationship is better than it's ever been, and I'm waking up every day next to the 2 loves of my life. 

The things Dylan and I have now together as a family is all I ever wanted and more, when we were struggling with the distance between us, and everything that was being thrown at us I could only hope that things would one day work out the way that they have, and we have our precious little man to thank for that. 

I will never be the same person I was before I had Walker. He has taken everything I thought I knew about myself and turned it all upside down. 

I may have lost the old me but I've found a new, better version of myself that I like better. 

If it wasn't for him I have no idea what I would be doing with my life today, I don't know if my relationship could of withstood another 2 years of the distance and I sure as hell know I would not feel as happy and fulfilled as I do right now. 

Motherhood has changed me for the better, it has made me the person I was meant to become. 

Being a parent is the best thing in this world, nothing compares. 

The Tired Mumma x