Leaving the Old Behind

I'm tired. I have found that adjusting to life with a completely dependent person is exhausting. She is a really good baby. We both really need our structure though. Whenever our schedule is different (like weekends and holidays) - we all sleep much less. I have found that I now look forward to Mondays like never before.
Jason is the most awesome husband and daddy. He is always willing to jump up in the middle of the night when I have reached exhaustion. This happened a lot last week as I was fighting a cold - but it is gone now yippee! I feel bad sometimes when he does this and stays up a couple of hours in the middle of the night and then needs to go to work in the morning. He often reminds me that she is "our" baby - it is okay for him to do the tiring stuff too. Plus, I try to remind myself that I am at home all day taking care of her - not at home doing nothing - just like he is at work. We both have busy, tiring days. Although, when he goes to work he almost always know what he is doing and does it well. Whereas, I spend a reasonable amount of my day doing things that I'm not sure are right or good - like trying to console an inconsolable baby - which is exhausting is a whole other way. Not everyday or even all day (usually), but enough to be tiring. Please don't think this is me complaining.
We are all very happy with our new life, but it is a new life. A few of the things that have changed: jumping in the car to go to VA, leaving the house, running to the store, making last minute plans, staying overnight somewhere, taking a shower, sleeping, going to church (we help with set-up, the service, breakdown, and live an hour away), eating, playing with the dogs. I do find it amazing how the body and mind are able to adjust to less sleep and consistenly broken sleep. I thing we both are actually getting kinda used to this...although we can't wait for "sleeping through the night." I have been able to do enough to keep the house pretty decent and we've been eating home-cooked dinners regularly and some other little projects like making curtains for the nursery and cushions for the rocking chair (in progress), posting pictures online, thinking about our new budget, etc. I'm really glad we're trying things out with me staying at home. I have found that I wish we lived closer to family though. We really haven't connected to anyone in Elizabeth City except RBC - no family here, don't go to church here, didn't grow up here - it can get a little lonely when life is so different.
Ariel's Progress Report: she rolled over from her tummy to her back to the right and left, she responds to toys (today she even seemed to reach for one), she lifts her head really well (still not great at holding it up consistently or steadily) - so smart and strong!