after two weeks, we were given the go ahead to give the lovie a bath, which was short lived. i fed him beforehand in hopes that it would keep him lethargic, no such luck!
but after the bath, dressed in his froggie towel, he was oh so happy...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
rub-a-dub-dub
...elliott's in the tub.
after two weeks, we were given the go ahead to give the lovie a bath, which was short lived. i fed him beforehand in hopes that it would keep him lethargic, no such luck!
but after the bath, dressed in his froggie towel, he was oh so happy...
after two weeks, we were given the go ahead to give the lovie a bath, which was short lived. i fed him beforehand in hopes that it would keep him lethargic, no such luck!
but after the bath, dressed in his froggie towel, he was oh so happy...
Friday, March 20, 2009
mama milk & johnson and johnson
these days there's nothing more appealing to me than the smell of johnson & johnson baby lotion and "mama milk", which can be found in all the little areas on lovie's face and neck. if someone bottled the scent, I'd buy it.
i love the stage he's in right now..
...where he can't get enough to eat, and when he's had his fill, rolls over like an overstuffed man, holds his belly and lets the milk roll off his chin. its in those moments where he let's loose a little smile, and i know that he is content and satisfied...and that pleases mama.
after a long and exhausting two weeks i am adjusting to the new mommy feel.
i am gradually getting used to and loving:
...the 1am, 3am, and 5am feedings
...the way he doesn't want to go back to sleep after eating even if it is the middle of the night and NO ONE is up
...the way i wake every 5 minutes to make sure he's still alive
...the fact that we were so adamant to enforce crib sleeping and yet he hasn't left our bed since he came home (and probably won't)
...that i can spend all day staring at him and never grow tired of all the facial expressions he can make
...the way i've taken 700 pictures and we're only two weeks in
...and the way he loves us so unconditionally.
i cant believe I thought my life was complete pre-baby. what was i thinking?
" a day in the life of a joyful mama "
i love the stage he's in right now..
...where he can't get enough to eat, and when he's had his fill, rolls over like an overstuffed man, holds his belly and lets the milk roll off his chin. its in those moments where he let's loose a little smile, and i know that he is content and satisfied...and that pleases mama.
after a long and exhausting two weeks i am adjusting to the new mommy feel.
i am gradually getting used to and loving:
...the 1am, 3am, and 5am feedings
...the way he doesn't want to go back to sleep after eating even if it is the middle of the night and NO ONE is up
...the way i wake every 5 minutes to make sure he's still alive
...the fact that we were so adamant to enforce crib sleeping and yet he hasn't left our bed since he came home (and probably won't)
...that i can spend all day staring at him and never grow tired of all the facial expressions he can make
...the way i've taken 700 pictures and we're only two weeks in
...and the way he loves us so unconditionally.
i cant believe I thought my life was complete pre-baby. what was i thinking?
" a day in the life of a joyful mama "
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
my two lovies
i need to take a blog and dote on my wonderful husband, who in the past 10 days has become a man didn't realize i was married to. seeing him with the baby and watching the way he delicately changes diapers, and re-dresses the lovie for the hundredth time not wanting to upset or "hurt" the baby that it takes twice as long to do anything causes me to stand in awe of him. i love the way he drove out of the hospital, so hesitant to pull out into traffic because, for the first time in his life, there was someone much more important than us in the car. i love the way he looks at the baby, every time as if seeing him for the first time. i love the way he wants the baby on his chest when he falls asleep and as i nod off i hear him breathe deeply knowing he is trying to take in as much at this stage as he can. the way he's made it to EVERY doctors appointment (all nine months and counting) even when i schedule them right in the middle of his work day :) i love it, i just love him.
a day in the "so-in-love-with-my-husband" life
a day in the "so-in-love-with-my-husband" life
Sunday, March 15, 2009
elliott hugh abraham
on Sunday, after 9 agonizing months of waiting, we welcomed baby elliott into our world. he is the most wonderfully, delicious bundle of joy i have ever laid eyes on. its almost scary the amount of love one feels upon becoming a mother, its a split instinct change. like one minute your a woman without a care, and the next you're this cautious, delicate, can-take-on-the-world-because-Ive-mastered-child-bearing mom. nothing can stand between me and him :) i cant help but stare at him all day long, his gaze is addicting, and when brandon comes home from work and finds me still in my 'jamas, holding the lovie, as if time stood still since he left, he understands, because he is as much in love with him as i am. there are times during the day when i feel as if i am going to burst inside, to the point where my heart couldn't possibly be more full, and then somewhere within it finds room to take in just a little bit more, like a bottomless cup. and although there have been, and will be many more, sleepless nights, i cant imagine my life before last sunday :)
a day in the life of a content (but sleepy) mommy
Thursday, March 5, 2009
captivating
on Sunday we awoke to the most beautiful georgia morning yet...it was snowing, literally, huge, sink-your-teeth-into-em snowflakes. so after church us (and i'm sure at least half of the other locals) played in it.
a day in the "freezing-outside-but-loving-it" life
a day in the "freezing-outside-but-loving-it" life
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