DLUXFAM: May 2012

Monday, May 7, 2012

I LOVE BEING A MOM

I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!! Yes, there are definitely hard moments. But even the night time feedings can be such a good experience...it's just Trevor and I and I wouldn't trade that for the world. Just now I was looking at him and I just had to write down the overwhelming sense of love and joy that I feel almost non-stop. I swore that I would never be one of those people that made it seem like having a baby was all rainbows and butterfly's...but IT IS!!! And I am going to enjoy this as long as it lasts, because I know there are tough times ahead. I love this little tiny newborn stage. I love holding him. I love looking at him. I love feeling like I'm going to cry because I love him so much. I love when he smiles. I love when he toots. I love when he's crying and crying and then stops the second he starts to eat. It's like a contest to see how fast I can make his bottle, LOL! I love that Austin and I give him everything he needs. I love to watch him sleep. I love when he's wide awake looking up at me. I LOVE IT ALL! Today Austin told me he could have 3 more if they could all be just like him. It was so cute because he used to say..."one and done". Neither one of us can get enough of him. I want to pause and make this last forever.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Before and After

1-3 WEEKS

The first 3 weeks have been amazing! He is such a good little baby and Austin and I cannot get enough of him. He is so sweet and I know we are spoiling him because we rarely put him down. I now know what people mean when they say newborns are hard work. The first week was a breeze, but then the fatigue and the sleep deprivation really set in. We had a couple of sleepless nights in the second week, which made it really hard, but other than that, he's been a really good sleeper. There is nothing in my entire life that I have ever done that has been as significant as this. I feel the most tender love for him and I can't imagine missing one minute of his life. Austin and I will literally just sit and stare at him, in between kissing him that is. At his 2 week appointment he weighed 4 lbs and 15 oz!!! That's up from 4 lbs and 8 oz at his 4 day old appointment. Now at 3 1/2 weeks, I can tell he's gained even more weight and I can't wait to see how much. He has gotten great use out of all his newborn clothes and we've gone through almost all of the newborn diapers that were given to us at baby showers. I have really loved having this prolonged tiny newborn stage.

At 1 week old we did a newborn photo shoot of course. I love all the pictures, but here are some of my favorites...