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One Month Already! - JUN26
Hello Everyone!
I can’t believe that my one-month birthday has come and gone! I have been having so much fun with mom, dad and lots of visitors. I am learning so many things…it makes me tired…you will see that I sleep quite a bit if you check out my photo gallery. I recently showed my parents my first smile and have started to coo to let them know when am interested in something or if I like something. I also enjoy looking at people’s faces and if you stick your tongue out, I try to stick out mine too! I really like to look at toys and can watch them move with my eyes. My neck is getting strong and I can lift up my head for quite a long time…I particularly like to do this in order to look at lights and out windows…they fascinate me. Last night I slept for a whopping five hours in a row…that was a first for me…mom and dad hope it will become more regular, but I am going to keep them guessing for now. One thing I don’t like…is waiting…for my diaper to be changed, to eat, to be picked up when I wake up…it just isn’t my thing…keeps my parents on their toes!!! I’ve grown quite a bit, putting on 4.2 lbs from my lowest weight…yup…I’ve been busy trying to catch up with my cousin Henry.
Well, that’s all for now…check back soon!
Oliver
One Week New! - JUN01
Early last Friday morning, I woke up at three-thirty a.m. with a familiar feeling…practice contractions…or so I thought. Instead of being frustrated, I had committed myself to viewing these as useful…my body getting ready to bring our baby into the world. I picked up my book and read, as was my routine with these practice rounds. As the contractions came closer together, lasted longer, and became stronger, I knew that practice was over…this was the real game. Upon this realization, I took a moment, to reflect on all the preparation we had done… in the past nine months, in the four years we have been married, in our lifetimes, which brought us to that moment. I thought about our families, and their never-ending support that started not on our birthdays, but before that, for a spiral of generations, and on that very day, we were lucky enough to continue that legacy with the birth of our son. Then, as the next wave of contractions came, and I decided to wake my sleeping husband for the main event.
Oliver entered our world, at 11:55 p.m., on May 23, 2008 with a few short cries. When on my chest, close to my heart, he quickly quieted and began watching the world around him. He seemed so tiny; Joe and I were awestruck that together we had created this sweet boy child.
I cannot believe that it has been over a week since that day, time, in the world of sleeping, feeding, changing and most importantly loving our newborn, becomes arbitrary and difficult to measure. The world has presented as a bit of a blur in the first hours and days since Oliver left his biologically operated world of safety and comfort to join us in this world, where it is our job to nurture this tiny being and to cultivate a home filled with love and compassion. What is clear is my amazement that you truly can fall in love in a moment, a millisecond, when you see your child for the first time. We are memorized by his smile, his fingers, his toes, his eyes, and his nose…all of him. He is already changing and growing, as are we, and so continues the cycle. As he learns to eat, we learn to feed him, as he learns to use his voice, we learn how to respond and comfort him. In a world where things never stay the same, as new parents, all we can do is be grateful for each moment, and the joy, confusion, love, and sometimes frustration that it may bring.
- Posted by AndTwoBecameThree on 23/07/2008.
