And this is why:
I’ve got to be honest, I’ve known I was going to be getting this little angel for over nine months now. Her big sister is turning nine soon and has been in daycare with me since she was four. When her Mom found out she pregnant she was SHOCKED. We all were. It deserves it’s own post really.
Anyways, I love to look at babies, but the zero to one infant age has been difficult for me with each of my kids. I might even be willing to narrow it down to age zero to six months. Each time I swear we’re not having anymore kids. NEVER. Never ever ever ever ever again. I definitely go through a baby blues kind of thing and have some good crying spells after each birth. I chalk it up to a few things:
1.) Lack of sleep
2.) Crazy hormones
3.) Feeling overwhelmed
4.) Feeling fat
5.) Feeling guilty
6.) Swollen boobs
7.) Pain from the birth
8.) Bleeding from the birth
9.) And lack of sleep.
The first few months are killer and they’ve made me just a little nervous about taking tiny infants into the daycare.
I just spent an hour with baby girl. The second her Mom left I snatched her out of her car seat and swaddled her up, because a swaddled baby is quite possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. She was asleep within minutes and her and I cooked french fries and got lunches together for the kids…and guess what I discovered!?!
When you’re getting decent sleep and your hormones are stable and you feel in control and you’re fine with your weight and you’re not feeling guilty and you’re boobs are their happy little selves and you haven’t squeezed an eight pound baby from the nether regions and you’re not suffering from the repercussion of said squeezing and you’re getting decent sleep…
Babies. Are. Scrumptious.
I love her.
I offered her Mom a hundred bucks for her, but she declined…if I add a paypal button in my sidebar will you all donate more money to my “adopt baby girl” fund!?!
On second thought, maybe I’ll just foster her for a week and then change my mind.
ps I just finished reading your comments about Bianca and I’m so glad you guys are enjoying the Meet the Fam posts! I’ve debated on whether or not I wanted to do them because I didn’t think anyone would care. I thought maybe the only person I’d be entertaining is myself..which is all well and good, but still.
I do that sometimes with my posts…you know, put the pressure on that they have to be funny or entertaining, but not too long, and not too short. They must reach some sort of weird standard that I’ve developed for them.
And then I remind myself that what I write is a reflection of my life that I want to pass ON eventually…and that really doesn’t have anything to do with you. You’re just icing on the cake.
Wonderful, wonderful, delicious, melt in your mouth icing…but still just icing.
It helps to remember that though. I think writing from your heart is a win/win…even if some people don’t enjoy it as much as you’d like them to.
Here’s a little taste of who’s up next…
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