Showing posts with label Grandma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grandma. Show all posts

21 February 2012

Of Traumatic Moments

Our Little Man was circumcised this morning.  It was a rough time for Mommy, sitting in an empty exam room hearing my baby boy screaming down the hall.  It's enough to make a Momma question a decision on such a controversial topic.  In the end, we're sticking by our decision (not that it matters much at this point), but it still made for a traumatic morning for both Mother and Son.

The evening was much better:

Emmett was checking Joey out - or maybe they were checking each other out . . .



Joey's first Jemima picture, so we can watch him grow.  One week old (he now weighs 9lb. 9oz. and is 21 in. long).


We never took Micaiah's three-year Jemima picture, so here she is:



Our babies.


Grandma and Joey hanging out.



May I?


What a sweet big brother.


20 February 2012

Of Today's Little Things

- I wore real clothes today for the first time in over a week.  Perusing my clothing, not finding myself limited to the small handful of tops which will appropriately cover a belly which has been growing a human being for nine months (or longer), it felt as though my closet had suddenly expanded.

- I keep forgetting to mention Littlest Man lost his umbilical cord on Saturday evening, just shy of one week old.  He's growing just too darn fast.

- After having two babies that look so much like their Daddy, it makes me a little happy inside that Joseph has my ears at least.  Or, rather, my giant lobes - the elfin points, I'm not quite sure where those came from.


 - I spent an hour today with a tiny baby resting in my lap while his grandparents played hide-and-seek with his elder siblings.  It was precious to hear.

- Being that he had started on bottles much earlier than I had previously planned, Philip and I took advantage of this unexpected ability for independence and sneaked out for a date night, leaving behind our precious newborn son and a bottle of carefully pumped milk (no more formula for him!).  Presently curled up on Grandma's chest, he doesn't seem to have minded.

- Having spent the last week dividing and conquering, Philip entertaining the big kids while I nourished and kept company our newest addition, an evening alone, where we could finally come together once again, was quite refreshing.

- Joey has been getting some good Grandma-bonding time today - she keeps finding herself with the enviable job of keeping him awake post-feeding.