Things I Sit and Stare at All Day

It’s been less than a week since I became a mother.  As you might guess, my time is spent a little differently now: feeding baby, changing diapers, doing laundry, trying to remember to feed me, quick naps…  but most of my time is spent staring at this:

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Baby Update: She’s Here!!

Baby Genevieve made her appearance at 6:16 this morning.  She was still two weeks early, but she officially made it to full term last week, and she’s a good healthy size – 20 inches, 7 lbs 9 oz.

She’s perfect and we couldn’t be happier

Genevieve

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Pregnancy

a journey started in a moment of heat making love, making a child at the same time making myself something more than myself changing from woman to mother

I am not the same person

Invaded, my body is not my own my belly rolls and kicks with a power I don’t possess I am possessed [...]

The Best Thing

the best thing about being home from the hospital: snuggling with my husband