Baby Love
She’s here!
Isabelle Claire arrived a little over two weeks ago in all her teeny, tiny 6 pound 1 ounce cuteness.
We are deliriously happy, sleep deprived, head over heels, smitten.
No one seems to be able to get enough of her. Not even me at 3 in the morning.
I sniff her hair and neck and wish there were some way to preserve that newborn smell. You know, the way some moms save baby clothes or locks of hair.
I wish I could memorize her. The creases in her neck, her long fingers, the way she lazily blinks when she’s trying to wake up, the ever so slight rhythmic motion of her breathing as she snuggles against my chest, the way she curls up into a C. I try; but it’s impossible. I’ve had three babies before and somehow, sadly, the years make you forget.
This newborn stage is intoxicating. It’s the one that makes me want twenty more babies.
I’m not the only one. The day after we were home Liam had her all snuggled up on his shoulder when he looked at me across the room. “I wish you’d go through another pregnancy.”
“Whatever for?” I asked, curious how he could possibly so soon forget what it was like to have a pregnant mom.
“Just for this.”
Amen and amen! You’ve said it so well. And congratulations! She is just beautiful!
Aww Michelle, So happy for you! She is a beautiful angel!
Oh how I agree. Just last night I was snuggling Haven and trying to remember what she was like as a newborn. I wouldn’t go back, we are loving her just the way she is now with her wide-eyed smile and her funny slide/hops as she tries to move across the floor. But oh how I love those newborn days. What a special reward for the miseries of pregnancy.
So glad you are on this side of it and enjoying a perfectly lovely little girlie.
Gina
What a sweetheart! Congratulations! Enjoy every snuggly moment! Love the hair! 🙂
Oh my goodness!!! I WANT her!
Her hair, her tiny little feet and hands and well..everything!
Congratulations! <3
beautiful! and Liam’s comment at the end.. so precious. happy for you guys!!
So much preciousness!!! Can’t wait to meet her! You’re making me very anxious for a few weeks (well, eight) from now!!! 😉
I can’t even…she is just gorgeous!
So absolutely precious. Thank you for sharing! I also loved the pregnancy pics you posted awhile back. 🙂