This is the first time I've been on the computer since Anna was born. (No, I was not the one who made the first blog post on April 27th...although it said it was done by me, Matt was accidentally logged in as me).
First of all, I need to say that April 27th, 2008 was probably the best day of my life. It is only rivaled by June 26th, 2004, the day I was married.
Before Anna was born I had an abstract idea of what it would mean to be a parent. Over the past eight months a lot of people have told me how wonderful it would be when our child was born. We had read books, taken baby care classes, tried to buy the right supplies, and set up all the gear around the house. When people asked us if we were ready, I always said, "yes, well as ready as I'll ever be."
The last hour before Anna was born became so incredibly exciting. I was so lucky in that by this point I had had an epidural that was working incredibly well and I had an amazing nurse who was coaching me as well as Matt and another nurse about what to do. I can't really describe in words what it was like when they gave Anna to me after she was born...everything people had told me about how I would feel was true. I couldn't believe that I was holding a new person in this world who needed us to care for her. This moment as well as thousands of moments through the rest of the day where Matt & I just stared at Anna in amazement made April 27th the best day of my life.
Since Sunday Matt and I have had so many wonderful moments with Anna. It has certainly been hard - in the middle of the night when Anna needed to be fed for the 6th consecutive hour in a row and I felt like I didn't have enough energy to sit up, I became so scared that I couldn't give Anna everything she needed. But Matt & I survived that challenge as well as many others. We both know there will be many more challenges like this, but these challenges are so worth all the joy she brings to our life.
There are so many more stories I would like to share, but the little banana is starting to stir from her "deep" sleep on Matt's lap.
To be continued...
First of all, I need to say that April 27th, 2008 was probably the best day of my life. It is only rivaled by June 26th, 2004, the day I was married.
Before Anna was born I had an abstract idea of what it would mean to be a parent. Over the past eight months a lot of people have told me how wonderful it would be when our child was born. We had read books, taken baby care classes, tried to buy the right supplies, and set up all the gear around the house. When people asked us if we were ready, I always said, "yes, well as ready as I'll ever be."
The last hour before Anna was born became so incredibly exciting. I was so lucky in that by this point I had had an epidural that was working incredibly well and I had an amazing nurse who was coaching me as well as Matt and another nurse about what to do. I can't really describe in words what it was like when they gave Anna to me after she was born...everything people had told me about how I would feel was true. I couldn't believe that I was holding a new person in this world who needed us to care for her. This moment as well as thousands of moments through the rest of the day where Matt & I just stared at Anna in amazement made April 27th the best day of my life.
Since Sunday Matt and I have had so many wonderful moments with Anna. It has certainly been hard - in the middle of the night when Anna needed to be fed for the 6th consecutive hour in a row and I felt like I didn't have enough energy to sit up, I became so scared that I couldn't give Anna everything she needed. But Matt & I survived that challenge as well as many others. We both know there will be many more challenges like this, but these challenges are so worth all the joy she brings to our life.
There are so many more stories I would like to share, but the little banana is starting to stir from her "deep" sleep on Matt's lap.
To be continued...
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