Today

Today, I had a doctor's appointment with my OB to make sure my incision was healing.  I brought Pearce with me and I was a little nervous about how he would do and what I would do if he started crying while I'm  on the exam table.  Well, he was a complete angel, of course.  All of the nurses went crazy over him which made me feel so proud!  They talked about how cute he was and how his skin coloring was so pretty, and how good he was (he was awake the whole time just looking around).  I'm sure they say that to all moms and their babies, but it was nice to hear.  It was also nice to hop on the scale and see that I'm not that far away from my pre-pregnancy weight!  When I left, the nurse gave me a gift for Pearce.  When I got home I looked at it.  It's a silver baby spoon engraved with "Congratulations" and my doctor's name.  Also included in the box was a bible verse, which I loved.

It goes like this:  Psalm 139: 13, 14, 16, &17

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit them together in my mother's womb.  Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex.  You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe.  How precious it is, Lord, to realize that You are thinking about me constantly.

When I read that, I just started crying.  What a sweet gift and reminder of how precious Pearce is.  He truly is a miracle from God and I never want to forget that.  Adjusting to life as a mommy has been pretty easy for me because he has been so good from the beginning.  It has been a little hard managing my time with caring for Pearce and keeping up with my other duties.  Sometimes, though, I'll be in the middle of a household chore and then I'll just go over and pick up Pearce and just stare at him....amazed that he is my baby.  Amazed that Chris and I created him.  Amazed that my prayers were finally answered.  I never ever want to take for granted what I have.  I know there will be times of sheer exhaustion and frustration, but even in those moments, I want to remind myself of how lucky I am.  I used to beg God to let me be woken up in the middle of the night by a crying baby and he sure did answer that prayer!  Ha!  I actually love that time when I'm feeding Pearce, rocking him in the glider, and it's quiet all around me.  He'll look into my eyes and I'll look into his and then his little eyes start getting heavy as he finishes his bottle.  It's usually then that I think, "Wow, I am a mommy now.  Thank you God!"  

Ok, how about some pics!  When we got home, I decided to get out his play mat to see how he liked it.  He  actually focused on one toy for a good 5 minutes before he started getting a little fussy.  Daisy, on the other hand, LOVED the play mat :)  

    

Then I decided I needed to do some household chores, but I didn't really want to put Pearce down, so I put him in his sling!  After a few minutes he was OUT!  I guess this is how I'm going to get things done around the house from now on :)   

As I type this entry, he's still asleep in the sling....it's been about 2 hours so far!