Ummmm.... so it's been a month? Magdalene, you are a MONTH old. How did that happen so fast? I guess time flies when you are in love.
And what a month it's been. I've oscillated between feeling like a complete champ of a mother to feeling like I have never been a mother before. Seriously. And I guess in some ways it's true. I've never been a mother to Magdalene before and so we are learning all about each other. And she is learning how this big world works--how to sleep and eat and just simply exist. I think I've likely spent just as much time scouring the internet on my iPhone, looking up 'techniques' in my baby whisperer book and brainstorming with friends via Facebook chat as I did with Gabriel. All I can say is "Team Mama!!" And what a great team of mamas I have out there. What would we do without each other??? Can you believe that our mothers basically did it alone? There weren't the same books. Iphones. Facebook chat. There were visits and telephone calls, to be sure. But not at 2:00 in the morning! When our desperate mama brains are completely tapped out and our arms are aching. There is just so much support out there for mamas. Thank goodness.
Anyway, that's besides the point. Magdalene, you are beautiful and I love you. You confuse the heck out of me sometimes, but I think that's your job as a newborn. You are just the sweetest, most docile little creature and those brief moments in time when you open your eyes and look up at me, I am lost. Is every month going to fly by like this and soon I'll be holding a one year old?
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What a sweetheart; happy 1 month birthday Magdalene! It was so lovely to meet you and hold you last week.
ReplyDeleteYes Steph, every month will unfortunately fly by this fast. Just keep taking pictures and documenting your thoughts to prove that you were there too (else you won't remember).