We can't believe it's already been more than 2 months with our baby girl! Of course, we have been mindlessly caring for her as we are so so tired trying to figure out why our baby is crying, what she needs or what to do. It's such a demanding role to be new parents and our whole life has changed dramatically. Whether it's our schedule for the day (nowadays... trying to get at least 1 productive thing done), or even planning our outings around her 2 hour block feeding times (which recently and often have become even shorter blocks of freedom). So, we're tired. I'm not getting much sleep these days... and I LOVE sleep. I knew that would happen though. But I didn't know how it would feel. Our little basement apartment is filled with baby things we never even knew existed. My back and arms hurt from caring for my little growing ball of cuteness. It's hard....
But at the same time... it is so wonderful. Day by day I think it gets better.
Honestly, we both admit we were shocked and amazed and in awe when Vera (with all that hair on her head) came out... but we didn't feel instant love really. I remember saying... "Is she real? She's real!" And then just being in horrible pain the days after. And remembering the horrible pain it took to get her out. (Oh man, was the pushing hard!) I plan to try to write up and share our birth story. Because it's really a beautiful memory and miracle... and I don't want to forget it any time soon. Especially as a reminder to wait and take my time before we decide to welcome another one into this world. So, I'll do that someday in the future when I get time to write that.
But for now, we wanted to share our baby Vera and her cute little face and chunky legs with you. They're getting chunkier by the day as we love her more and more each day.
It's amazing how beautiful and cute she is and that God designed her and created her and gave us the privilege of making her and bringing her into this world. We are so grateful to the Lord for so much. So much GRACE and more GRACE and even more GRACE to raise this baby and care for her.
But when she smiles though... it's the best. It's pure joy.
Vera, thanks for being born and for letting us fall in love with you day by day more and more.
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