Sunday, April 15, 2012

lesson learned...

baby ike's hands, one day old [he had this same pose in one of his ultrasound photos]

1. I never knew how much I could love my little guy. I loved him before he was born, but that love was surpassed when I held him in my arms for the first time…and continues to grow each time I get to hold him.
2. I already don’t want him to ever change – I want him to stay this little forever.
3. My new favorite pastime is watching him sleep. The facial expressions he makes are priceless!
4. I never realized that when people told me to get ready for more laundry, they weren’t just talking about adding another person’s clothes to our pile. I don’t know if there’s been a day that he hasn’t gone through at least four outfits…most of the time he’s gone through that many before 8 am.
5. I never knew it would be so hard to get the motivation to clean or make the bed when he’s awake. I don’t want to miss any moment of it.
6. I didn’t know how much I would love showing him off.
7. I’ve come to realize (and am still learning) that I can survive with very little sleep.
8. I didn’t know how much it would mean to me to have someone totally depend on me – when he looks at me, I think he loves me too.
9. I didn’t realize how soon it would be before it felt as though he has always been a part of the family. It doesn’t feel weird having a baby and now it’s hard to imagine our little family without him. I’m grateful for my knowledge that families can be together forever.
10. The little quiver of my baby’s bottom lip makes this momma sad.

4 comments:

Dani said...

It's amazing how you can function on such a little amount of sleep isn't it? Good luck w/ #2 - if you figure out how to do that let me know! They change so fast, it's ridiculous and makes me sad. And don't worry about making the bed/cleaning the house - it's overrated. I can't wait to meet baby Ike!!

p.s. Brandt was wondering how Brian is adapting to being a new dad?

Lauren and Carter said...

this is so sweet! I love baby Ike too. :)

Stephanie Hyde said...

Oh Whitney, this is what you were telling me about! How precious. I am so excited for you.

Greg~Chels~Livi~Gracie said...

Congrats!! He is so precious!! I love your list of lessons learned. It's so true! Enjoy every second it goes so fast and is so much fun!!