And then came baby…
Well, the pregnancy is over and so our journey continues here. I have created this page to journal Jimmy and I’s first years of Parenthood. We have waited so long to enjoy this period in our life together and I want to be able to look back on every milestone in it.
Our long awaited first child, Carter Simon Lin was born and gifted to us on Friday, April 27th 2007. He was 6 pounds, 4 ounces and 19 inches long. He is absolutley PERFECT and a beautiful mix of Jimmy and I. He has almond shaped blue eyes and light brown hair with olive skin like Daddy. He has my nose, cheeks and mouth and Jimmy’s hands and feet. He will be 5 weeks old tomorrow and I feel like I have already missed so much to write about here trying to get into the swing of life with a baby. I will make sure to catch up in the next few entries.
He is such a strong little boy. The morning after he was born he was already lifting his little head off of our shoulders and gripping our fingers with his little hands. Within the first week home he was already rolling onto his side so we have had to place wedges next to him at night to make sure he doesn’t roll in his sleep. Everything he does makes me so proud and I am officially one of those irritating braggy moms :0)
After facing almost 4 years of infertility and almost giving up on having a child of our own, pregnancy was a huge blessing and amazing experience that we will always have to cherish and look back on through our first blog. Because of the heartbreak we faced month after month for years I can’t help but look back now and wonder if those around us sheltered me from the realities of motherhood for fear of seeming ungrateful.
If I am completely honest, had someone complained about the things I have experienced the last few weeks I probably would have thought of them as ungrateful and envied their discomforts because of how badly I longed for a baby. Because of this I have felt a lot of guilt and felt ungrateful myself when voicing my unfamiliar feelings to those around me. But through a marathon labor, c-section recovery, 2 hour jaundice feedings, infant reflux and unexpected postpartum blues there is nothing I wouldn’t go through all over again to have this precious miracle in our lives and I could not be anymore grateful. Motherhood and this new love that has come with it is the greatest gift God has ever given me and I could never take it for granted.
