Claire's sleeping in the swing right now. It's one of the few moments I have during the day with a seven week old that I can get away and collect my thoughts. I haven't really had a moment to sit back and think about what it's like to be a new mom and a new everything yet. I'm doing so much more than just feeding and clothing her. I stare at her to see when she smiles and laughs (which she's doing right on schedule), and I watch for when she tries to roll over (we haven't quite got that milestone yet). Everything has changed in my life. Just everything, and I haven't quite adapted to it yet. I still feel a bit like I'm on a Tilt-a-Whirl and it's going ever faster. Maybe one of these days it'll slow down and be more like a Merry-Go-Round, but it hasn't yet.
One of the things I love to do is looking for the little nuances in her face that show one side of our family or the other. She has Bryce's chin, no doubt. She has my blue eyes, eye shape, and nose. I'm going with Bryce on the forehead and widow's peak... we can add in the ears, I think too. Cheeks, too soon to tell. They are just a chubby bunch of cuteness. Lips look like Bryce, too. And she is so long! I have no idea where she got that from, but it wasn't Bryce or I. It's elsewhere in the family. My parents are tall, and his father is tall, so maybe from one of them, but I'm short as can be, and Bryce is just average in height. It's fun to play these games while she is sleeping and dreaming away.
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