It's been over a month now since Miriam graced us with her presence. We love spending our time watching her different facial expressions - especially all the smiles she's giving us now. Miriam is a small but strong little girl who loves playing and being held. Jon and I feel so blessed to have this little gift.
As new parents, we have truly had to rely on the Lord's strength and help from people. Our church continues to bring us meals and family and friends offer support at every step. The Lord has brought us through a pretty eventful past 5 weeks. In light of November being a month of thanks, I want to give some gratitude to those who have gone out of their way to help us.
Thank you to all our family who came up for Miriam's birth!
Thank you to my mother-in-law, Sarah (Nana), for staying that first week and helping around the house and hold Miriam.
Thank you to our friend Kristen, for being our on-call pediatrician. :)
Thank you to our friend Carrie, for keeping me company in the ER when I had a terrible headache.
Thank you to my mom (Gigi), for helping us out - cleaning our home, running errands, and giving us a date night.
Thank you to
many friends who have helped me with breastfeeding.
Thank you to our wonderful visitors - you have been encouraging for my soul.
Thank you to everyone who has brought us food. It has been very good and extremely helpful.
Thank you to my friends and family who have called, emailed, texted, and prayed for us.
Thank you to my dear husband, who has worn so many different hats - cook, host, husband, father, counselor, hard worker. I couldn't do this without you!
I feel as if I'm coming out of a small valley. Figuring out our little one's schedule has been a difficult task for me, among other things, and I have had a hard time getting out of the house. I haven't felt like myself and do feel relationally disconnected. I expected to get very little sleep, but I didn't expect everything else to be so difficult in this first month! Again, though, there is much more to be thankful for.... and we are blessed to have such a great support system.
My daily sanity has been Counter Culture coffee and Gilmore Girls while playing with our baby girl. I cherish her smiles and snuggles. I like dressing her up in cute outfits and watching her sleep with furrowed eyebrows. I like watching her dad soothe her to sleep in the middle of the night. My new favorite thing is when she opens her mouth when I give her kisses.
And, of course, I have lots of pictures to accompany this long blog post!
quality time with Nana
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| quality time with Daddy |
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| joyful! |
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| first time in the Moby wrap - not her favorite carrier. |
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| so funny |
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| trying on some clothes |
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| the bumblebee slept through Halloween |
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| fun times with Gigi |
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| a visit from Uncle Will |
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| smiling with Daddy |
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| bathtime |
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| crazy baby |
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| first walk to our favorite coffee shop - Big Bear Cafe |
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| a very active one month old! |
2 comments:
Sweet post! I can't wait to see her again. When can I come over??
Hi Tiffany,
Just a word of encouragement that things do get easier in the way of getting out, etc. I didn't have the energy or desire to get out for probably the first three months of Caleb's life, but looking back on it, it went by so fast that I can hardly remember how I was feeling. And, speaking as a new mom of TWO, I can tell you to ENJOY THIS TIME NOW WITH ONLY ONE!!! Noah is already over three months old and I feel like I've missed it because we are so busy!
Meditate on Isaiah 40:11 which says, "He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young." (some versions even say "nursing ewes" which I always liked!!! that is definitely what I feel like!)
Anyway, that verse has been an encouragement to me in having little ones around!
Bless you all! You have an exceptionally adorable little girl!
Love,
Molly (and Trey, by extension!)
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