On this first day of 2015, I'm looking back on the first two weeks of your life. They have been awfully eventful! In fact, I've started a dozen letters to you and not finished any of them because we've had so much going on. Some of the interruption has been for lovely reasons. Your maternal grandparents came to meet you and we all enjoyed one another's company as well as yours. But also, your brother was extremely ill and all four grown ups in the house were 100% devoted to helping him recover and keeping you from getting sick. He's better now, though, and you didn't get sick. I am so grateful!!
Amid all that, you made your public debut as Jesus in the Christmas pageant at Grace & St. Stephens. You were a perfect baby Jesus... So new and beautiful and sleepy.
Now we are beginning to find our version of normal. We're learning the best way to feed you, how to interpret your facial expressions and cries, and trying our best to figure out sleep. When you're upset you breathe really fast and make noises like a dolphin or snort like a pig. It's so darned cute! But we don't know which sound means what yet, so everyone's blood pressure goes up a little when we hear them. You sleep a lot by day, and not too much at night. We're trying to convince you to modify that but it's a little slow going. Still, each day you are so much more awake and alert today than you were the day before! I am hoping that means you'll be able to sleep more at night soon.
You're liking being worn more now and getting a little bit sturdier. Your faces are precious. Serious, quizzical, content... As these emerge more often I find myself thinking I'm getting my first external glimpses of your personality. My heart leaps!
As I write this, you are nestled against my chest and I know it's almost time for you to eat, so it's time to sign off. Know that I'm loving you with every breath.
Love, Mom
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