Finally

This is Kim and I'm finally able to blog about my baby. Sam has done a great job of writing and handling photos so that family and friends can stay updated, but I actually have some time now when I can write.

Ada will be two months old tomorrow. I can't believe it.

Whoever came up with the post-partum period lasting 6 weeks was right on in my case. It took about that long for me to feel like myself again. After the c-section, it took about 6 weeks for me to be able to use my stomach muscles to sit up, for me to drive, for me to feel more emotionally like myself, and for us to get the nursing thing down. As for Ada, it was around then that she started sleeping about 6 hours at night. Yeah, we got a good one! And I'm writing now because she's still asleep at 10am and we put her down around midnight. I woke her up to feed her about an hour ago, but then she feel right back asleep. I guess she's about to go through another growth spurt.

She is so much fun these days. She's seemed to develop so much in the past two weeks. She's awake a lot more during the days and she doesn't cry as much. She's able to focus on things and she's very interested in her mobile, in her bouncy chair with lights and music, and in her play mat that has stuffed animals hanging from it. But the best thing these days is her smile. She smiles now AT us and when she does, it makes us so happy that we laugh.

I've heard people say that you love your kids unlike anyone else in the world...and they are right. I can't even begin to say how much I love this little girl. We feel so blessed that she is healthy and happy and beautiful. She has these wonderfully chubby cheeks that beg to be kissed over and over again. Everyone comments on her eyes--how they are so big and alert. I love how she folds her legs up and throws her head back when she stretches her arms. I love what her little sock feet look like when I lift up her nightgown to change her diaper. I love her round little belly and chubby thighs. She's perfect, as far as I'm concerned.

I guess it sounds like I'm bragging, but I've never been so proud of anything in my life. I love to show her off. She gets her first round of immunizations tomorrow and then we will be able take her to church with us and we can travel with her. We're looking forward to visiting family at the beginning of November.

Ok, she's still asleep--in bed with Sam who is also asleep on his day off. I'm going to go wake up my lazy family cause I want to be with them. Sam is going to get some new photos and videos up soon, so look out for those.