I'll try not to dote too much over how wonderful and gorgeous we think our little girl is because, naturally, we think she's the cutest of cute! But I'm sure how Brian and I are doing as new parents is way more entertaining that describing how Adeline is doing, so I promise to hit those points too...
So it's been 3 weeks now since Adeline was born, and we are doing fabulous. Fortunately, besides being cute as a button, Adeline has been a super good baby so far, and I hope this is not just a ploy of trickery at the moment. But I'm highly suspicious. Anyway, she eats like a monster, sleeps like a bear, and is happy as a clam in between. But to quote Brian's boss, "Oh don't worry, it's only a phase. She'll grow out of it." Well, for right now, we're counting our blessings.
Brian's been a huge help with feedings, diaper duty, and bath time. At this point I'd like to give a YAY shout out to helpful dads, and a HOW DO YOU DO IT shout to single moms. I also think it's time to revolutionize newborn care classes. Although I have not attended any, I'm pretty sure they don't teach you the useful things, such as how to feed your baby and make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, use the bathroom, or type a blog post at the same time, all of which (among other things) I've had to figure out on my own, but have mastered quite well.
Have I mentioned yet how absolutely adorable our baby is?
Clearly not due to our genetics, but we'll take what we can get. And obviously, she has us quite smitten. I had my first test of the "mother hen" instinct (I think I just made that up, by the way) when we had to take Adeline to the doctor during her first week of life for an eye infection. Apparently one of her ducts hadn't opened yet, which was causing the infection. Not that uncommon for a newborn. So the pediatrician looked at her eye and gave it a fancy diagnosis and referred her to an eye doctor, and said something about general anesthesia and probing if it didn't open. And although Adeline was completely unphased by her infection, upon hearing this prognosis I shed a few tears in the doctor's office (read: I bawled my eyes out - my baby was 7 days old and had an eye infection, the world was ending!) Fortunately, I was able to massage the duct open and it resolved itself rather quickly, before we even went to the eye doctor in fact. But I was quite traumatized. Over an eye infection. And I suppose this is only the beginning.
Being off work has been...strange. All of a sudden, daily accomplishment is not measured by building a wind farm or flying a satellite anymore - instead, if we were able to work in a 3 mile walk with Adeline and make it to Walmart to grocery shop, now that's an accomplished day! I'm only somewhat exaggerating, but we really have been doing quite well about getting out of the house. In the past three weeks, we've been able to go on a long walk almost every day, get Adeline's passport pictures, go on several shopping trips, show her off at a going away party, and even make it up to Fort Collins to see my sister run in the Fort Collins marathon this past weekend. And this coming weekend, we're driving down to Colorado Springs to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew and see their new house. I'm hoping her (much appreciated!) compliance and complacency are early signs that she likes adventuring as much as we do.
We absolutely love having Adeline with us now and love her to death. But seriously, since when are cute little newborns allowed to get big? I think my baby's over 7 lbs now and is actually starting to fit in her newborn clothes - I'm having a mild panic attack over here. But we're excited to see her start smiling, hold her head up, and roll over soon - just not too soon.
More to come!
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