A Mother's Love

I was blessed to have my sweet mother, a.k.a., my "bff" here for 2 weeks surrounding Savannah's birth. I wouldn't have had it any other way, except of course having her here longer.

Mom said several times how I was in love with Savannah and hurried to get her in the crib just as she did me, her own baby girl. It was quite a treat to share in having my daughter with my mom here since we are so close.

We tried to get a few pictures of the three generations and only 1 little bitty person wasn't so happy about that. Lucky for me..this is a rare face for her. SO FAR she only screams bloody murder when she is being changed or is overtired or needs to release a good burp. All reasonable problems. Unlike her brother as an infant, she remains pretty peaceful and chill. Let's hope it sticks.

Of course Carver got some lovin' from Grandma.


Atleast a few times a day he asks to kiss his sister's chubby cheeks.





How grateful I am to have shared the first moments with my mom, my best friend. Now I await the time she says she is coming back! Thank you, mom for all you did while here but most importantly for all you do in my day to day life. What a huge piece of my heart you fill!

xoxo

Life as we know it

Savannah Chavez was born on Saturday, February 12th after a beautiful, short 4 hour labor. We figured it would be a long night but boy were we wrong. We were at the hospital at 6 o'clock and not a contraction (my water broke) until after 9pm and she was delivered just before midnight, at 11:56 p.m. What a doll she has proved to be. I am completely smitten. Diving into parenthood the first time around with Carver was such a shock to my system that in retrospect, I don't think I enjoyed this newborn stage. I stressed and opened the books every day desperate for answers, only to never find them. Now I am just in awe of all that a newborn represents. Sleep deprived and all.

She's a beauty. We're gonna keep her. She is 8 days old today and already I am saddened that time is lost. Time stops for nobody and as much as I look forward to our new family of 4 and all that we will experience together, it's quite a thought that every day moves ahead of us out of our control.

I'll spare you any more of my delirious, emotionally-charged thoughts.

Savannah Chavez, welcome to our family sweet baby girl.

And big brother, Carver, has shown no jealousy yet. Nothing but love.

But he remains busy as ever- digging and playing in the backyard with his daddy.

Week 2, here we come!