I am a mother! I gave birth to Madelyn on August 5th at 417AM, after 17 hours of labor. She was 8lbs. 1oz. and measured 21 inches…..she is beautiful. The past month of my life has changed drastically. I am a mother! What? Ha, I have never in my life believed more in God and been so present with him than now. Giving birth was the single most amazing feeling I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing. And I know that it was all possible because of God. What a wonderful creator. What a perfect job he’s given my husband and me, to be a parent to this tinny creature that will probably teach us more than we can ever teach her. The months of exciting anticipation wondering what she would look like, what her cries would sound like, what she would smell like; all culminated in that second she was put on my chest after being delivered. The feeling I felt is not something I can explain with words for it was too beautiful and breathtaking. Feelings were at a height with all the movement in the delivery room. People everywhere executing their jobs to get my baby to me once more. Orderly chaos and then suddenly, nothing. Doug and I looked around and there was no one in the room except for him, me, and Madelyn. Whoa, what a strange feeling that was. It was very apparent that we had just begun the next chapter of our lives together. They say that God gives us what we need, not what we want. Doug and I were blessed with a wonderful sleeper, she sleeps 5-8 hour stretches during the night, and God bless her for that. But she also loves to dirty countless diapers. She often decides to pee or poop while we’re changing her, has spit-upitis daily, and her crossed eyes have stolen our hearts. I think that having a baby is God’s way of showing you the kind of love he has for us, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. I can’t tell you of ANYONE that I would allow to poop all over my hand and still be able to kiss their cheeks minutes after (maybe Doug but I’m not 100% sure on that). The love that I feel for her goes beyond anything that I could have imagined. And the love that I feel for my husband now has grown to a level I didn’t think was possible. We created her together and our love made her BE. How cool is that?! I can spend hours upon hours just looking at her and thinking of all the adventures we are going to have together. I am so excited for her life, I feel so grateful to be able to be an important part of her development as a child of God. I pray that God can lead my husband and I to be the best parents we can be for her. If you are a parent you know what I’m talking about and if you’re not yet, you are in for a treat if you choose to have a child someday. May God bless you all and all the babies in the world.
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