Things I don't want to forget

Dearest Ava,

Life goes by so quick and so many things happen day to day that I don't want to forget these little things.

*** You had your eyes open 30 seconds after you were born. You gave us all the one-eye when you were about 30 minutes old. You gave us all quite a laugh.


*** you are two weeks old now and when you are "rooting" for some food I sometimes put you up to my face and let you root on my cheek. I like to pretend you are giving your mama kisses.

*** You make the cutest little squeaky noises when you are napping during the day. Which, by the way, you do too much of during the day and not enough at night. Your mama is trying to break you of that habit but you seem to really like your sleep. Taking after your mom on that aspect.

After you were born I ate more for lunch than I think I had in days put together.
* a cheeseburger
* 4 chicken tenders (which your Aunt Katie and Grandma fed to me while I was being put back together)
* 4 cookies
* 2 ginger ales
* 2 cups of ice chips
* 3 jugs of water
* bag of potato chips
* half a subway sandwich
* Turkey dinner (Poor Andy ordered it for himself and I ended up eating it all)
* dried apricots
The list goes on and on. I was hungry.

*** You had to be taken to the nursery for an x-ray an hour or so after you were born because you were having some trouble with your respiration. You were gone for about 30 minutes. Your dad and I tried not to worry but it was impossible not to. Turns out you just had some fluid left in your lungs and it just needed to be reabsorbed into your body.

*** I love love love your little bow shaped lips and your head full of beautiful brown hair with highlights...

Today was your first visit to the church. Everyone just ooo-ed and aahhed over you. Can you blame em?

You are a good baby, you only cry when you are hungry and then you scream more than you do cry....sometime you even screech.

I love you more than you will ever know Ava. Now I get it, now I get the strength of a mother's love.
I love you mom and am so thankful for you and your love.