Thursday, April 17, 2014
Photo Shoot
Now I'm no photographer, these pictures aren't great, but the boy in the pictures has stolen my heart! So here are a few pictures from our latest photo shoot.
Overwhelmed!
The other day I was sitting on the couch, snuggling with Garrett and Edmund, feeling completely exhausted and it hit me... I was overwhelmed. All of this was just too much.... but not in the way you would think! I thought as I was holding back tears about how overwhelming it was to feel so much love for my little family. Then I thought of how perfect God's love is and I sat feeling consumed with overwhelming feelings of happiness and love. I am so grateful for my family and that God has entrusted me with the duty of being a mother. I couldn't ask for a better calling in life! So I will take the sleepless nights and the dirty diapers because there is no greater joy than the joy that my family brings me.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
2 Weeks of Mommy Me
Edmund Leon Hamon was born two weeks ago on March 19, 2014 at 11:50 pm and at that moment I learned what love really is. I now truly believe in love at first sight! Little Edmund weighed 8 lbs, 2 oz and he was 20 1/2 inches long. He now weighs 8 lbs and 8 oz. He is healthy and strong and he brings so much love and joy to our household. We expected to be sleep deprived and we were ready to make adjustments for this handsome little guy but there have been many unexpected twists and turns in our last two weeks of parenthood.
1. I never expected to have so much to recover from. I knew I would need to take care of a new baby but I didn't know how much I would need to take care of myself. I keep thinking I'm going to start feeling better but I am still hurting. Sitting is difficult, standing is difficult, going to the bathroom is torture. I guess that's what you get when you have a 4th degree tear, or as my nurse at the hospital was calling it a "Vaginal C-Section." But still every bit of pain is worth it, even if it has been much more than I had ever expected.
2. I never expected to spend the first week of motherhood with my baby on the bili bed making daily trips to the hospital to get his bilirubin levels checked. It was awful not being able to hold and cuddle my baby and I can't express how happy I was when we got to send the bed back. Although it was unexpected and quite miserable I can see some good that came from it. Because he was on the lights and I wasn't supposed to pick him up he has learned to lay content on his own at least some of the time. Which is quite convenient in the mornings when I am trying to get ready.
3. The last thing I never expected was not being able to breastfeed. Nursing was the plan and I didn't even consider bottle feeding. The first couple times went really well but after a couple days he refused to breastfeed. He was loosing a lot of weight and I was having to supplement with formula. Every feeding ended up with both of us in tears and me feeling like a failure as a mother. So one morning I decided to go with the bottle. I knew I could go to a lactation consultant and there were more things that I could try but I only get 6 weeks before I have to go back to work and I didn't want to waste one single minute frustrated because I couldn't feed my baby. I would love to be able to nurse and I'll try again with the next baby but for me and little Edmund Leon bottles are the way to go.
We have received so much love and support from our friends and family and we are so grateful for the people in our lives. We are so blessed to have all of you in our lives and hope to be able to give back to all those who have helped us.
1. I never expected to have so much to recover from. I knew I would need to take care of a new baby but I didn't know how much I would need to take care of myself. I keep thinking I'm going to start feeling better but I am still hurting. Sitting is difficult, standing is difficult, going to the bathroom is torture. I guess that's what you get when you have a 4th degree tear, or as my nurse at the hospital was calling it a "Vaginal C-Section." But still every bit of pain is worth it, even if it has been much more than I had ever expected.2. I never expected to spend the first week of motherhood with my baby on the bili bed making daily trips to the hospital to get his bilirubin levels checked. It was awful not being able to hold and cuddle my baby and I can't express how happy I was when we got to send the bed back. Although it was unexpected and quite miserable I can see some good that came from it. Because he was on the lights and I wasn't supposed to pick him up he has learned to lay content on his own at least some of the time. Which is quite convenient in the mornings when I am trying to get ready.
3. The last thing I never expected was not being able to breastfeed. Nursing was the plan and I didn't even consider bottle feeding. The first couple times went really well but after a couple days he refused to breastfeed. He was loosing a lot of weight and I was having to supplement with formula. Every feeding ended up with both of us in tears and me feeling like a failure as a mother. So one morning I decided to go with the bottle. I knew I could go to a lactation consultant and there were more things that I could try but I only get 6 weeks before I have to go back to work and I didn't want to waste one single minute frustrated because I couldn't feed my baby. I would love to be able to nurse and I'll try again with the next baby but for me and little Edmund Leon bottles are the way to go.We have received so much love and support from our friends and family and we are so grateful for the people in our lives. We are so blessed to have all of you in our lives and hope to be able to give back to all those who have helped us.
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