Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bryce Robert Smith


Bryce Robert Smith, was born by C-section on Monday, July 12th at 3:09 pm.
He was 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 21.25 inches long.

We are all glad to be home together! Bryce is doing great, mommy is recovering slowly but surely, daddy is loving his bonding time with his new son, and Emilie adores her baby brother. Bryce is a wonderful, content little baby. He is a very good little eater but sleeps very well in between his feedings. And he absolutely loves to be held. He has such a sweet little face and a big dimple in his left cheek, which I love! It was the first thing I noticed when the doctor pulled him up and showed me his face for the first time.

Of course not everything is bliss as a parent of a newborn. I am having a hard time not being able to really be Emmi's mommy like I'm used to. I can't even pick her up because of the surgery. Consequently she has become very clingy to her daddy and doesn't like him to be out of her sight. That's just her way of dealing with all the changes affecting her little life the past week. At 18 months old, she is still a baby herself and needs constant attention.
We have been blessed these first couple of weeks to have help first from Nana and Papa (Dustin's parents) and this week from Grandma and Grandpa (my parents). It has been wonderful getting dinners cooked for us and to have help with daily chores and with Emilie. We are so spoiled!!

All in all, even with the exhaustion from getting used to the midnight feedings again and from adjusting to having another child to take care of, I feel overwhelmingly content. I look at Dustin holding Bryce, and Emmi sitting next to us on the couch, and I feel so complete. We are our own little family and it feels so amazing!!