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A Year of Motherhood in Pictures: Joining the Motherhood

May 7, 2010 /
I slept through my first photo op with Bean. I blame drugs.
But I woke up eventually and joined the birthday party that was happening in my hospital room.
There was lots of celebrating...
And lots of family to meet, like Grandmomma...
And Charles...
And Granddad...
And Nana...
And Aunt Ginny.

Aunt Ginny brought Bean his first teddy bear. He still sleeps with him every night, face to face just like this.

And then everybody left and it was just our new little family.

And that's when Bean and I really got to know eachother.

I checked him over from head to toe, making sure he had all his parts.

And he did.

And then on the second day I forgot where Bean's head was and Chris took him away from me for a while so I could get some sleep.
Which is good because Bean wanted some time with his Daddy.
Five days later, I became an old pro at this parenting thing and so I started multi-tasking...
And that's when the hospital made us leave. So I cried and begged to stay because things are just a lot easier with nurses around, but they still made us go home.
Which actually ended up being okay because I got to use my new baby stuff.
And then another week went by and I still looked very pregnant...
And my feet were more Hobbit-like than ever.
Then I cried. But Chris told me that I was the most beautiful mother ever and so I stopped crying and asked him when we could have another baby.
At two weeks old, we told Bean he had to start earning his keep so he helped Chris install our air conditioning units.
And then he helped me cook dinner.
But it wasn't all work. Bean also watched a little baseball with Chris some nights.
At three weeks old I put him in his crib for the first time. And then I snatched him right up out of it because CLEARLY he wasn't ready for such a big step.
One month in and Bean was almost sleeping through the night already. But there were still some earrrrrly mornings. And I loved those most of all, even as tired as I was. Sunrise snuggles were my favorite.
Bean discovered trees and spent hours staring out the window at them. Funny little guy.
Between the lack of sleep and the feeling that we had no idea what we were doing, that first month of motherhood felt like I was being hazed for some whacked out sorority. But it was the happiest I'd ever been.

Stay tuned today for highlights from the rest of that first year…

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