On being a mom

I love being a mom. It's the greatest and my little bambina doesn't even really do much yet. She's a BIG smiler and she'll smile at you when you do something silly or you smile at her. It's so incredibly rewarding and it warms you from the inside out. Even at 4am, when I swaddle Courtney, she'll give me this big smile, in between her little cries, and it's the cutest thing ever!

I don't know if Courtney is a giant of a child or other people's babies are just itty bitty little, but Courtney is HUGE. There are a couple of babies in our pilates class who are a couple of months older than Courtney and they're the same size/weight as she is if not smaller!! I wonder if she's going to be a giant.

Courtney's been a good sleeper the past couple of nights. She's slept 7 1/2 - 8 hours at a time - amazing!! It's harder to get her to stay in the swaddle while she's sleeping and I'm afraid that's going to mess up her sleeping at night. Of course, we only ever get 2-3 good nights in a row, maybe 4, so if we could get someconsistency that would be nice.

Courtney just amazes me. She's a little miracle. She has the cutest little hands and feet. She has the chubbiest little wrists and thighs. CHUBBY thighs!! It's a riot. Her head is all fuzzy with the cutest red/brown hair. And she's SO chatty. She just talks and talks. I really think she's solved world peace but is getting frustrated because we can't understand what she's trying to tell me. I love being with her and am so glad that I'm not going back to work next week. I'd hate to miss a minute of her days!