Since the birth of my son I have been lazy. Not lazy in the sense that I haven't been taking care of him, doing 3 loads of laundry a day, cleaning the house with a baby in one arm and the vacuum in the other, and going back to work. Rather, lazy in the sense that I haven't taken very good care of myself. While on maternity leave I spent most days in my sweats with no make up. Putting on real clothes just wasn't a priority and I was/am perfectly OK with that.
Last night, however, was my first night out with the girls since his delivery! I came home from work and promptly started looking through my closet (after I smooched Graham of course!) Hmm..what to wear? Then I saw them in the back of my closet. My favorite black skinny jeans that hadn't seen the light of day in a year! They looked so dusty and lonely in my closet. Could I fit in them I asked myself? No. Will I try and risk rejection? Absolutely. As soon as I got them over my hips I allowed myself a small glimmer of hope. I inhaled deeply as I went for the button out of both anticipation and an attempt to shrink my waistline. OMG they fit! Oh thank you elliptical machine!
The jeans affected my entire mood. Suddenly I was in the car listening to my favorite station loud with the windows down on the way to meet my friends for dinner. I promptly ordered a mojito! Life was good. I was free. Thank you skinny jeans!
As much fun as I had during my 3 mommy free hours, the most beautiful part of the night was coming home to my boys. Having a baby is such an amazing responsibility that it tends to take over your identity. It was nice to just be "Danielle" for a few hours.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
The delivery, homecoming and everything in between!
About 12 hours after his birth we started to notice that something wasn't quite right. He wouldn't eat and he kept throwing up green stuff (for a lack of a better description). On his second day of life he was admitted to the Sparrow Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU in hospital language). He stayed their for a week before being diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease (a genetic disease that affected the last part of his colon). We were not satisfied with the surgeon at Sparrow so we had him transported to the NICU at University of Michigan. After a slight delay, he finally had surgery to repair his colon on May 19th, 2011. His surgery was successful. He has only experienced a few Hirschprungs related health issues since his surgery. To some extent he will always struggle with this, but we are confident that he will live a normal, healthy life.
Now onto something more fun....Graham is just so stinking cute! He loves to smile, blow milk bubbles and splash in the tub! He is now 8 weeks old and is making all sorts of fun noises! He loves spending time with his grandparents and Uncle Evan!
Jonah and I are gradually adjusting to parenthood. Graham has finally started to sleep more at night which means we are finally getting more sleep too! I feel like I was pregnant for so long and now it is surreal to be a mom (in a happy way).
Thank you to everyone who sent cards and prayed for Graham while he was awaiting surgery!
Here is the link to the youtube video we created to share with family and friends after Graham's surgery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqu3t-a9HuQ
Enjoy the pictures!
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