Life with Nori

Nothing can prepare you for having a child! The past two weeks have been a blur of beauty, emotions, physical pain, and tears of amazement- this is our child! She is wonder-full in every way. We spend hours everyday just looking at her and even now as I type, I keep stopping to take her in- a bit like looking at the ocean or a campfire- she is mesmerizing and it is hard to look away.
She has grown so much already- getting new rolls under her chin and a bigger belly. She is making great progress holding her head up and since birth has been fascinating with her fingers- at times she looks like she is conducting an orchestra.
She has incredibly long fingers and toes. Her eyes are changing a bit from light blue to a blue brown. She gets A's in every class so far- eating, pooping, peeing, and our favorite- sleeping. Pete says he can see the Roberts in her, and I was thinking- maybe her ears? are mine, but I think I am really searching! She is Daddy's girl.
We are getting a bit of schedule down throughout the day-nursing, shower, staring into each other's eyes, nursing, some food for mama, nursing, staring into each other's eyes, some crying, nursing, some exercise for mama, nursing, a nap together, nursing, DADDY'S HOME, a bath or phone call for mama, nursing, time together as a family, nursing, then the blessed land of sleep interrupted a few times for nursing.
Other than a little tiredness I am feeling physically well now. The first ten days were rough with the injuries of birth and the adjustment of my body becoming a 24 hour dairy queen.
I love spending time with her and being home, but my "go" personality needs to get out a bit. This week we went to our goddaughter's basketball game and to the grocery store. On the way back from the game, she got the "I AM HUNGRY NOW" cry and we had to pull over and nurse on Broad Street. I have a feeling this is just the being of what it means to be flexible as a parent!
My parents were God-sends and spent a week here getting us settled. As they were leaving I had a few tears (they come easy nowadays) in realizing for the first time the love they have for me. A friend told me that the child can never love the parent equally back and now I know it is true. The love of a parent for their child is beyond any love I had known before now.
I can understand now this quote that I was given a few months ago: "Making the decision to have a child- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." Elizabeth Stone