One Month

Dear Bubbaloo,

I'm not sure how or why I thought up that nickname for you.  It just popped out of my mouth and it has stuck ever since.  Even Miss K calls you that :)  I cannot believe that a month has already gone by since you joined our family...it feels like forever yet it feels like yesterday.  From the moment you were placed on my stomach, crying and peeing all over the place, my world has felt complete.  You are a perfect final addition to our family.

For the most part, you are a calm, content baby just like your sister EXCEPT for when you need to be feed.  Just like your Mama's mood swings, you go from zero to pissed in about 2.5 seconds.  Miss K used to just gently coo, mixed with the occasional squawk, when she wanted to eat.  You scream so hard that you literally vibrate.  Luckily for us, you can momentarily be tricked by popping a soother in your mouth, which gives us an additional 10 seconds to heat your bottle before you let loose with more yelling.

You have been generous with your sleep and have let me have six hour stretches of shut eye during the night.  Even during the day, if I am tired and in need of a little nap, as long as you are fed and changed, you are content to just lay in your bassinet while I rest for a bit.  God bless your little tiny soul for letting me do that!!

Unlike your sister, you absolutely abhor being swaddled.  Miss K was content to be wrapped up as tightly as possible.  You?  You enjoy letting your limbs swing free...you kick your legs back and forth like you are running in place.

On one hand,  I can't wait to see what kind of personality you are going to have and who you are going to look like.  I can't wait for you to grow and discover and do all the fun things your sister is doing.  On the other hand, I now know how fleeting this newborn time is and I am honestly enjoying every minute of it...even the nights when you don't let me sleep very much.  I love cuddling with you in the living room in the middle of the night, when the house is dark and still.  My most favourite part is when I bring you up to my shoulder to burp you and the only sound I hear is your sweet, milk-scented little breaths in my ear.  My second favourite part is nuzzling the back of your neck...it's the one part of your body that seems to hold the scent of your lotion and it smells as if you were freshly bathed :)

Every single person that has met you has complimented your name.  In this day and age, the trend with baby names has taken on some weird competitive angle where parents try to outdo one another by giving their children the most effed-up names with the most effed-up spellings.  That trend is not for me.  I wanted your name to be classic yet strong.  I wanted it to suit you whether you end up being a jock, a nerd or somewhere in between.

Welcome to Motherhood

Afternoon snuggles :)

You are perfect.  You are loved.  You make me excited to start each new day.  I am so thankful that you are healthy and that you are a content little man.

Love, Mama