Well really the first 5 weeks because I basically blacked out that first week...walking zombie mode. Having a baby is a crazy thing. Your body goes through a traumatic experience either natural birth or c-section and then you are thrown into this new state of reality that is exhausting and emotional. For me, having to recover from surgery while keep a little precious baby alive was a lot! I literally cried from exhaustion but also cried when the nurse told me they had to take her out of the room to test her hearing. Luckily Paul was completely level headed through it all and has seen me cry so many times that my crying over my new baby didn't phase him - he kept reminding me that he had to watch out for me while I was consumed by Roswelle. I was also lucky enough to have my mom stay with us for 2 1/2 weeks. she did everything from getting my water (I would somehow forget it every time I nursed), doing endless laundry, grocery shopping, and just being here for moral support (like when I would cry because I wanted Roswelle to be healthy - and she 100% is).
Roswelle and I made it out of the first 10 days alive. I say Roswelle and I because the running joke is that Paul is sleeping more now than before he had a baby, one of us has to be well rested. ;)
Next up was a newborn photo shoot! We had our amazingly talented friend, Mikhail, come over on a Sunday morning for a little camera time in her nursery. She was 16 days old. We had been getting some good sleep finally and Roswelle was proving herself to be an extremely relaxed calm baby...until that morning. I was nervous and of course wanted it all to be perfect (the nursery, her outfit, my hair) and Paul was tense (he gets really tense when she cries and we had to remind him to smile!). Well Miss Roswelle Gray picked up on our "new" moods and it threw her into an unfortunate fit. She has never cried more than 4 minutes straight in her short little life...except for this morning when she screamed for about 2 hours as we tried to console her while getting our pictures taken. I even took a 15 minute break to nurse her which luckily calmed her enough to get those great shots of Paul holding her in his hands. Finally Paul and I gave up and gave her to my mom, once our energy left the room she calmed down and relaxed enough for Mikhail to get some shots of her sweet peanut face. He got amazing shots of her in spite of the difficult situation...a screaming newborn, a dad that isn't smiling, and a mom with sweat behind her knees! Haha!
I've shared some of my favorite pictures from the shoot and you can see even more over at his website: http://mikhailglabets.com/blog/boston-newborn-family-photographer-2/ And while you are there check out his other work - he is super talented! You might remember he did a lifestyle shoot of Paul and I making breakfast way back when we were well rested dinks.
Roswelle is now on a pretty predictable schedule thanks to Babywise and The Happiest Baby on the Block books. I am currently blogging this while drinking my coffee, hooked up to the breastpump and watching her sleep next to me in her moses basket. Paul has started taking the morning shift so I should give him credit for her sleeping peacefully right now.
It's been a good morning :) Enjoy the pictures!
The white dress in the picture above was my mom's when she was a baby. It is paper thin and priceless. The pale pink dress in the pictures later on was my baby dress. I have a picture of me in it at 1 month old and will put it up on another day :)
I've looked at these a hundred times and can't get enough of them. I had him take shots of her nursery and will be blogging about all the details next!
and here is some proof about what I said above!
