This picture was taken this past Saturday right before we took Annabella on her first walk, which she loved. I hope we get some warmer weather so we can take her on a few more walks this fall.
Annabella's personality is showing more and more. She loves to snuggle and sleep on my chest, but she hates to be messed with once she's asleep. If I lean down to give her a kiss on her forehead and I disturb her sleep, she throws her head back and grunts. She's also looking around more and smiling. I think she might actually be starting to smile in response to my smile, which is super cool. And now when she looks at me, I can see her actually focusing on my face and listening to my voice. And she's beginning to coo.
She also is growing like a weed. I didn't realize how scrawny she was at the hospital until we got her home and she started adding some meat to her bones. At the hospital the skin on her hands and feet was literally hanging off her bones. There was just nothing under it. Skin and bones. Now she's got chubby little fingers and toes. Her face has filled out a bunch too (especially the cheeks), and she looks so much longer to us. Her clothes are also fitting better, and she's even outgrown her first pair of socks. She's still smaller than some newborns, but to me she looks huge.
Also her eyes seem to be getting darker and her hair is getting lighter. She looks like she'll be a blond baby soon.
Watching her grow so quickly is bittersweet. I'm really looking forward to when she's more interactive, but I feel like time is slipping through my fingertips. She already needs me less than before. She's holding her head up more and more and can take a bottle. Just one short month ago she was in my belly and dependent on me for everything. So yeah, I cried when she lost her umbilicol cord, and I saved it (although this could have more to do with the fact that she lost the cord at 1 week and that I was pretty emotionally raw right then...) And I cried when she took that first bottle. One short month ago I wouldn't have understood why somebody would cry at these things, but now I do. It's both exciting and hard to see your baby start to grow up.
One thing I'm really looking forward to is more sleep, which I'm hoping will come soon. Sometimes holding her and snuggling with her is the best feeling in the world. And sometimes I'm just so desperate for sleep that I can't even take in the moment, even if I try. And crying in the middle of the night when I'm up yet again to breastfeed is pretty much par for the course right now.
All in all though, being Annabella's mom is the best thing that's happened to me. I love her so much my heart aches when I look at her.
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