myopic pilgrim

We go through these cycles, don’t we, in raising children. The particular one I’m thinking of is a wheel of effort and ease.

Infant

Effort

There’s the incredible effort just to get him into this world. It wasn’t as easy to get pregnant as I was led to believe and hanging on to him for nine months was even tougher. If we succeed we’re rewarded with labor which I hear is hard on a woman’s body. We get him home and we freak out because he needs us so much all of the time. We are constantly hovering over him, afraid he’ll break from the air molecules bouncing off the soft spot on his head.

Ease

After he’s a couple of months old, we slip into a groove. We realize Read the rest of this entry »

We got home yesterday afternoon. We should have picked up Susan’s Percocet on the way home, but as of this morning she has her pain meds. Susan’s mom is here until Thursday. People are bringing us meals six times in the next two weeks.

Thanks again everyone for thinking of us and praying. We’ll make photos available soon as we can.

Born July 17, 9:09pm
8 lbs. 10 oz.
20 1/4 in.
C-section
dark hair
dark eyes
flat nose
no name yet

Susan’s doing okay. Baby’s doing really well. We should all be home by Monday.

Thank you for your prayers.