All things new and wonderful

My oh my. I'm on cloud 9.
What an eventful month it's been around here.

Let's see, I think the last time we left off, I was feeling kind of like this:

 

But then something wonderful happened, this:

She is adorable and perfect and wonderful and amazing and lovely and sweet and adorable and perfect and wonderful and...

 

I won't drone on about her birth story (even though it was beautiful and perfect and I could tell it a thousand times), but I will tell you I was just plum tickled that everything went just as I had hoped. I was so worried that I would need to be induced. In usual Lindy-fashion, I freaked the hell out. For no reason.
And then she came. Just perfectly. All on her own.
(Well, I did eat Mexican the night before- the taco salad with shredded beef, in case any of you overdue pregnant mommas out there are wondering).

And as evidenced by the outpouring of love and support and texts and phone calls and facebook messages and likes and meals showing up at our house like Ed McMahon and the Publisher's Clearing House... I'd say she is one pretty loved little gal.
I really will be sending out the good old fashioned paper thank you cards to express my dearest thanks, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be a bit before all that gets done. So in the mean time, Thank you all.



I totally took this screenshot to put in her baby book, so I can whip it out someday when she's a teenager and says, "Nobody likes me!"

You know, my mom always told me that when she had another child her love was never divided, but instead it multiplied. Funny how each milestone in your life makes you value your mother's wisdom even more. My mom is so freakin' smart.
I am so in love.



With all of them.

So, we have set out on this fascinating new adventure. A family of six.

Of course, with all new family adventures, it is the mother's job to freak the hell out. For no reason. Right?
So I watch the way she responds to our voices and I watch her eyes as they follow the light coming in the window. I google "How to bond with your newborn" and I sit and talk with her in my willy nilly little baby voice for hours on end.

You see, it's just me and her everyday while the big kids are at school. We're becoming old pals, Lucy and me. I know everything about her. And she is learning everything about me.
So we talk, we sing, we cuddle, we coo. Travis says I'm just creating a monster. He's probably right.

I know I'm probably going overboard- I'm just so scared of being a refrigerator mother.
I will hold and coddle her all the days of my life, if there's even just a one-in-a-million chance it will keep her from getting autism.

I know, I know, it's just me being paranoid. It's just me freaking the hell out. For no reason, right?
I hope so.

Lucy and I sat down and had a good, long talk about how to crap in the toilet instead of her diaper, and she was like, "Huh?"

So, she is one month old today. And, like all of you perfect little pinteresting first time moms out there, Lucy and I are going to have a little "I'm one month old" photo sesh this afternoon.
But I am pretty freaking proud of myself for even remembering she turns one month old today. Let alone the picture thing. So don't get used to this.

Oh, and as you may have noticed on facebook or youtube, other amazing things have happened this month. And I'll be back to blog about them soon.
But now I have a baby to coddle and love and take pictures of. So I'll see you again soon, k?