- I know I complained a lot about swelling in my ankles this time, but I have to say that our whole household is a little shocked at how skinny they are now. There are bones in my ankles, for cryin’ out loud! Apparently they were enormously swollen even when they weren’t, if you know what I mean. I thought my calves looked big for the last few months too and now they are surprisingly spindly. Well, spindly for a girl who has always had meaty legs…
- The Boy’s birthday was yesterday. Hubby left me the baby and a big helper and took the other 7 children out on some errands, including the hunt for a birthday present. They all came back glowing with loads of loot for the happy kid plus one “anti birthday present” that we will post about soon. The Boy hates it, but hubby just couldn’t resist and I’m glad.
- The baby still has no name, though negotiations have begun. Soon, people. We’re working on it.
- She is eager to nurse but her technique is going to need some work. I am in serious pain in that region.
- The rest of me is feeling great. I’m enjoying plenty of rest and light duty, but as usual I feel like a phony. This isn’t recovery; this is vacation. Either way, I’ll take it.
- Boys are fun, but girls are sweet. The nursery rhyme is right: snips ‘n’ snails vs. sugar and spice. Once again, I’m reveling in the contrast.
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She is just gorgeous – ever so happy for you all!! Can’t wait to hear the name, I’m sure it’s going to be perfect for her.
Beautiful!
PS – I like the ‘little bellas’ label. I like Bella or Belle, come to think about it…hmm, time to work on the DH even more – I want a girl baby too!
Seven kids seems like so few, now. But I AM 46. Sigh.
What a precious new gift from God that darling Baby Girl is. And God knows her name! = )
Congrats so much on your new little one! She is beautiful
God bless,
Sallie
Beautiful, Kim!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!!
No name?! I don’t think any new baby in my family could possibly go without a name once they were born – we started arguing about names right after we knew Mom was expecting. XD My mother then observed that naming babies is a lot harder when one has teenagers who want input as well…
Your little girl is so cute!!!
Oh, so precious are these first days! Who do you think she looks like? While we haven’t seen many pics of your family, we think she favors your hubby. Enjoy your vacation!
She is gorgeous! I pray that GOD continues to bless and keep you and your family. Thank you for sharing so much of your life and daily happenings. It blesses me every morning.
Love and Laughter,
Theresa
recently my SIL had a baby and they didn’t have a name for 24 hours, Iwas like WHAT????? now it seems you are the third person I’ve heard from with the same situation. Just curious didn’t you discuss this prior to giving birth?
MJ – what can I say. It just gets harder the more you have…
In Him
Meredith
(PS I don’t know what we’ll do if our current bun is a boy…we’re out of boy names…)
(PPS – now it’ll probably turn out that you have more than us/Kim. If so, I’ll e-mail you for name suggestions! ;o) )
mj,
We did discuss it a bit, but we’ve found that we never really settle on a name until after the baby arrives even if we *think* we’re ready. This time we just made better use of our time by starting the formal negotiations after she arrived. That way we really only have to talk about names for one gender, too.
She sure is a beautiful baby!
Any chance your nursing struggle/pain is caused by “tongue tied”… a short frenelum?
beautiful baby.. lovely family.. I’m new here – Nancy from Nancysnook sent me over.
Your baby is gorgeous! Congratulations on a healthy baby and birth!