- A compliment. Whether it's about the baby weight sliding off, the latch of the new baby, my smile, my attitude... anything. Oodles better than hearing how tired I look 100 times a day.
- Mascara. One quick coat and it's like being amongst the living again.
- A friend taking Kole for an hour. Wow. Talk about a life saver.
- Showering. I've successfully showered every day since the baby came. Big improvement from when I had Koley. Big improvement.
- Being outside. It's been close to 100 degrees every day here. But at night, when it's getting dark, it cools off into the 80s and it's a renewal. All the "outside sounds" (including that stinkin', noisy, Air factory) drown out all the baby crying. Even when their not crying.... I hear it.
- Phone calls and texts. My sister, Victoria, called me 3 times before I called her back. What a champ. I love the feeling I get knowing someone was thinking about me. My family and friends and even people I didn't know knew me... have come through and made Week One a very special one.
- Cookies. Sorta make you feel good no matter where you are in life. Same goes for Chocolate Covered Cinnamon Bears.
- A Percocet. Keep 'em coming every 4 hours. I think I'm the last remaining person on the planet who didn't know that Percocet is a drug that affects who your brain responds to pain. It's not a pain killer as I have always thought.
- Sleep. 20 minutes feels like 12 hours these days.
Joseph Blair arrived July 2, 2012 at 8:27 AM.
The c-section was awesome. The recovery sucks.
Joey is wonderful.
10 comments:
Congrats Patty and Ken!! That's so exciting!! I LOVE the name too!! I'm glad the first week has been going well!! What a cute little boy!:)
So happy for your little family! Hang in there, recovery with the 2nd goes much quicker (at least it did for me). He is beautiful!!
I love that second one of Joey! Perky and happy! HI JOEY!
PS. I felt so special to get to talk to you yesterday! The gang was all there, and I felt loved during YOUR special time. You're just that swell of a sister
He is so beautiful! And so glad that your get up and go is still in tact.
And seriously, I didn't have a baby and I get told how tired I look all day long.
Congrats!
Gorgeous kid. Congrats! And here's to a speedy recovery.
He's so, so beautiful!!! You sound like you're doing really well this time around, Pats. Look - you're BLOGGING! That's a really good sign.
I am SO HAPPY for you and Ken! Love the name! Love the boy...he is a cutie! How is Kole doing with him?
Saw your mom in Costa Vida last week? Did she tell you? I told her to tell you hello from us!
Wish I was closer to come and visit and hold that cute boy!
So glad you are doing well!
He is seriously adorable!!! And I completely agree that little things makes a big difference. Every time I had a baby, taking a shower was my favorite thing. I would wait until ben was available and enjoy my 15 minutes of alone time. Sometimes I would even stretch it to 20 minutes. It was the only alone time I got :) Had to make the most if it.
Patty he's beautiful! I'm glad that he's here and you're no longer miserably pregnant, but I'm definitely sorry about the joys of a c-section recovery. Been there - done that.
Good job mamma with showering every day. My baby is 14 months old and there are days I still don't do that!! :)
Congrats Patty!!! What a sweet little boy and I love his name!
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