Little Update From Baby Land
Hello everyone, how are you doing? I'm checking in to say hi and let you know that though I'm busy at the moment with our newborn, that I'm still online posting pics on Instagram (@decor8) if you want to follow along until I'm back to blogging regularly again... But seriously you guys, life is so good for us at the moment - we are tired (I'll tell you more about why in a few days when I post my birth story) but other than that, we are full of love, peace and contentment here in baby land and it's unbelievable how good this feels.
Yesterday, we celebrated Aidan's first week of life together by taking him for a long forest walk in his new Stokke stroller and it was just the greatest little adventure (photo here and here). We ended up in two cafes, grabbed lunch, and went back home after a few hours to prepare for visitors who came by last night including Thorsten's parents. This week, we have a baby photo shoot and I can't wait to show you those once they're ready - we've hired this very special local photographer to work with us and simply can't wait to capture these cherished moments during the few few weeks of his life because really, you can never buy back this time again, can you?
Above: Little Aidan, our sweetheart, taken on my iPhone.
In between our appointments and visits (my midwife also comes daily), we are resting as much as possible and enjoying our son so so SO much. I instantly bonded with him and feel really close - like he's always been here with us. I love his expressions, big eyes, button nose and how sweet he is in general. It's also wonderful that we have him on a feeding schedule so he only wakes up at night around 3:30 to be fed and then he's back to sleep until 6 or 7 and we lay around and get cozy and read, talk, eat, etc. in bed until my midwife comes by which is usually around 11. It's such a carefree little schedule to be in our baby cocoon with him. We enjoy all of this cuddle time because it's really so precious and lasts only so long before our schedules no longer allow for us to linger in bed until lunch time each day! It's truly been the best week of our life.
Flowers have been coming in for the past week in a steady stream, which is so nice because who doesn't love some beautiful flowers to welcome a baby? So yes, I hope you are all doing well - I'm in baby la-la land at the moment but as soon as I come out from under his spell I'll be back here with some posts and to share a new website that we're launching in the next few weeks - nothing major but still very good... Yay for new stuff!
(photo: holly becker for decor8)