August 9, 2008

  • Our little Isabelle

    I can’t believe how much our lives have changed since Isabelle arrived just a little over 2 weeks ago. People tell you your life is going to change, and pregnancy itself changes what you can and cannot do, but nothing prepares you for what actually occurs during the birth and afterwards.

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    Our darling Isabelle on her first full day; so tired and sleepy.

    While sleep has been generally scarce for us—and it really doesn’t “get better” as some might say; her appetite and sleep schedule simply grows and adjusts as she does—Isabelle has been so good to us, not crying when she wasn’t hungry or needed a change. She would just sleep the time away, gathering her strength and immunities for this crazy world.

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    Those are the wonderfully inquisitive eyes I fell in love with on first sight.

    What changes the most? The wondrous feeling that God gave us this beautiful gift! The awe and humility of it all; and the incredible miracle that is conception and birth. And the notion and acknowledgment, especially in our own reactions to our beautiful daughter of what true love really is: the ability to forsake our own needs, desires and wants for the sake of our child.

    Thank you all for your well-wishes and prayers. Please continue to pray for our growth as God-loving parents and Isabelle’s health and progress as she grows and grows…miraculously fast right before our eyes.

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