As I end my last week on maternity leave, I’d like to share just a few things I’ve learned so far as a new mom:

• A smile from my baby can literally turn my mood around. Sometimes, even the opposite of smiling can.
• Not all babies take a pacifier.
• Everyone warns about labor but no one talks about recovery.
• His little noises and finger-holding during feedings will be my favorite memories of these first few weeks.
• Babies get toe jam. Somehow.
• Thankful that I’m not doing this alone.
• Vacuuming can (and will) be put on hold. For weeks.
• My baby sleeping on my shoulder is one of the best feelings in the world.
• I worry about if my son will be teased in school, or worse, will be the teaser.
• Vomit, pee and feces ain’t no thang.

More photos can be found on my Flickr page or Miles’s Flickr page. More video can be found at our YouTube channel.

Here are some photos to prove the baby is growing.

6 weeks, 26 weeks, 28 weeks, 30 weeks, 32 weeks

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post…we’ll have more to post after an ultrasound this Friday. (My uterus is measuring big, so they want to see if it’s because the baby is big. Let’s hope he’s normal size.)

Dinos dinos dinos dinos! Preliminary sketches for canvases to be painted over Christmas break and hung in the nursery. A little something blue coming soon.