Chubbiness = happiness

I think I have this thing for chubby babies. I pinned this adorable little thing on Pinterest a year ago:

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And now I have a butterball of my own! Her chubbiness makes me happy for some reason. I love holding her chubby little body and feeling her really soft skin. And making her smile, of course.

She's two months old and I dare you to say there is a cuter baby out there. I won't believe it. I've made many mistakes in these two months, and I keep on learning through trial and error. I don't believe there is any science to caring for a little human... it's complicated! I still haven't figured it out and I still worry when I think I might not be doing the best thing for her.

 

But then I take a deep breath and remember she's God's child before she's ours and how lucky I am to have this task of caring for and singing "The itsy bitsy spider" to this adorable chubby creature.  

Family trip

We went on our first family trip last weekend to meet some of my husband's friends from college. Traveling with our baby is like traveling with a celebrity... people ooh and aah wherever you go. She's beginning to smile quite a bit so she charms everyone. We went to the beach and she just mostly slept in a tent. We stayed at a really great bed and breakfast that had a patio with a hammock... where she also just mainly slept. It also had really great breakfast. Here are some pictures...

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HAVING CHILDREN IS GOOD FOR COUPLES

Julie Machado | 06-05-AD2014 | [0]

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Just Food Is Not Enough!

[ 0 ] May 28, AD 2014 | Julie Machado

Before my baby was born in April, I had carefully been reading and rereading Gina Ford’s The Contented Little Baby Book. It consists of several routines for feeding and sleeping from newborn to one year. I made little “cheat sheets” of printed out routines, ready to go and ready to follow. However, I started becoming so obsessed when I couldn’t get my baby anywhere close to following the routines in the first month that I had to stop reading the book.

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A break from the world

Hmm... where to begin? This is a picture of my swollen feet as I journaled while waiting to be able to leave the hospital. I didn't know what to write. These days have been surreal. I took a picture looking out the hospital window because I had forgotten there was a world outside. I still feel that way, a month later. And it's nice because the world understands... and gives you a break while you're a little knocked out of your senses. 

Then there is a picture of the sleeping baby with a name tag saying she's my daughter in case anyone gets confused (including myself). And flowers from our neighbors when we got home. Really nice of them.