Baby Claire

The first few days with a newborn are pretty indescribable. At first things were absolute blur for me since I had some epidural complications and was more sick than I've ever been. It made me totally useless and hardly able to even hold my baby - but more on that later. Now we're home, and I'm feeling better, and starting to figure out life with a new baby.

Exhaustion blurs everything, but what I know for sure is that we can't stop staring at our gorgeous girl. We kiss her chubby cheeks and her tiny ski jump nose, and we photograph every single face she makes. We stroke her soft hair and grab her tiny fingers. She needs me constantly, and while I've never felt so exhausted, I've also never felt so loved. She depends on me, and the way she snuggles up and calms down when I hold her is like nothing else. It is so worth the constant feedings and the poopy diapers and the midnight hallway-pacing.

We're in love.