The Joys of Parenthood

Finally I'm back for my first post since the arrival of Aspen. I've heard from many of you and also read the comments that Jason's blogging over the past few days was great. I couldn't agree more! I'm so glad that our family and friends that don't live near by are able to share in this experience with us.

As Jason kept everyone updated, the labor to bring Aspen into this world was exactly that...labor! No matter how many books I read or mother's I talked to, you don't know what the experience is like until you are in it. Going through labor gave me so much more respect for every mother in the world. After the 14 hour process I was completely overwhelmed with joy to finally see my baby girl. In the end the memory of the pain started to disappear and all I could think about was how lucky I am to have an amazing husband (I could not have done any of this without him) and a beautiful, healthy child.



Today is the fifth day we have been home from the hospital. Overall things are going well. We are learning how to be parents step by step. The pros are that Aspen is a big eater and anytime she can she wants to eat more. She also sleeps fairly well. We figured out that the A/C was on to cool for her and every time we moved her into her crib she was really fussy and upset. Once we shut the vent in her room to keep it more toasty she has been sleeping wonderfully. Sunday night she slept for 5 hours straight....Jason and I finally felt like we got some rest for the first time since she was born. Jason has been doing almost all the diaper changes and I must say it's a great help (as he says "I can't feed, so it's the least I can do").



I look forward to all the different milestones we will cross with Aspen. Although both of us are completely sleep deprived every time we look into her beautiful blue eyes our hearts literally melt and sleeping suddenly doesn't seem so important. I feel like I can tell she already has quite the personality and is going to easily be the life of the party.

Thank you from both of us to everyone who commented and sent us warm wishes. Aspen is so lucky to have so many people loving her already.



We know that many of you have not be able to meet Aspen yet, but below are the pictures we have so far of those you that were able to make it to the hospital to welcome her into the world. As more of you get to meet her, we will keep this log of photos updated (somehow we didn't get pictures of some of our family...it's gets crazy with all the visitors, but I'll upload as soon as I get copies from someone).