Douglas took the following week off of work and I was able to have a nice lie-in with Rafe, resting from the birth, bonding, and nursing around the clock. I even had time to do some reading(!) -- I re-read Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson, which makes for very pleasant post-partum reading material.
All of the older siblings are over the moon about having a baby brother to cuddle, especially Edmund. I'm constantly fielding the request: "Can I hold him?" And if one child gets a "yes," the other two will start clamoring, "I want to hold him, too!"
It's been a sweet three weeks of getting to know Rafe and adjusting to life with a newborn again. I've always wanted to have a spring baby, to watch our new little one growing right alongside the life that is growing and blooming outside! God is good!
I'm a 31-year-old Christian. My hope is to live a quiet life filled with home and hearth, family and friends, loveliness and simplicity. I'm wife to Douglas (married October 2008) and mother to Edmund (born November 2009), Lavinia (born May 2012), and Rosamund (born February 2014).
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how wonderful!!! God bless your new little one and all of your family!! what beautiful pictures! God bless!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Elizabeth!
DeleteAww...he is just precious! So perfect and bright-eyed! A big congratulations to you and your family! It is so sweet that the children want to hold him. :) God bless you all!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the congratulations, Cheryl! :)
DeleteHow lovely! He is beautiful and perfect. I love his name. Congratulations!
ReplyDeletePolly, thank you! So glad you like his name, too!
DeleteLaura,
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations to you and your lovely family! Rafe is such a handsome little chap -- what a blessing that he came healthy and early (imagine how big he might have been if he had been on time! On second thought, maybe you shouldn't think about that... ;-). What a perfect time of year to welcome a new life!
I can't believe how much your littles have grown -- the girls, especially! I pray that your recovery will continue to go well, and that the transition to life as a family of 6 will be as smooth as possible.
So happy for you all!
Cheers,
Shannon
Thanks so much, Shannon! Yes, I was a little concerned about his size if he went full term since I know boys tend to be bigger... but actually both my boys ended up being my smallest babies! (But born the earliest, too.)
DeleteThanks so much for your prayers!