8 weeks later

so today todd and i walked around the yard with loralai. we were showing her all of the new things growing - a blueberry bush, azaleas, lantana, verbena, rose bush, irises, etc - and then we took pictures. and one of the pictures was just a wow kind of picture. i stood in the same place i stood 8 weeks ago - the day before i gave birth.

before we went to the hospital, todd took a few last pictures of his enormously pregnant wife. it's amazing to me, looking back at those pictures, that i was able to walk every day carrying a nearly 10lb baby in my belly. and then there i stood holding my nearly - who knows, i'm guessing 13+ pound baby (she's in her 3 month clothes now.). it's just amazing (i can't find another word) to me that my body carried loralai - that inside of me she was created. when she's in bed at night and i get to go in and peek at her while she sleeps - i just stare in awe. i never knew that it would be so much fun and so awesome to be a mom. every day it just gets sweeter.

42 weeks prego

8 weeks later