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October 03, 2005
All day (well, at least since we got home from the hospital around noonish), it's gone like this:
Feed baby. Apply copious amounts of Lasinoh cream.
Swaddle baby. Realize that there is indeed a huge difference between "swaddling blankets" and "receiving blankets," and that difference is a crucial extra six inches or so in length.
Put baby in bassinet. Go to computer and try desperately to think of some way to even begin to describe what has happened to us.
Baby cries. Ditch Internet like last week's garbage.
(There are also frequent doses of Percoset.)
(And tales of a husband and brand-new papa so amazing you wouldn't believe me if I told you.)
Anyway, we have a baby. Noah Corbin, delivered via emergency c-section after 10 hours of rapid-crazy-fire labor and one hour of pushing.
The surgery saved Noah's life.
But that's a whole other story, and one that I want to tell you the right way.
Just not today. Today this is all that matters.
Welcome home, little Prince of Everything. You're even better than anything we ever imagined you to be.
(Ceiba would like to tell you all that IT IS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. PEE ON THE CARPET AND THEN RUN FOR YOUR LIVES.)
Delurking to say congrats! He's beautiful!
Laurie
Welcome home, am crying now.
So happy for you. :-)
aww! glad to hear you were able to at least try labor the way you wanted it, and even more glad to hear Noah made it safely..
Go kiss that little doll!
I've been waiting for a Noah update alllllll day!!!
Yay! He's so freaking cute!
SOOO beautiful. I love the last one the most. We'll be here when you have the time for telling your story.
Also delurking to say congratulations. I've been reading your blog through all the "trying-to-get-pregnant" times, and I'm just thrilled for you.
He's gorgeous Amy, just like I knew he would be.
Congratulations!
What a lovely family you make.
So very happy for you.
I'm all weepy & I don't even know you.
Cograts! Noah is beautiful!
Congradulations! he's adorable..and I am so glad to see him and you hoome!!
I also want to add, what a lovely name too. Not that I'm christian or anything, but Noah seems like a wonderful boy's name. If I wasn't so partial to Lucas for the next boychild in my life, I'd think about swiping it.
Glad to hear you are home. Good luck and I look forward to reading more of your story.
eeek!! :) Congrats, Amalah!!
Big, blonde, beautiful and most important....HEALTHY. Congrats.
Wow. Just wow. Thank you so much for sharing.
He is beautiful!!! OMG I SO know what you mean about it being even better than you imagined.
Congratulations!
Yay! Almost in tears here now... So happy for you (and for us all out here in internet land that you actually managed to update so soon. Respect!)
Annnnndddd, now I'm crying. He is so beautiful, and I cannot wait to hear about the Papa so sweet that will make me cry again.
Just. so. happy. And tell Ceiba that my pups sympathize... Dogs everywhere sympathize.
Yeah! I'm so happy everyone is okay. What a beautiful baby -- congratulations.
Nobel Prizes for the makers of Percoset--DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT. Nobel Prizes for new dads who step up to the plate--Amy, you will fall in love with him all over again. Nobel Prizes for wee moms who suffer to bring forth gorgeous--MY GOD, he is gorgeous--little boys.
A swat on the ass with the Washingtonian for dogs who pee on carpets. Poor Ceiba.
So glad to see you updated when you got home, unlike me who waited THREE DAYS after I got home and had the whole internet YELLING at me!
Seriously, that baby has the cutest nose out of any baby I have EVER seen! And in the bottom pic, he looks just like my son when he's sleeping. Gah! It's impossible to resist the sniffing and the kisses!
Anyway, glad you're home. Glad everything ended well. Can't wait to see and hear more :)
He's beautiful! So glad you're home with your family. Now go enjoy them!! :)
Amazing. He's so precious and perfect!
And you guys look so, so tired. I hope everything goes well for you these first days and nights as a complete family. Here's to hoping you get several hours of uninterrupted sleep. :)
Beautiful. Good thing I'm about to leave the office. Tears are rollin' down my face. Funny to be so happy for people I've never even spoken to!
Yes, in all your imagining there's just no describing the feelings adequately. He's gorgous, looks just like you - at least in the pics. Wishing much good sleep to all. Enjoy it.
Congratulations on the birth of your son. He is gorgeous! What a happy family. :-)
A cuter baby has never been born. Congrats!
Congratulations to you both - he's absolutely adorable.
He's gorgeous.
Bringing home a new baby is such a special time. When you and Jason are finally alone with Noah it will hit you- Sweet Jesus, WE ARE THE GROWN UPS NOW.
Welcome to the jungle!
Sorry you had to have a c section, but in the end it is worth it.
It was really wonderful of you to remember your crazy Internet audience while you're still adjusting to motherhood. You are my blogger hero.
He's so beautiful Amy and Jason! Congratulations and I'm so extremely happy for you both.
I'm crying now too. That is all.
Congrats again :)
He is already a hearbreaker. Just look at all the tears in your comments!
He is absolutely magnificent!
You two look so happy, I'm about ready to cry. Noah is a livin' doll! He looks so alert in those pic's! (except the last one, where he's sawing toothpicks with his mama)...
Congrats to you and Jason on the beautiful new addition to your family!
And also, in that first picture, he looks a little like ET squinting and reaching for the light... Except without being a freaky alien.
(As strange as it sounds, it's my odd way of saying, he looks really cute and lovely!)
He is beautiful. You and Jason are beautiful.
God has truly blessed you.
Treasure this time.
Welcome to the world Noah! May life be kind to you...long, prosperous and full of joy!
Eeek (again)! Hello Babalah! *waves* *swoons*
Congratulations, Mama and Papa!
If I'm going to be discarded like last week's garbage, I'm glad it's for such a precious little bundle.
Also that last picture needs to be framed ASAP! Did you plan the matching blue b/c damn that is beautiful. (I know that's a ridiculous question for someone with a three-day old newborn but still)
Congrats again!
amy, i am so happy for you. i've been reading your blog for a couple months and it has been an absolute joy to watch you grow. noah is such a beautiful baby (for reals) and i'm excited that i get the chance to watch him grow.
See, assvice went right out the window... take that kind of happiness any way you can get it and screw what anyone says.
And the part about Ceiba made me laugh out loud- my dogs just sniffed and sniffed and SNIFFED and then gave up and went to their usual places.
Congratulations.
This is all that matters... as he should! Congratulations again! He is beautiful!
P.S. - Let Ceiba sleep with one of Noah's receiving blankets - it may help her adjust better!
so gorgeous!
congrats amy and jason and welcome home noah!!!
So Sweet!!
Awww he is just too cute! And you look fab as usual!
I am so happy for you guys!
~ Dixie
Noah is gorgeous. Jason is gorgeous. you are gorgeous!!!!
kisses. and get some rest, if you can. and tell anyone who comes over they can't hold the baby til they fix you some food first. (works like a charm.)
Aw! He's so cute! And he's going all Vulcan on us in the first picture there! I can actually imagine him thinking, "Live long and prosper".
So cute, Amy! Congratulations!
So glad you're back and everyone is healthy. He is completely gorgeous. Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations!!
Congrats!!!
He is a cutie!
Welcome home, Noah! You will probably never know how happy you've made your parents.
(Don't lift anything heavy, amalah.)