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July 23, 2006
Big news about the tiny person!
Did you know the best thing that happened last week, a very auspicious week in many many ways?? While I was at the beach (more about that later)- with sporadic, sketchy, and wildly expesive hinternet access-
Lucy came home!! (oh, its true, I've kept it from you since Tuesday, but I knew. And today I saw her, splendidly tape-free (no tubes taped to her tiny face) snug in her very own family house, in her very own room!
It is a very different experience, seeing her in normal surroundings, doing normal baby things! And also, to hold her in my lap for the first time outside of a hospital, was quite normal, sweet, and joyous!
And surprising in many ways. First of all, and this is maybe just because she is so tiny, and still becoming hip to how these things work, but when I held her, she didn't cry or become upset and need a parent immediately, as I had been anticipating. It may also be a result of having been cared for in the hospital quite a bit by strangers for the first weeks of her life. For whatever reason, she was quite relaxed and content to hang with Auntie Pippy for some time, and be adored! And plus, and I may be making this up, but I truly think she knew who I was, from having heard my voice, felt my touch, smelled me?? Something like that. I sensed recognition.
In any event, a tiny, warm, sweet-smelling, soft, beautiful, breathing Lucy and I spent time on the couch in the afternoon daylight, chatting with Thomas and Lorie, and fighting off sleep, respectively.
Such joy to have her with us.
Posted by pippypippy at July 23, 2006 06:59 PM
Comments
yay!
Posted by: cari at July 23, 2006 11:33 PM