Aubrey Grace is here
Praise God
7 pounds
11 ounces
19.5 inches long
and perfect.
She is perfect, everything that led up to and followed her birth was perfectly God's plan and perfectly NOT Emily's. This whole mom thing is throwing a BIG wrench is my compulsive type-A personality.
My mom flew the day before my due date for the birth... and left 7 days later right before my water broke.
My non-medicated tub labor became a pitocin induced, internal monitor having, epidural supported labor.
My 9 pound baby I was prepared to birth was not even 8 pounds (that wasn't such a bad surprise!)
My completely breast-fed baby has become a formula baby.
My concerns about her being 'too big' from birth has shifted to us working tirelessly to get her to put on weight.
This is parenthood.
And in the midst of the madness God has planned perfectly for what he had in store for Aubrey.
A husband who knows how to hold it together, hold my hand, and hold our precious baby.
A church family that brings us meals every night, making sure that if nothing else, we have a great meal every day.
A best friend who took a week away from her family to help me make mine.
so here we go... she is two weeks old and I have learned more about myself and my Creator than I had in the past 27 years.
I keep reminding myself that the best is yet to come... but what is happening now is pretty amazing, too.
