Curry Rose Rope

WOW...I cannot believe it has officially been one month since Curry was born. There is so much to talk about, but where do I begin? How about the birth. It was a normal Monday night as Adam and I went to bed until about 3:15 in the morning when I popped up and yelled to Adam that my water broke. Adam, being the cutest, most nervous and excited parent, at first was a little apprehensive until we opened "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and read aloud what actually happens when your water breaks. Yep, it had broke. I immediately called the Doctor and off we were to the hospital to have a baby. The ride to Dallas was a little ironic in that literally everything the radio played pertained to having a baby. From "All American Girl" by Carrie Underwood to "I Saw God Today" by George Strait, the music was eerily appropriate. When we arrived at the hospital, I was immediately checked in and before I knew it was induced (around 8:00 am) since I was having only minor contractions and only dilated to a 1. By 12:00 pm, I was at a 5 feeling fine with an epidural on tap, and at 1:40 pm at a 10 and ready to push. I know that I am very fortunate to have such an easy labor as I probably only had to push a handful of times and at 1:58 pm Miss Curry Rose Rope at 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long made her first debut in to the world. Yup, she was a big one to all our surprise (Even the Doctor thought she was only going to be a 7 pounder)!

I can't explain how holding your newborn child feels as you watch your husband cut the umbilical cord, or how it feels to see your husband, the love of your life, holding that new little baby girl as she's bundled up like a little burrito gazing back at her new Dad. Now it's safe to say I have two loves of my life.

The hospital was a whirlwind experience that lasted for 2 days then we were off to Midlothian with baby in tow. Responsibility takes on a whole new meaning when you begin your new life as Parents and boy is it a change (for the better of course). I'll be honest, we definitely had our work cut out for us the first night as I almost starved my poor daughter and you can imagine the blood-curdling screams we dealt with the entire night. Turns out breastfeeding is not as easy as I had anticipated. What do you mean they don't just latch on and start sucking?! Why does it have to be SO painful?! This will have to be a whole new blog as no one can prepare you for this deal...trust me! By morning, my emotions (which mind you are already a roller-coaster with the hormones) had the best of me and by the time we had the Pediatrician on the phone, I was boo-hooing! Poor Baby Curry couldn't get any milk and we had to supplement a bottle of formula since she hadn't had a poo in 24 hours. After the feeding, life started looking way up AND we had an immediate poo at first swallow of the bottle. Sweet Success!

Speaking of bottles, breastfeeding, sleeping, etc. it's so funny the opinions people give. There's something about a newborn that let's everyone think they can have no filter when it comes to their opinions. Why is this? For example, Adam and I thought it would be a great Christmas present to give all of the family a picture of Baby Curry with Santa being that she was our little Christmas bundle! So, we took our healthy two-week-old to see Santa in Uptown Village at Cedar Hill. Once our name was called (literally within 5 minutes of walking in the door), Adam picked Curry out of her car seat (which we kept covered) and proceeded to put her in Santa's lap. Well, it wasn't three seconds in to him picking her out of the seat when a lady asked how old she was. Being the PROUD new parents we are, Adam immediately boasted that she was two weeks old. All of a sudden, the lady yelled "OH MY GOD!" at the top of her lungs in the most disgruntled and almost threatening voice. I think she thought we were the devil. Again, people have no filters when it comes to your child. Funny how that works, but no matter what the opinion, Adam and I are going to learn this whole parenting thing on our own...even if it does take a couple of mishaps to get it right. That's what being a new parent is all about, right?? So, feel free to throw it out there, but I can't promise it'll stick. =)

I guess the old saying is true, "Time FLIES when you're having fun", and we have been so fortunate to have a FABULOUS baby. I get on to my Mom (Tiva) and Mother-in-Law (Mena) for always saying how "perfect" she is (just worried someone will jinx it) but we're a month in now and she only wakes up ONCE through the night. I know, it's great! I REALLY hope I didn't just jinx that now that it is in writing for all to see. Well, I guess you'll just have to stay tuned to see.

Wish me luck on this new blogging experience. I can't wait to share all of the fun, crazy, sad, exciting, hard, beautiful, loving moments that parenting is all about!