Sarah Grace is here. Since this post is
a little late, due to, well, having a baby, here is an abundant
collection of photos to make up for it.
She smiles more than the other babies
did, fleeting grins, usually in her sleep, but sometimes when awake.
She also wears this expression a lot.
She is skeptical of photo shoots, I
think.
Here she is in this composition which I
entitle “Angry Baby with a Rose”
Here is the full set, in the order that
I took them. My camera's shutter speed is pretty fast, I think this
sequence took place in under 60 seconds
Now we see she exhausted herself and
fell asleep, and forgot herself and smiled.
Really smiled!
And then, woke up, suspicious of being
Anne Geddes-ified....
Mariam gives her a lot of kisses. A
LOT. Mariam shouts “Tkiss Baby!!” And fights her way across Mom's
restraining arm to plant a peanut-buttered kiss on the baby. There are still some mixed emotions. but over all, she kisses Sarah a lot more
than she tries to smack her.
"BABY TOES!!" she yells.
Keziah loves her too. She likes to ask "May I tupport baby's HEAD!" which translated, means she wants to hold the baby under supervision. "Hold the baby" became synonymous with "support baby's head."
They keep being fascinated by her toes.
Jenny likes holding the baby. I think she is happy about Sarah's entrance into our family, given that she recently announced to me "Mom, I am praying that God gives you ANOTHER BABY!"
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| Jenny smiles for the camera. Sarah contemplates this family she's been born into. |
Isaiah loves her. He calls her “Sarah
Grace” and can't fall asleep if she's not in her crib in his room.
Nce I found him still awake near midnight, outside the door of our
room, saying “now can I have sarah race?” After she was deposited
in her crib, he was out in 5 minutes. Then we retrieved her for her
all night feedings....
He spends probably at least an hour
total a day, staring into her cradle playing with her hands or feet,
reinserting her pacifier when it falls out.
He also tries to get her to pull his nose, as that is what happens to little Critter when he meets his sister (New Baby by Mercer Myers). So far Sarah has no interest in pulling his nose, so he has to help her do it.
She only cries when she's hungry. She's
been hungry a lot. Born at a tiny 5 lb 12 oz, she has quickly chunked
out.
Here she is, soon after her birth, in
the “Baby Burrito” stage.
Another attempted sibling photoshoot...
"Isaiah, smile!"
"Ok, you can look at the baby"
Mariam attempting another kiss...
I had promised skittles for sitting still. After 2 minutes Mariam requests that Mommy makes good on her promise....
That living room worthy Walmart canvas print is still going to have to wait...
Here she is with some more flowers...
Mariam kissing her again...
My intrepid sister-in-law stayed with
us for the first 3 weeks, wrangling the kids and the house so I got
to focus on nursing the little pumpkin and take glorious naps.
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| Aunt Cathy entertaining the kids with the thrilling action of Jelle's Marble Runs |
Then we had some out of town Aunts &
Grandma come to see little Sarah.
Here she is with my clone.
Mariam kissing her again.
The Two Sarahs
The Two Sarahs, Easter Edition...
I think Mariam attempting another lunge and kiss...
My mom visiting.
I had to include this one because it
brought back so many memories of my childhood. Mom collapsed on the
couch with the baby, while a toddler comes with requests. (I only
really appreciate what she did now that I am the mom collapsed on the
couch....)
Here Keziah is trying to reinsert the reading glasses on
Grandmommy, I think in a tacit request for more stories.
Here is the perfect blogger mom,
glamorous and put-together, while she escorts her 4 kids across the
church parking lot.
Only that the perfect blogger mom with
four kids isn't 16....
My little sister Mali handles the
little mob of kids like a pro. Basically, I hope to be like her when
I grow up :)
Thank you so much for all your love,
all your encouragement, all your prayers for this little one, along
these past months. Thank you, so, incredibly, much.
She is our miracle.
Her birth psalm, that I said to her when she was first born.
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress
the God of Jacob is our fortress
