a started post, finally published.... hoping to actually stick to this:)
so while waiting for one of my many routine checkups while pregnant, i read in O magazine how oprah for years has kept a journal of gratitudes. well, the sap that i'm turning into liked the idea, so i'm starting my own.
i'd like to start retrospectively, starting with the day i went into the hospital to have nora. three - five gratitudes each day, published at the end of the week. you may not want to read them! but i'm blogging them to keep them in time with other life happenings.
sunday 11.25.2012
1. my husband for his support in getting me to the hospital and trying his best to ease my pain, including overpriced tomato soup.
2. my puppy for her all consuming concern for me, her curling up next to me was some needed love.
3. a hospital very near home that once i got to, gave me a great sense of relief!
4. a team of nurses who genuinely cared.
5. the blessed epidural that allowed me to get the best sleep i'd had in weeks... while in labor!
monday 11.26.2012
1. for a calm and restful morning, which allowed me the mental strength to have my baby!
2. the crazy delivery nurse who told such tall stories, i couldn't help but be distracted from my fear. and my doctor who happened to be at the hospital that day for delivery!
3. m for being a very good labor coach and the epidural for continuing to make it all possible!
4. my big, healthy, wonderful baby girl arriving safely and the first time i was able to hold her and acknowledge it was her the whole time in there.
5. my first night as a mom, holding my baby.
tuesday 11.27.2012
1. having no other place to be but with my newborn in the hospital.
2. taking photos of my little one and dressing her in real clothes.
3. the first day as a family.
wednesday 11.28.2012
1. my baby being healthy, with a few medical scares, coming out great.
2. getting to take her home! the greeting from our puppy and getting settled.
3. sitting next to the christmas tree, where i had been a few days ago wondering when i wouldn't be pregnant!
thursday 11.29.2012
1. first full day at home, all of us here and cozy.
2. rebellion check at the pediatrician office and an awesome doctor.
3. first family walk!
friday 11.30.2012
1. a body that is mending, slowly, but having done so much, quite fast too.
2. starting to get a routine together.
3. napping after a sleepless night with nora.
so while waiting for one of my many routine checkups while pregnant, i read in O magazine how oprah for years has kept a journal of gratitudes. well, the sap that i'm turning into liked the idea, so i'm starting my own.
i'd like to start retrospectively, starting with the day i went into the hospital to have nora. three - five gratitudes each day, published at the end of the week. you may not want to read them! but i'm blogging them to keep them in time with other life happenings.
sunday 11.25.2012
1. my husband for his support in getting me to the hospital and trying his best to ease my pain, including overpriced tomato soup.
2. my puppy for her all consuming concern for me, her curling up next to me was some needed love.
3. a hospital very near home that once i got to, gave me a great sense of relief!
4. a team of nurses who genuinely cared.
5. the blessed epidural that allowed me to get the best sleep i'd had in weeks... while in labor!
monday 11.26.2012
1. for a calm and restful morning, which allowed me the mental strength to have my baby!
2. the crazy delivery nurse who told such tall stories, i couldn't help but be distracted from my fear. and my doctor who happened to be at the hospital that day for delivery!
3. m for being a very good labor coach and the epidural for continuing to make it all possible!
4. my big, healthy, wonderful baby girl arriving safely and the first time i was able to hold her and acknowledge it was her the whole time in there.
5. my first night as a mom, holding my baby.
tuesday 11.27.2012
1. having no other place to be but with my newborn in the hospital.
2. taking photos of my little one and dressing her in real clothes.
3. the first day as a family.
wednesday 11.28.2012
1. my baby being healthy, with a few medical scares, coming out great.
2. getting to take her home! the greeting from our puppy and getting settled.
3. sitting next to the christmas tree, where i had been a few days ago wondering when i wouldn't be pregnant!
thursday 11.29.2012
1. first full day at home, all of us here and cozy.
2. rebellion check at the pediatrician office and an awesome doctor.
3. first family walk!
friday 11.30.2012
1. a body that is mending, slowly, but having done so much, quite fast too.
2. starting to get a routine together.
3. napping after a sleepless night with nora.
