{Recap} Lately in the Davis World

After a 2 1/2 month hiatus, I am back to the blogging world! 

Many, many things have been happening in our lives (mainly this thing called parenting), so let's do a little recap, shall we?

First, and most importantly, Michael and I finally met our baby girl! Maylin Sidney was born on Thursday, March 28. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth and was 19 inches long. Let me come right out and say, nothing could have prepared us for parenthood. Absolutely NOTHING. It's difficult to even begin to describe it. Suffice it to say, being a mom is the main reason I have not updated this blog. 

There have been so many emotions associated with motherhood, and so many extra responsibilities. Feeding our baby alone takes up more than half of my day! During the first month of Maylin's life, Michael and I would wake up (if we had been sleeping at all), look at each other, and say "She's still alive? Success!" No matter that our house was a mess (more on that in a minute), that we hadn't showered, or that we'd eaten take-out, like, every night for the past week. Just the fact that Maylin was breathing was enough for us to feel like we'd accomplished a huge task (can I get an amen from all the other parents out there?). So, to round up my pregnancy photo journal, here is the final picture documenting Maylin's arrival. I hope 2 1/2 months later is not too late to put it up! Although I will take credit for actually having the foresight to take our final picture on Maylin's due date. She came early so she's 4 days old in this picture.

I remember standing at the side of Maylin's crib the day we brought her home overwhelmed by the weight of my love for her. It was such a different kind of love than I'd ever felt before, and I was struck by how affected I was over this teeny tiny baby. I stood there looking at her with tears rolling down my face. I had such a surge of love and protectiveness toward her. It was literally overwhelming. And I really don't think I can totally blame the weepiness on postpartum, because M had his fair share of tears, too. Seeing my man cry over a 7 pound baby swaddled in a pink blanket is one of the most heart-warming things I've ever watched, and I love him more because of it. Here's one of my favorite pictures of her, taken when she was about a week old.

Somehow, sleepless nights and days marked only by a two-hour feeding schedule slipped into weeks,which morphed into a month, and suddenly our baby girl was one month old. One month old!! My goodness where did that time go? It may have been the fastest month of my life. It passed literally like the flash of a burning match. After Maylin's birth, the expression "time flies" took on a whole new meaning. And, if time is the match, Maylin is the flame. Quick, consuming, brightening, warming- this girl does things to my heart I never thought possible.

Of course, the fact that we bought a new house, sold our old house, and moved across town (all in the first month of Maylin's life) probably had something to do with how fast time went by. Remember when I mentioned that our house was a mess? Yeah, this was why.

Our new home, complete with front porch

Then in the midst of unpacking boxes, rearranging furniture, and settling into our new home, Maylin turned two months old. Two months old!! (Yes, I have this same sentiment of half astonishment, half panic each time I think about how old she is.) Suddenly she is smiling and cooing, making eye contact and waving her little hands around. Her personality is starting to reveal itself, and she is becoming more involved in our daily lives. Deuce has started to get used to the idea that Maylin is here to stay, and has even given her a few quick licks on the feet. Finally it seems as if our lives are settling into a new normal. Or as our Lebanese pediatrician terms it, our "new new." Because, really, with a child will our lives ever be "normal" again?

So, with allllll that updated information, I'm here to promise that I will be more consistent with my blog in the future. Although I must warn you, this blog will most likely turn into another "mom blog" with endless posts about Maylin, our "new new" as a family, and being a career mom (Oh, you didn't know I'd resigned my teaching position? Yep! But that's another post for another day.) Oh, blogosphere, it's good to be back.