So far, being a parent has been pretty great! I think it helps a lot that my mom is here to help for the next few weeks - recovering from a c-section is both easier and harder than I thought. Easier than I thought, because I can still get around the house okay, and as long as I take my pain meds I don't hurt to much. Harder, because for the next two weeks I'm not allowed to lift anything heavier than the baby - that means no groceries, no laundry, no strollers, etc. I'm also not allowed to drive - so glad my mom is here to drive us to our doctors' appointments!

Meadow has been a pretty awesome baby so far. We did have several colicky nights, until two nights ago when we started using Mylicon (a baby medicine that helps with gas). Since then, we have had a lot less crying and a lot more sleeping. It hasn't been as hard as I thought to get the sleep I need, thanks in part to my mom being here to take care of the mundane stuff, and also thanks to Meadow occasionally sleeping for four-hour stretches so I can get a little REM sleep. And despite a few bumps in the road when I first started breastfeeding, things are going pretty well now, and at her doctor's appointment on Monday we found out that she had gained 7 ounces in the past 5 days!

We definitely think our baby is the cutest baby around! She also came with a great personality and a myriad of expressions. My favorite is when she is intently listening or thinking about something, she will raise her eyebrows and get a bunch of wrinkles on her forehead. She never does this long enough for me to successfully get a picture, though. I will keep trying!

Here is a picture of Meadow being fascinated by the computer screen (late at night when I am facebooking while nursing).



Most of you already know this, but if you want to see more pictures of Meadow, you can check them out in a Facebook album of mine:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2299279&id=17800275&l=96e9850e02