A month ago...

I wouldn't have chosen to stay awake just to watch someone else sleep.
I wouldn't have woken up 4 or 5 times in the course of the night just so someone else could eat.
I couldn't have held still in my sleep if you'd PAYED me.
I hadn't dreamed that I could be so in love with someone so tiny
I didn't know that you could blow out of the next size up diaper!!
I didn't even know how to pack a diaper bag.

But then, a month ago I wasn't a mom... I wasn't the only person who could comfort my baby, and I wasn't looking for someone to need me.

I'm a Mommy!!!

So, Ronald Nathaniel is here, and I'm constantly amazed by how often he eats and needs to be changed. He's so small; how can he possibly have that much in his stomach??!? I told Chris that I'd TRY to call him Ronnie for the rest of the month, but if I can't make it fit, then he's Nathaniel. He's really picking up on nursing, and he's got a Jaws-of-Death grip!

Oh well... at least he's healthy!