And Just Like That...I'm a Mom.

I'm sitting here in my hospital bed using my brother-in-law's laptop to update my blog. How addicted to technology ARE we? I don't have the strength and patience with a laptop to type what I really am feeling right now, and I will update with the full story after I return home on Wednesday. But I wanted to update and thank all the people who have been so kind to us. We have the most beautiful little girl in the world! And it has been so fun to show her off! I look forward to every visit I get here in the hospital, because I never get tired of hearing how beautiful my daughter is, and how much she looks like Trevor! She really is stunning. She's just amazing. I had to go down to the nursery just now, when we dropped her off for the night, and I had to look at all the other babies just to make sure mine was the cutest. And she SO was! (the other babies were cute too, but no one can compete with little Afton!)

This has been the most amazing experience. Hard, yes, and very painful. But it's also been a spiritual one that has truly brought Trevor and I closer together. It's amazing how much MORE you love someone once you have created a life with them. To look at our little girl and know that she wouldn't exist if we didn't love each other. She's a good baby, and so sweet and just beautiful. We just sit and stare at her in amazement. So far being a mom is ridiculously easy, because everyone else does everything for me and I'm pampered. I am sure I'm in for a rude awakening when I get home!

Trevor is completely ennamored of his little girl, and I have to pry the baby from him. He absolutely adores her. He was so wonderful during my long difficult labor. I had six hours straight of contractions that the epidural didn't touch, and he held my hand through every one of them. He's my rock, and I don't know how I could do this without him. He's become a real diaper-changer--I haven't changed one yet! (I'm sure that will change real soon!) One blessing from his unemployment is the opportunity we have to spend this time together without worrying about his job or when he has to go back. It's been wonderful.

Another thing that has been really fun is the fact that my sister Nicki went into labor on Sunday, and gave birth to HER little boy on 18 hours after I had Afton! Little Tyson was born at 12:45 a.m., so they missed having the same birthday by less than an hour! So we both want to see each other's babies, but unfortunately we are at different hospitals, and both recovering from c-sections, so it might be a while before we up to visiting each other. I'm glad that we are experiencing all this together--though it's quite a lot for our poor mother running back and forth between the two hospitals!

Anyway, I will write more later. I do have a picture to post that was taken tonight by Trevor's Dad of our little family. I look like crap, but I figure this is one time where you don't have to feel bad about it. I just had a freakin' baby! So here's our little girl--who looks EXACTLY like her father! I will post more pictures when I get home. But if you check out Cindy's blog, there are more there.