Do not come between a mother and her child

I am completely blown away by the connection that I've already established with this amazing little boy. We bonded beyond recognition in utero. Everyday I notice something that I already knew about him, since we've been hanging out together for months and months already. A couple of days ago I woke up in the middle of the night and screamed at the pain I felt in my uterus and breasts. I told Chris, "I need the baby. Bring me the baby. I miss him so much." As soon as he brought Matthew to me, I was soothed and he was very clingy too. I asked Chris later if it had been Matthew who screamed or me. He said Matthew was completely peaceful in his crib when he got to the room. It was my need for HIM that caused that reuniting of mother and child. WOW! It is really powerful.

pictures of Matty

Click on the following link to see our online family photos. We'll add more as we get them. There are over 200 so far in the camara, but these were the best of the best. And do you really want to see all 200? I would, but I'm the mom! I can't sleep because I have to look at how cute he is.

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Matthew, the genius - at 4 days old

I realized tonight that if he sleeps in fetal position in the boppy in the big crib by himself and holds the binky with his hand propped on the boppy, he doesn't cry for hours and sleeps sleeps sleeps... We had to hold him all the other nights because he wouldn't stay laying in his crib or craddle for more than 2 min. He'd SCREAM. We thought it was for the heart beat and warmth of his parents, which very well may be true. I like that thought. And it wasn't just Mommy's heart. Daddy's works so well too. (Or anyone else who holds him for that matter.) But I couldn't sleep that way. Chris could almost sleep that way. I hadn't slept for 4 days. FINALLY! Tonight with the boppy realization I had 2, then 2 more hours sleep. I could be sleeping now and get 2 more until we get up to bring him to the doctor. That's 6 in one night. More than I've had in the 4 days since he was born. Our child is SO smart! He's eating and sleeping and pooping and doing all these things like clockwork and teaching his parents how it's done!

Introducing Matthew Noah

Matthew Noah was born Friday, March 4 2005 at 4:33pm. He was 8 lb 10 oz and 20 in long. Mom and baby are feeling fabulous and loving finally seeing each other. Both his parents are so amazed he is theirs. He is perfect!

Matthew wants to thank you all for the prayers and love. It means so much to him and he can't wait to meet you all.

As he sits here watching his mommy type, he wonders who will be reading about him and who will be as excited as he is to know he's in the world, healthy, happy and eating more than ever.

The womb has been evacuated, just in time. No prorated rent for the extended lease period. And was that Mom person so right! The new accomodations are SOOO much roomier and prettier and there's LOVE everywhere he looks.

Winner

John Lee is the winner of the baby pool. He is the only person who predicted Friday March 4th. Although he bent the rules a bit and predicted 2 times, he was still closest with those two guesses. He would like to give the second runner up a shot at the prize, however, for his own reasons.

So, second runner ups was a tie between Thursday at 11:45pm, guessed by Dan, and Saturday, guessed by Sarah. Let it be known that Mom is SOOOO glad you two were wrong about the length of labor. They said 22 and 20 hours. It was thankfully only 12!

We'll be in contact about your prizes Dan and Sarah. Thanks to everyone else for playing.