A Picnic

Dan and I went for a picnic with our little Taco last week! What a fabulous feeling to get out and feel a bit of normalcy! These past few weeks have been so draining physically and emotionally. I guess the most overwhelming feeling lately is that I have a baby! I have a little 6 pound bundle that relies on me for EVERYTHING! Our lives are divided into 3 hour segments, start to start! Feed, Play, Sleep and Feed, Play, Sleep and around and around it goes. And Taco is very demanding if he doesn't get what he is looking for right then and there!

It cracks me up that he has so much personality and expression at this age. He is so small but he can voice his opinions very well. From not wanting to burp while he is eating, to looking at an object with such intense interest, that nothing can break his concentration.

I love watching his eyes take in the world - he is such a sweet baby. Of course he has his crying fits, but mostly he smiles at us and he seems to get excited when Daddy comes over to hold and play with him.

So more than the Down's diagnosis, I find myself just realizing we have a new little life in the house. That diagnosis has faded a bit in its intensity of making its presence known in our lives and it leaves behind a warm good feeling of knowing I have a little life that is dependent on me and who is so full of love and life! I can't believe he is mine - it is such a strange feeling to look over while I am making lunch and see little arms and legs kicking and feeling out the world. I really have a little guy to love and hold and I know how very lucky I am!

We took some Subway sandwiches down to the lake near our house and just had a wonderful time. I hope you enjoy the pics I snapped while we were there. It was such a joy to watch my little guy sleep away the time and he didn't seem to mind that I took about a 100 pictures!!