Today and yesterday and the days before that have been special days at our house. I have a new baby brother!
We used to be three, and now we're four!
We used to go to parks and to stores, to restaurants and to museums.
We used to go outside any time we wanted.
Now our days are full of different things.
Momma says these are the baby days.
Days when we don't notice the setting or the rising of the sun.
Days when our eyes are full of new sights and our hearts are full of new feelings.
Momma says baby days are full of giggles. I laugh and laugh when baby's tiny tongue peeks out at me. I laugh and laugh when I hold him and feel his tiny body wiggle.
Momma says baby days are full of work and that I am her best helper! I use my sharp eyes to search for baby socks and I can run fast to get a diaper.
Sometimes when I try to help, Momma say, "please don't..." or "not right now." When it's not time to help with the real baby, I find my pretend baby.
My pretend baby always needs me to take care of him!
Momma says someday I'll have my very own real baby and that I will be a real mother. Momma gets little tears in her eyes when she tells me that being a mother is the very best job in the world.
And sometimes I get tears in my eyes, too.
Momma says baby days are full of tears. She says sometimes we have tears because we're so tired, or because life with four is different than life with three. But sometimes, she says, we have tears because we're so full of happiness that it spills out our eyes!
Momma says that baby days don't last very long. She says she remembers that every time she looks at me. 
She says that soon we'll go to parks and stores, to restaurants and museums.
Soon there won't be so many tears.
Soon our tiny baby won't be so tiny.
Momma says that baby days are some of the most special days in our lives and that she's so happy to share these special days with me!
17 comments:
I love that... so full of happiness that it spills out of our eyes! What a great way to describe it. After I had Julian, in those baby days, I vacillated between never having anymore kids (because it hurt too much to think about them growing up) or never STOPPING having kids... so that I could have little babies forever. Now I've come to my senses with an in-between solution, of course!
And great job Lucy on being such a good helper! Haley's my little helper, too! I'm sure your Mommy is so grateful to have you to help her. And Spencer sure is thankful, too. Keep up the good work.
I love the baby days and glad that Lucy has someone to take care of when it isn't time to help with baby brother. Wish I could come see you this weekend, but plans changed all of a sudden. Good luck!
This seriously sounds like a children's book! I'd buy it! (Do you know any illustrators?--I think you should look into it.)
I agree, Lori! You should write children's books. I think you truly have a gift. This post gave me goosebumps and made me teary-eyed :). I'm still going through all those emotions of going from a family of 3 to a family of 4. It's definitely harder but it's more rewarding at the same time. Anyway, thanks for writing such a cute post :).
So touching. So loving. I miss my little guest blogger. Enjoy the baby days because as you said...where does the time go????
Ahhh ... the story ... written and 'felt'. Words, and words between the lines. And the tender, tender tears of emotion, frustration, an love put so sweetly. Hmmmmm
Lucy, I'm so glad that you are such a great helper and that you love your baby so much...
Lori, this made me teary eyed thinking of those baby days... wanting some of my own. You're right... they go by way too fast. I always think of James as my baby... but then I step back and realize that he's a BOY now. Where did the time go?
ps. I TOTALLY agree--this could be a little children's book. It would be perfect.
You have captured the emotions of those early newborn days so well. I agree this would be a great book. Tired but joyful.
Lori and Wes (and Lucy!) congratulations! The world will be better having another one of God's children raised in your loving home. I miss and think about you all often. Take care of yourselves!
That is so so sweet! I love it!
Baby days and baby tears and baby love. It becomes a blur sometimes, thanks for capturing it and sharing it. Lucy and Spencer Dee will love to read it over and over when they are your age and when they have their babies. It was so wonderful to see you all and hold that little treasure. Think about Vince as a illustrator, could make the Christmas market for 2010 at Shadow Mountain publishing!
Love it...and oh so true!
I love it! You put it so perfectly!
So glad to be sharing (albeit long distance) these baby days with you! how I long for the time when we can be together. don't forget to call me when you get overwhelmed-I'll cry on the other end with you!
The Baby days sre wonderful and overwhelming. Each time I have been amazed at the amount of strength that Lord has blessed me with..the patience and lack of sleep. I was looking at my baby today and realized that he is not a baby he is on the road toward being a toddler. We have very similar pictures of Tori holding her brother. She loves him, but even today every once in a while she will tell him "time for you to go back into mommy's tummy." Can you imagine? This phrase is usually uttered in frustration after he has "ruinrd" one of her creations. The adjustment from three to four was a challenge, but the I think that the adjustment of two to three was a lot harder. Please let me take Lucy for some playtime so you can shower, sleep, or watch television re-runs.
Your prose reminds me of how Neal A. Maxwell wrote. You have a beautiful gift for words and for the expression of feelings. I especially enjoyed the words about how baby days are filled with tears - it is the truth. Those days are filled with tired tears, sad tears, but HAPPY tears too.
I love this post, Lori. Had to come find it as we enter another sweet session of baby days. Sure love you, my friend.
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