Co-sleeping

He falls asleep in my arms sometime during the evening, when I need to get ready for bed I lay him on the couch with a pillow next to him and do what I need to do. When I'm ready for bed I take him back to the bed and lay him on a pillow from the waist up (he doesn't roll so he never moves from where I lay him down) then I lay next to him. He wakes up to nurse two or three times at night but never really wakes, I feed him and we go back to sleep.

Love

I often think about the world for babies. I figure the first word Adam learned was his name. I think the first love he knew was the love I have for him. It's such a simple, beautiful thing, loving your baby. I am so glad I've breastfed all my children and so thankful I've been able to stay home with them. This was my dream, to have children, to be a mom, and it's more wonderful than I ever could have imagined.

Nursing to sleep. June 19

Sweetie

I love the way he crosses that leg when he's nursing. Here he had just drifted off to sleep.

Going to sleep at the breast. Nine months old.

My handsome little son at the pool after a swim.

Adam and his bear.

Adam gained steadily despite the holes in his heart until December, the one month I seem to have no pictures of him with his bear. The difference in the pictures after his January 12th open-heart surgery are very obvious, once his heart was fixed all the good milk he was drinking got to stay with him and make him grow. I'm so proud of him, he has worked hard eating and growing. Good boy!

Mommy and Baby

Nine months old.

This picture was taken May 30th and Adam turned 9 months old on June 1st and on June 4th he ate almost an entire small jar of green beans! Very exciting for mommy since he has been turning his nose up at baby food until now :)