One mom, two videos
I had a nice, relaxing Mother’s Day weekend (thank you, Q), but the highlight, aside from little gifts from the girls, was watching two baby-themed shows. On Sat., we watched, for the first time in its entirety, our video from the day Avery was born. It starts with me calmly, happily sitting in my hospital bed, blogging (!) and waiting for the induction to begin; then it cuts to me holding a very tiny baby and Q walking Zoe over to my bed to meet her little sister. The video is fairly long (thank you, Uncle Dan) and captures Avery sneezing, snoozing, crying, and getting weighed and cleaned by the nurse; Zoe kissing and holding Avery for the first time; and me and Q looking longingly at the newest addition to our family. It was really fun (and emotional) to watch, and I was struck by how calm and normal things appeared. Our lives had just changed forever, but the appearance of this little baby seemed like the most natural thing in the world. (Which, I guess, it really was.)
Sunday night, Q took me to the documentary “Babies,” which follows four children from their birth to first steps. I had been dying to see it, and Mother’s Day certainly seemed like the appropriate time to watch a bunch of babies grow up, literally, before our eyes. It was a sweet movie (though I joked to Q that we could have saved our $21 by just watching Avery crawl around at home) and it reminded me of two important things: that a baby’s first year goes by like a flash; and that infancy is really an awe-inspiring thing! I had a huge lump in my throat when one of the babies, with a huge grin on his face, stood up for the first time – and I just couldn’t get wait to get home to see my babies.
-M