Lillian Glory Calhoun

My oh my...I apologize dear friends for not posting anything sooner. I mean, obviously the baby has long since arrived. It was kind of a whirlwind and I haven't stopped running since.

Lillian Glory Calhoun was born on October 12, 2011 at 12:30 pm. A lunchtime baby! Her journey into life started the night before around 11pm. I had random contractions all day long, and then my water broke that night as Cory and I laid talking in bed...haphazzardly timing contractions. Off to the hospital we went. It wasn't long until the contractions picked up in intensity. I made it about 6 hours laboring on my own without any pain medications. Just a wonderfully hot shower--this was GOD's GIFT! Then it was time for an epidural.

The nurses, our Midwife, Cory, our family were INCREDIBLE. I had a wonderful team of people supporting me, and I feel beyond thankful for the experience I had.

Adjusting to life at home with Lilli was tough the first few weeks. My emotions were pretty wacky and with all the postpartum craziness and drops in hormone levels, I had lots of cries. But never have I experienced such incredible love like what Cory and I share for Lilli. She is the piece we had NO IDEA was missing from our lives.

Being a Mama is really intense. I mean crazy intense. There is so much emotion wrapped up into our little bodies and sometimes I just can't contain it, and I don't even know where to put it all. The emotions are complex...there's pain, and joy, tenderness, excitement, sadness, and so so much love.

Lilli will be 5 months old on Monday. Time really does escape me. I am trying to hold onto each and every moment. I am already back at work (this is week 3), and sometimes it feels like those first 4 months barely happened--where, oh where did all of those minutes, and hours, and days go? They are tucked away into the deepest parts of me.

I am going to try and keep up to date with the blog. At least once a week is my goal for now. So much to talk about--no good place to begin so I'll just jump right back in. I've missed this little outlet of mine.

Lilli sends her love--so much journey ahead.