We love you Naomi Rose....

We are doing really great! I still haven't had a chance to read the comments and emails yet (over a hundred) and our phones have been off but we do check our voicemails to keep the inbox from getting full. Each day gets easier and more relaxed. She is so incredibly beautiful and wonderful and we love everything about her. Bo is outside watering the lawn with her right now and the cats and chickens are running around them. It's going to be a beautiful sunny day.... He is the best father ever and has done EVERYTHING except feedings and even with those, he is directly involved as it really takes two people in the beginning. I actually haven't changed a diaper yet! There has never been a father more natural and in love than him.

Bo and I hadn't decided what to do regarding visitors as we were playing it day by day but this morning we agreed since he only has a week left, we are going to wait until he goes back to work before having visitors because we are sooo enjoying this time alone. And time flies! It is so obvious that we are establishing such a close bond, good feeding and good sleeping habits. It's nice to be able to enjoy our home and shower when we have time. We also want to wait about a month before children visit (so no nieces and nephews). We do have a couple people helping us out (mainly so we don't have to leave the house to buy things). They are also providing invaluable feedback on everything from feeding to sleeping. We couldn't do this without them!

Also, a few people have asked about our birth experience and we both agreed before Naomi was born that we wouldn't be sharing details. I mentioned this in a previous blog post. It was the most incredible experience of our life and we could never ever express the level of intimacy and the wonderous joy that we experienced when she was born. A "birth story" with too many details would negate that and it's far too intimate and something we want to keep between us and will share with her someday. It was everything we thought it would be and more.

I will share this... moments before she was born, Bo was looking into my eyes holding my face. We were both calm and he was taking deep loving breaths with me. I will never forget the look on his face the moment we both heard her first cry and how he was looking straight into my eyes at the moment. His eyes widened, he smiled said, "there she is!" His eyes stayed locked with mine as he didn't want to leave me and I responded, "go get her!" And in that moment, he left my side and became a father. And since that moment he has not taken his eyes off of her. This is what I was looking forward to the most: seeing Bo love someone ten times more than he loves me. Going from being all mine to all hers. We of course both had tears pouring down our face and I kept telling Bo to take photos as he could not stop gaping at her in wonderous surprise. We could not stop staring at her, she was perfectly healthy and here and real. One of the first things I said was, "this just can't be real, I can't believe this is real!" We have waited so long to meet her.

I will never ever forget this moment for as long as I live.

Photos to come soon! I promise!