The Day of His Blessed Blessing

As I sit here thinking about what to type to explain the day that Ellis was blessed, I am stumped. I mean there are things that happened, there were family and friends involved, but more than that, all I can think of is how I felt. I felt grateful. I felt a gladness and pure joy in my heart. Grateful that I am lucky enough to call this little guy one of my own. Glad that he is part of our family. And just knowing that this is the way it is supposed to be. It just feels right. This spiritual high lasted a good week almost.
Sure there are things about this newborn stage that I hate; lack of sleep, the baby barf, changing diapers in the middle of the night when I'm about to fall over, and general fussiness. But it doesn't change the fact that I love the snot out of this little boy.

Sometimes...

Sometimes when the kids are at school or they are home from school and playing together somewhere else in the house, I can sneak off and have a nap with Ellis. This is the best part of my day. Not only do I get to recharge my batteries, but I get to just look at the miracle that this baby is. He is his own person, and by that I mean, stubborn and fussy for most of the day. But when he sleeps he is an angel. I don't have to walk around trying to calm him, I can just lay there peacefully. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to be a mother and to have children. I think some of us who are mothers forget that there and lots of women out there who can't have children, myself included. Anyway, that's my two cents for the day, take time today to love your children and if you don't have any, love your parents, because they love you.

The Littlest Dude

It's crazy to me that Ellis is already 3 weeks old! But he is and we are adjusting to life with him. The other day I could hear the kids debating something downstairs and so being the nosy mother I am I listened in. It went something like this...

Evie, "Well, I think Ellis is cuter."

Ethan, "Well, Shelly is cute too and she doesn't cry all the time."

Evie, "Yeah you're right, but baby Ellis is cuter."

So, there you have it, Ethan likes the dog better than his brother. :) Just kidding. Evie really adores him right now, but I think Ethan will show more interest when he can do more than the normal newborn stuff. Like play with Legos...or smile.

I Can't Stop...

taking pictures of this kid! It seems like I can't get the angle right to capture his true essence or something...But here are some of the ones that are pretty cute anyway. This first one I threw in because it looks like he has a magical mist surrounding him. I have no clue how that happened, it's not because I tried to do it on purpose, that's for sure!

Ellis Guy Cash

Ellis Guy Cash was born September 24th at 7:37am and weighed in at 7lbs. 4 oz. and was 20in long. Not the biggest of the babies or the longest but cute none the less! :) He is doing well, the surgery went quickly and while on the table the elderly gentleman assisting in the surgery, I'm guessing a seasoned surgeon said, "That's a fine looking uterus." To which I replied "Thank you." It was an interesting comment, no doubt directed to my OB, but interesting none the less. So, don't be jealous ya'll that you don't have a good looking uterus like mine m'kay....

We are both doing well and home now. My mom is here to help and I'm excited to have her here. Well, I'm going to go sit down for a while because I'm wiped out, but thanks for the well wishes!

Baby Boy Cash

This little fella is as healthy as can be and mom is doing well too. No name yet. Then I couldn't get the pictures from Facebook to Blogger...sorry.

As most of you know, tomorrow I will be going in and having this little guy via C-Section. We are all really excited in the Cash house and can't wait! I just wanted to take some last pictures of the belly before it becomes a soft belly again with nobody kicking my guts around in there. :) I would really appreciate you keeping me in your prayers, as surgery is always quite scary to me. Thanks and we'll post pictures as soon as possible!