The Swing of Life

Nope, not talking about the playground equipment. The above title refers to the swinging of Aisha's mood, which dictates just about everything in our universe: amount of sleep, amount of relax time, number of trips to the front yard (a great way to calm down a screaming infant), travel (should we feed her before we go, or figure out a way to feed her there?), and I'm pretty sure she decided when the sun rises and sets.

Our beautiful Aisha has officially stolen our hearts! She is smiling a lot now - just about every time she sees mommy or daddy. The biggest smiles come when she sees mommy at mealtime. Mix those smiles with the ooos and aahheeehoooooouuuus and I fall apart every time. Truly children can't understand how much their parents love them until they are parents themselves.

So here, for your viewing pleasure...the cyclical moods of Aisha Grace:

I'm just a happy little girl!

Daddy made a funny face!

I think Mommy is beautiful!

Life is good

Does anyone else feel kinda hungry?

I want foooooooooooood!

thanks, Mom - that was yummy!

zzzzzzz....

Almost Five weeks already!

The last few weeks have been all about getting used to our new life as parents. We have gone through some pretty major changes over the past month. Even the most eloquent words spun together fail to describe what it feels like to hold your tiny daughter close to you. To watch her smile back at you for the first time, to chuckle while she screams during her bath. There is nothing like it! I have also discovered the anomaly in the time/space continuum that so many people talk about when they have kids. Time strangely shifts into fast forward the moment they are born. Already almost five weeks old? How can that be? I half way expect some pimple faced boy to show up at my door tomorrow night asking if he can date my teenage daughter. I am working on finding a good shot-gun.