Classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty by means of the seven liberal arts and the four sciences so that, in Christ, the student is enabled to better know, glorify, and enjoy God. - Andrew Kern
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Avery Rose - Born February 9, 2013!
Praise God! She is finally here!
Avery Rose was born February 9, 2013 at 3:01pm, weighing 6lbs, 15oz. She was 20 inches tall! She is absolutely amazing!! She's about 3 1/2 weeks old now... she'll be a month old in just 4 days! She's tiny - still only about 7.5 lbs now, but she's happy and healthy!
The pain is 90% GONE and my beautiful precious Avery is FINALLY here! I've been waiting for her since early 2009. This wonderful child is a true miracle and an answer to many prayers! Her big sister Zoe actually prayed for a baby sister last summer and it was that month that she started praying that we finally found out we were expecting and of course... it turned out to be a girl, just as Zoe said :-)
Avery looks quite a bit like Zoe did at this age! I can definitely see some differences though. She has dimples just like her sister though!! So cute! Right now, at least at this stage she's at now, I think she looks more like Gage than me. She is such a good baby so far - she sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time. We usually only need to wake up 2 times a night. I am so much more exhausted this time around though... I remember last time I had a newborn waking up wasn't a challenge but now every time I need to get up I feel like it's impossible. haha!
I feel like I've just climbed Everest or something. This pregnancy ranked among the top 3 most difficult and challenging trials in my life so far... the top two being my parents divorce in 1995 and my Mom passing away in 2005. The past 9 months completely changed my perspective on life. I'm so excited to see what the future holds now!
The pain stuck around for a week after Avery's birth and then one morning (after one of the worst nights I ever experienced...) I woke up feeling completely fine. I still don't understand it! It must have been a direct answer to someone's prayer because for me to go from total agony to completely fine in a matter of hours... it's incredible!
It's amazing how fast time is flying now that I'm not in excruciating pain every moment of the day :) I still have a pretty serious problem with my back and pelvis but I can WALK again which, to me, is an absolute miracle! After 7 months of being in so much pain 24/7, the pain had become normal to me. So now, almost a month later, every time I do something that I wasn't able to do without pain for so long, I'm shocked that I can do it again! I go from sitting to standing in about 2 seconds now instead of 10-15 seconds. I actually surprised Zoe today by showing her that I can in fact jump again ;) Granted, not super well...but hey to a 4 year old it was pretty impressive.
I now have such an enormous appreciation for the ability to be mobile. I hope I can always be grateful for this. I hope I can always appreciate the ability to walk, stand up, sit in a chair, lay down, roll over in bed, get dressed, put on shoes...
I'm not sure when but as soon as I can, I'll be getting back on the treadmill and hopefully, by God's grace, I'll be able to run again sometime this summer. I seriously may cry once I'm finally able to run again.
Even through all that pain, all the challenges we all went through during the pregnancy, I am so beyond glad that I did it. It was worth it. She is here!
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Congrats Shaina! She is gorgeous :)
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