{"id":637,"date":"2004-03-03T19:54:59","date_gmt":"2004-03-03T23:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/?p=637"},"modified":"2004-03-03T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2004-03-03T23:54:59","slug":"i-love-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2004\/03\/03\/i-love-my-son\/","title":{"rendered":"I love my son."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I LOVE MY LITTLE GUY!!! I was just sitting here with my nursing and thinking. . . .<\/p>\n<p>I love studying his growing body. I love his getting-bluer-every-day eyes. I love the roses in his cheeks. I love that he has my husband&#8217;s ears. I love that his face is shaped like Elise&#8217;s, his sister in Heaven. I love that every day his eyelashes are getting longer and his eyebrows are getting darker. I love the smell of his sweet baby breath and his sweet baby poo.\u00a0 I love his chunky trunk. I love his big feet and his sausage toes. I love his dimples for knuckles and his chubby wrists. I love all his chins.<\/p>\n<p>I love what he does. I love that he kicks and giggles in anticipation of his after-bath baby massage. I love that he belches like a sailor in a quiet, but crowded sanctuary. I love that he eats with audible gusto. I love that he unashamedly puts on the pounds.<\/p>\n<p>I love the ego boost he gives me. I love that he watches me enter and leave a room. I love that he grins at me the most. I love that my voice can comfort him. I love realizing that God made my body especially for his little self right now. I alone can feed him perfectly. All my newly larger and softer spots perfectly cushion his nuzzling head and his tender legs. I love that when I&#8217;m with him &#8212; even at 2.5 months &#8212; he knows he&#8217;s safe and he&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n<p>I love how he&#8217;s changed our lives. Television is now not as exciting as simply studying his face. I love watching my husband&#8217;s stress melt away when they snuggle. I love seeing Cricket the Wonder Dog fiercely protect this helpless pack member. I love learning to type with one hand.\u00a0 I love that pushing the stroller still feels like I&#8217;m playing house. I love discovering new aisles in department stores &#8212; aisles full of ointments and wipes, blocks and wagons, tiny saddle oxfords and dapper suits. I love that while I&#8217;m unshowered, uncombed, and undressed, my husband says I&#8217;m beautiful because I&#8217;m feeding our son. I love that, when they see us together, strangers easily start up conversations and friends thank the Lord. I love that amidst sleepless nights and crying jags this still feels like bliss. I love that after four years of learning from our time to mourn, we now have our time to dance.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, I&#8217;m in love. After only 10 weeks, 1 day, and 7.5 hours, I&#8217;m captivated and fascinated, enthralled and in awe. 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