I’m sitting on the sofa.  Nomes is asleep on my chest.  Just listening to her breathing and feeling the warmth of her little body makes me happy.  Content.  Complete.  I adore her.  Her smile.  The way she agressively kicks and “air crawls”.  I love the way she knows me and finds saftey and comfort with me.  How she sleeps just a little bit better next me than by herself.  How she manages to get poop on the sleeve of my shirt… high up… near the shoulder.  How she smells.  How she wraps all of her fingers around my one.  She smiles so big when I yawn.  She makes faces and sounds at the funniest times.  I wish I could record all of it. Every thing.  It is all going by so fast.  I love her.

Mama loves Naomi.

Yesterday had two big things.  The first was tummy time.  Nomes hates tummy time.  The moment I lay her on her stomach she gets pissed off.  So we’ve been doing modified tummy time by laying her on my shins or playing airplane.  After some research online I went to Target to see what I could find to help in this particular issue.  I found the Fisher Price Rainforest 1-2-3 Musical Gym.  I layed her on the cute little pillow and she didn’t get pissed off.  She didn’t even cry.  It lasted for a couple of minutes before she fussed.  She even did a lil baby push up!  I was so proud of her.  She’s strong, and I want to make sure she continues to develop her strength, but I also hate to see her so distressed.  I’m a first time Mom, I’m sure I’ll get over it, heh.

So the baby push up and the ability to do tummy time on her own made me happy enough.  But THEN, while sitting with Daddy, she reached for her rattle and grabbed it.  She hung on for a couple of minutes and even shook it some.  I got it on video.

It was a very big day.

I adore her.  Did I say that already? Let me say it again.  I adore her.  She makes me happy and I love making her happy.  I love it when she smiles at me.  I even love it when she’s upset and looks to me for help.  I love curling up with her in the mornings.  She’s my beautiful baby girl.

Nursing at home is great.  Nursing in public needs some practice.  Sunday was my first time nursing her someplace other than the car.  It was … interesting.  I decided I don’t care for the privacy wrap I was using and switched to a different style.  Tried the new one today and it’s much better.  Better coverage and less fuss.

I’d like to try a ring sling and see how she takes to that.  The extra fabric off the sling can double as a privacy cover… which means less things to carry around.  Always good.  The diaper bag is already like bringing lugage every where we go!

Sunday at BJs a Mom at the table next to ours stopped to chat on her way out.  She had an Ellaroo and loves it.  (That’s one of my favorite things about being a new Mom.  The random chatter with other Mom’s.  So many women will come up to say hi to Naomi and engage in various child related conversations.  … and of course they all think she is super cute!) She refered me to Sling Fling Slings.  Custom slings at a reasonable price ($25-$30 compared to $100ish for an Ellaroo).  So we’ll see.