Walt's Birth (Part 2)

I seemed to have taken a small break from blogging.

Snuggling a sweet baby always seems more important!



  I loved blogging about Walt's delivery.  The pictures are priceless to me.

But the hours following his birth were just as special.  He was introduced to the ones that will hold him (not only as an 8lb cuddly newborn!)......   but through all of life.

The ones that loved him before he even arrived.  The ones that will cherish him.....always.

The ones that fell in love with him at first sight....

....the ones that have waited for him...prayed for him, and cried tears of joy when finally holding him.

The ones that swell with pride when looking at him.....

....and quickly learn that he has changed their world forever.

They are the ones that will support him....

.....enjoy him .....

....boast about him! ...

.....protect him....

....and always want good for him.

They are the ones that will pray for him.....

..... not be able to get enough of him! ....

....and the ones that will help to create a lifetime of memories for him.

They are the ones that he will grow with......

.....and the ones that he will come to know....

....appreciate, and enjoy.....

....as much as we do.

They are his family.

And we couldn't be more proud to call them ours.

He doesn't know it yet, but Walt's first hours of life were filled with more love than some people receive in a lifetime.

There are many good things in my life that I'm sure I take for granted.  But these people....this family....  are not one of them.

I am pridefully, yet humbly aware of how precious they are.  Of how rare it can be to have a family that not only loves you....  but that give you a life with such meaning.

To think that these are the ones that will help to raise our Walt.... is a feeling of immense comfort and peace for us.

We have weeks of photos to share with you soon!

But I know that these images from his first two days of life.....

.....will always remain some of our favorite.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love,

Kristin

Walt's Birth (Part One)

Everyone said it would happen.

They said his birth would be one of the best and most exciting days of our lives.

And I did believe them.....I knew nine months ago that we would love him.

But I've learned that your heart can never prepare you for a love like this.  

                                  

     Your mind can't possibly comprehend the magnitude of its depth...

.....or its overwhelming power.  

You have to feel it....  to understand it.



Though I've thought about it for many years....  nothing could prepare me for the sound of his first cry....

....or the moment I saw him for the first time.

And though I've always known that Troy would be a loving father...  nothing could prepare me for watching (and listening) to him fall in love.... instantly.

I couldn't yet see our new baby ...   but Troy was with him, a few feet away.  I remember calling out and asking how he was.  Between sobs, he said "he's perfect....  he's just perfect."

I'll never forget the joy and emotion in Troy's voice.

Our very first family photo....

And though they all said it would be so.....   nothing could have prepared me for the moment they placed him in my arms.

It was the moment I had dreamed of all my life..... I was now a Mother.

Though we knew so many were waiting and ready to meet him.... we kept the few hours after his birth for just the three of us.


Those hours in recovery remain my very favorite.  Being held by the love of my life....   as I held, and we studied, the new love of our life ....

priceless, precious moments for us.

But the memory that I will always remember and cherish most from his birth day.....was the moment he looked up at me for the first time.  It was as if he already knew exactly who I was, and how much I loved him.  He stared right into my eyes for what seemed like forever.  To this day (3 weeks later), I still get emotional when he looks up at me.  It takes me right back to this moment.....

Walter Monroe Davis
July 2, 2014
9:33am
8 lbs  20 inches

We praise God every day for our Walt.

For giving us joy like we've never known.....  for giving us the sweetest love of our life.

Our Best Day Yet

I'm loving all of the request for photos and a blog post of our Walt.  I'm tickled that so many want to see/hear about his birth!

The problem is.....  every time I sit down to upload photos, I look over at my baby and think.... "tomorrow, he will have grown... tomorrow, he will have already changed... cherish every minute of this day with him."  

Every time I decide to finally catch up on emails, Facebook or text, I find myself putting it down......and picking up my baby.

We are so in love with our Walt.  I struggle with words when it comes to him.  Just pure overwhelming emotion.

We don't want to miss a minute of this time with our new son.  We want to soak up the joy that comes with his first week at home.  Just the three of us.... our new family.

And so we are.

I promise to upload many hospital photos soon...... but meanwhile...  here are just a few.

I still can't believe that he's here.

I can't believe that these 9 months are over, and that our baby is in our arms.

I will forever cherish the memories of this pregnancy.....  of this journey that brought us...

our best day yet.

                  
Journey to Our Best Day Yet from Kristin Davis on Vimeo.