Sunday, July 1, 2012

4 Months


My tiny Nomulan Overlord,
you are four months old today.

Last night as I was brushing my teeth I though of the evening some one hundred and twenty sunsets past
when my water broke and your arrival was imminent;

how I shook so hard my teeth chattered
excited and terrified
by the newness of our endeavor,
both of us doing this for the first time together.


For four months now I've watched you grow chubby from my milk,
watched your Daddy get wound around your dimpled pinkie finger
and I've succumbed to the all-consuming love of a mother
for her cub.

Not that I went down swinging: my love for you was fierce from the start,
from the moment I knew you existed.

I still remember standing in the kitchen looking out at the backyard
sometime last July.
It was morning and the world pulsed extraordinarily
with hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and flowering.
My feet felt rooted differently,
my head felt no gravity my heart had begun its maternal blossoming and I remember saying to myself, "I am pregnant."
Despite two tests that said it wasn't so
despite the fact that we'd only just begun to try...


A wise and beautiful woman in Petaluma
had said some months prior
"There is a soul waiting to be your child. I don't want to tell you to hurry, but.....they are so lovely, so
happy and they love you so much..."
.
Here you are!!
Here you are, my son!!

When I wake in the morning it's Christmas
When I lay you down fresh and warm in your bassinet every night it is with more gratitude than I've ever known;
my home is a Church.

Daily you teach me things about love 
about humor
about God...

Thank you for being patient
with this late bloomer
and for being my baby.

The Most Love in the World,
Your Mama



6 comments:

mairedodd said...

a most beautiful post, a - thank you so much for sharing your journey here... those images are so heartwarming, when he looks at them in the future, he will have not one shred of doubt about how loved he truly is and always was...
happy 4 month anniversary to your most beautiful family...

emilyclare said...

Oh A, this makes me teary. All I can say is, I know. I feel it too. And it is precious gold.

You are so beautiful, that wonderfully well-fed baby boy too - what a blessing you are to each other.

Unknown said...

So sweet! <3

UmberDove said...

Oh come now!!!!! LOOK at you two!

UmberDove said...

p.s. I should mention that it was BC who told me I needed to get on the computer this morning and "go see the ridiculous pics of Allison and Orion" - I think that man of mine might be crushing...

MrsLittleJeans said...

He is adorable and so are you...kisses to you Allison!