The Life of Bon: Details

Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Details






I have heard that the enjoyment of life is found in the details.

There are so many details to our newborn lives now.  Things you notice without noticing.  Things I hope I will never forget about these days.  Things I know I will if I don't write them down.

The way June gulps when she is first eating, taking huge, frantic swallows.  It almost sounds like she is drowning, trying desperately to reach the surface, to get some air.  Gasp.  Gasp.  Gasp.  She soon realizes that the food is not going anywhere and she settles down, but those first moments of intense gulping...  Those are the details.

Greg's high pitched voice when he tries to calm her down, "You're okay!  You're okay!  What you crying for?  You're okay!"

Her sneeze-farts.  She lifts her legs and exerts so much effort getting that big sneeze out that oops! Out comes something else, too.

How alive she is when she's awake.  She opens her eyes so big, as if testing anyone to question that whether or not she's aware of what's going on.  When she's awake, she's so absolutely awake- constantly looking around, figuring out her new surroundings, checking out the ceiling fan.  She moves her arms, makes tiny fists, tries to put her hand up to her mouth to keep her pacifier in place.  She makes noises with her mouth.  It's like she's saying, "This is my body, now what exactly can I do with it?"  She is so busy figuring it all out, and then just like that she is asleep- exhausted from the hard work of figuring out how to be a person.

How much she loves taking warm showers with Greg.  She snuggles right up against his chest and just lets that warm water drip down on her.  She'd stay in there all day if we let her.

The way Maverick looks when she starts crying.  He goes right up to her without touching her and stares at her.  Then he looks at me.  Then at her.  Then back at me.  I imagine if he could talk he'd be saying, "Hey, lady, you gonna do something about this crying baby?  I mean, come on, feed her already!"

How calm she is when she spits up.  She just kind of spits it all out of her mouth and then sits there, like it's nothing, doesn't even care if I wipe it off or clean her up.  "Yah, I didn't like the milk, mom, but don't worry about it- it's fine, I can just leave it here all over my face.  Don't want to inconvenience you or anything..."





19 comments:

  1. Too bad it's not so cute when adults have sneeze farts! But in all seriousness, I can't wait to see how my dog is when we have a little one in the house. It makes me have all the warm fuzzies inside when I see pictures and videos of dogs with babies.

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  2. She's SO sweet, Bonnie!

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  3. What a lovely post! June is beautiful!

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  4. Ah, I love the puppy cuddling picture!!!! :) SO cute!!! And I'm glad Maverick is so good to her.

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  5. This is so sweet! She is just precious!! :)

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  6. What sweet puppy and baby photos!

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  7. That picture of Maverick cuddling up to June is the best.

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  8. Super cute, and I totally agree with you that the details are the best part of being a new parent!

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  9. Her eyes are so big! What a beautiful little girl.

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  10. I can't pass your post with that gorgeous baby picture staring at me, not ever.

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  11. Her sneeze-farts..... ha!! That cracked me up!!

    She is adorable... and the pics with Mav ~ too Cute!!

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  12. Doggies and babies, the cutest combination ever!

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  13. She is the cutest little girl!!

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  14. Those details switch so fast and then come new ones and then new ones over and over. It's such a sweet and demanding time. And congratulations!! I haven't been on blogs in forever and am so excited to see she's here (I lost track of time... of course she is! :))

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  15. I love June's face in the last picture...she doesn't seem to return Maverick's feelings for her.

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  16. The little details are the best! I've been trying to write more of them down this second time around because there are so many little things that I forgot with my first. I feel like having babies teaches you the importance of journaling because it is SO easy to forget the little things! I love this post! Especially the spit up part. Haha. Babies crack me up! Also, your interpretation of her thoughts is awesome!

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