Here we are, into Maryanne's fifth week. I can already see the chubbiness growing. Her face is rounding out, and in a few weeks she'll have the hereditary "Hill Thunder-Thighs." I can't believe that she's been in our family for four full weeks already. The strangest thing for me is that our family has just continued on living, almost like bringing a new baby into our family wasn't an interruption of life at all.In the past, whenever I had a baby it took our family six weeks (give or take) to get back to "normal." But, this time, it's almost like I never had a baby ... Maryanne must have just been with us all along. There's no denying the fact that she was meant to be a part of our family. Everyone adores her and is so in love with her; each of the children are possessive of her, and protective as well. That's been our biggest obstacle to overcome ... who gets to hold Maryanne. Adam, who is the youngest, is technically supposed to have a hard time adjusting to having a baby around. But, he loves her and just wants to be around her. He asked to give her a kiss on the head while we were walking in the hallway at Andrew's school today.
We truly have been blessed with this little darling in our house. And, I'm so glad that we finally made the decision to accept her into our family when we thought our family was complete the way it was. She has brought us so much joy ... I just wish that the rest of our family could be here to enjoy her as much as we do.
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