One week ago...

One week ago I was leaving work for the last time this year. I didn't know it at the time. I had had a busy day and felt lousy, but just figured it was due to being pregnant and so busy. I went home where Gavin made taco salad for me and I collapsed on the couch and told Tidbit that I was ready for him. Apparently he took it to heart. Just before midnight I started having contractions.
The last week has been an amazing, wonderful, stressful, tiring, exciting, wonderful week. It feels like SO much longer than a week since my baby has been here. Every day feels like a week in many ways - maybe because I "sleep" in about 5 two hour periods each day. Maybe because something new and beautiful happens every day. Maybe because I'm just completely exhausted and I can't keep track of days anymore!
Being a mother to a newborn is nothing like what I could have anticipated. You can't describe to someone else  what the mix of hormones, sleep deprivation, and overwhelming love feels like. Let's just say it is wonderful and amazing when you look into those beautiful eyes.