{"id":2767,"date":"2016-07-18T20:24:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T00:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2016-07-18T20:24:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T00:24:32","slug":"baby-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/baby-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-6-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-6-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (6 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-6-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-6-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-6-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isabelle Claire arrived a little over two weeks ago\u00a0in all her teeny, tiny 6 pound 1 ounce cuteness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-2-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-2-of-77-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (2 of 77)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-2-of-77-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-2-of-77-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-2-of-77-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-2-of-77.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-4-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-4-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (4 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-4-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-4-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-4-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-3-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-3-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (3 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-3-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-3-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-3-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are deliriously happy, sleep deprived, head over heels, smitten.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-8-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-8-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (8 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-8-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-8-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-8-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No one seems to be able to get enough of her. \u00a0Not even me at 3 in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-7-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-7-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (7 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-7-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-7-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-7-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I sniff her hair and neck and wish there were some way to preserve that newborn smell. \u00a0You know, the way some moms save baby clothes or locks of hair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-13-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-13-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (13 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-13-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-13-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-13-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-15-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-15-of-77-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (15 of 77)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-15-of-77-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-15-of-77-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-15-of-77-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-15-of-77.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-16-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-16-of-77-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (16 of 77)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-16-of-77-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-16-of-77-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-16-of-77-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-16-of-77.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-19-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-19-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (19 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-19-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-19-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-19-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish I could memorize her. The creases in her neck, her long fingers, the way she lazily blinks when she&#8217;s trying to wake up, the ever so slight rhythmic motion of her breathing as she snuggles against my chest, the way she curls up into a C. \u00a0I try; but it&#8217;s impossible. \u00a0I&#8217;ve had three babies before and somehow, sadly, the years make you forget.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-10-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-10-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (10 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-10-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-10-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-10-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-11-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-11-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (11 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-11-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-11-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-11-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-9-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-9-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (9 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-9-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-9-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-9-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This newborn stage is intoxicating. \u00a0It&#8217;s the one that makes me want twenty more babies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-42-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-42-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (42 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-42-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-42-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-42-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not the only one. \u00a0The day after we were home Liam had her all snuggled up on his shoulder when he looked at me across the room. &#8220;I wish you&#8217;d go through another pregnancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever for?&#8221; I asked, curious how he could possibly so soon forget what it was like to have a pregnant mom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-20-of-77.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-20-of-77-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"newborn (20 of 77)\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-20-of-77-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-20-of-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newborn-20-of-77-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s here! Isabelle Claire arrived a little over two weeks ago\u00a0in all her teeny, tiny 6 pound 1 ounce cuteness. We are deliriously happy, sleep deprived, head over heels, smitten.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baby","category-bella"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39ynQ-ID","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2767"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}