Artifact Motherhood | Season of Motherhood

Artifact Motherhood | Season of Motherhood

9.29.2020

My favorite spot in the house right now.  It doesn't look like much; the chair is weathered and stained, but it's the corner in our home where I find slices of daily joy as I rock and nurse my last baby.  I'm taking it all in: Ezra's tiny toes, his chunky thighs and wrist rolls, and the sound of his sighs as he drifts off to sleep in my arms.  There's nothing else on earth quite like those quiet ordinary moments spent in this very chair.  Nursing is connection and comfort, for both of us!

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This is Artifact Motherhood; a collaboration of artists from around the world who have come together to share our stories of the joys and struggles of our journey. Through our writings and visual records, we want to create memories that are more than photographs with dates written on the back. These are the artifacts we are leaving behind for our children and for generations to come.

This entry is a part of a series called "Seasons of Motherhood" and is meant to be one picture and one caption that represents our current journey/season of motherhood. 

Please VISIT THE NEXT ARTIST in our blog circle, Carla Monge, and continue through all the artists until you get back to me!

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Four Months with Ezra

Four Months with Ezra

9.25.2020

We cannot get enough of this sweet chunky baby!!!  This month...

Ezra discovered his hands.  It's one of my favorite milestones.

We lovingly tease him with the name, Vulture Head.  Lol.  We visited Zoo Boise and when we passed the vulture exhibit, I rubbed Ezra's fluffy new hair growth.  His head looks a lot like a vulture's head at this point.  It's coming in blonde!

Ezra is the most quiet, content, and patient baby.  He often lies awake in his crib just looking around and sucking on his hands.  I have no idea if he's been awake 5 minutes or 50!  So I bought a little camera for the nursery to help me spy on him.  Ezra is exactly the baby we need right now during this busy and stressful season of building a house and selling another.

He sleeps about 8 hours straight at night. I feed him and he goes right back to sleep until well after the sun comes up.  Sometimes I hear him wake around midnight, but he simply flops around like a fish for a few minutes and puts himself back to sleep. I have never had a baby do that so young!  Ezra takes one long nap around 11AM every day and the rest of his naps are either on the go in his car seat or on me after he nurses.  I cherish those snuggles!  

Baby Boy is happy and smiley and likes to laugh, especially when I blow raspberries into his chunky thighs after a diaper change.

We all had some good entertainment at the park one evening when Ezra tried his hardest to roll from his back to his stomach.  He just couldn't quite make it over without some help.

Ezra spits up so much, that 1. I'm surprised he's as rolly as he currently is and 2. I bought a pack of bibs just to keep his clothes dry.  We go through so many bibs!  I am perpetually doing laundry.

Words cannot express just how much Ezra has me wrapped around his little finger.  I live for every sweet smile and to hold him close.

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A Two Minute Snapshot of Ezra at 3 Months

A Two Minute Snapshot of Ezra at 3 Months

9.16.2020

Sometimes a photo cannot capture everything I love or that makes me happy.  The way Ezra always has his hands in his mouth, moves his little feet, and squeals are all just a fleeting phase.  On a whim last night, I switched my camera over to video.  I still have no idea what I'm doing and I stayed up way too late learning a new program and putting this together, but I'm sappy and proud of this little video.  Think of it as a minute long snapshot of my sweet baby boy.

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