I have sat here twice now attempting to write something. I start writing and then erase it all. I may not be good at this yet but, I at LEAST have to start right? So, here it goes.
This is February 8th, the Friday of a long but exciting week. Chris' baby boy is home and it has been such a fun event. It is surreal and I think the reality of it hasn't sunk in yet.
The crazy thought came to me today...."Do they even have a pediatrician?"
Anyway, Blake is just beautiful. He is hard to describe in that, he is really so beautiful. Words don't do him justice.
His skin is this amazing color, golden and warm. I can't imagine it ever being cold. He is so different from what we see in the faces of our family daily that I find myself reassuring myself that yes, he is really ours now. He is really our family. My sister said the other day. "He has changed the Williams male lineage." Or something along those lines. Our "Williams" family tree has changed and there will forever be a piece of Guatemalan blood that runs through it. Pretty cool
Ok, moving on.....
It has been hard to get time with him one on one at this point though. With the many family members around it is crowded and just plain busy. I am ok though. Surprisingly ok.
I usually don't do well in these situations. I can get competitive anxiety and my feelings can get hurt if I didn't feel I had equal opportunity. But, I am ok. Ok is good at this point.
So, I will end with a quick conversation I had with Hadley the night before we met Blake.
ME- Hadley, you get to meet your new baby cousin tomorrow!
HADLEY- really? Tomorrow? But, I am going to have to get "oosed" to him.
ME- Why would you have to get used to him?
HADLEY - Because he is a black baby.
Needless to say she got "oosed" to him quickly. When asked what she thought of him at the end of the night she said, "he's pretty cute."
