Sunday, May 23, 2010

the heir apparent

On May 4th at 10:34 a.m. I had this baby.....Theo Gabriel Sanchez

I'm pretty much all the way in love with this baby. He weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces and was 20 in. long. He was actually due yesterday, the 22nd but my water broke at 1am on the 4th and that was that....my first experience not being induced and I did surprisingly well not controlling the entire world for a few minutes. Look at that baby!!! please....another blond, white, blue eyed morsel for me to nibble. stop it...
he's one of those babies who really doesn't want to cry. He'll do it for a few seconds and then he pretty much looks for any excuse to stop. He, of course, at 19 days old, is clearly a genius to anyone observing. He actually smiles when you ask him to....he laughs when the girls are joking around and he has rolled over 3 times from his tummy to his back....yeah....Doogie Howser, step aside.

It goes without saying that two five year old girls, which both of mine are right now, and a small male baby who is so cute and living in our house goes something like this......."MOVE, it's my turn to stand beside him...."....stop, he doesn't like it when you do that! You have to do THIS!" "We have the cutest baby in the whole world, mom....everyone else's baby isn't so cute....isn't he the sweetest cutest baby of all the babies, mom?" "Hi, Theo, do you want to play with this...look!...it's my bear! Can he tell it's me mom? Can he see me? Why is he always sleeping?" "This is my baby brother, his name is Theo, he has a lot of hair doesn't he? He's so cute, isn't he....he smiles when things are funny!" "Mom, can Theo see our house? Does he like our pink walls? Does he know us? When I'm 8 will Theo still be a baby? Because when I'm 8 I want to hold him standing up instead of sitting down"......
sheesh....



Mostly I appreciate his lack of estrogen and all the accompanying tears, words, emotions and drama that go therewith...

I had quite forgotten the sweetness of baby's breath and fingers and the softness of their hair and cheeks and the explosiveness of their poop....It is such a pleasure for me to remember them with this little muchacho....I always knew I wanted a boy so that theoretically I could have a boy and whatever else that meant but the reality of him is just so totally delicious I wish I were less tired so I could look at him all the time. I'm noticing the lack of sleep unraveling my mind just a smidge but what's new....hopefully I can sleep one of these weeks and start my ascent to life and responsibilities again. So there you are....Everyone this is Theo....Theo, meet everyone....







16 comments:

Katie Corbridge said...

You two really do make the cutest babies/kids in the world! He is so stinkin' cute!!! I love your little girls comments too - I can totally hear their voice in it! How fun and CONGRATS!

Taryn and the boys said...

oh erin he is so sweet! i wish i were there so i could hold the wonder baby. so glad you had your boy. i may just have to borrow a girl from you. we'll be in town in july, i want to see him.

JOSH AND ANGELA said...

LOVE. I am totally in love! He is absolutely beautiful and perfect in every way.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

JenW said...

i want to fly there just to hold that baby! man! so wonderful! and you should just send me more and more pictures he's so stinking cute! good job mama! and ascending to responsibilities again is, definitely, overrated:)

Mary Lampros said...

Great post, Erin. He is so beautiful. Tell Gabriel he has himself a little boy that looks just like him in the face. All that blond hair! Can't get over it. Congratulations, you two! And say hi to the big sisters for me...

liz j said...

Holy. Moly. Erin, he is gorgeous. I don't know if it's p.c. to say something like that these days, but he really is beautiful. I love the smiley photo. Cracks me up.

andi said...

Um, now I want one! (Crap.)

He really is all that.

JOSH AND ANGELA said...

Oh... and by the way... you must let us know when you bless this man child of yours... we totally want to be there!

marshall p said...

that baby is too adorable. aww.

Cammie said...

He is gorgeous and perfect! I'm so happy for you and I love this post.

Team Clark said...

He is so handsome, Erin!
I hope you're feeling well!

Sergio and Sarah said...

These are great photos of Theo! He could not be any cuter and sweet. We can't wait to see him!!

charles said...

Beautiful baby boy! Congratulations!

MaryAnne and Thayne said...

I have been wondering how you have been doing? Theo is so so so cute:) I love him. You have such a cute family. Someone told me when you have a baby boy, he is your boyfriend you get to carry around!!! I always love that. ENJOY.

JAKE AND STACY said...

He is so cute. I'm loving all the pics. I can just imagine the girls fighting over him.

Giandrea said...

So we're pretty late following this news but it's still good news to us. So cute! He's probably cured cancer by now.