This weeks prompt by Tara at Sticky Fingers for The Gallery is to chose a photo I am proud of.
Hmmmm.....well this is a difficult task because I have different photos that I am proud of for different reasons. However, I am trying hard to just select one photo this week as most weeks I tend to display at least two!!
So I have decided to use a photograph which I am proud of due to who is featured in it (as if you couldn't guess lol).
But it is more than that, this was the first photo I took of Burton alone. (Up to this point the OH had taken all the photos, bar a couple I took of him holding Burton.) It was up on the ward about 5 hours after he was born. His daddy was asleep in the chair and I should have been sleeping myself but of course, despite being awake for well over 48 hours, I just couldn't. I wanted to take another look at my little baby boy who I had carried for the last 9 months, while there was no one else with me. This little bundle of joy who I had given birth to. I just wanted to take it all in really and think about how I felt to be his mummy. Wondering how I was going to cope now he was here and feeling a little scared. At this moment I still couldn't quite believe my luck that he was just so perfect, and healthy and gorgeous!
Therefore, although I have photos of other subjects that I am proud of and could have used this week, none of them encapsulate the feeling of pride I felt when I took this
and indeed still do feel every time I look at him :-)
Lovely post! Every time I walk past my son's first photo, taken mere hours after his birth, I have to stop and take a quick deep breath at the awesomeness of it all.
ReplyDeleteHe is so cute! I was feeling the same after giving birth to my Isabelle...my hubby exhausted and I had so much energy I couln't sleep and was holding her and cuddling her and couln't get enough of her ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, such a little cutie - and a really beautiful post :)
ReplyDelete*wipes away a tear*
I am sat in tears, I am very emotional today. Amazing
ReplyDeleteBeautiful :-) ooo can't wait for my baby
ReplyDeleteAh, made me cry too!
ReplyDeleteSuch a special moment when you get that first chance to breathe and take it what you have achieved i remember it well! xx
What a lovely post and cute photo of the little man! xo
ReplyDeleteIsnt that he most special moment? When afte the initial excitement some peace settles and you get to just look at them?! When Red Ted was born, I hardly slept that night, even though he slept like, erm, a baby. The next night on the other hand....
ReplyDeleteLovely photo!
Maggy
Oh I remember that feeling exactly! What a beautiful photo! xx
ReplyDeleteOh it's gorgeous....now I feel broody and emotional!
ReplyDeleteWho CAN possibly sleep after just giving birth? I have always been on such a high....beautiful, precious time. :)
It has to be the proudest moment of a woman's life - we are so lucky to have experienced it ourselves. Lovely post. Thanks for your comment on mine.
ReplyDeleteLove it, and your write up.
ReplyDeleteAll teary. No words except Yes, Yes and Yes.
ReplyDelete(oh, and sooooo cute!)
MJM.