Hello! My Name is Val...

...and I will be the topic of many of Mama J's posts to come!

You might have heard of me before this. I was the one in Mama J's belly, kicking her in the ribs, causing her all that back pain and whatnot. Well, here I am world!

I arrived August 14th at 4:05 AM, weighing in at 7 lbs 3 oz, and 20 inches long, after instilling a lot of pain on my mama in the delivery room (she had 2 epidurals and 4 types of medication, and nothing worked to dull the pain - but she will tell you all about that in another post) I came out to greet my parents and join the lovefest that awaited me.

So far this world is pretty awesome! I don't do much but eat, pee, poop and sleep, so I have it made. Oh and I love boobs! I latched on right away in the hospital and despite a few getting-to-know-you pains that I caused mom, things are pretty great in the feeding department (I guess she was worried for nothing!)

My family is a little crazy, but I think I will get used to them soon. My older sister doesn't want much to do with me right now, but she did kiss me on the head yesterday and give me a high five, so I think we are eventually going to be best friends - baby steps! (Pun intended - I got jokes already and I am only 6 days old!) They also love to kiss my face all the time, which I guess is kind of nice, but people give me some room to breathe here!

I think I am going to like it out here, but I am sure my mom will tell you all about every aspect of my young life - as soon as she gets the hang of this new crazy life of hers!

Nice to meet you all!