60 ~ Aurora

We were still in the hospital. The doctors had to ensure that everything was alright before giving us the clear to go home. My baby was asleep for the most part of the day but at night, it was a different ball game. I could not count the number of times I had to feed him.

Every time I just had to because that was the only way to shush him.

When we got discharged a couple of days of later. River and I understood that things just got real. Having a baby in the house was a whole different ball game.

There were times I would sleep off and forget that I had a baby and his startling cries would have me wondering whose child it was that was tearing down the walls of the house, only to remember that it was my offspring.

I loved the scent of him. The smell of a newborn and all their products had a calming fuzzy feeling that came with it. I loved everything about being a mother and somehow I wanted this phase to last as long as it could.

Whenever I lifted him up and saw his newborn scrunch,