Kiss Your Miracle

motherhood after infertility


Daddy May 30, 2009

Filed under: Infertility,Skylar Grace — Linnea @ 12:49 pm

Sky looks a lot like her daddy. She has my nose, but the rest of her face is a girl version of Adam. One of my favorite things to do these days is watch them interact. Adam crawls around with her on the floor, chasing her and tickling her till she’s laughing and shrieking at the same time, basking in the center of his attention. At ten months old she’s starting to say “ma-ma-ma-ma-ma” here and there, which I take as an attempt to call me mom. But when Adam comes home from work her entire face lights up and she says in a clear voice, “Da-da!” I make a big deal over how unfair that is when I’m the one who’s with her twenty-four hours a day, but secretly I love the way they connect. It’s one of the best parts about motherhood – getting to see my husband enjoy his baby girl, who is somehow partly him and partly me, and still entirely unique.

When I think back over the infertility, I remember how much I wanted to see Adam become a father. I always knew he’d be a great dad. There were many times when I wanted a baby more for his sake than for mine, and he often said the same thing about me. Some people might question why anyone would enter the world of fertility treatments, eagerly spending thousands of dollars to endure a string of personal, painful procedures for just the possibility of ending up pregnant. Why do we even have such a powerful drive for children in the first place? It’s difficult to explain. All I know is that when I look at Skylar Grace with her daddy, I see the answer.

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5 Responses to “Daddy”

  1. Kelly Vos Says:

    What a sweet picture, I love it!

  2. Brandi Says:

    Wow, what an amazing picture! I need to get with you on some photoshop tips :) I’m just starting out.

  3. Linnea Says:

    Ad actually did the effects on the photo. All I did was take the picture. And we don’t even have photoshop – he used Adobe Lightroom, which is a simpler program. He did a nice job though! I’ll tell him you liked it. :)

  4. Malin Says:

    I need to agree with the other comments!! The picutre is AWESOME!!

  5. Aron Says:

    Beautiful! What a great legacy of memories Sky will have to read and enjoy when she’s all grown up.