I'll be honest; I never thought the day would come when I would be writing a blog post based on an Amy Grant song. But here it is. Contrary to whatever you may believe, this song wasn't written about a studly love machine. Grant was actually inspired to write it after the birth of her daughter. I feel like I've always known it, but I did fall down the Amy Grant/ Wikipedia rabbit hole the other night...
Why you ask am I using a song about a baby for today's Tunesday Tuesday? No, I'm not announcing my pregnancy! But I did spend most of Monday waiting for the arrival of my best friend's first baby girl! She texted me at 2:00 A.M. to tell me her water broke and I totally overestimated the amount of time she would labor. My labor was the longest one ever. I didn't think I was every going to have Sean.
But literally I walked into the hospital room minutes after she delivered. I was so disappointed I missed it, but the most important thing was that mother and baby were both doing well and looking beautiful. I remembered my first night with Sean in hospital- amazed and afraid of the baby swaddled in front of me. I remembered the long, dark nights when I nursed, and it seemed like we were the only two awake in the whole world. I remember thinking I loved him while I was pregnant, but feeling real love the first time I held him. So forgive me for looking a little rough today! I had more important things on my mind!
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A big congrats to your friend! Speaking of babies, were we separated at birth? I used to love Amy Grant, including this song. But I didn't know it was about her baby, my love for her was pre-wikipedia days. :)
xo, Yi-chia
I looooooove new babies! And this one is top notch cute :) How fun that you could be there for the first moments. And you look darling as always...love the black with gold jewelry.
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Congratulations to your friend! How exciting that you got to see the baby right after she was born!
-Sharon
The Tiny Heart
Such a sweet post! Congrats to your BFF on her new baby!!! Love the black maxi on you. Very tres chic!
Congratulations to your friend! You look stunning in that black Maxi dress with chunky gold accessories:)
OMG...I LOVED Amy Grant as a kid. It's so great that you got to be there for your friend. Congrats to your bud!
Tara
Penniless Socialite
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what a gorgeous baby girl! Congrats to your best friend! I adore babies. BTW you look great in that black dress.
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Look a little rough? I certainly don't think so!! You look cute, as always. Congratulations to your friend. Her baby girl is soo adorable. What's her name? I can remember my baby girl being born like it was yesterday. If I did a tune Tuesday post about it I could use the song Billie Jean, by MJ. That was my nurse's name and she was awesome!! She stayed two hours past the end of her shift to be there when my bundle was born. Awe, sweet memories!
Give that baby a little squeeze for me! ; )
No way, you look beautiful in that simple yet elegant black maxi number! Congratulations to your bestie! Awwww, the little one is adoooooorable!
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Juneli from Fashionably Yours
Ha ha, I used to LOVE that song! :) You look so chic in this black maxi, and your jewellery is perfect. Congrats to your friend!!
XO Jenny
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Congratulations to Callie and Chad! What a beautiful little girl and what a head of hair! Hope I get to meet her soon!
Congratulations to your friend! This baby girl is adorable!!!!!!!!! So exciting! And you look beautiful in this maxi!
Xo
Elena
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what a darling baby! Congrats to your best friend!!!
xo,
nancy
Aaaawwwew, congrats to your friend!!! So so cute!!! I'm sure it was a magical night!
oh i am all misty - she is a beautiful baby! your friend looks amazing too, i can't believe she's just given birth - congratulations to all x oh katie you look dewy and so fresh too, and super chic - so amazing x
First off, I love the black maxi dress with gold accessories. Secondly- congrats to your best friend! Neither of my sisters or my best friend have had babies yet so I can only begin to imagine the joy you feeling holding that bundle of love. I bet you are a super fun aunt!
Hannah
You are absolutely glowing! Love your chic black dress and classic gold accessories!
xx
Here&Now
Aw congrats to your BF!!! Her baby is beautiful :) And so are you in this black and gold ensemble, so glamorous. I'm used to you in colour but you do both bright tones and neutrals wonderfully :)
Alexandra xo
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Aww that is so exciting -and what a precious little peanut! I love your maxi and fabulous necklace - this is a great date night look!
XO
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Aw! Congratulations to your friend, and the baby looks adorable :)
And you do not look 'rough' at all! Love this maxi on you and the gold accessories are so classy.
What an exciting thing! Congrats to your friend.
PS You look so glamorous!
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Firstly, wikipedia is a no-good time-suck. Haha. You should take that to mean I've fallen down the rabbit hole once or twice myself.
Also, how exciting! I was with my friend when she had her first child last month and it was quite the experience for this 21-year-old who doesn't plan to have children. (:
Lastly, you look really... I guess chic is the word I want. Totally put-together and classy.
Congrats to your friend! It seems like everyone is having babies right now... I love it! You look fabulous as well... I love the black and gold with a red lip. Smokin!
You looked beautiful, Roxie totally stole that show though! She's absolutely perfect! I had to wait until she was a whole 24 hours old to see her, but she was worth the wait! <3
Loved the pics you took of her. Can't wait to see her newborn pics!
Yeah, there's definitely been a baby explosion in my world! Three in the past week :)
It's definitely an eye-opening experience ;) Childbirth and Wikipedia I guess! And thank you for the awesome adjectives- chic, put-together and classy! Heck yeah!
It is very exciting! And thank you so much!
WEll, you know, I had to work hard to get there late... I was feeling pretty rough... She is super adorable!
Now I feel overdressed for a delivery! ;) J/K. Hey baby, take me out to dinner now!
Thank you so much! You are a style expert so I am going to take your word for it! BTW< I loved your Gwen Stefani article! So fun- I had forgotten about the braces (eek!) and the pink hair (beautiful!)!
Thank you, Jessica!
It was pretty exciting. A totally different experience to holding your own. More enjoyable I dare say because when someone else's cries or poops, you can give them back! ;)
I know, are both mom and baby just beautiful! Lucky girl! And thank you so much! You say dewy, I say sweaty ;)
It really was!
Thank you, Nancy!
Thank you, Elena! And I know- I couldn't believe how much hair the baby had, so cute!
I know I couldn't believe that hair. Appropriate for Callie though- she'll have tons of fun with it!
Thank you, Juneli and I agree with the baby! I love all that hair!
The baby is Roxie! I had an equally amazing nurse, and that makes such a difference. She was wonderful. Visited us even when she wasn't our nurse. I was so blessed. When I went back for my six week check-up I took her flowers. She was so great!
Thank you and thank you!
Me too! Many a day I sang that very song in front of the mirror!
Thank you so much, Tashia!
Thank you so much! I just love little babies :)
It truly was amazing. Such a special moment and I am so glad I got to experience it.
I couldn't agree more! It was really exciting to be there and see her brand=new to the world. Amazing!
Aww, if you were as old as me I would totally say we were separated at birth! ;) You gotta check out her Wikipedia page. There's some juicy stuff there!
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