Hi friends! Just wanted to pop in briefly from maternity leave to share an update today, because there’s someone very special I’d love for you to meet…
…our sweet Teo!
Our son, Teo (pronounced the Spanish way, “tay-oh”) Elliott Martin, was born on March 16. And for those of you who have been following our story, I’m thankful to report that the epidural that we had been praying might work despite my back issues (I shared a bit about this in my last post) mercifully took hold on the very first try, which meant that both Barclay and I were able to be there together to hear Teo’s first precious cries and welcome him into the world. Goodness…what a moment. ♡
After so many ups and downs this pregnancy, we’re still in awe that our little boy is finally here. He’s perfect and healthy and super-snuggly and outrageously cute…and we feel like the luckiest parents in the world. Truly can’t believe how much we love him and how sweet and natural life together as a family of three already feels. We spend a record amount of time each day just staring at him and soaking up his sweet newborn cuddles and showering his yummy cheeks with a million kisses. And we are loving this opportunity to finally learn how to be parents — even sleep-deprived, sore-in-all-the-places (hellooo, postpartum), often-hilariously-trial-and-erroring-our-way-through-each-new-day and all. This tiny little human has captured our hearts in the biggest of ways, and we are just so happy that he’s ours.
Anyway, I can’t wait to share more updates with you once I’m back from maternity leave. But in the meantime, feel free as always to follow along on Instagram for more behind the scenes updates from our lil’ newborn bubble over here. And thank you again for all of the love and prayers and encouragement you’ve been sending our way these past few weeks especially. We feel it and are sending you back so much love from Barcelona today.
Here are a few pics from these first few weeks together with Teo as a family of three! ♡
So incredibly happy for you. He is perfect.
I know you both love and appreciate every minute.
It goes by incredibly fast.
Happy first Mothers Day. Hope you are enjoying this very special time. Look forward to more posts with your sweet little boy.
Oh my goodness, he’s just beautiful!!
awww allie im soo so so happy for you!!! i know you guys have been tryig for some time.. god bless and i wish you both an amazing experience into parenthood !!!
Congratulations So happy for you both!
Congratulations!! So happy for all three of you!! Such a long journey, initially…. and now, with many more amazing travels together!! ?
Congratulations!! So very happy for all 3 of you!!
Congratulations!! What a beautiful baby!! I’ve been following your blog for years and when we were both single in our early 30s. So happy to see your love story unfold and now your baby love story too! It seemed to take forever but I’m happily married now too with baby #2 on the way. So thankful for our families, the biggest blessings of all! ❤️
Omg; he is so precious, perfect, and so very very adorably cute! I enjoyed looking at each of your treasured pics. Congratulations to you and your husband on the birth of your beautiful son.
So happy for you two Ali!!! WElcome to the world little Teo! <3 I totally get you, naming babies (especially boys!) is so hard! We had plenty of girl name candifates but were unsure about the boy names, so we also waited until we could meet him :-) Our first-born son is also Teo (Benedict Teodor – Benedict means blessed and Teo means gift of God – meaning of the chosen names was important to me), and our second (born on March 13 :-) ) is Oli Leo (Oliver Leopold – Oliver means fairy, elf and Leopold means brave – which he was during his birth).
Your Teo is adorable, such a beautiful little boy!
Wishing you lots of happiness and good healthy! Can't wait to hear more about life with your Teo! :-)