January 29th - We find out we're pregnant!
March - We find out the gender!
April through the end of August - I practically napped all day every day. It was amazing.
September 26th - Emma is born!
She is now three months old and growing so fast right before our very eyes. She is definitely a morning person like her daddy. The first thing I see when I go to her room in the morning is her smiling face, but she gets camera shy and doesn't smile when I really want her to. She did amazing during all her first holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). We even took her to Christmas Eve mass and she was so well behaved (partly because she fell asleep for most of the mass). She loves her family and is starting to recognize them more with each visit. She is a daddy's girl and I say this with confused emotions because I love how she loves her daddy, but what about me? I'm just the food supplier, that's all =/ haha. No, but she loves being with Kevin. She can watch him for hours.
Becoming parents was a HUGE change on our lives and it was challenging at first for the both of us, but we are slowly adapting to the parent life and making it work. We aren't perfect parents or even perfect spouses, but we're a team and we learn something about each other everyday. I learned something about Kevin in the last few months. While Kevin and I were dating and during our first years of marriage, I would never see him interact with children which to be honest always worried me, but those worries vanished the moment I saw him carry Emma at the hospital. It's like he was saving himself for that moment all along. Kevin is such a loving father. Can he change more poopy diapers now and then?? I'm sure he can, but like I said, we're working on it (haha) and Emma adores him, you can see it in her eyes when she looks at him and to me, it is one of the best moments to witness.
I want to end this entry on a loving note, but I also want to honor my Bambi Boy who passed away in April. He took a piece of my heart with him and we miss him so very much.
Here are a few of my favorite memories from 2016:
I pray that 2017 brings health, happiness, and lots and lots of love to all of our family and friends. Thank you, God (and partly Kevin) for sending us our biggest blessing yet and for making my dream of becoming a mother come true. I will be welcoming 2017 with the biggest smile and an extremely happy heart.
Happy (early) New Year!
With love,
Ale
