As if graduating wasn't enough, on May 2, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.
Seriously folks, he's perfect. The day that he came into the world is a day that my husband and I will always remember. It's been over five months now, and I still feel like it was just yesterday. I didn't have the easiest labor, but it was worth every second of pain...and that stupid migraine that hit in the middle of pushing. Seeing that sweet, little face look at me and knowing that one day, he would be able to verbally call me, "mommy" just made me dissolve into a puddle of happy tears. I think my husband even shed a few tears, but shhhhh...don't tell him I noticed ; ) Everyone told me that you will never know love until you hold your child, and they were right. Everything that I thought I knew before has a new meaning this time around. Everything that I thought could hurt me, means nothing. You think true love is the only thing that can break your heart, and then you become a mommy. There's so much to think about, so much to worry about...I was hoping that one day that anxious feeling would go away, but 5 months down the road, it shows no signs of subsiding. I still look at him every day and think to myself, "that's our baby, my husband and I actually made him!" It's a weird concept to grasp, I tell you.
You may notice that I keep saying "my husband"...well, not long before Aidan was born, Mike decided that it was time for us to plan our life together, forever. After 6 years together, he proposed in January and we had our little court house wedding in July. Don't get me wrong, I never imagined myself getting married in a court house, but I also never imagined my son having a different last name than me. So, off to the courthouse we went, with plans for a bigger wedding the next year.
Aidan was only about 2 1/2 months old, so excuse the baby weight. Marrying Mike was the second happiest day of my life, right behind having Aidan.
At the risk of sounding particularly corny, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I have a perfect little boy who has me wrapped around his little finger, an amazing husband who has my heart, 3 dogs who think the world of me, my husband, and Aidan...I feel like I have it all.
And as if this year wasn't exciting enough...in April, I was able to go from working in the office, to working from home. Working from home has been such a blessing in so many ways! It makes for extremely long, hectic days, but I love it. I have so much more flexibility!
Well, I think that's about it for the updates. I've been spending way too much money on a very small little man's first Christmas...but hey, who can help it?!
