welcome to our blog!

I have meant to start a blog ever since we sealed the deal last August, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. For months, I have wanted to have a place to put my thoughts, share our pictures and record some of our life events. What better place than a blog, right? So here it is folks, plain & simple. Go ahead and follow if you desire and I will do my best to entertain you while you are here.

First things, first:

Gabe and I are having a baby! Being fourteen weeks along, our little one is currently the size of a lemon. We love our little lemon drop so much already and can't wait until he/she makes their debut this August. We're feeling extremely happy, excited, and anxious...but also, a little bit scared.

Even in pregnancy, I feel the love, concern and worry for our little one already. Since way back when I was a little girl, I've always wanted to be a mommy. I was given a little water baby for Christmas when I was three years old. Baby and I went everywhere together, just like my mommy and us of course. We went for tricycle rides, down the slide, bathy time and we even enjoyed eating together. To me, she was the real deal. I loved being a "mom" just like my mommy was to me and my siblings.

Being a few years older, I know I will love our baby a million times more than my three year old self and that plastic water babe. Except this time around, my own sweet mother won't be here to show me how to soothe, feed, change and take care of our little one. Lately, I've really missed her. It's been hard going through big moments in my life without my mom here. What I do have though is all the memories where she taught me that being a mom is one of the best things you can be in this life. I will forever cherish those memories and hold them near and dear to my heart. Becoming a mom soon has made me think of how special my mom is to me. She was so strong, that woman. Yet, she was the most loving person I've ever met. If by a small miracle I am half the mother she was to me, I will be golden.

I am so grateful I have my best friend by my side. I wouldn't want anybody else by my side to go through eternity with and to start a forever family with. I love that he's had nothing but a smile on his face since we found out about Baby Dye. I love that he hasn't complained once about being there for me while I'm throwing up, feeling nauseous and a little emotional of course. I love that he has been giving me foot rubs, doing the dishes, folding laundry and cooking dinner a few nights out of the week (I am one lucky girl, I tell ya.) I love that we are bringing a baby into this world together. I love that Baby Dye will be half him & half me. And right now in life, I couldn't ask for anything better.