Geez, I haven’t blogged since last year!
You know that’s a funny thing to say first week of January!
2009 was a good year!
I found out one year ago today that I was pregnant. That was exciting and scary! The good Lord provided for us and blessed us with a healthy pregnancy (and baby)!
April 2nd of 2009 my husband suffered a traumatic brain injury (what we initially thought was a subdural actually ended up being an epidural hematoma). The Lord was merciful. I could have lost my husband… but instead it just landed us 4 days in ICU and gave us both a new outlook on life. A deeper love for each other. A better understanding of the fragility of life and of God’s mercy. Did I ever tell you that people in that ICU were dying… daily. You medical professionals are probably thinking “duh, it’s the ICU“, but it really opened my eyes to the severity of the situation. Each day we spent in there one or two people lost their life. In the waiting room where we spent most of our time people were weeping over the loss of their loved ones. We hugged strangers. Strangers hugged us.
On April 22nd of 2009 I made the first purchase for the nursery.
April 23rd of 2009 it was confirmed that the peanut in my belly was a GIRL!
In July we went on vacation… our last as a married-couple-without-children.
I worked a LOT while I was pregnant. I thought I was getting ahead so I could take good long quality time off once the baby arrived. (that didn’t really happen)
Our friends threw us a baby shower.
We picked her name.
I knew I was going to love what was growing inside, but I never imagined…
I would LOVE her as much as I did the day I finally met her. 09-09-09
We got to know each other in the early days.
The terriers adjusted.
Five and a half weeks after my girl was born I felt pressured to get back to work, so I tried it. This was a really poor decision. My milk dried up. My baby got sick. My baby lost weight as a result of my milk drying up. It was a very stressful and hard time. I cried a lot. I did not blog about it… but looking back it was a very significant hardship last year. I felt a lot of guilt. I swear labor and delivery were a breeze compared to breastfeeding. As a result of all the trouble I had to exclusively pump (to ensure my baby was getting enough to eat). Unfortunately she took a liking to those bottles and I am still exclusively pumping. It is a major sacrifice, but that little bird is worth every second I spend with the breast pump.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas with our both our families.
It has been a challenging last 4 months, but the rewarding far outweighs the challenging. All in all when I think of 2009 I can’t help but focus on God’s mercy and goodness. I don’t know how 2010 could top 2009, but I also don’t know how I could love my daughter anymore, yet I wake up every single morning and get her out of that crib and feel my heart increase in size with every tiny smile.
My favorite picture from 2009…
Happy New Year to my friends and readers… can’t wait to see where this year takes us!!
by Erika
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