Happy New Year!

2019, I think I can pretty much say I’ve done it all this year. Married, moved, had a baby. We’ve been through lots of emotions this year, that at times were slow but also zoomed by! It’s crazy to look back and see where we started and how far we’ve come and reflect on it all. 

It started with our wedding! January 19th will be our first wedding anniversary! I can’t believe how long ago this feels. Sometimes I feel like it’s yesterday and others it feels years ago! It was one of the best days of my life! I remember getting there early and getting ready with all my girls and family! Getting into my dress and feeling like a gorgeous new woman. Also almost passing out from how high my shoes were haha! The moment I stepped into the aisle I cried as I saw my handsome husband waiting for me in front of all our friends and family. The ceremony was quick but perfect none the less, then we celebrated with the dinner, music and toasts. 

The next day we headed off to our honeymoon in Monterey and has a wonderful time. A foot massage, food on the wharf and crepes for breakfast! Then my first time to Santa Cruz and finding a great hole in the wall Chinese restaurant on the way home! 

I was also 4 months pregnant at this time so we finally announced that our little Jedi was on the way! 

In March we went to Disneyland with the in laws. It was our first trip there as a couple and my first time in about 10 years! It was so much fun and seeing cars land was a dream come true! 

In May we found our apartment and moved in! It was my first time moving away from my mom and living with a boy haha! It was a crazy transition for me, one being away from my mom, not seeing her everyday and two I was 8 months pregnant while trying to set up a new household 3 weeks before I was due! 

June 14th after a long, hard night of labor, our little Jedidiah was born! That was such a great and crazy experience! 4 hours of pushing just to be taken for a csection, but all worth it to hold this little boy in my arms! 

Since then we’ve shared so many firsts with this little man including Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! As well as church and bible study and trips to the zoo and storyland! We’ve been all over the town and even out of town with this little fella! 

Chris and I got to go back to Disneyland for one last trip by ourselves til we take Jedi next! We visited galaxy’s edge and had a wonderful time being transported into Star Wars world! We took selfies with storm troopers, watches chewie fix a ship, drank blue milk, visited the cantina and flew the millennium falcon! 

We’ve done and experienced so many things this year but none more precious than time with family and friends! 

I have lots of goals for this new year ahead! I’m excited to get back in shape with the help of WW and can’t wait to start a new bible study season! Of course there’s more firsts for Jedi including his first birthday and I’m praying that I’m the best mom and wife I can be! 

I can’t believe how fast this year has gone! Here’s to a new decade, New Year and New day! 

Happy New Year! 

Mary Did You Know?

It’s Christmas Eve, and I’m sitting in bed, while my son is asleep next to me and being kindly haunted by this song. It’s been following me this year more than ever, because this year I am a mom. It’s always been an emotional song for me, as I always wanted to be a mom and just the lyrics alone are so touching and thought provoking. 

Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water?

Mary did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?

Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?

This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you

Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?

Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?

Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?

When you kiss your little baby, you kiss the face of God

That last line always gets me! To know that your son is the son of God. Did she kiss his face like an everyday thing or did she constantly kiss him with wonder? My son isn’t Jesus but he is a son of God and I kiss his face with wonder and amazement, that I even get to have him. She must’ve seen the difference in him between other kids. She was told by the angel but to experience herself and to be pregnant with him and birth him, must’ve been so much more than the angel could prepare her for. Did she know her son was always meant to die for her? We always talk about how horrible it is for kids to leave this world before their parents, her son was always meant to go before her. How heartbreaking and yet so amazing knowing He was also her savior! I can’t imagine being her. If I knew that about my son would I have been able to let him go through with it? I don’t think I could, just looking at my son now, and then imagine how much better Jesus was! She was a strong woman, I’ll tell you that. I just love this song and how it really makes you think about Christ’s birth in a different way and brings new joy to Christmas. 

It’s also brought new things to my attention about my own son. Maybe we had a son to help us see Jesus in a new light this year. To experience the newness of His love once again as refreshment. I wasn’t expecting a son and didn’t know how I’d do with it but the moment I heard his little cry I knew there was something special about him! I knew he had a purpose and a plan set out for him by God and I’m just glad He chose me to be his mom, to kiss his face in wonder! 

So thank you Lord for Sending your son to a wonderful strong woman to be His mother! 

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus!