When baby J was turning one, I felt very happy and very sentimental at the same time. I decided to put those emotions in writing. Now that baby J is turning 2 in 2 months' time, I am once again reliving the wave of emotions I felt 10 months ago. I would like to share with you what I wrote then:
Our baby is turning one in a few days. Looking back at the past year, I would say it has been the most difficult but most fulfilling twelve months of our lives. We grew up from adults to parents in the blink of an eye.
Caring for a baby can be quite scary (especially if it is your firstborn) because the care of that tiny bundle of joy is solely in your hands. What if you do a bad job at it? What if you harm your baby because of your ineptitude? All these things run through the minds of first time parents. That's why the baby's first birthday is always a cause for celebration, celebration for the parents that they did not botch the job of raising their baby! :)
But seriously, it has been an overwhelming year for my husband and I. We knew it would be a very tiring first year for us. But we didn't know it would be so much fun as well. Despite the year-round lack of sleep for me, having Iya around has brought so much joy not only to us parents but to the rest of the family as well.
The last twelve months has been a year of so many firsts as well, both for us and baby J. It was my first time to be admitted in a hospital, it was my first time to have an operation, it was our first time being parents. But what is more important are the firsts we have witnessed in our daughter, like the first time she uttered a sound, the first time she slept through the night, the first time she ate, her first tooth. There are so many firsts happening, and we never thought those small things can actually make a person happy. But it did! And it still continues to make us happy.
Last night, baby J wanted to eat the bread we were having for our midnight snack. It was her first time to eat bread. And she ate quite a big portion of it! Telling you now about it may seem a normal thing for you, but for us parents, we couldn't seem to stop smiling about it, seeing her eagerness to try the bread, and how happy she was when she was eating it. Remembering it now still brings a smile to my face. Such is the effect of a child on any parent.
It has been a wonderful roller coaster ride. Having a baby teaches us to stop and smell the roses and to appreciate the seemingly mundane things of everyday life.
Truly it has been a year of firsts for us, it is the first year we have truly lived!
Now that we are better at parenting than we were when baby J arrived, one thing remains the same, having baby J around makes us look at the world in a new light. You will only stop and smell the roses when you have a little one around. Babies teach us to appreciate and find joy in the littlest things. Everyday we thank the Lord for blessing us with baby J who made us truly alive.
Our baby is turning one in a few days. Looking back at the past year, I would say it has been the most difficult but most fulfilling twelve months of our lives. We grew up from adults to parents in the blink of an eye.
Caring for a baby can be quite scary (especially if it is your firstborn) because the care of that tiny bundle of joy is solely in your hands. What if you do a bad job at it? What if you harm your baby because of your ineptitude? All these things run through the minds of first time parents. That's why the baby's first birthday is always a cause for celebration, celebration for the parents that they did not botch the job of raising their baby! :)
But seriously, it has been an overwhelming year for my husband and I. We knew it would be a very tiring first year for us. But we didn't know it would be so much fun as well. Despite the year-round lack of sleep for me, having Iya around has brought so much joy not only to us parents but to the rest of the family as well.
The last twelve months has been a year of so many firsts as well, both for us and baby J. It was my first time to be admitted in a hospital, it was my first time to have an operation, it was our first time being parents. But what is more important are the firsts we have witnessed in our daughter, like the first time she uttered a sound, the first time she slept through the night, the first time she ate, her first tooth. There are so many firsts happening, and we never thought those small things can actually make a person happy. But it did! And it still continues to make us happy.
Last night, baby J wanted to eat the bread we were having for our midnight snack. It was her first time to eat bread. And she ate quite a big portion of it! Telling you now about it may seem a normal thing for you, but for us parents, we couldn't seem to stop smiling about it, seeing her eagerness to try the bread, and how happy she was when she was eating it. Remembering it now still brings a smile to my face. Such is the effect of a child on any parent.
It has been a wonderful roller coaster ride. Having a baby teaches us to stop and smell the roses and to appreciate the seemingly mundane things of everyday life.
Truly it has been a year of firsts for us, it is the first year we have truly lived!
Now that we are better at parenting than we were when baby J arrived, one thing remains the same, having baby J around makes us look at the world in a new light. You will only stop and smell the roses when you have a little one around. Babies teach us to appreciate and find joy in the littlest things. Everyday we thank the Lord for blessing us with baby J who made us truly alive.
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