Every year, you get smarter, more handsome and even more fantastic. Belén is so fortunate to have you for a daddy and I am so lucky to be married to you.
It has been a heck of a year. 2009 started with wedding festivities for my sister, Anna and her now husband, Derik. On April 28, 2009, Belén Rose entered our lives and changed them forever! I cannot believe so much wonderful change can happen in one year.
For one, we have a lifetime of photos to take of Belén and theoretical child number two. We love to travel which compounds the need for good photos. Finally, I am investing more and more time and effort into this blog and what I have found in all of the other blogs I read is some pretty amazing photography. So, lets call it day zero of Alecia learning how to be a better photographer. I took these photos of Belén eating yesterday. My lesson of the day (from Andy) was how to adjust the flash to get the desired amount of light.
The wonderful food and wine from date night, coupled with the baby singing over the baby monitor woke me up early in the morning making my run with my friend Michelle difficult.
Belén is now accepting solid foods and even seems to like them.
We took Belén on her first camping trip over the 4th of July weekend.
Yesterday was fun! We crewed on our friend Brett’s boat for a regatta on Cascade Lake. It was the first time Andy and I have done something together that didn’t revolve around the baby (besides one date night) since Belén was born. Plus, it gave us a sailing fix which we have both been jonesing for. It had been over a year since I sailed and Andy hadn’t been out since last fall.
What so many wise parents had told us in the past is ABSOLUTELY TRUE, you have absolutely no idea how much you will love your child. I love spending time with Belén and Andy, I cannot get enough of it! Who would have ever thought?
They had taken my catheter out Wednesday morning but then I wasn’t able to go to the bathroom on my own so they had to empty my bladder with a one-time catheter and when I still couldn’t go, they ultimately had to put the catheter back in for another 24 hours. These procedures alone made me glad that we didn’t have a full visitor calendar since I never knew when the nurses were going to need to come in and perform them. With a bladder full of over 1.2 liters of fluid (twice), they never seemed to come soon enough. Finally by Thursday, when they took the third catheter out, I was able to pee on my own. It really felt like a joyous occasion and I think I over-shared with the visitors we had. I felt like a little kid, “hey guess what, I can pee on my own now.”
The timer goes off on the proverbial bun in the oven at noon today. What can I say, we are thrilled, excited, nervous, ecstatic, scared, happy and about twenty other emotions I don’t think I can possibly articulate. My biggest concern is that the baby is okay. She was moving like crazy last night so hopefully that means she is ready to come and join the outside world today.
