There have been so many things recently that I felt would NEVER actually happen, but miraculously it always does! Here are some of them.

• When I was pregnant, I listened for her heartbeat with the at home fetal doppler I bought.  I would press it into my stomach, moving all around, gel all over the place trying to find the heartbeat.  Then FINALLY after weeks of searching, I heard that beautiful beautiful beautiful sound.  
• I really couldn’t imagine that I would ever feel the baby kicking.  It didn’t seem possible that it would happen! Then at 19 weeks, while we were in Florida for vacation, I felt the first little bubbles of movement. Oh my, what a wonderful feeling.
• I didn’t think my belly would ever get really big, it seemed to take so long. We all know how that one ended :p
• During labour, it really felt like a baby wasn’t actually going  to come out of me.  Wow, it sure did.
• Every night in the first few weeks, I would get overwhelmed and think she would NEVER go to sleep. I would rock and rock and rock, jiggle, feed, rub.  Every day she eventually went to sleep.  The next day, I would try to remember that she DID go to sleep eventually.
• Sometimes, I think that she will never be finished eating. Then I think, she’s eaten hundreds of times, and she always finishes.
• For the first six weeks, I thought it would never be possible for my nipples to recover from the trauma, and I was sure that feeding would never be comfortable or bearable. That changed!  One day, it just all got better and I’m sooooooo happy I stuck it out :)
• I thought she might never smile, that she would always just be a little baby looking around.  Then she started smiling, and it’s like fuel to me!  Charles calls it her “secret weapon”.

Now, I think she will never be able to go in the car seat without screaming.  I hope that one works out like the others!  I’m honestly shocked every time these things happen! I really can’t even imagine that it will happen and it does.

My husband applied for permanent residency almost a year ago.  It should take about 6 months to be approved or rejected. I had started to believe it would be something looming over us for the rest of our lives, but after eleven months he was approved! Yay! I can remember when I was little, my parents would go on vacation, and I missed my mom SO much. I would think it seemed like she would NEVER be back! Then, one day, they would finally get home and come to get me.  When I was 13, I thought “It’s going to be FOREVER until I’m 16 and can drive!”. Suddenly I was 16 and I could drive.

Ps. My baby is the cutest baby in the world