We Conceived Mya a Year Ago

The month of March has a lot of celebrations for my family. It's our anniversary month and Mike's and Shamere's birthday. I can't believe St. Patrick is here already and that means Mike and I been married for 3 years! A lot of things were going on last year and this is the month of March that we conceived a baby. We were not trying or anything like that, we were letting the nature takes its own course and letting God decided when it was time for us to start a family. But it did took us a while to get pregnant.

While my body took its own nature course, it just so weird just to think that you can get pregnant without knowing yet until a couple months later. Also the thought of my very very tiny egg was traveling downwards through my fallopian tube when my egg was fertilized. And then about one week later, it enters the uterus and implants itself onto the endometrium. All that work, I did not feel a thing?!

Mike had to go to work early this morning and I couldn't sleep in today. I got up and realized I had to pee really bad but before I went to the bathroom, I wanted to see if Mya was making a "fish face" while she was still sleeping. I looked down in her bassinet and all I saw her moving her big head and switching sides. Also she was rubbing her eyes with her small hands. I think it is so adorable when Mya rubs her eyes or her face with her small hands. And it amazed me what babies can do at that small of age! So I realized that she could be crying any minute now for her breakfast. I went to the bathroom, did my business, and then went downstairs to make her food. When I came back upstairs as I was getting closer to Mya in the room, I heard a laugh. A laugh! Not a cry because that is what she has been doing in the morning, crying for her food! I thought I was hearing something but as soon I looked at Mya in her bassinet, Mya had rolled over (it is not the first time she rolled over, but the 4th time since she had started) and was smiling widely and toothless and she started to laugh more at the bunny that hangs from the bassinet. She looked darn cute and I just want to squeeze her face so hard! But don't worry, I didn't do that because I promised myself I wouldn't do that such of things to my kids because I hated so much when someone pinch my cheeks when I was younger. Whoever did that to me, they just don't realized they are actually hurting me and squeezing a little bit harder when they say, "Oh! You are so cute!" and then I wind up having a red cheek for the next couple of hours.

I was talking to my forever best friend, Beth, for a little bit this afternoon. It makes me sad that she hasn't met her goddaughter, Mya, yet. Beth came to Maryland in November when I just had Mya and I was still in the hospital. Beth couldn't see Mya while Mya was in the NICU because only the immediate family members such as mother, father, and grandparents of the baby, can see the newborn. All because of the stupid H1N1 alert. You know what makes me mad? My sister flew down last minute to see me and Mya when I had the emergency c-section and we found out that she was not allowed to be in the NICU. She is my sister for your god's sake! She should be consider of an immediate family members too! When Casey never got the chance to meet her first tiny niece, I felt so horrible about it. But I was glad to see her and of course, mom was too!

Speaking of Beth and Casey, I am planning on going to Illinois to see Beth and Derek and have them meet Mya and of course my Chicago Girls. I was thinking about flying to Illinois since it is a long drive. But on the other hand, I am nervous flying with Mya because I do not know what to expect weather she is going to cry a little to get attention or cry hysterical like when she gets her injections at the doctor's office and be a little baby drama queen. If I do fly, I think I rather have someone go with me like Mike, so I can have the little help. We will see when the times come.

As for Casey, my mom and I were talking about driving up to New Hampshire in the spring and it is only like 7 hours to drive. Aunt Casey already met Mya but I wanted to see her new life living in New Hampshire. It been so long I haven't been there since I was a kid. My dad's good friend from his childhood, Brian, has a lake house in New Hampshire. My dad used to take my sister and I camping up there and we took our RVs. That was fun and good memorizes to look back at. I wonder why he sold his RVs? My family could use it now since we have a kid.

Mike and I decided to make a traditional every year for our anniversary to have dinner at the place where we got married. Alexandria's has a delicious crab cakes and I am looking forward eating it tomorrow night.