5 Years Ago...

Happy 5th Birthday Alyssa Marie!

5 years ago we welcomed a Beautiful 7 pound Baby girl into our family...5 Years ago we became parents and started a new journey down the road of parenthood...

We longed for a family for so many years, and even leading up to our little Alyssa's Birth it all felt so surreal...We knew we were having a little girl, we had picked her name almost as soon as we found out it was a girl...We had Alyssa's room ready for her, all painted pink with a white crib and hanging canopy above, outfits hung in the closet picked out specially for her, diapers stacked in the drawers and everything just perfect...and we were ready, I was very uncomforable and we were so anxious and nervous and so ready to meet her...

I remember crying quite a lot right before she was born...they were turning on the lights in the little baby warming bed, more people were coming in and out, and despite being in labour for 24 hours, it just didn't feel real...How could a whole human life just suddenly appear, and the craziest thing of all is that she was ours! We were going to be her parents forever...what if we weren't good at it, how would be know what she needed, and were we going to be good enough for her...

The moment our little miracle was born and placed on my chest, it finally felt real and I held her tight and told her I loved her, I remember being surprised at how heavy she felt...she was perfect and we felt so overjoyed we were her parents, and from that second our whole world changed...

Its really hard to believe its already been 5 years...

Alyssa has been such a good girl, she was an easy baby and has always have a mild disposition...she is sweet, caring, sensitive, creative, smart and witty and a pure delight to be around...It has been the best 5 years of our lives to be blessed with such a wonderful little girl...

We love you so much our Beautiful Baby Girl!!!