I have so much to be thankful for this holiday season! I have honestly never been happier and more content in my life. I never knew I could be this happy. :) Of course, I am most grateful this year for my little Ella. She is already a whole month old now, actually, she is almost 6 weeks already! People were not kidding when they said time flies and they grow up too fast! She is already almost 12 lbs, and about 22 inches long. Super chunk! The public health nurse is coming out again on the 22nd, so we will get her updated weight and length then! I am thankful for all her little milestones she has already reached, like rolling over at 3 weeks already! She smiles so much, she is such a happy baby. I never knew a newborn could have such a big personality, and I see so much of me and Doug in her. She just makes me melt with happiness. :)


Secondly, I am so thankful to have met Doug this year. We hit our speed bumps after getting pregnant a month after we started dating, for sure, but we worked it all out in the end. I remember during the hard times wondering what my life would have been like if I had never met him or gotten pregnant-but the moment I looked at our daughter and what we created... absolutely any doubt or worry left my mind. I have been very at peace since she was born. She brought us closer together in every way, we are able to laugh and play with her. People say they have a hard relationship once the baby came, but we haven't even had a fight since moving in together in September - and the only way Ella changed that was that she brought more joy and laughter into our relationship. I am so blessed to have a great guy who is very attentive and affectionate towards me. :)


My mom has always been my rock. Every Christmas is special to my mom and me, but this Christmas is extra special. She is celebrating her first grand-daughter's first Christmas. This Christmas is the first Christmas that I can feel the love she always felt for my brother, sister and I growing up. I definitely appreciate the things she did for me now, I double appreciate it now that I know exactly how much she always wanted the best for me. I don't know what I would do without her, or how I would be different if she weren't my mom. 


Overall, I am just thankful this year for the strange events that occurred and finally made my life worth living. I have woken up with a smile on my face every day since she was born. :)


Happy Holidays!!! :)