One year ago today we signed the papers giving us "custody" of Kaylin. And one year ago tomorrow we brought that little tiny baby home with us. I have blogged throughout the year, so our journey is no secret. I am not exactly a closed book either :) But one year into parenthood and I could not imagine a better place. Mark and I celebrated 10 years of marriage last weekend and 1 year with Kaylin. I have no words for how happy we are. Well, that's clearly not true, if I had no words, I wouldn't be blogging about it! I have lots of words... happy, ecstatic, over the moon, completely in love, smitten. I could go on. But every mom reading this knows those words and more. Kaylin has grown and exceeded our every expectation for growth and for love. She is a healthy baby, crawling all over the place, learning something new every day. I honestly don't know how we do anything other than talk to her and stare at her. She lights up our days with her toothy smile. We are the typical smitten first parents, I know. Every night we read stories and pray to God. I always pray such thanks for the blessing He placed in our lives and I pray her birth mother has peace in knowing what an amazing decision she made.
Okay, this is somewhat of a rambling blog, but I felt like I needed to update everyone near and far on this anniversary of our "Gotcha Day". Becoming parents was not an easy road for us. I spent a long time thinking I never wanted to be a parent. When we made the decision, we knew that it was going to be God's plan. We couldn't have foreseen what He had in mind for us. I don't know if we went down the wrong paths until we came around to where He wanted us all along, or if that was the path God wanted us to go down. Either way, the rewards have far outweighed the struggles. I have an app on my phone that updates me on my facebook, photos, twitter, etc from previous years. Ironically, as the photos from last year are showing up, so are the posts to FB from 4 years ago when I was in the hospital suffering from complications from our fertility treatments. Much like reading the posts from January when I was reminded of our most hurtful loss, those events 4 years ago are just a rung on our ladder.
Kaylin Lee Mixon has been the most amazing addition to our lives. We thank our family and friends for their support and love and continue to enjoy each and every minute of joy that K brings to our lives. She is the blessing we didn't know was missing.
