my love only grows stronger

A year ago today, I began the wonderful yet painful transition into motherhood. I was very nervous and scared not so much for myself, but for my baby. Would she be healthy? Would my labor go smoothly? How would she adjust to the outside world? Was she ready? Was I ready? Thank the good Lord above everything went BEAUTIFULLY. And on August 11th @ 12:45am, my 29 hour long labor had come to an end and my hard work had finally paid off. Leila Rae made her way into the world and I fell in love. Now here we stand, a year later and I can not fully explain in words how much my love for this wonderful creature grows with each morning that I wake to her sweet face, each day that we share together, and each night we cuddle and go to sleep. She's brought so much joy to my life. I love the chaos, adventures, laughs, tears, and even the frustrations. My mom said it perfectly to me yesterday, "We did not live a full life until she came along." I love my full life with my baby. I cant ever picture life without her and I pray every night that God blesses us and my family with many more years of health and happiness to make many more memories. Happy almost 1st Birthday Leila Rae. Momma loves you SO much.

My last pictures as a HAPPY prego lol

Feeling like S&*^

 Finally<3 love at first sight

Going Home :)

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Almost Twelve Months :)

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new.  ~Rajneesh"

"Grown don't mean nothing to a mother.  A child is a child.  They get bigger, older, but grown?  What's that suppose to mean?  In my heart it don't mean a thing.  ~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987"