Hello again, and welcome to another "filling in the blanks" post. This one would have been dated March 9^th 2015. That is the day Liana’s baby cousin Bronson Matias took his first breath.


As soon as we heard that my sister could be in labor, Ashton, Liana, and I all piled in the car for the 112 mile ride to the hospital. I remember how long that ride was (and the fact that it was almost 11PM when we left our house). My thoughts were all over the place and every once in a while when I thought about holding my nephew for the first time I’d secretly get a little emotional. You can’t blame me, I was about to be an Auntie!



Desiree was in labor for sure, but Bronson took his sweet time and didn’t arrive until the next morning. To everyone’s surprise, he came out even smaller than Liana! He weighed in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces (compared to Liana at 5 pounds, 12 ounces).




Now I know that we’re supposed to say, “he has daddy’s eyes” or “he has mommy’s nose”, but when I saw him I immediately thought, “he has Auntie’s ears!” mainly because they looked big compared to the rest of his features. Maybe a lot of babies have big ears and they eventually grow into them, but I think I still have big ears and I took much comfort in the fact that I thought my nephew might look a little bit like me.

Baby shower flashback, February 7^th 2015.

I also thought I'd throw in a few photos I dug up from Desiree's baby shower, which was a green and orange dinosaur theme.

Everything looked amazing and everyone had an amazing time. The food was delicious and I just couldn't resist sneaking a few pictures!

I must apologize for the long leave of absence from updating my blog. We've been going through some changes and things have been seeming even more chaotic! In January I was a bit relieved that the holidays were over and just wanted to rest up. When I was ready to post about our Christmas I realized I had left my hard drive with all of my pictures on it in New Hampshire at my Mom's. I finally have it back though so I'll be going through those.

In recent news, I started a new job about a month ago. With the new year rolling in, Liana's first birthday being just around the corner, and my strong desire to give Liana a baby brother or sister to play with, I decided everything must be in order! (Or rather, Ashton gave me a good bonk on the head to snap me into the reality of our situation and what was and wasn't feasible at the time). So here's to taking steps in the right direction!

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And in the most recent and best news of all, I am officially an AUNTIE!! Bronson Matias was born on the morning of March 9th, weighing in at 5 lb, 4 oz! What a little peanut! Here he is less than two hours old.


He's the most beautiful baby boy I've ever seen, and he already looks like both of his parents. We spent two days up in New Hampshire to visit him at the hospital and a take some pictures. I can't wait to see him again. The thought of eventually seeing him and Liana play together truly warms my heart.