first walk

A friend and past neighbor to my Parents, sent me a card and adorable gifts for Elle today. The most special part was what was written in the card.  A few words from her...

"Melissa, I want to share with you how your Mom and I began our friendship. I was pregnant with Adam and we would chat here and there, wave and yell across the street but we were not close at that time. After Adam was born, your Mom came over with some little thoughtful things and I thought to myself what a wonderful person she was to go out of her way for a neighbor. As time went on, we grew closer and closer. In fact, when I found out I was pregnant with Alex, she was the first person I called! Your Dad would run over and yell at me when he saw me carrying packages from the car. He would take the packages in the house mumbling why are you doing this. Leave it for your husband. Not a day goes by that I don't think about them. " 

There were additional words of congratulations and how my parents will always be with me but I especially loved the story that she shared with me. It's just a little glimpse as to the type of neighbors my parents were. They loved their neighbors and became best friends with this Family, my Mom ended up babysitting her kids. And when this family moved out of this house, my parents became best friends with the new neighbors, and ended up being the maid of honor and best man in their wedding only a few years ago. That doesn't happen at their age. But they were that special. 

Thank you Sue for sharing your story and for thinking of my Family and I.  I think of them every day too. 

Elle and I went on our first walk today! The snow hasn't yet melted but we gave it our best shot. It only lasted about 15 minutes but getting fresh air and a little exercise was just what I needed. We are expecting a visitor tonight, one of my best friends Melissa. Looking forward to having her meet Elle. Her and I are going to get massages tomorrow and we'll hopefully have a nice glass of wine at some point. Hopefully Elle sleeps well tonight. She did really well last night. I got at least 5 hours of sleep on and off but was still up every 2-3 hours to feed her.

Every day is a blessing to spend with Elle and I cannot wait to take her on this adventure of my new life.