This was one of the best years of our entire life! I can't wait for 2023 but am sad to leave behind 2022, the year we finally welcomed our sweet rainbow baby boy! I felt the same for 2021 going into this year because everything was so perfect and so good, I didn't want that to change, I feared it would not continue that way. We found out Conner had at least one clubbed foot January 6th. We were so grateful he was so perfect and healthy but I feared so much for his quality of life after looking at how it impacts Cody and his dad daily.
This year's word in 2022 was faith, the faith we needed in God that got us through the rest of my pregnancy waiting for Conner's arrival. There wasn't a day I wasn't scared in this pregnancy and I am so grateful the birth was amazing and he arrived safely. I leaned on my faith heavily. This year was absolutely incredible. The year I finally get to be a mama and we are a family of 3 (plus Lucy)!! Here's the rundown:
January
-We bought Cody's dream truck in full.
-We enjoyed many snowy days!!
February
-Very cold and uneventful month filled with puzzle building!
-We had a consultation with Conner's club foot doctor making a plan ahead for him.
March
-We had a surprise snow day in the middle of March!
-We got to see little Conner's face on 4D ultrasound! It was so special I felt like I had met my son that day!
-I took and failed the first gestational diabetes test but passed the second test.
April
-I had my incredible baby showers for little Conner!!
-Lucy turned 2, a big milestone age!! I wanted Lucy to be 2 when Conner was born.
-We took beautiful maternity pictures!!
May
-I was on edge all month if Conner would come 3 weeks early like I did.
June
-We celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! When we got married, I always promised Cody if he let me have kids when I wanted (waiting till 5 year mark in marriage to start trying), then I would give him his first kid in his arms by our 6th wedding anniversary and man, I was only 6 days off! So so close! Sorry Cody, lol.
-The best month we've ever had, we welcomed sweet sweet Conner into this world! Our rainbow baby! Our lives forever changed!!
-We also learned that his right foot was half clubbed, called skewed and would need treatment too.
July
-We started his club foot correction journey with casts.
-We got to celebrate turning 29 with sweet Conner here with us!
-Conner was put into two casts surprisingly 10 weeks earlier than expected.
August
-Conner had his Achilles cutting surgery this month for his left heel.
September
-Conner got out of casts and settled into his new braces. It was such a rough transition.
October
-Conners started sitting up on his own at 4.5 months! We were so so proud of him!!
November
-Conner said mama for the first time!!
December
-Conner is so close to crawling!!
-Conner also tried solids for the first time!!! He loves sweet potatoes so much!
-Conner was dedicated to our church and beautifully Christened!!
Also in this month and on the 31st marks around when our angel baby would have been 2. Our life would look so different if that baby would have stayed with us. We most likely would have just welcomed or would be welcoming very soon our second baby if our first baby had been born 2 years ago. Conner wouldn't exist and things would be very different. I want to honor that first baby of ours because it is part of our story and we love them. Just because we have Conner here doesn't mean that that first baby didn't exist. It is almost even more painful now knowing how perfect it is having Conner here and what we missed with that first baby and how that first baby will never get to experience or love on the outside. It is painful. It shaped who we are now and changed our path forever. I wonder about every day who that little person would have been. I look forward to meeting that first family member we grew, in heaven one day.
2023 is the year of Love for us. That will be my word of the year going into this year. Towards the middle/end of this year we also hope to add a little bit more love to our family, Lord willing. I am so excited to see if God will give us another boy or a girl and if that baby will be more like me as Conner is Cody's twin (which I love so so much)! So hopefully expect to see an announcement towards the end of the year just like 2021 with Conner!
With so much love, bring on 2023!!!!
Kayla Raborn
12/31/22
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