Wow. I haven't posted in a looooooong time. Sorry about that. Let me tell you all the things.
First, daddy and mommy's house flooded. Hurricane Harvey came around the end of August and the beginning of September. Let me tell you. It fucked some stuff up (excuse mommy's language). Our neighborhood had very high water. People were rescued in boats, luckily your dad and I evacuated the night before because your grandma advised us too. If we had not have left the night before, we would have been rescued by boats too. Our house got 6 inches of water, which is not too bad. The worst part was that the water sat in the house and neighborhood for 7 days. When daddy was able to get into the house, there was mold on everything. I was devastated. All the furniture we just finished paying off was ruined. The new carpet and wood floors were also done for. Shoes and clothes gone. Needless to say, we lost a lot. Daddy, some friends, and family all got together and demoed the house.
It's hard to fit a whole, what 5 months, in one blog post. But I'll try.
Edit: I'm not going to fit all 5 months here, just 2.
In between this, we found that that you, baby Matthew, are a BOY!! We found out super late because the hurricane, again, fucked up some stuff. We cut a cake. It was a nice time. Your grandma and tia Cristina did a great job with the decorations. Our friend, Meagan, hosted the party at her house!
While all this was happening, I could not help but wonder why nothing seemed "easy" in our lives. I thought we had a plan and then everything just crumbled away. We finished paying off the furniture, which helped ease my mind about having you coming along. Less bills, more money for baby. We had a nice house that we were going to put on the market to sell literally days after Harvey hit. We had a new house that we wanted to purchase in a great neighborhood in Katy. It was perfect. Then Harvey happened. Harvey has affected us in so many ways. Mostly negative.
But.
Your tia Cristina wrote me a letter in the midst of all this. In this letter, she wrote how wonderful it is that your dad and I have such a strong relationship, "...unbreakable and unshakable love for each other." "The way you two take care of each other and are patient and kind with one another even through the hardest times." Which made me realize that our plans may not always work out. What is important is that we have each other. The three of us were not harmed in any way. Emotionally hurt and stressed out, but we had our lives and we have you.
So, I am so sorry if you are feeling my stress or the roller coaster of emotions I seem to constantly be on. Through all of this, your dad and I have discovered how many people love and care for all of us. We have seen how strong we are as a couple. And we have seen that the world we are bringing you into is not so bad.
Love, Mom