A Happy New Year

To say the new year started off with a bang for our family would be an understatement. If you follow me on Instagram, you may know most of this already, but I wanted to share in a blog post as well.

My sister, Jessica, and I were due about three weeks apart from each other. She was due on Christmas day and I wasn’t due until this Sunday, January 11th. Jessica ended up being induced and welcomed her gorgeous baby girl Maysie (also a surprise), on New Year’s Eve. Our big family (most of which was at the hospital) was just over the moon about the new addition to our family. All the nurses kept making me sit down during her delivery, saying there is no way I would make it to my due date. Yet, I was feeling great at the time and confident our little one would stay put at least another week or so. Much to our surprise, our little Arielle made her way into the world just 39 hours after her cousin. I like to think she just couldn’t wait to join the party, a girl after my own heart!

More to come on Arielle’s birth story later, but here are some casual family photos that my mom captured of us today (her one week birthday). We are completely, utterly in love. Happy New Year!

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