So the day has finally come. We officially have a One year old! When I tell you I have waited for this day for my entire life. Aria Vanessa Carter was born November 14th, 2018 at 6:08am in the Memorial Miramar Hospital in Miramar, Florida. It feels like yesterday when I found out I was pregnant. Our lives completed changed forever.

A Fun Memory Timeline of Aria’s Birthday.

• I found out I was pregnant March 2018 at 3 weeks. We had conceived in Napa California. Which meant a lot of wine and a lot of love.
• June 2018 we had our Gender Reveal in Houston, TX at my mom’s house. I was so surprised we were having a girl. I really thought I was having a boy, because Adrian has so many Nephews. I was convinced
• And November 13 going into the 14th I was induced. Aria had some trouble keeping her heart rate up, so they quickly rushed me to the operating room for a c-section. And by 6:08am she was here.

• She was and still is the most beautiful little being that we have been blessed with. If you know my story you know how much trouble I had throughout pregnancy and how tough my little girl was and is.
• The first person to hold her was my mom, which was very sentimental. My dad passed away a year before she was born so it was truly meaningful to have my mom there.
• Aria has always been a fighter, which explains her personality now. When she was born she had a hard time regulating her blood so she had to stay in the NICU for a few days.

• After the four days. She was released to go home. And we we’re finally stepping into our new reality.
• We made her middle name Vanessa to honor my Mother in Law who passed away from cancer 3 months after our wedding. She always wanted a granddaughter and we know she would have loved Aria to the moon and back.

“There is nothing as powerful as mother’s love, and nothing as healing as a child’s soul.”

Photography: Arzu Vargas Photography

We celebrated Aria’s birthday this past Sunday on the 17th with Family and Friends it was magical. I will say throwing a party and doing everything yourself is very tiring. But it was all worth it to see our little girl smile. Here are a few pictures to recap the party.