January 1

Another year has come and is about to end. It's interesting how in just one year's time, our life has changed so much for the better.

This year has been such a journey for us, that's for sure, and I feel so lucky to have had Inuyasha by my side for every second of it. It's been almost two weeks since Moroha was born and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I grew her in my stomach for nine months and gave birth to her. She truly is the light of our lives. I love her with all of my heart.

We had put her down for a nap yesterday afternoon and while she was asleep, I took advantage of it to do some cleaning around the house before we started to get ready to go to the new year's festival in the village. I was really looking forward to it and I was really excited to bring Moroha with us as well. It was one of the first times we've taken her out into the village (although we did take her to Miroku and Sango's house and to Kaede's house recently).

Just as I was starting to sweep the floor, Inuyasha came over to me and put his arms around my waist. Then he took the broom out of my hand.

"Hey…"

"You're working too hard," he replied. "Didn't Kaede tell you to take it easy for a while?"

"Yes but…" I was cut off when he kissed me. His lips were so soft and warm that I immediately melted into him. I was disappointed when he pulled away but there was a devious smirk on his face. He knew exactly what kind of effect he had on me.

"So that means you should relax, right?"

"Okay," I replied, still kind of in a daze from that kiss. In fact, I wanted more.

I pulled him back to me and he readily kissed me again. When he carried me over to the couch and lay on top of me, things started to intensify between us.

With his tongue roaming my mouth and the low groans emanating from him, my body quickly started to burn for him. I moaned into his mouth and my hands tangled in his hair trying to take in as much of him as I could. We hadn't had sex in weeks and it would be some time before we'd be able to have sex again because my body was still recovering. Even though I was still recovering, I craved the feeling of his sexy body all over me and his dick deep inside of me. Judging by the way he was moving, I could tell he wanted the same thing.

Unfortunately, our little bit of fun was interrupted by the sound of Moroha crying.

"Damn," Inuyasha mumbled.

"I guess we've got to get used to that."

"Oh well, I'll get her."

Later in the day, we started to get ready for the New Year's Festival. I got Moroha all dressed up in a pretty dress and a pink hair bow along with some fluffy socks to keep her little feet warm.

"You are so adorable," I said to her when I was all done. I love dressing her up. It's so much fun. She's like a little doll. I then picked her up and kissed her. "You're mommy's little angel." Then I took her into the living room with her father.

"So you're teaching her already to take forever to get ready?" he said.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh stop." Then I handed her to him. "Can you hold her while I get ready?"

"Of course."

Then I went into our room to get myself ready to go. I settled on a flowered kimono with a red belt. I then brushed my hair and let it hang loose down my back. Then I put on a necklace and bracelet Inuyasha had gotten me. I even put on a bit of eyeshadow and eyeliner.

The whole time I was feeling kind of thrilled. This was the first time I had gotten dressed up since Moroha was born. It was also the first time I've felt like my old self in a long time. As I looked in the mirror I was astonished to see that I looked more like my old self too. Sure I had put on a little bit of weight and my breasts were still engorged with milk, but I felt more normal than I had in a really long time.

Once I was done, I went back into the living room and found Inuyasha playing with Moroha. "Ready to go?" I asked.

Inuyasha didn't answer. He was just staring at me.

"Um, Yasha? Did you hear me?"

Whatever trance he was in, he seemed to snap out of it. "I'm sorry, baby." He came over to me and before I could say anything more he kissed me. "You're so beautiful, I got a little distracted."

I giggled and found myself blushing a bit. "Thanks, Yasha." I kissed him once again. "Let's go."

I put Moroha in a baby carrier and had her strapped to my chest to make it easier to carry her throughout the event. Inuyasha and I went out to the festival, which was already well underway, holding hands as we always were and eager to see our friends.

We had such a good time tonight and Moroha was certainly the center of attention. All of our friends were eager to see her as well as everyone we knew from the village. Takero, Kimi, Kiara, Chiyo, Kina, Jiro, and many others were all very happy to finally see her and gave us many congratulations and well wishes.

Midnight was getting closer. Moroha had long since fallen asleep. Just like last year, everyone was given a lantern to light and we were supposed to make a wish for the new year.

I lit my orange lantern and Inuyasha lit his green one.

"What are you going to wish for?" I asked.

"For nothing but joy and happiness for our family this year," Inuyasha replied.

"That's what I was going to wish for too."

We released our lanterns and held each other close while we watched them float into the air with everyone else's. As I watched it fly, I had a feeling that our wish was going to come true.