After sharing a room (and sometimes a bed) for over a year, they still hate to be apart :)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Happy Birthday Wijah!
To my sweet little boy
It is hard to believe it has been a year since I first held you. You were so tiny and beautiful. One of your nurses nicknamed you button because you were so small and sweet. At just over 6 lbs you were very light, but were over 21 inches long. Your legs were so tiny they looked like toothpicks and even I thought you looked skinny, but oh so precious.
I had been fighting a bad virus for the last month before you were born and was feeling pretty sick. I hadn't slept much in a couple weeks because of all my coughing, and I was just ready for you to be born. I started having some mild contractions and decided to check in with my doctor to see if you were coming soon. When I got to the appointment, he told me he would admit me and break my water....then I got a little nervous knowing what was ahead. So, I decided to go home and wait until Daddy got home from work to go back to the hospital. Soon after we arrived at the hospital, my Dr. came in and broke my water. 40 minutes later, at 6:49 p.m, you were here! We were so thrilled and couldn't wait for your big brother and sister to meet you. Daddy went to church to pick them up. When Micah got to the hospital, he thought you were the baby Jesus, and Alexis got to work mothering you right away. She would have held you all night if we let her.
You came home from the hospital to our tiny rental house and your only space in the world was a bassinet in our closet. You were quite content there for the first 5 months of your life and managed to sleep through all the commotion your siblings made. You even survived your brother and cousin climbing into your bassinet with you when you were just a couple of months old.
You are a beautiful addition to our family and we love you so much. Your sweet smile and laugh can light up a whole room. I have loved every minute of holding you, snuggling with you and feeding you, even if it came in the middle of the night. At 1 you are our latest walker, but you can crawl at lightning speed and walk around all of our furniture. Your vocabulary has exploded in the last few weeks, and you continue to learn new things. You have started laughing when others laugh and love to wave bye bye to everyone. We are hoping the screaming will subside soon, but in the mean time you are a great entertainment to the clerks at Target :)
Where has the year gone? Your babyhood seemed especially fleeting. I know in just a blink we will have another little man at our house. In my heart, I will always treasure the precious days of your infancy, your soft sweet skin, your little hands on my face as I fed you, your beautiful first smiles and the sound of your small voice as it said mama for the first time.
I want you to know how much you are loved by Daddy and me, but more importantly by God. You were created for a special purpose, with unique talents and abilities. I pray that I will be able to help you reach all the potential He has for you.
I love you so much Ellijah Matthew!
Mommy
Your Growing Vocabulary
Mama
Dada
Pup pup (puppy)
Papa (grandpa)
Was that, was this
Gentle
No no
Bye bye
Eli
It is hard to believe it has been a year since I first held you. You were so tiny and beautiful. One of your nurses nicknamed you button because you were so small and sweet. At just over 6 lbs you were very light, but were over 21 inches long. Your legs were so tiny they looked like toothpicks and even I thought you looked skinny, but oh so precious.
I had been fighting a bad virus for the last month before you were born and was feeling pretty sick. I hadn't slept much in a couple weeks because of all my coughing, and I was just ready for you to be born. I started having some mild contractions and decided to check in with my doctor to see if you were coming soon. When I got to the appointment, he told me he would admit me and break my water....then I got a little nervous knowing what was ahead. So, I decided to go home and wait until Daddy got home from work to go back to the hospital. Soon after we arrived at the hospital, my Dr. came in and broke my water. 40 minutes later, at 6:49 p.m, you were here! We were so thrilled and couldn't wait for your big brother and sister to meet you. Daddy went to church to pick them up. When Micah got to the hospital, he thought you were the baby Jesus, and Alexis got to work mothering you right away. She would have held you all night if we let her.
You came home from the hospital to our tiny rental house and your only space in the world was a bassinet in our closet. You were quite content there for the first 5 months of your life and managed to sleep through all the commotion your siblings made. You even survived your brother and cousin climbing into your bassinet with you when you were just a couple of months old.
You are a beautiful addition to our family and we love you so much. Your sweet smile and laugh can light up a whole room. I have loved every minute of holding you, snuggling with you and feeding you, even if it came in the middle of the night. At 1 you are our latest walker, but you can crawl at lightning speed and walk around all of our furniture. Your vocabulary has exploded in the last few weeks, and you continue to learn new things. You have started laughing when others laugh and love to wave bye bye to everyone. We are hoping the screaming will subside soon, but in the mean time you are a great entertainment to the clerks at Target :)
Where has the year gone? Your babyhood seemed especially fleeting. I know in just a blink we will have another little man at our house. In my heart, I will always treasure the precious days of your infancy, your soft sweet skin, your little hands on my face as I fed you, your beautiful first smiles and the sound of your small voice as it said mama for the first time.
I want you to know how much you are loved by Daddy and me, but more importantly by God. You were created for a special purpose, with unique talents and abilities. I pray that I will be able to help you reach all the potential He has for you.
I love you so much Ellijah Matthew!
Mommy
Your Growing Vocabulary
Mama
Dada
Pup pup (puppy)
Papa (grandpa)
Was that, was this
Gentle
No no
Bye bye
Eli
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