One year ago today...

My sweet boy came into this world!! It's been an amazing year. Wow, I can't believe it's been a whole year! I remember sitting in the triage prep area getting ready for my c-section, and having no idea what was going to happen. I was scared, nervous, and excited all at the same time. I wanted so badly to meet my little guy, but I was so scared at what was going to happen, worried that he was going to have a really big head, scared that he was going to have a lot of problems. They took me into the operating room to get my epidural, and I had a really rough time with that. The anesthesiologist was totally cold, he had no bedside manner at all. He kept telling me to lean over farther, but that's just slightly impossible when you have a huge stomach in the way. When he finally got it in, I started feeling sick and they had to give me medicine to keep me from throwing up (yuck) but I made it through. I was so out of it from the meds, but I made myself stay alert so I could hear what was going on. I heard them say they were pulling him out and then I heard him cry! It was the most amazing sound EVER. They took him over to get cleaned up and let my husband go over and watch, and then he got to hold him before they took him away to the NICU. He brought him over to me and my first thought was that he looked NORMAL. He was so beautiful, I was in tears. It was such an amazing day! And now here we are, a year later, and he is absolutely thriving! He is about three months behind physically, but other than that he is so smart! I am so so proud of my little man :)

Pics to come!

Happy Easter everyone!

I'm sure we will all be hunting for Easter eggs with our kiddos today, but let's not forget the true reason we celebrate Easter. Jesus Christ has risen today! Alleluia!

Hope all of you have a happy and blessed Easter!!

(will add a pic of the kiddos later all dressed up :) we were lazy this morning LOL)

I am so excited

I am getting my first real, true mommy break! I haven't had any REAL time to myself since Emmy was born. I am going to Florida BY MYSELF and meeting my parents there to do something I've wanted to do since 5th grade - watch the Space Shuttle launch! Ever since I went to space camp when I was 10, I've loved all things Space related. I even took an astronomy class in college as one of my electives. I've watched almost every launch online and read lots of space books and websited. I am soooo excited! The best part about the trip is that I will get an entire day to myself once I get there because my parents won't be there until that night. So I rented a car so I won't be confined to the hotel until they get there. I treated myself to a convertible! I will be able to cruise the coast as much as I want, go shopping, sit on the beach, anything! I'll be posting lots of pics once I get back of course :) Yay!

Hard to believe

that my baby boy will be a year old exactly one month from today! This year has absolutely FLOWN by. He has done so much more than we expected initially. He is such a little miracle!

It's almost St. Patty's Day...

So I thought I would share with you my favorite Irish Blessing (Yep, I'm Irish) :D

"May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

May the rains fall soft upon your fields,

and until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of his hand."

Updates

Joey started OT last week. Hopefully that combined with PT will help him progress faster. He is growing so fast and getting so big!

Happy Boy!!!

Stuff

... I can't seem to make up my mind for my background!!

Not a whole lot is going on right now. I guess that's good though, because that means that everyone is in good health! Joey is chugging right along with his PT. He is still holding himself back though, by being such a lazy guy! He is starting to get a *little* more interested in exploring, though. When he lays on the floor he scoots himself around in circles. He also does that in his sleep. There have been times where I get him up in the morning and he is in the opposite position I put him in when he went down for the night! That's a good thing though. Baby steps. Hopefully soon he will get stronger and tolerate more tummy time.

I *will* start posting more pics! I am so bad about that. All of you need to see my cute little (big!) chunky boy :)