4 blogs for a 1st birthday....

Sledding in the only snow we may ever see...

Birthday Bath Time

Family

KEvin, Beth, Ramyah, Jazyah and Tykese were in town from Idaho and on Jack's birthday! It was so awesome for Jack to meet his cousins. They were soooooo good with him. They are beautiful kids. Here are a few pics of the fam...

Happy Birthday!

Happy first birthday, little man!

Goodbye infant, Hello Toddler

1 year ago from this minute I think I was complaining to a nurse in the L&D about my back hurting. I didn't realize it was labor even though I had heard of back labor before. It sucked, as you can imagine or have experienced.

So at 7:39 tomorrow morning, Jack will have been with us for a year. He finally got "outta mah belly" as Susan at work liked to say to him everyday for 9 months. Parts of me (the tired part) feel like he's been here forever, parts of me can't remember anything pre-Jack-William, and the last part feels like he was born yesterday.

I ran in to a patient this morning who came to visit us the day after Jack was born. She is an elderly (though you wouldn't know it) black lady with long red nails and awesomely large hats. She likes wearing animal print shoes. She came in our room and prayed over Jack and sang him a song from her church. It was an incredible experience. I remember thinking "Kid, you are going to have one interesting life".

My little man is 1. Nuts.

So Beth and Kevin are here with the kids. The kids are amazing. Jack could just sit and just watch them play. I am so glad he is spending time with his cousins. Jack is a very lucky kid. He has a HUGE HUGE HUGE family with TONS of cousins. Several of them are within weeks to months of his age. Family is so important to me, but since Jack it has become so much more. I am glad he got to meet cousins Ramyah, Jasyah, and Tykese (sp?).

And with that I will go to bed. Tonight, unlike a year ago, I am gonna SLEEP!

New photos on sunday!

Heartbreak

Hello all you chickens in TV Land! Its been a rough couple of days. Jack has gotten some kind of throat thing. They say he's too young for strep, but they did a strep test anyway to be sure. We will get results in the morning. He has blood blisters in his throat. The poor baby has been miserable. He has been very lethargic and has had an average temp of around 101. And it couldn't be worse timing! His b-day is Friday and we have family in town from Idaho!

It's heartbreaking as a parent to see this. If it's you, it sucks but you can deal with it. But to see your little baby in pain is torture. There's nothing you can do. Nothing. The worst part is he doesn't really get it so he's looking at you like "What's happening? Can't you fix it daddy?" And you just want to die because you can't.

Well that's enough of me being melodramatic. But it does suck.

Seacrest out..