Happy 1st Birthday, Brayden!!

Brayden,

I am so blessed to be your Mommy. You light up my days with your smiles and snuggles. Daddy can't get enough of you and Jackson...well, he just adores you. I feel so lucky that God chose me for you because you are an amazing little guy. You are funny, clever, strong-willed and sweet. I can't wait to watch you grow! But can you slow down a little bit?

I love you to the moon and back a hundred million times,
Mommy



Since we are still in the hospital, we celebrated the best we could given our situation. Of course it wasn't optimal, but our little family was together to celebrate and that is all we need!

We had donuts for breakfast and later left Gram to sit with Jack at the hospital (who thankfully slept most of the time we were gone) while we took the birthday boy to eat and to Toys R Us. He had a cupcake once we got back to our room. I know he won't remember at all, but I knew I would regret it if we didn't make an effort to make his birthday a little special.


{Birthday breakfast!}


{Reflecting on the past year.}


{Dinner with the Birthday Boy!}


{Such a ham.}


{Mommy this is embarrassing.}


{Reading a classic!}


{Peeking from his almost outgrown carseat.}


{Snuggles with brother.}


{Right after the 6:48pm birthday kiss.}


{Yum!}


{Love.}