Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Good things come in threes!

Three years ago today we brought our little man home from the hospital. It was so scary to finally be on our own with him after being under the watchful care of the wonderful nurses for his entire 6 week life. At the same time, though, it was so nice to be free from going back and forth to the hospital and only being able to hold him for short amounts of time. Now he was all ours and we could hold him all the time if we wanted!! He weighed a whopping 4 lbs 8 oz when we left that day. Check out the itty bitty critterboy on the way home 7/1/05:

The last picture was taken a couple of weeks after we came home with his tiny head and arm in daddy-o's hand. It really puts in perspective just how tiny he was. It makes me so happy to say that he is such a full of life, completely normal 3 year old now. Ahh, the memories. I love him so much and I'm so proud that he is such a little fighter, even after a day like today when I wished he would have stopped being so demanding! I can smell that darn soap . . .

Now for breaking news! My BFF Krista will be here in THREE short days! Yay!! She is like a sister to me and I miss her so much. Move back, move back! We'll meet in the middle at the Terry's ranch siiigggnnn! Maybe we could have do whatcha want day at my house? You can play with Gerber AND Sandy if you want. I'm just so glad that she and her mom are coming for a visit. Her mom battled breast cancer a couple of years ago and I'm so glad that she is able to come on the trip this time. I probably cried as much as Krista did when she was diagnosed and I still get all teared up just thinking about it. It stinks that we only see each other once a year, if that, and that it's always her having to come here for the visits. I promise we'll get north eventually, but I can't promise when. Needless to say, I'm super excited about her coming. Even though we're far apart, when we're together it's like we haven't missed a beat. We stay up late talking and laughing and catching up. Have I said I can't wait? Have a safe trip, mi amiga, and I'll see you soon!

1 comment:

Susie said...

Where has the time gone? isn't it amazing how fast life goes by once we got our girls home? Your sweet son is precious, and he always will be. Wonderful to see you so content and happy Susie. Blessings, Susie