I meant to post on Caiden's actual birthday, but with his big day and planning for his party, it totally slipped my mind! He's a year old already!! Crazy how the last year has flown by, it's been an amazing learning experience for me. It's shown me what's really important in my life and to never take a single second for granted. He has taught me that its not about receiving love, it's about loving with your whole heart and never expecting anything in return. It's about the lessons you take away from the bad days and the smiles you share on the good.
His life began in a cloud of pain and confusion. For weeks we battled fear and hope, and now there is only promise. It can be so easy to forget he's a preemie sometimes, especially since he's wearing 18-24 months at only a year, but I will always see the skin and bones baby he started at beneath all his chub. I am so thankful I have him to annoy me and make me laugh everyday. He has filled my heart with so much joy and I couldn't picture a life without him.
Today, he is roughly 22lbs and 33in. A far cry from the 3lbs 8.4oz and 16 1/2in he was born at. He is a happy and rambunctious little boy, and the toughest guy I know. He can roll over, sit on his own, crawl, hold his own bottle/sippy cup, pull up onto his knees, clap, high five, and has a wonderful vocabulary. It's hard to believe it was just a year ago that he turned our lives upside down, backwards, and around a corner, but its been one hell of a year and I wouldn't change a second of it.
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