One year? Really?
How in the world can our little baby be 1 already?
Blake has brought so much happiness and calm into our little family and I cannot express how much I love him!
We had a fun little family birthday party for him.
Many, many people in our family were out of town or had other plans so our party was our little family and our awesome and supportive grandparents.
Let the party begin!
He is such a cutie - he had no idea like most one year olds what was going on but he sure liked the paper and bows :)
Gifts, gifts and more gifts!
The big kids were more than happy to help him open them - they were really cute with him and happy to help.
Some of us (hee-hee) were more than happy to help open his gifts but didn't want to share afterwards...
poor little Logan. It's hard when it's not your birthday.
Some darling clothes from grandparents and aunts and uncles.
My Rio was so super sweet and made Blake a gift this year. She made him this super cute card and said how much she loved him. Love this girl - so grateful for her kindness.
More darling clothes for the spring and summer! Yah! After 3 big brothers, it's nice to have some new things.
He loved his new toys and was happy to stand up to play with them.
Had to capture this little pic of these two ladies. Oh how Rio loves my mom!
I'm so grateful for their little bond - makes me so happy to see :)
HAPPY 1st Birthday Blake!
We've never had a birthday like this one before...
Blake has been eating "solids" for about 6 months now but he isn't a huge fan of sweet things but I figured...it's cake dude! You'll love it!
And well at first he was curious...
...then Grandma Morris tried to help him taste it so he could "dive in" and well...
...not so much!
HE DID NOT LIKE IT AT ALL!
He cried and cried and was shaking his hands because it was all over him and he was not happy about it. He was so cute and just looked at us like, "why are you doing this? It is messy and all over! Help!"
He is just a little different than his older brother Logan - remember this?
Yah, Logan is just a bit different temperament - haha and it is clear already!
Everyone else enjoyed the yummy cake and delicious ice cream.
Love you kids and your excitement for parties!
Of course I forgot to take a pic of Grandma and Grandpa Morris with Blake before they left...but here is one of my parents with Blake.
Blake, sweetie, you couldn't ask for greater grandparents. You have the best and most loving and supportive grandparents you could ever have. They all adore you to pieces and all say what a wonderful boy you are and love how much you smile all the time.
Mommy and Daddy with our Blake.
Happy 1st birthday beautiful boy!
Okay...whew...here goes the letter to my little one.
Blake, (I'm already crying by the way). Every time I held him for the first 3 months or so of his life, I would get teary-eyed. I honestly was just overcome with gratitude and love for him. Not only did you come into our family by a shear miracle from our Heavenly Father but with your somewhat scary and unpredictable entry into the world, you honestly are the greatest miracle to me.
Maybe no one else, but daddy can feel or understand what I felt since that 20 week ultrasound news of your abdominal calcifications and what they meant. At first we were told it was probably some kind of infection. I thought, "no big deal...I'll just take antibiotics." Then the visit to MFM. I was terrified and didn't know what to think after that. I just knew that visiting MFM wasn't good news because I spent many days with them with the triplets for observations. I was told with that you may have Downs Syndrome or some Trisomy that was potentially fatal either in utero or after birth or that you may have Cytomegalovirus (CMV).
Of course, I went home from that appointment to daddy and his family helping us move out of our Draper home and broke down when I saw daddy. He knew how I felt but was calm of course and held it together better than I could. He is always the more stable and consistent parent sweetie, know that! :)
Needless to say, you gave me more anxiety in those next 18 or so weeks than I have ever experienced. Every single day I thought and worried about you. Even after some test results came back saying that you were no longer at risk for DS, CMV or the scariest Trisomy's, I couldn't relax. I was always in fear of you being ready to leave us before we got a chance to know you. I know that may sound very dramatic now that you are a healthy, happy little guy but I could not relax until the day you were born and to see your body and know you were okay. We wouldn't know until that day because all the monitoring and ultrasounds weren't showing us anything different so it was literally a waiting game until March 19th.
I have lots of contractions on the night of the 17th but could breathe my way through them okay. The next day, well, that was a little harder. I had contractions that were about 7-10 and sometimes 5 minutes apart all day. I wasn't sure what to do but I got very, very uncomfortable and at 5am on the 19th, I told daddy we needed to go!
And we were off!
Grandma Morris came to watch the other little kids while we were gone that day and Papa Dougie and Grandma Marsha helped out too.
Waiting for the C-section and enduring those silly contractions that just take your breath away.
We were so ready to meet you!
Of course during the delivery, you added more drama to my heart...you aspirated some fluid and had to go to the NICU but like the fighter you are, you came off the oxygen just a few hours after and were just perfect!
Here you are sweet boy getting some oxygen.
Your daddy took great care of you all day, especially in those hours you were in the NICU.
He didn't leave your side until you were released and could come into my room. You have the best daddy sweetheart!
Family and friends came to see and adore you like we did and the best part was to have your siblings come to see and meet you.
They all loved you immediately and wanted to hold you. Even little Logan gave you a little kiss but was not quite ready to hold you just yet :) You'll be good buddies one day.
Oh my Blake, I just love you more than I can say. You scared me so much and I worried over you for many months but always trusted that our Heavenly Father would bring you to us just that way he had planned. You truly are a little miracle! What a sweet boy you are!
You have always had a very calm, kind demeanor and smile a ton! You love to laugh at your siblings, especially Austin - he makes you laugh the most! You love to cuddle still and we love it!
MILESTONES:
* sat up - 7 1/2 months
*stand against things - 11 months
*first tooth - bottom @ 6 months
*rolled over - 4 months (and then not again until 10 months)
*you're an awesome eater and love your bottles...we've got to take those away soon :)
*army crawl - 12 months
*words/talking - "yes" at 11 months, @ 12 months - "dada, mama, uh-oh, no and night-night (ni-ni)"
- You don't walk yet sweet pea but you army crawl ALL over roll and kick off walls to get where you want to be. It's so cute to watch. You are definitely a little slower on the motion but it's probably because you've had to be such a little trooper in your car seat going here and there and all over the place and when you weren't in your car seat, you were in the stroller or in someones arms being carried and well, you like it there! You're just now at 13 months starting to move from place to place and you will stand up on your own so I know you're getting there! Can't wait to see you move around sweetie. You'll be running with the rest of them soon enough!
Your daddy and I love you Blake! You are calm and kind, loving and yet a little feisty when you want something. You love to smile and laugh and love sitting and playing.
We can't wait to see who you'll become!
Thank you for bringing peace and calm to a busy, crazy and loud house and mommy. I love you Blake, Happy Birthday!
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