Happy 1st Birthday Brayden!!!

I can't believe one year has passed since the birth of Brayden. I know people say that it goes by so fast and your right it does go by so fast. I put together a collection of pictures, one picture from each month of life to remember quickly the past year.

Nov 9, 2008

1 Month

2 Months


3 Months

4 Months

5 Months

6 Months

7 Months

8 Months

9 Months

10 Months

11 Months

1 Year Old!!!

Ok, so maybe the pictures represent the best over the years. I am not going to lie, there were definitely some very tough times. Especially having to face the fact that your baby had a stroke at birth. He has done physical therapy since he was about 3 months old and just last week the physical therapist said that he can be dismissed from the program. If you saw him on the playground running around, you would never know what we went through with him when he was born. He is a tough little guy and already has shown us in the past year that he is a fighter and can get through it. He has shown us how blessed we are to have him in our life. It is amazing how excited he gets every morning to see us, it just melts your heart. Jon and I say all the time, I don't know what we did before Brayden. He is our life and has brought so much joy and meaning to it. Happy Birthday Brayden. We love you!!!


Ok, enough sentimental stuff. Here are pictures from the last couple weeks.

Just Monkeying around

We had a few birthday celebrations over the past couple weeks. Things needed for an awesome birthday party: One large shinny banner with Happy Birthday on it...

Lots of birthday cards....

Of course family, Cousin Mattie and Aunt Jamie....

One large riding toy....

One push toy.....

A cell phone....

And trying some cake for the first time.

Ok so it went better the second time.

Enjoying the nice weather outside.

Like father, like son