Recap of Elliott's Frist Birthday Weekend!

So it is still hard for me to believe that my baby is a big 1 year old. We had a great weekend celebrating his birthday with a lot of friends and family. We kicked off his birthday with a Spaghetti dinner that he pretty much cried through. He does not like to pick up messy foods. We then preceded to eat way to much in a short amount of time and had our first cupcake and frosting. He loved it. He really just liked to play with it. We then preceded to finish our bottle for bed and then threw up all over daddy. What a way to remember his first birthday. that was all Thursday night his actual birthday. On Friday, we went to the doctor for our 12 month check up and we weighed in at 23 pounds 15 ounces and are about 31 inches long. We are a big boy. We realized that at a year they finally realize that this whole shot thing sucks and we do not like it one bit! We then took a good nap to get ready for our party on Friday night with our frolic family. We got fun presents that make nose, swim stuff and cars that we can not play with until we are older. We ate bacon, french toast and had a little more cake. We love fruit! No throwing up this night. We finally came Saturday, the day of our party. We had lots of friends and family come by to wish you a very happy first birthday and we again got a lot of really fun toys that make noise. Right now our favorite toy is the Zoo train that we got from our friends the Snyder's. Thanks guys! We ate a little cake but really played more with it and than we took a bath. All in all it was a great first birthday. We want to thank everyone for all of your love a support over this first year of Elliott's life. It is true what they say about it takes a village and we feel truly blessed by God that he put each and every one of you in our lives. We love you all so much and again thank you for helping up celebrate our little man! I will do a slide show of his birthday weekend for you to see.

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Happy Birthday Elliott!

I can not believe that it is time for me to write this. Elliott can not be one yet. At least that is what I am telling myself. Everyone always told me that the first year goes by fast but I never believed it until now.

Well one year ago today, Wes and I headed to the hospital at 7:00 in the morning. We were checking in and given the potassium (if that is how you spell it) at 8:15. You were so content in my tummy that you would not come out. Here is a little bit of the process of trying to have you. We went to the doctor on the 24th which was your due date and the doctor checked me and said that it could happen any time. So the next few days, your daddy, auntie Molly and I did everything that we could to try to get you to come out. Nothing worked. So Tuesday morning the 29th we called the hospital to see if we could come in and be induced. So after the potassium, you just hung out. At about 11:15 the doctor came in and gave me my epidural which made everything better until about 3:00 pm. that is when I developed back labor and there was nothing that was making me comfortable. So, they did everything to make me comfortable and at 3:50 i told the nurse that I was going to push and she told me to wait and then she checked me and I was dilated to a 10 so I could start pushing. Well according to your Grandma Lynnie and Grandma Jan Dr. Edstrom came running in and I only had to push for 1/2 hour and you were born at 4:33 pm on May 29, 2007. Your Daddy was there for your birth as well as your Grammie and Auntie Molly. We did not know whether you were a boy or a girl until the day you were born and when you cam out your daddy announced to everyone in the room that you were a boy and then told everyone your name. Elliott Leroy. I can not begin to tell you how much your daddy and I love you and are so blessed that you are in our family and that God gave you to us to raise for Him. We love you and look forward to many more birthday celebrations with you.

Love,
Mommy

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