One Year

Today is Evan's birthday!! Can't believe it's been a year already. I have had so much fun with him an dthe big kids LOVE him. They beg to get him out of bed in the mornings or after his nap so they can play with him. Makes me smile =)

Because I wasn't blogging a year ago I'll tell his birth story today.

I woke at 1 in the morning because I couldn't sleep. I was getting a drink of water and the first contraction hit. It wasn't bad but I knew it was the real deal. I got pen and paper and laid on the couch ready to keep track of how far apart they were. My contractions stayed 8-10 minutes apart until about 10:30. In that time I did laundry, took Ethan to school, boiled and deboned a chicken, and made sure the house was picked up. Aaron's mom got to the house about 12:30 and we were checked in an hour later. When my doc checked me at 2:00 I was at 4 cn. and 80% effaced. She came back and checked me at 4:30( I was asking for stadol) and I was at 6 cn. and 100%. I got the stadol and was asking for my doc to come back at 5:00 because I WAS HAVING A BABY! The nurses did a great job of helping me control my breathing so I wouldn't push. Because it was a Friday I told my doctor I would try to deliver so she could be home in time for dinner.

Evan William came into the world at 5:12 p.m. He weighed in at 7.4 pounds and was 19.5 in. long. He was perfect. And I mean PERFECT! That boy got a 9 and 10 on his apgars.

He has been making me smile every day since then. He came home a very fiesty little guy and would get so mad that at 2 weeks was rolling himself over. He rolled over officially at 10 weeks. Crawled at 5.5 months. Took his first step a week before he hit 9 months.and is marking his first birthday almost running. He's a little on the short side so he looks funny walking around. He brings me joy every day and I don't know what I would do with out him.

Happy Birthday, Evan!! You make my heart happy and I love you so much it hurts.