12 Months

Tomorrow's the big day!!!!!!!  A while back, Jill asked me what it meant to celebrate Tyler's first birthday.

My response?  "That we survived one year."

That's even what our Sunday School classmates said when mentioned that Tyler was about to turn one.  "That's awesome, you survived a whole year!"  We survived setting our alarm for every few hours to make sure Tyler was fed and didn't waste away from starvation during the middle of the night.  We survived breastfeeding -- the discomfort, the scheduling around it, the adrenaline-rush when I heard him crying in the night, the peace as we sit together in silence and darkness during a 1am feeding.  We survived falls, bumps, and every bug daycare threw at us.  Just when we were getting the hang of thing, we survived milestone after milestone, making adjustments on the fly.

I thought this blog post from Scary Mommy summed it up pretty well.

It's hard to believe my big guy ever looked like this.  Oh, the "don't scratch yourself in the face" mittens.  And look how big that onesie looks!

Ready for a quick trip through time?

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