Happy birthday handsome!

Today is my baby's second birthday! 2! I can hardly believe it! Seems like only yesterday...









Owen's first moments in this world were very frightening. He was my biggest baby (9lbs 2oz) and he wasn't coming out. When he was first born he was quite purple and I didn't really know what to think as the respiratory team rushed in. He spent the first 6 days of his life in the NICU and I felt very cheated. I wasn't able to nurse him until he was 5 days old and I wasn't able to hold him very often, only every 2 hours and I was worried that we wouldn't bond. I am so glad that didn't happen.


The few months before and after Owen's birth were very stressful and I was very depressed. We were moved 5 days before his birth and I was having a really hard time. In a way, Owen saved me during this time. He gave me something to think about beside myself. He gave me a reason to find joy in a trying time.

He really is my ray of sunshine. He is such a character, full of spunk and spirit. He has his own ideas about life already! He is stubborn but loving. He loves to play outside and it never fails, he always strips down to play in the sand box. His new obsessions are books and thomas the train. He is alway bringing me a book and saying "read it to you!" I love all of my conversations with him. I love the way he says baseball and helicopter. I love every bit of him.


He loves his older siblings and loves his roll as the baby. My baby! My baby that really isn't much of a baby anymore.Sigh. Is this what it feels like to grow older?
Every one of my children's birthdays remind me of the days slipping by me. Can we stop already? I guess not. I guess all we can do is cherish the time we have now. I love you Owen! Happy birthday!