Happy 1st Birthday West!

Wow, I can't believe it's been a year. I can't believe a year ago today I was in the hospital full of excitement, fear, worry and anticipation surrounded by loved ones anxiously awaiting our new bundle of joy.

It might have been the longest and shortest year of my life so far. I look at West everyday and just can't believe he came from me. I barely remember that precious tiny infant that I could fit cradled in my arms, my little baby is now entering toddlerhood. He has become so independent and his personality is blossoming. I couldn't have asked for a happier baby with the best temperment I could have ever wanted, so easy going and go with the flow. He loves to make people laugh and knows just how to do it, you start to wonder how he knows that the things he does are funny. I am just in awe of him and sometimes can't quit starring at him. It's just incredible how much a child learns in the first year of life...to roll, then crawl, then walk, and the first smile, first word, first step, first food, first giggle, first wave, first kiss.

My favorite sound in the entire universe: when Weston yawns. It's been the only constant, it's the only sound that has never changed since the day he was born and every time I hear him yawn it takes me back to the day he was born and the first time I held him in my arms.

This past year went so fast, I don't even remember what we did last summer. I am just trying to soak up every second of every day with him and can't wait for the years of wonderment ahead.