WHW Year One: In Review

My, oh my, oh my.  Where has the year gone?  You, sweet boy, are nothing but joy.

You came into this world so very loved.

You'll have a story to tell some day.....Two hours after being released from the hospital, you attended your Grammy's funeral and followed that up with your first party.  At a bar, no less.

I have no recollection of all those sleepless nights in the beginning.  I actually enjoyed all six weeks of them with you.  We got to watch almost every one of the Chilean miners being pulled from the earth together!

You went from being a dark-haired baby to a blond-haired, blue-eyed little boy.  I think you are the most beautiful boy I've ever seen.

You have proven yourself to be as easy-peasy as they come.  You love restaurants, you travel in the car like a champ, you eat anything you're given, you don't fuss when you're not being held, you play by yourself better than a certain almost 4 year old that I know and you, lest I need to remind everyone again, have slept through the night since you were SIX WEEKS OLD!

You managed to grow 7 teeth over the course of a year and you sat by yourself and started crawling very early.  The walking thing has come slower than I ever imagined.  I'm not worried at all by it as I prefer to hold on to my baby boy as long as I can.

You love your big sister so very much.  You often squeal with delight just from seeing her in the afternoons.  And Larkin, well, she so wanted a little sister but now often says how happy she is to have a little brother.  One of my biggest wishes in my life is for you to be close for the rest of yours.  Hold on to each other, support each other and have fun with each other.  We'll probably even fund an exciting trip for you to take together one day!

You still nuzzle your face into my neck when someone talks to you.  I love that sweet and shy side to you.  It's really a heart melter for me and for the ladies that try to get your attention.

Your belly laugh is perhaps the sweetest thing I've ever heard.  (Outside of Larkin's baby belly laugh, of course!)  I don't know what it is about a baby hysterically laughing that is so wonderful, but I feel certain it's one of those blessings from God.

You came to us days after we lost one of our most loved.  What would have been a sad and gloomy year has turned out to be one of the best of our lives.  Your Daddy and I often look at each other and acknowledge that THIS is as good as it gets.

You're a dream, William Henry Wilson.  I'm thankful every single minute that you are ours.

Happy 1st Birthday my precious baby boy.