One year ago today, my house was the cleanest it's ever been. :) I was up until about 1am, fulfilling the last of my nesting instincts before we had to leave for the hospital just a few hours later, on September 4, 2009. It was such a surreal time, knowing that that day was the day we would meet our baby boy for the first time and our lives would be forever changed!
Wyatt Alan Keeler, you are one of two most precious gifts that God has given us. You have filled a place in our hearts that we didn't know existed, only for you. It's difficult to put into words what your presence in our lives has meant to us and how amazing it is to see you transform from a tiny lil' baby to a walking and babbling lil' boy. Seeing your face for the first time, hours of putting you to sleep next to the sound of a running vacuum cleaner...wondering if those first few months of fussiness would ever end (and they did!!), :) your precious smiles and contagious giggles, your arms wrapped around our neck while you lay your head on our shoulder, your eyes full of kindness, your open mouth kisses, the way you know how to make us laugh, the way you get excited when your big sister comes into the room, the way you sneak over to Bailey's water bowl and start laughing when we catch you, your bouncy dance moves, your discovery of the world around you, the way you dive into the floor in a fit of giggles when we chase you, the way you so contently play with your toys....vrooming your cars and trucks and chasing your balls all around....and the fact that your favorite place to be (and our favorite place to have you) is in our arms. All that you are fills us with a new found joy and purpose in life. We are so undeserving yet so grateful for God's incredible goodness in entrusting us with you, His child.
First steps!!!
Happy 1st birthday, sweet boy!! We love you more than words can say!
