Happy 1st Birthday Jude Daniel!

Waking up on his 1st birthday.

As I write this post, Jude is asleep in his crib in his own room in our house. He is 1 year old today! How crazy is that! A year ago at this time Jude was just 12 hours old, in an isolette at Providence St. Vincent's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit hooked up to many monitors and breathing with the help of CPAP. I'm so thankful to be through that time in our lives. These past few days I have been thinking a lot about a year ago and all that God brought us through. My plan is to hopefully write a few installments to try to get Jude's story written down - a chronicle how God has been so faithful to our family. But first I think I'll stick with a birthday post. Here is Jude's progression of growth via photo. We love this boy so much!!!

A First Photo - Within minutes of being born. Already all hooked up.

Jude on his birthday night. Just 3 pounds 11 ounces.

Jude, the day after he was born. With all of his tubes off.

Just 1 month old....almost ready to go home. (More pictures and stories of the first month to come in future blog posts.)

2 months - February 2010



3 months - March 2010

4 months - April 2010

5 months - May 2010


6 months - June 2010



7 months - July 2010

8 months - August 2010



9 months - September 2010


10 months - October 2010


11 months - November 2010



12 months - December 2010 - 20 pounds and a little more

OUR MIRACLE BOY!

It's Been A LONG Time

So this blog hasn't seen any love for a long time! I don't even know if anyone will even know there is a new post. It has been my intention for a long time to restart blogging. This past year plus some has been quite eventful. I don't know if I'll ever catch up, but you have to start somewhere right?! So, here it goes. I just made a my year in status 2010 review on Facebook. It doesn't have every status, but as I read it, it truly does give a great glimpse into the last year. So here is a first attempt at hopefully not neglecting this quite as much as the past year.