Can anyone believe it? Braden was born a year ago today!!! Steve and I can not believe all that went on day to day for the last year and look at him now. Almost 18 pounds over 27 inches long and still growing. We have so much to be thankful for and where do we start? Who do we start with? Our family? Friends? Staff at Baylor? Where? If God had not been with our little Braden this entire time, I am not sure where we would be. If God had not given the staff at Baylor the knowledge to help Braden, if we didn't have the support of family and friends, where would we be? We thank everyone for the interest and support, we couldn't have made it through this ordeal without it.

Well our little boy is a year old and we couldn't be prouder parents. BRADEN IS A YEAR OLD we could just scream that all day long!!!!! Steve and I decided to both take off work to spend time with Braden. Several family members are planning on coming up that day to spend time with the Braden.

We had a small family birthday party for Braden on Saturday the 25th which turned out great. Braden got a new walker and playpen. He received some new clothes and a instrument called Walking Wings to help him learn balance while trying to walk. He has received wonderful gifts from family & friends from toys, to Texas Longhorns outfits, to new car seats, everything we could hope for.

Braden will have another small birthday party at his daycare with his buddies: John, Sam, & Tristen. Amber, Johns mommy, is going to make Braden a homemade cake suitable for little babies!!!!!!!! We are going to serve the boys their favorite baby foods while the adults have some good pork chops cooked on the grill. Braden also gets his 1 year checkup on Thursday, so the only downer is he will be going to the party shortly after getting some shots. He is so resiliant, he handles his shots well.

Well we will leave you know with just a big THANK YOU for putting up with our happiness, sadness, forgetfullness, moods, tears, heartache, joy, love and finally CELEBRATION for a very challenging first year that turned out to be more than worth it!!!