happy birthday!

Brecken turned one today! This morning before we went to work, he got to "open" his present from his Gram and Gramps. I say "open" because it was too big to wrap, so we just put it together last night so he could see it this morning. They got him a Mickey Mouse fire engine that plays music and makes lots of sounds. It's like his tractor from his Grandma and Grandpa, you can ride on it and push it too. He likes to get up behind it and walk with it. He also loves pushing all the buttons and dancing along with the music.

Tonight we had dinner at the park with all the coaches and their families. He got a big board book from the preschool teacher in our group. And the gift that probably had the most thought put into it was from Deb's daughter Morgan. She's 3. She picked out a toy from her own toy box to bring to Brecken- a car that plays noisy sounds. Brecken loves it. She also had her dad write on a piece of paper, "Happy Birthday Brecken, Love" and then she signed her own name and drew him a picture. What a sweet present!

Then we came home and opened the rest of his presents. From Josh and I he got an Elmo laptop to play on. It has 10 or so keys on it and Elmo talks. It's pretty cute. We had him another present but somone else gave it to him so we have to exchange ours for something else. Loree, his babysitter, also gave him 2 presents. A book, and a Little People brand toy carwash. How fun. That was really nice of her.

Let's see- one year ago at this exact moment, 9:00, I had been moved to my own room at the other end of the maternity ward. It was a small room, because they knew my baby wouldn't be staying in the room with me like all the other moms. I told Josh that next time we have a baby, I don't want to be moved down the hall because that doesn't mean anything good! Brecken was under the oxygen hood, and I was begging a nurse to help me down to the nursery so I could see him. We had had a couple visitors, and Josh had to take them to the nursery to look through the window at him since he couldn't come to our room. That's another thing I want differently next time- I want a big room, with my baby with me in it, and the visitors can come IN my room and hold him and not have to look through the window at him!

Well, both cats are outside and it's supposed to get below freezing tonight, so I better go find them and go to bed. Both of my boys are already.