Tomorrow our baby boy turns one and I could cry thinking about how quickly this year has passed! I remember giving birth and visiting him in the NICU and praying around the clock and ultimately getting to take him home like it all happened yesterday and yet I also know we’ve squeezed so much joy into these past twelve months.
Peter is truly the happiest little human I’ve ever known — an infant who would routinely pause nursing to look up at me and smile, a baby who was content to sit in the playroom and watch his older brother run circles around him, and now an almost toddler who claps for himself as he eats dinner or dares to take a step.
I don’t know how we got so lucky as to call this precious little guy ours but I thank God every day that we did! Having two under two has stretched us in ways I never anticipated. But I thank my lucky stars that it was Peter who welcomed us to that new club in parenthood. I said from the time he was a newborn that Peter was an angel baby who could easily trick us into thinking we could handle a third. And now that that’s coming to fruition I know it will be the greatest gift to see him share his contagious joy with his baby brother.
Happy happy birthday, Peter! We couldn’t love you more and we’re so beyond lucky you’re ours.
ONE YEAR WITH PETER
Those little blue driving loafers kill me…!
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P.S. One year with Teddy and two years with Teddy.
P.P.S. More baby and pregnancy posts you might like:
- Our pregnancy announcement with Teddy
- My first trimester with Teddy
- My second trimester with Teddy
- My third trimester with Teddy
- My maternity jeans review: 13 pairs and what worked and didn’t work about each
- Teddy’s birth story
- Teddy’s birth announcements
- Teddy’s nursery reveal
- One month with Teddy (and the advice I wish I could have given myself as a new mom)
- Postpartum recovery essentials + the most used items in my hospital bag
- Two months with Teddy
- Three months with Teddy
- Four months with Teddy
- Five months with Teddy
- Six months with Teddy
- What’s in our diaper bag
- Seven months with Teddy
- Eight months with Teddy
- Nine months with Teddy
- Ten months with Teddy
- Eleven months with Teddy
- Twelve months with Teddy
- Our pregnancy announcement with Peter
- My first trimester with Peter
- My second trimester with Peter
- My third trimester with Peter
- My hospital bag packing list for baby #2
- Peter’s birth story
- Peter’s birth announcements
- Teddy’s favorite toys at 18 months
- My ultimate baby essentials list
- One month with Peter
- Two months with Peter
- Teddy’s new bedroom
- Three months with Peter
- Four months with Peter
- Five months with Peter
- Two years with Teddy
- My tips for dealing with postpartum hair loss
- Spring finds for little boys
- Funny things Teddy has said recently
- Our pregnancy announcement for baby #3
- It’s a(nother) boy!
