Isaac's birthday!

Birthdays are so much fun when you are young! And yesterday was no exception! Isaac had a great 4th birthday and he was so darn cute loving all the attention.

We sang happy birthday twice just because he loved it so much. The monster truck cake was a success.

He got a new bike from mom and dad- very excitingI love watching kids open presents. Happy Birthday Isaac!

Obviously every one of my children is special but Isaac's birthday holds a tender place in my heart. The day of his birth marked the culmination of the 3 most stressful months of my life anticipating the arrival of a sick baby. It's hard for me not to reflect on his birth and get emotional reliving some of those feelings of a helpless parent at the mercy of the doctors and the Grace of God. I've never learned so much or felt so close to the Lord then in those moments. I truly believe the Lord sent his angles to walk with me through the halls of the that hospital. I don't have many pictures of Isaac in the hospital because at times he looked down right scary hooked to those ventilators struggling to breath but the pictures still lives in my mind. I don't have any pictures of me holding him in my hospital bed after having him since that moment only lasted about 15 seconds but I do have these.
This is Lance and I visiting Isaac about an hour after he was born. I look terrible- typical of most post baby pictures.

This is Isaac a few hours after surgery- he is only about 5 hours old. I didn't take many pictures after that because his recovery did get a little ugly.

This is me holding and feeding him for the first time- a few days old.

This is Lance and Isaac- you can tell Isaac is almost ready to be discharged because the pillow isn't attached to him anymore. At first we couldn't hold him without the pillow because his back was sore from the surgery and they pinned all of his tubs and things to it.

And this is us leaving the hospital- hurray!

Thanks for letting me take a trip down memory lane!