Reggie' Very First BIRTHDAY

October 1, 2011 was Reggie's first Birthday. It was a very emotional, happy, wonderful day! In the first few weeks of his birth we almost lost him a number of times. At that point we really didn't know if we would see this day. It warmed my heart so much when he woke up on his
Birthday and stood up in his crib with the BIGGEST grin and it didn't go away the whole time that the kids and I sang him "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". He is our miracle baby. He is doing so much better today than the Doctors ever expected. If he didn't have the four scars to show for it no one would ever know. He is doing amazingly wonderful. Reggie is standing, trying to walk (he did take three steps once but is too chicken to try again), says a few words, eats anything you put in front of him, loves to go up and down stairs, always gets excited when he sees his daddy, has two teeth, loves to laugh, and tries so hard to keep up with his brothers and sister already. I thank my Father in Heaven almost every day for letting me keep him. My little man has taught me I feel more in this year of his life than I might be able to teach him. We love him so much and are so grateful to have him apart of our family.


This is the super cute banner my BFF made for Reggie. I don't know why I didn't get a picture of all of it, it had a bunch of pictures from the last year of his life. It was so much cuter than anything that I would have pulled together.

Present number one already interested in just the box (typical). He already thinks he is an expert climber. p.s. I don't always take him to the part naked we stripped him down for the cake.

This is the adorable cake or big cupcake that my mom made for him to dive into. I forgot to get a picture before we took the candle out.

He did enjoy it very much.

So did the dog!

All the other kids did not have the patience to wait for him to open presents so they were good helpers.

Testing out another present. OOOOOO fun:)

Ok this wasn't on him birthday a couple of days after I just thought it was a funny picture so I threw it in. It isn't red boogers he had a good time with a licorice that his sister left too low.

Thanks to everyone that gave him a gift, helped with the party, and shared the day with us. IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!