Better Late than never - Clay's Birthday pictures!

I canNOT believe my sweet boy is ONE YEAR old already!  He wasn't so into the present opening yet - but Wyatt and Hazel were all over that action.  Clay did LOVE his cake!  He really hasn't had anything too sweet yet so I wondered if he would even know what to do!?  Boy was I wrong!  He dove in like a champ!

A blizzard birthday!

Aunt Lily and Calla

AND our 2nd celebration with the sisters and Gma & Gpa Tiedeman, after our post-Christmas gathering!

My family made Clay a wonderful book with their fondest memories of Clay throughout the year and they each wrote him a letter.  It is the sweetest EVER!

Happy Birthday, Clay!!!

...more pictures of the birthday party(s) to come but I wanted to share this with all of my non-Facebook friends and family!  Sorry for the delay, we went 48 hours without power following Clay's birthday party...that is a whole different story!

One year ago, I was SO scared that I would not get this moment.  That the NICU team would rush my precious baby away and hook him up to machines to help his little broken heart.  Thank you so much for being such fighter and proving me wrong!  You have continued to make my worries about having a child with Down syndrome seem so silly!  My life is forever better because you are a part of it.  Happy Birthday, Clay!  We love you SOOOO much!

Santa AND a Fire Station!

The awesome GRANDS group (Grandparents Responsible About Nurturing Down Syndrome) organized a Santa visit and the Waterloo Fire Station.  Santa arrived on a fire truck, read stories to the kids, and then gave the kids a ride ON the fire truck - siren and all!  Needless to say, a good time was had by all!

My Little Scholars!

Hazel's Kid's Day Out Picture!

 Wyatt's Preschool Picture!

Oh, what a difference a year makes!  Wyatt's 2011 picture