As we quickly approach Drayze's first birthday my thoughts and emotions are completely scattered. I continue to replay the day he was born over and over in my head. I can still remember every detail, and I hope those memories never fade away. Reviewing the year, it amazes me how much our baby has grown, learned, changed, and transformed us. This is easily the quickest year gone by, and he is is by far our biggest blessing.
Since June 5, 2013 11:30AM Drayze has gained 13 pounds and grown 10 inches. He has painfully grown 6 pearly white little teeth and learned to say 5 words; Momma, Dada, yeah, no, and most recently, Dekee {short for Dedric} His passions are trucks, balls, dirt, water, and being outside. On bad days you can find him in his Momma's arms with a bottle of chocolate milk and a good story book. {Favorite books are ABCs by Dr. Suess and Nighty Night Little Green Monster} His little face lights up when his daddy walks through the door after work. He can't help but turbo crawl to his feet yelling "dada dada dada" the whole way. Together they are sports fanatics. Nothing better than a good ball game with your dad. The boy has some killer dance moves {including the "hand wave"} and can do a wicked head stand {feet planted on the ground} He does however refuse to walk, let alone stand without support. He is our perfect little boy who we absolutely adore more than anything in the world.
I can speak for both Zac and I when I say there will never be the right amount of words to describe the love we have for our son, or how thankful we are he chose us as parents which impacted the changes we have adapted in our life together. When Drayze made us parents, we quickly changed our lifestyle in every aspect, even down to our daily routine. These changes are very much for the better. Thinking back a year ago I remember being absolutely petrified of becoming parents. I constantly thought, "there is no way we are equipped to do this, we will never be able to afford the expenses of a child, will we be able to make our baby happy and teach him right from wrong, will we even know what we are doing when he finally arrives?" Those thoughts, I believe, are natural and what gave me/us the motivation to be the best parents we can be. And I will say, I am damn proud of us. Of course we don't always know what we are doing, and money can be very tight. Often the patience runs short, but at the end of the day we have each other. There are smiles on our faces and love in the air. Drayze is the happiest little boy I have ever known, and he loves his mommy and daddy just as much as we love him. We do our best with what we have. To us, that's living.
I can not believe a whole year has almost passed. We have watched a miracle right before our eyes. The first time I saw Drayze he was a tiny caccoon with ity bity nubs for arms and a tiny flicker of a heart beat. Today he is a smart little boy with a personality sure to make anyone smile. He means more to us than anything else and has stolen our hearts. There is not one thing that compares to the love a mommy has for her little boy. We love you baby boy. Happy birthday!
{Watch him transform}
Love at first sight
We became a family. I remember the day/night before Drayze was born Zac had the absolute worst tooth ache! He went to the dentist to get it fixed. They told him he needed to come in again the next day. He refused because there was not one moment of his son's birth he was going to miss. He suffered with a bad bad toothache the entire time. Quite honestly his pain was probably far worse than mine.
Still one of my favorites.
Chubby chunkster. I didn't realize he was really THIS chubby until looking back at pictures.
Hahaha look at that hair!
Had to. This is just too funny!
First hair cut
Hair cut number 3!
Tearing the doctors office up
