The second after you were born I remember looking up at your daddy...
And smiling....
He smiled back...
*Birth photos courtesy of Stacey
And we were crying tears of joy, tears of relief....
For in that moment, I knew you were real....
You were here to become a part of our family...
Here to stay...
For the time I carried you, oh, you were definitely real to me....
Those little kicks and jabs...such a reminder that you were OK...
But in the back of my mind...there was always fear...
Fear of the unknown...fear that you could be taken away from me at any point...
Because we longed for you for so long, I could not let go of that fear...
But, 1 year ago today....when you came out screaming...
That fear was gone...
For all I felt that day was pure love....
Pure joy...
And you were beautiful, Max....
You still are....
You are so loved....
Now, I am sitting here on August 28, 2012....
Thinking how this past year has flown by....
You are 1 year old today, Max!
How did that happen??!
You were once this small:
And, look at you now!!
We love you lots!
I love how you crawl around and just randomly laugh at whatever you are thinking in that little head of yours...
I love your little chubby legs and cheeks...so squeezable...
I love how if we sing "dance, dance, dance"....you bust a move....
I love your babble...your ma ma ma and da da da's...you can carry on very long conversations of babble. Love how you think we understand.... and how you are so serious when babbling to us.
I love how at bedtime....you nestle your little head into my shoulder and fade to sleep....all I can hear are your steady, rhythmic breaths as I nestle my head into yours....
I love how you squint your eyes to be silly...and make all sorts of funny faces...
I love how if I act like I'm chasing you...you speed up your crawling and just laugh and laugh...
I love how much you love your brother (and how much your brother loves you)....how you like to play with him and wrestle with him...
How you always have one eye on your brother at all times....
There is so much more to love about you and I could go on and on....
My little Max, just know you are so loved....
Please don't grow up too fast....
Happy 1st Birthday sweet Max!!
14 comments:
Happy Birthday little Max! Such a cutie :)
And you made me cry....happy birthday sweet boy!!!!!
Oh I just loved reading this and looking at your photos. He is so sweet and so blessed to have you for a mama. xo
Soooo sweet Naomi. He is adorable!
Tears...he will Love reading that when he is older. Happy birthday Max.
Love All the photos Naomi! And he's just such a cute boy!
LOVE THIS!
Melt my heart!
I just want to squeeze him!
Hope Max had a wonderful birthday!
:)
I love all of these candid. I am totally a sucker for them. The birth shots are amazing! I have a birth photographer lined up this second time around...but just in case she can't get there in time the battery is on the charger!
oh naomi, this made me cry! what a beautiful post and tribute to your amazing little boy!
I love everything about this tribute to your sweet boy. You are such a talented photographer. Happy birthday Max.
Beautiful post, beautiful boy! Happy belated Birthday!
Wow Naomi...being that I am going to have my baby anyday now, your blogpost really hit home. What a beautiful post. And the picture of you holding Max with a tear running down your cheek is absolutely priceless. Love it.
Happy Birthday Max!
Happy belated to your precious baby girl!
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