Happy birthday boys!!

It's hard to believe that almost exactly 1 year ago, down to the minute, our boys were born.  At 10:16 Aiden was born with a loud cry.  At 10:18 Noah was born with a loud cry.  At 10:20 Reese was born with a little cry that sounded more like a sheep.  :)  It was such a relief and a joy to have them here.  I can remember that day so vividly.  I can remember when they rolled me to put me onto a different bed to go to the recovery area.  I was sure they were going to roll me right off of the bed.  I can remember telling Nate to go see the boys and leave me to my misery as I regained feeling and was sick.  I can barely remember going down to see the boys and only holding Aiden.  When I watch video of that day I don't remember that a nurse had to help me hold him because I was so tired and weak.  What a flood of memories!  What I remember most is when they came in to tell me I was going into the OR after 2 other c-sections.  I looked at Nate and said, "Well, I guess now we know when their birthday will be." 

Today I am happy to have them turn one, but a little sad that my babies are growing so fast.  I feel like I can't blink or I might miss something.  I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to stay home and watch them learn new things every day.  Today we will do some fun things to celebrate.  This morning they had pancakes, sausage and strawberries..a favorite breakfast for sure!  We're having 2 of their cousins over for a "pool party" in our baby pools and a special lunch and special supper.  Saturday we will have some family fun with Nate and next week Saturday is their party.  I'll be sure to post pictures of all of the fun activities that we do.  I will, of course, be taking pictures of everything.  I wish we had more pictures of the day they were born, because there are things I don't remember and things I didn't get to see.  Today I will take as many pictures as I can.  I don't want to miss or forget anything about such an incredible day.  It's a big day for them, but a big day for us as well.  By the grace of God we've survived our first year with multiples!  It's been a bumpy road at times, but we're still standing.  When we talked about having kids before the boys we always thought we would have 2 kids.  Suddenly we had 3 at once and realized we're not the ones who get to decide that.  That's why on the boys' birth announcement we put this verse, "for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago" (Isaiah 25:1b).  This is not something we planned or thought we would ever experience, but we sure are glad that in perfect faithfulness we were blessed times 3.  What a great gift!! 

Happy 1st birthday to our 3 wonderful blessings!!