1 Year Ago TODAY!

I year ago today we were crusing through life as two parents with a 26 month old little girl. I took the day off to spend it with Abby at the Children's Museum in Wilmington. Shane was working and I had just put Abby down for a nap. The phone rang, 206 area code. It was our sweet Aaron Alarm!! We got the call informing us about Aaron, our official referral.

One year later.......
Aaron has been home with us for over 9 months. He started off with us as a mal-nourished little 9.8 lb 5 month old. He is now a thriving little 14 month old that weighs at least 22 lbs!! We don't know how he keeps on weight because he NEVER stops! In 9 months we have experienced every emotional feeling possible, but the one thing that comes to mind the most...joy. Pure Joy! The kid has a smile that will knock your socks off, a scream that will pierce your ears, a laugh that you can't help but join in and non-stop energy. We've been through 2 surgeries (one more scheduled for next week!), 6 months of PT and OT and count-less visits to the Dr. for recurrent pneumonia and aspiration related illness'. Bottom line---thank goodness Aaron is here and with us and has access to the best medical care in the world. Our sweet baby boy has made miles on progress and has such a great future in store for him. His personality will help him overcome the delays associated with being so tiny and the love we have for him is overflowing.

It's crazy amazing what can happen in a year!! Every January one of my best friends and I go through the year in re-cap (what we think will happen in the year to come, what happened in the past year and what we look forward to). Well my friend (and you know who you are!)---you are in store for a BIG BIG year, can't wait to share it with you.

One another note---I picked up our final adoption decree from our lawyer this week. Aaron Israel McCumbee is officially ours!! Sweet little thing, we are so lucky to have such a complete family!